User:Ø11/List of Tennessee Lady Volunteers in the WNBA Draft

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Chamique Holdsclaw
Chamique Holdsclaw was the second Tennessee Lady Volunteers alumna to be drafted first overall.

The University of Tennessee (UT) Lady Volunteers women's basketball team has had 36 players selected in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) Draft. Sixteen of those selections were in the first round of the draft; three players— Dena Head in 1997, Chamique Holdsclaw in 1999 and Candace Parker in 2008—were picked first overall. A Tennessee Lady Volunteers alumna has been selected in 17 of the last 20 WNBA Drafts.

Each WNBA franchise seeks to add new players through their respective annual draft. The WNBA uses a draft lottery to determine the order of selection for the first picks of the draft; the teams that did not make the playoffs the previous year are eligible to participate. After the first picks are decided, the remaining teams select in reverse order of their win–loss record.[1] The WNBA requires that players be at least 22 years old during the calendar year of the applicable seasons, have either graduated from a four-year university or have completed their intercollegiate basketball eligibility, or have played at least two seasons for another professional basketball league.[2]

In addition to the 36 draftees, two University of Tennessee women's basketball players—Bridgette Gordon in 1997 and Nikki McCray in 1998—were allocated to specific teams during the initial formation of the WNBA. Gordon was assigned to the Sacramento Monarchs and is considered one of the WNBA's first players.[3] McCray was the first player for the expansion Washington Mystics.[4]

Some Tennessee women's basketball alumni have had a significant impact on the WNBA. Three players—Holdsclaw, Catchings, and Parker—were named WNBA Rookie of the Year, and two of those players—Catchings and Parker—later were named WNBA Most Valuable Player (MVP). All three of them have been named to All-WNBA teams and several other UT alumni have been selected as WNBA All-Stars on multiple occasions. Four Tennessee alumni have been part of WNBA championship teams, and two have been named WNBA Finals MVP: Tamika Catchings in 2012 and Candace Parker in 2016.

Player selection[edit]

Tamika Catchings
Tamika Catchings was named WNBA Most Valuable Player in 2011.
Candace Parker
Candace Parker is the third and most recent UT women's basketball player to be drafted first overall, and the third to be named Rookie of the Year.

Allocations[edit]

Year Player name Position WNBA team[Note 1] Notes Refs
1997 Bridgette Gordon Forward Sacramento Monarchs — [3][5]
1998 Nikki McCray Guard Washington Mystics All-Star (1999–01) [4][6]

Regular draft[edit]

