2012 WNBA draft

2012 meeting of WNBA teams to select players

2012 WNBA draft

General information
Sport| Basketball
Date(s)| April 16, 2012
Location| Bristol, Connecticut
Network(s)| ESPN2, NBATV, ESPNU
Overview
League| WNBA
First selection| Nneka Ogwumike
Los Angeles Sparks

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The 2012 WNBA draft was the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 16, 2012, at the ESPN studios in Bristol, Connecticut. The first round was shown on ESPN2 (HD), with the second and third rounds shown on NBA TV and ESPNU.

## Draft lottery

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The lottery selection to determine the order of the top four picks in the 2012 draft occurred on November 10, 2011. The Los Angeles Sparks won the first pick, while the Chicago Sky, Minnesota Lynx and Tulsa Shock were awarded the second, third and fourth picks respectively. The remaining first-round picks and all the second- and third-round picks were assigned to teams in reverse order of their win–loss records in the previous season.

Below were the chances for each team to get specific picks in the 2012 draft lottery, rounded to three decimal places:

Team  | 2011
record | Lottery
chances  | Pick

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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th
Tulsa Shock | 3–31  | 442  | .442  | .316  | .181  | .062
Minnesota Lynx (from Was.)  | 6–28  | 276  | .276  | .310  | .270  | .144
Seattle Storm (from Chi.)  | 14–20  | 178  | .178  | .230  | .317  | .275
Los Angeles Sparks | 15–19  | 104  | .104  | .145  | .232  | .520
Shaded block denotes actual lottery result.

## Transactions

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* February 1, 2011: Los Angeles acquired a second-round pick from Tulsa as part of the Andrea Riley transaction.
* April 11, 2011: Minnesota acquired a second-round pick from Atlanta as part of the Felicia Chester/Rachel Jarry transaction.
* April 11, 2011: Atlanta acquired a second-round pick from Washington as part of the Lindsey Harding trade.
* April 11, 2011: Washington acquired a first-round pick from Atlanta as part of the Lindsey Harding trade.
* April 11, 2011: Phoenix acquired a third-round pick from Connecticut as part of the Tahnee Robinson transaction.
* April 11, 2011: Minnesota acquired a second-round pick from New York as part of the Jessica Breland transaction.
* April 11, 2011: Minnesota acquired a first-round pick from Washington as part of the Nicky Anosike trade.
* April 29, 2011: Indiana acquired a third-round pick from Seattle as part of the Katie Smith/Erin Phillips three-team trade.
* April 29, 2011: Washington acquired a first-round pick from Seattle and a third-round pick from Indiana as part of the Katie Smith/Erin Phillips three-team trade.
* April 29, 2011: Seattle acquired a second-round pick from Indiana as part of the Katie Smith/Erin Phillips three-team trade.
* May 2, 2011: Tulsa acquired second- and third-round picks from San Antonio as part of the Scholanda Robinson transaction.
* May 27, 2011: Minnesota has the right to swap third-round picks with New York as part of the Quanitra Hollingsworth transaction.
* June 1, 2011: Los Angeles acquired a second-round pick from Chicago as part of the Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton trade.
* January 2, 2012: Seattle acquired the second overall pick from Chicago and Chicago acquired the 23rd overall pick from Seattle as part of the Swin Cash trade.
* February 28, 2012: Phoenix traded the 18th pick to Minnesota in exchange for Charde Houston and the 24th pick.

Source[1]

## Draft invitees

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The WNBA announced on April 11, 2012, that 15 players had been invited to attend the draft. Unless indicated otherwise, all players listed are Americans who played at U.S. colleges.[2]

* LaSondra Barrett, LSU
* Vicki Baugh, Tennessee
* Sasha Goodlett, Georgia Tech
* Tiffany Hayes, Connecticut
* Glory Johnson, Tennessee
* Shenise Johnson, Miami (FL)
* Lynetta Kizer, Maryland
* Natalie Novosel, Notre Dame
* Nneka Ogwumike, Stanford
* Devereaux Peters, Notre Dame
* Samantha Prahalis, Ohio State
* Kayla Standish, Gonzaga
* Shekinna Stricklen, Tennessee
* Riquna Williams, Miami (FL)
* Julie Wojta, Green Bay

## Key

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!  | Denotes player who has been inducted to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

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^  | Denotes player who has been inducted to the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
*  | Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game and All-WNBA Team
+ | Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game
# | Denotes player who never played in the WNBA regular season or playoffs
Bold | Denotes player who won Rookie of the Year

## Draft

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### Round 1

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Pick  | Player  | Nationality  | Team  | School / club team

