2015 WNBA draft

General information
Sport| Basketball
Date(s)| 16 April
Location| Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Connecticut
Network(s)| ESPN2, ESPNU
Overview
League| WNBA
First selection| Jewell Loyd
Seattle Storm

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The 2015 WNBA draft was the league's draft for the 2015 WNBA season. The Seattle Storm picked first.

This year's draft was unusual in that two players with remaining college eligibility declared for the draft—Jewell Loyd of Notre Dame, who had one year of eligibility remaining, and Amanda Zahui B. of Minnesota, with two years remaining. Both players were draft-eligible by virtue of their births in 1993; under current draft rules, players who turn 22 in the calendar year of the draft can declare themselves eligible even if they have not completed college eligibility.[1] Before this season, only two players with remaining college eligibility had ever entered the WNBA draft, and only one of these did so before her fourth college season (Kelsey Bone in 2012).[2]

## Draft lottery

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The lottery selection to determine the order of the top four picks in the 2015 draft occurred on August 21, 2014. The team that would get the first pick would be the winner of the lottery.[3]

Below were the chances for each team to get specific picks in the 2015 draft lottery, rounded to three decimal places:

Team  | 2014
record | Lottery win
chances  | Pick

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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th
Seattle Storm | 12-22  | 359  |  |  |  |
Tulsa Shock | 12-22  | 359  |  |  |  |
Connecticut Sun | 13-21  | 178  |  |  |  |
Connecticut Sun (from New York Liberty)  | 15-19  | 104  |  |  |  |
Shaded block denotes actual lottery result.

## Invited players

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The WNBA announced on April 13, 2015 that 12 players had been invited to attend the draft. Unless indicated otherwise, all players listed are Americans who played at U.S. colleges.[4]

* Brittany Boyd, California
* Reshanda Gray, California
* Dearica Hamby, Wake Forest
* Isabelle Harrison, Tennessee
* Brittany Hrynko, DePaul
* Samantha Logic, Iowa
* Jewell Loyd, Notre Dame
* Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis, Connecticut
* Kiah Stokes, Connecticut
* Aleighsa Welch, South Carolina
* Elizabeth Williams, Duke
* Amanda Zahui B., Minnesota

## Key

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*  | Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game and All-WNBA Team

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+ | Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game
Bold | Denotes player who won Rookie of the Year

## Draft selections

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### Round 1

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

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1  | Jewell Loyd * |  United States | Seattle Storm | Notre Dame
2  | Amanda Zahui B. |  Sweden | Tulsa Shock | Minnesota
3  | Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis |  United States | Seattle Storm (from Conn.) [a] | Connecticut
4  | Elizabeth Williams + |  United States | Connecticut Sun (from N.Y.) | Duke
5  | Cheyenne Parker + |  United States | Chicago Sky | Middle Tennessee
6  | Dearica Hamby + |  United States | San Antonio Stars (from Ind.) [b] | Wake Forest
7  | Crystal Bradford |  United States | Los Angeles Sparks | Central Michigan
8  | Ally Malott |  United States | Washington Mystics | Dayton
9  | Brittany Boyd |  United States | New York Liberty (from S.A.) | California
10  | Samantha Logic |  United States | Atlanta Dream | Iowa
11  | Kiah Stokes |  United States | New York Liberty (from Min.) | Connecticut
12  | Isabelle Harrison |  United States | Phoenix Mercury[7] | Tennessee

### Round 2

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

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13  | Brianna Kiesel |  United States | Tulsa Shock | Pittsburgh
14  | Cierra Burdick |  United States | Los Angeles Sparks (through Sea.) | Tennessee
15  | Natasha Cloud |  United States | Washington Mystics (through Conn./Sea.) | Saint Joseph's
16  | Reshanda Gray |  United States | Minnesota Lynx (from N.Y.) | California
17  | Betnijah Laney + |  United States | Chicago Sky | Rutgers
18  | Alex Harden |  United States | Phoenix Mercury (through Ind.) | Wichita State
19  | Brittany Hrynko |  United States | Connecticut Sun (through L.A.; traded to Atl.) | DePaul
20  | Vicky McIntyre |  United States | Seattle Storm (through Was.) | Oral Roberts
21  | Chelsea Gardner |  United States | Indiana Fever (from S.A.) | Kansas
22  | Aleighsa Welch |  United States | Chicago Sky (through Atl.) | South Carolina
23  | Amber Orrange |  United States | New York Liberty (from Min.) | Stanford
24  | Žofia Hruščáková |  Slovakia | Phoenix Mercury | Good Angels Košice (Slovakia)

### Round 3

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

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25  | Mimi Mungedi |  Gabon | Tulsa Shock | Nevada
26  | Nneka Enemkpali |  United States | Seattle Storm | Texas
27  | Laurin Mincy |  United States | New York Liberty (through Conn.) | Maryland
28  | Michala Johnson |  United States | New York Liberty (from Minn.) | Wisconsin
29  | Ariel Massengale |  United States | Atlanta Dream | Tennessee
30  | Dragana Stanković |  Serbia | San Antonio Stars (from Ind.) | UNIQA Euroleasing Sopron (Hungary)
31  | Andrea Hoover |  United States | Los Angeles Sparks | Dayton
32  | Marica Gajić |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | Washington Mystics | ŽKK Celje (Slovenia)
33  | Nikki Moody |  United States | San Antonio Stars | Iowa State
34  | Lauren Okafor |  United States | Atlanta Dream | James Madison
35  | Shae Kelley |  United States | Minnesota Lynx (from N.Y.) | Minnesota
36  | Promise Amukamara |  Nigeria | Phoenix Mercury | Arizona State

## See also

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* List of first overall WNBA draft picks

## References

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1. ^ Feinberg, Doug (April 15, 2015). "Jewell Loyd, Amanda Zahui B. shake up WNBA draft". The Denver Post. Associated Press. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
2. ^ Morris, Benjamin (April 27, 2015). "Women's College Basketball Is Better Than Men's". FiveThirtyEight. Retrieved June 7, 2016.
3. ^ Seattle Storm win WNBA draft lottery, secure No. 1 pick - ESPN
4. ^ "Loyd, Mosqueda-Lewis Headline List of Top College Prospects to Attend WNBA Draft 2015 Presented by State Farm" (Press release). WNBA. April 13, 2015. Archived from the original on April 14, 2015. Retrieved April 13, 2015.
5. ^ "Seattle Storm 2015 Team Transactions". ESPN. ESPN. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
6. ^ Fever Acquire Shenise Johnson From Stars
7. ^ WNBA.com: Seattle Storm Win Top Pick in 2015 WNBA Draft Presented by State Farm

1. ^ The Storm traded Camille Little and Shekinna Stricklen to Connecticut for the 3rd and 15th picks in this draft.[5]
2. ^ The Stars traded Shenise Johnson and their second-round pick to Indiana for the first- and third-round picks in this draft.[6]

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2015 WNBA draft

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* Jewell Loyd
* Amanda Zahui B.
* Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis
* Elizabeth Williams
* Cheyenne Parker
* Dearica Hamby
* Crystal Bradford
* Ally Malott
* Brittany Boyd
* Samantha Logic
* Kiah Stokes
* Isabelle Harrison

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* Brianna Kiesel
* Cierra Burdick
* Natasha Cloud
* Reshanda Gray
* Betnijah Laney
* Alex Harden
* Brittany Hrynko
* Vicky McIntyre
* Chelsea Gardner
* Aleighsa Welch
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