Year Rnd Pick Overall Player name Position WNBA team[Note 1] Notes Refs
1997 Elite 1 1 1 Dena Head Guard Utah Starzz — [7][8]
1997 Elite 1 8 8 Daedra Charles Center Los Angeles Sparks — [9][10]
1999 1 1 1 Chamique Holdsclaw Guard / Forward Washington Mystics Rookie of the Year (1999)
All-WNBA Second Team (1999, 2001–02)
All-Star (1999–2003, 2005) 		[11][12]
1999 1 7 7 Tonya Edwards Guard Minnesota Lynx All-Star (1999) [13][14]
1999 3 10 34 Lisa Harrison Forward Phoenix Mercury — [15][16]
1999 4 8 44 Carla McGhee Forward Orlando Miracle — [17][18]
1999 4 11 47 Kellie Jolly Guard Cleveland Rockers — [19][20]
2000 4 2 50 Latina Davis Guard Indiana Fever — [21][22]
2001 1 3 3 Tamika Catchings Forward Indiana Fever WNBA champion (2012)
MVP (2011)
Rookie of the Year (2002)
All-WNBA First Team (2002–03, 2006, 2009–12)
All-WNBA Second Team (2004–05, 2007, 2013, 2015)
All-Star (2002–03, 2005–07, 2009, 2011, 2013–15)
WNBA Finals MVP (2012) 		[23][24]
2001 2 1 17 Semeka Randall Guard Seattle Storm — [25][26]
2001 4 15 63 Kristen Clement Guard Houston Comets — [27][28]
2002 1 10 10 Michelle Snow Center Houston Comets Most Improved Player (2003)
All-Star (2005–06) 		[29][30]
2003 1 5 5 Kara Lawson Guard Detroit Shock WNBA champion (2005)
All-Star (2007) 		[31][32]
2003 1 6 6 Gwen Jackson Forward Indiana Fever — [33][34]
2004 2 1 14 Ashley Robinson Center Phoenix Mercury — [35][36]
2004 2 7 20 Tasha Butts Forward Minnesota Lynx — [37][38]
2005 1 10 10 Loree Moore Guard New York Liberty — [39][40]
2005 2 1 14 Shyra Ely Forward San Antonio Silver Stars — [41][42]
2006 1 10 10 Tye'sha Fluker Center Charlotte Sting — [43][44]
2006 2 2 16 Shanna Zolman Guard San Antonio Silver Stars — [45][46]
2007 2 12 25 Sidney Spencer Guard Los Angeles Sparks All-Rookie Team (2007) [47][48]
2008 1 1 1 Candace Parker Forward / Forward Los Angeles Sparks WNBA champion (2016)
MVP (2008, 2013)
Rookie of the Year (2008)
All-WNBA First Team (2008, 2012–14)
All-WNBA Second Team (2009, 2015)
All-Star (2011, 2013–14)
WNBA Finals MVP (2016)
All-Star Game MVP (2013) 		[49][50]
2008 1 4 4 Alexis Hornbuckle Guard Detroit Shock WNBA champion (2008, 2011) [51][52]
2008 2 1 15 Shannon Bobbitt Guard Los Angeles Sparks — [53][54]
2008 2 2 16 Nicky Anosike Forward / Center Minnesota Lynx All-Star (2009) [55][56]
2008 3 7 35 Alberta Auguste Guard New York Liberty — [57][58]
2012 1 2 2 Shekinna Stricklen Forward Seattle Storm — [59][60]
2012 1 4 4 Glory Johnson Forward Tulsa Shock All-Star (2013–14) [61][62]
2012 1 7 7 Kelley Cain Center New York Liberty — [63][64]
2012 3 1 25 Vicki Baugh Forward / Center Tulsa Shock — [65][66]
2013 2 3 15 Kamiko Williams Guard New York Liberty — [67][68]
2014 3 2 26 Meighan Simmons Guard New York Liberty — [69][70]
2015 1 12 12 Isabelle Harrison Forward Phoenix Mercury — [71][72]
2015 2 2 14 Cierra Burdick Forward Los Angeles Sparks — [73][74]
2015 3 5 29 Ariel Massengale Guard Atlanta Dream — [75][76]
2016 2 10 22 Bashaara Graves Forward Minnesota Lynx — [77][78]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b This is the team that drafted the player, not the player's most recent team.

References[edit]

General
  • "All-Time WNBA Draft List". WNBA.com. WNBA Enterprises, LLC. Archived from the original on February 9, 2012. Retrieved September 13, 2015.
  • "WNBA - WNBA Most Valuable Player Award Winners". Basketball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 14, 2017. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  • "WNBA - WNBA Rookie of the Year Award Winners". Basketball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 14, 2017. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  • "WNBA - WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Award Winners". Basketball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 14, 2017. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  • "WNBA - WNBA Sixth Woman of the Year Award Winners". Basketball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 14, 2017. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  • "WNBA - WNBA Most Improved Player Award Winners". Basketball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 14, 2017. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  • "WNBA - WNBA All-WNBA Teams". Basketball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 14, 2017. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  • "WNBA - WNBA All-Rookie Teams". Basketball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 14, 2017. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  • "WNBA - WNBA All-Defensive Teams". Basketball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 14, 2017. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
Specific
  1. ^ "Atlanta Dream Win Top Pick in 2009 WNBA Draft". WNBA.com. WNBA Enterprises, LLC. December 9, 2008. Archived from the original on November 18, 2009. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ "Hoops 101: Reneé Brown". WNBA.com. WNBA Enterprises, LLC. Archived from the original on November 18, 2009. Retrieved November 18, 2009. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
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