2005 WNBA draft

The WNBA Draft is an annual draft held by the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) through which WNBA teams can select new players from a talent pool of college and professional women's basketball players. The 2005 edition was the ninth in the WNBA's history.

2005 WNBA draft
General information
Sport	Basketball
Date(s)	April 16, 2005
Location	Secaucus, New Jersey
Network(s)	ESPN2
Overview
League	WNBA
First selection	Janel McCarville Charlotte Sting
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2005 WNBA draft

• On April 16, 2005, the WNBA draft took place at the NBA Entertainment Studios in Secaucus, New Jersey.
• The first round of the draft was televised on ESPN2.

Draft

*	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

Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team	School / club team
1	Janel McCarville	C	United States	Charlotte Sting	Minnesota
2	Tan White	G	United States	Indiana Fever	Mississippi State
3	Sandora Irvin	F	United States	Phoenix Mercury	TCU
4	Kendra Wecker	F	United States	San Antonio Silver Stars	Kansas State
5	Sancho Lyttle +	C	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Houston Comets	Houston
6	Temeka Johnson	G	United States	Washington Mystics	LSU
7	Kara Braxton +	F	United States	Detroit Shock	Georgia
8	Katie Feenstra	C	United States	Connecticut Sun (traded to S.A.)	Liberty
9	Kristin Haynie [a]	G	United States	Sacramento Monarchs	Michigan State
10	Loree Moore	G	United States	New York Liberty	Tennessee
11	Kristen Mann	F	United States	Minnesota Lynx	UC Santa Barbara
12	Tanisha Wright	G	United States	Seattle Storm	Penn State
13	Dionnah Jackson	F	United States	Detroit Shock (from L.A., via Wash.)	Oklahoma

Notes:

1. Kristin Haynie became the first person to play in the NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship game (with Michigan State) and the WNBA Finals (with the Sacramento Monarchs) in the same calendar year. She was on the losing side in the NCAA (to Baylor), but on the winning side in the WNBA.

Round 2

Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team	School / club team
14	Shyra Ely	F	United States	San Antonio Silver Stars	Tennessee
15	Roneeka Hodges	G	United States	Houston Comets	Florida State
16	Yolanda Paige	G	United States	Indiana Fever	West Virginia
17	Jacqueline Batteast	F	United States	Minnesota Lynx (from Cha.)	Notre Dame
18	Angelina Williams	F	United States	Phoenix Mercury	Illinois
19	Erica Taylor	G	United States	Washington Mystics	Louisiana Tech
20	Nikita Bell	F/G	United States	Detroit Shock	North Carolina
21	Erin Phillips	G	Australia	Connecticut Sun	Adelaide Lightning (Australia)
22	Chelsea Newton	G	United States	Sacramento Monarchs	Rutgers
23	Tabitha Pool	F	United States	New York Liberty	Michigan
24	Jessica Moore	C	United States	Charlotte Sting	Connecticut
25	Ashley Battle	F	United States	Seattle Storm	Connecticut
26	DeeDee Wheeler	G	United States	Los Angeles Sparks	Arizona

Round 3

Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team	School / club team
27	Cathrine Kraayeveld	F	United States	San Antonio Silver Stars	Oregon
28	Jenni Dant	G	United States	Houston Comets	DePaul
29	Ashley Earley	G/F	United States	Indiana Fever	Vanderbilt
30	Anne O'Neil	G	United States	Sacramento Monarchs	Iowa State
31	Jamie Carey	G	United States	Phoenix Mercury	Texas
32	Tashia Morehead	F	United States	Washington Mystics	Florida
33	Jenni Lingor	G	United States	Detroit Shock	Southwest Missouri State
34	Megan Mahoney	F	United States	Connecticut Sun	Kansas State
35	Cisti Greenwalt	C	United States	Sacramento Monarchs	Texas Tech
36	Rebecca Richman	C	United States	New York Liberty	Rutgers
37	Monique Bivins	G	United States	Minnesota Lynx	Alabama
38	Steffanie Blackmon	F	United States	Seattle Storm	Baylor
39	Heather Schreiber	F	United States	Los Angeles Sparks	Texas

See also

• List of first overall WNBA draft picks