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1  | Nneka Ogwumike *  |  United States | Los Angeles Sparks | Stanford
2  | Shekinna Stricklen | Seattle Storm (from Chicago) | Tennessee
3  | Devereaux Peters | Minnesota Lynx (from Washington) | Notre Dame
4  | Glory Johnson + | Tulsa Shock | Tennessee
5  | Shenise Johnson | San Antonio Silver Stars | Miami (FL)
6  | Samantha Prahalis | Phoenix Mercury | Ohio State
7  | Kelley Cain | New York Liberty | Tennessee
8  | Natalie Novosel | Washington Mystics (from Atlanta) | Notre Dame
9  | Astan Dabo # |  Mali | Connecticut Sun | Reims Basket (France)
10  | LaSondra Barrett # |  United States | Washington Mystics (from Seattle) | LSU
11  | Sasha Goodlett | Indiana Fever | Georgia Tech
12  | Damiris Dantas |  Brazil | Minnesota Lynx  | CD Bosco-Celta de Vigo (Spain)

### Round 2

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Pick  | Player  | Nationality  | Team  | School / club team

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13  | Farhiya Abdi |  Sweden | Los Angeles Sparks (from Tulsa) | Frisco SIKA (Czech Republic)
14  | Tiffany Hayes *  |  United States | Atlanta Dream (from Washington) | Connecticut
15  | Khadijah Rushdan # | Los Angeles Sparks (from Chicago) | Rutgers
16  | Tyra White # | Los Angeles Sparks  | Texas A&M
17  | Riquna Williams + | Tulsa Shock (from San Antonio) | Miami (FL)
18  | Julie Wojta | Minnesota Lynx (from Phoenix) | Green Bay
19  | Kayla Standish # | Minnesota Lynx (from New York) | Gonzaga
20  | Nika Barič # |  Slovenia | Minnesota Lynx (from Atlanta) | Spartak Moscow (Russia)
21  | Chay Shegog |  United States | Connecticut Sun | North Carolina
22  | Keisha Hampton | Seattle Storm | DePaul
23  | Shey Peddy | Chicago Sky (from Indiana via Seattle) | Temple
24  | C'eira Ricketts # | Phoenix Mercury (from Minnesota) | Arkansas

### Round 3

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Pick  | Player  | Nationality  | Team  | School / club team

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25  | Vicki Baugh |  United States | Tulsa Shock | Tennessee
26  | Anjale Barrett # | Washington Mystics | Maryland
27  | Sydney Carter | Chicago Sky | Texas A&M
28  | April Sykes | Los Angeles Sparks | Rutgers
29  | Lynetta Kizer | Tulsa Shock (from San Antonio) | Maryland
30  | Christine Flores # | Phoenix Mercury | Missouri
31  | Jacki Gemelos | Minnesota Lynx (from New York) | USC
32 | Isabelle Yacoubou (pick later voided) |  France | Atlanta Dream | Valencia (Spain)
33  | Amanda Johnson # |  United States | Phoenix Mercury (from Connecticut) | Oregon
34  | Courtney Hurt [fr] # | Indiana Fever (from Seattle) | VCU
35  | Briana Gilbreath | Washington Mystics (from Indiana) | USC
36  | Katelan Redmon | New York Liberty (from Minnesota) | Gonzaga

## See also

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* List of first overall WNBA draft picks

## References

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1. ^ "2011 WNBA Transactions".
2. ^ "Top College Prospects Invited to Attend 2012 WNBA Draft" (Press release). Women's National Basketball Association. April 11, 2012. Retrieved April 11, 2011.

* "All-Time WNBA Draft List". WNBA. Archived from the original on October 12, 2008.

## External links

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* 2012 WNBA draft board

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2012 WNBA draft

First round|

* Nneka Ogwumike
* Shekinna Stricklen
* Devereaux Peters
* Glory Johnson
* Shenise Johnson
* Samantha Prahalis
* Kelley Cain
* Natalie Novosel
* Astan Dabo
* LaSondra Barrett
* Sasha Goodlett
* Damiris Dantas

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* Farhiya Abdi
* Tiffany Hayes
* Khadijah Rushdan
* Tyra White
* Riquna Williams
* Julie Wojta
* Kayla Standish
* Nika Barič
* Chay Shegog
* Keisha Hampton
* Shey Peddy
* C'eira Ricketts

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* Atlanta Dream
* Chicago Sky
* Connecticut Sun
* Indiana Fever
* New York Liberty
* Washington Mystics

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* Los Angeles Sparks
* Minnesota Lynx
* Phoenix Mercury
* San Antonio Silver Stars
* Seattle Storm
* Tulsa Shock

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