2001 WNBA draft On April 20, 2001 the regular WNBA draft took place. Quick Facts General information, Sport ...2001 WNBA draftGeneral informationSportBasketballDate(s)April 20, 2001OverviewLeagueWNBAFirst selectionLauren JacksonSeattle Storm← 20002002 →Close * 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 Bold Denotes player who won Rookie of the Year Round 1 More information Pick, Player ... Pick Player Position Nationality Team School / club team 1 Lauren Jackson ^ + F/C Australia Seattle Storm Canberra Capitals (Australia) 2 Kelly Miller G United States Charlotte Sting Georgia 3 Tamika Catchings ^ + [lower-alpha 1] F United States Indiana Fever Tennessee 4 Jackie Stiles ^ + [lower-alpha 2] G United States Portland Fire Southwest Missouri State [lower-alpha 3] 5 Ruth Riley + C United States Miami Sol Notre Dame 6 Deanna Nolan + G/F United States Detroit Shock Georgia 7 Svetlana Abrosimova F Russia Minnesota Lynx Connecticut 8 Marie Ferdinand + G United States Utah Starzz LSU 9 Coco Miller G United States Washington Mystics Georgia 10 Katie Douglas + G/F United States Orlando Miracle Purdue 11 Penny Taylor + F Australia Cleveland Rockers Dandenong Rangers (Australia) 12 LaQuanda Barksdale G/F United States Portland Fire (from New York via Minnesota)[lower-alpha 4] North Carolina 13 Kristen Veal G Australia Phoenix Mercury Canberra Capitals (Australia) 14 Kelly Schumacher C United States Indiana Fever (from Sacramento)[lower-alpha 5] Connecticut 15 Amanda Lassiter F United States Houston Comets Missouri 16 Camille Cooper C United States Los Angeles Sparks Purdue Close Round 2 More information Pick, Player ... Pick Player Position Nationality Team School / club team 17 Semeka Randall G United States Seattle Storm Tennessee 18 Tammy Sutton-Brown + C Canada Charlotte Sting Rutgers 19 Niele Ivey G United States Indiana Fever Notre Dame 20 Jenny Mowe C United States Portland Fire Oregon 21 Georgia Schweitzer G/F United States Miami Sol Duke 22 Jae Kingi G Australia Detroit Shock Adelaide Lightning (Australia) 23 Erin Buescher G United States Minnesota Lynx Master's 24 Michaela Pavlíčková F/C Czech Republic Utah Starzz Denver 25 Tamara Stocks F/C United States Washington Mystics Florida 26 Brooke Wyckoff F United States Orlando Miracle Florida State 27 Jaynetta Saunders F United States Cleveland Rockers Texas A&M 28 Janell Burse C United States Minnesota Lynx (from New York via Washington)[lower-alpha 6] Tulane 29 Ilona Korstin G/F Russia Phoenix Mercury CJM Bourges Basket (France) 30 Jackie Moore C United States Sacramento Monarchs Long Beach State 31 Tynesha Lewis G/F United States Houston Comets North Carolina State 32 Nicole Levandusky G United States Los Angeles Sparks Xavier Close Round 3 More information Pick, Player ... Pick Player Position Nationality Team School / club team 33 ShaRae Mansfield F United States Houston Comets (from Seattle)[lower-alpha 7] Western Kentucky 34 Jennifer Phillips F United States Charlotte Sting Xavier 35 Marlena Williams F United States Indiana Fever Missouri 36 Rasheeda Clark G United States Portland Fire Pepperdine 37 Levys Torres C Colombia Miami Sol Florida State 38 Svetlana Volnaya G/F Belarus Detroit Shock Virginia 39 Tombi Bell G United States Minnesota Lynx Miami 40 Shea Ralph G/F United States Utah Starzz Connecticut 41 Jamie Lewis G United States Washington Mystics Ohio State 42 Jaclyn Johnson F United States Orlando Miracle Kansas 43 Angelina Wolvert F United States Cleveland Rockers Oregon 44 Elena Karpova F Russia Washington Mystics (from New York)[lower-alpha 6] MBK Ružomberok (Slovakia) 45 Tere Williams F United States Phoenix Mercury Virginia Tech 46 Maren Walseth F United States Sacramento Monarchs Penn State 47 Shala Crawford C United States Houston Comets Life 48 Kelley Siemon F United States Los Angeles Sparks Notre Dame Close Round 4 More information Pick, Player ... Pick Player Position Nationality Team School / club team 49 Juana Brown G United States Seattle Storm North Carolina 50 Reshea Bristol G United States Charlotte Sting Arizona 51 April Brown F United States Indiana Fever LSU 52 Natasha Pointer G United States Portland Fire Rutgers 53 Carolyn Moos C United States Phoenix Mercury (from Miami)[lower-alpha 8] Stanford 54 Kelly Santos F Brazil Detroit Shock Brazil 55 Megan Taylor G/F United States Minnesota Lynx Iowa State 56 Cara Consuegra G United States Utah Starzz Iowa 57 Taru Tuukkanen F/C Finland New York Liberty (from Washington)[lower-alpha 6] Xavier 58 Anne Thorius G Denmark Orlando Miracle Michigan 59 Erin Batth F/C United States Cleveland Rockers Clemson 60 Tara Mitchem G United States New York Liberty Southwest Missouri State 61 Megan Franza G United States Phoenix Mercury Washington 62 Katie Smrcka-Duffy G United States Sacramento Monarchs Georgetown 63 Kristen Clement G United States Houston Comets Tennessee 64 Beth Record G/F United States Los Angeles Sparks Syracuse Close Notes: 2002 Rookie of the Year.2001 Rookie of the Year.Became Missouri State in 2005.February 20, 2001: Minnesota to Portland[1] Portland acquired Kristin Folkl and New York's first-round pick Minnesota acquired Lynn Pride and Michele Van Gorp September 13, 2000: New York to Minnesota Minnesota acquired a 2001 first-round pick New York acquired Grace DaleyApril 11, 2001: Sacramento to Indiana[1] Indiana acquired a first-round pick Sacramento acquired Kara WoltersApril 17, 2001: Three-team trade[1] Minnesota acquired New York's second-round pick from Washington Washington acquired a third-round pick from New York and Annie Burgess from Minnesota New York acquired a fourth-round pick and Andrea Nagy from WashingtonMay 27, 2000: Seattle to Houston[1] Houston acquired a 2001 third-round pick Seattle acquired the draft rights to Andrea GarnerApril 25, 2000: Miami to Phoenix[1] Phoenix acquired a 2001 fourth-round pick Miami acquired the draft rights to Shantia Owens List of first overall WNBA draft picks [1]"2001 WNBA Draft Order". The Houston Roundball Review."All-Time WNBA draft history". WNBA. Archived from the original on May 9, 2008. Retrieved June 4, 2008.