WNBA elite draft
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| WNBA elite draft | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Sport | Basketball |
| Date | February 27, 1997 |
| Overview | |
| League | WNBA |
| First selection | Dena Head, Tennessee |
In 1997, the Women's National Basketball Association was created.[1] In order to give new teams experienced talent, the league decided to have two drafts. An elite draft was held on February 27, 1997 to allow teams to pick players that had already graduated from college and have gone on to play professionally on in the United States or overseas.[2]
The standard collegiate draft that most professional sports leagues hold occurred on April 28, 1997, prior to the start of the 1997 WNBA season.[3]
Key
[edit | edit source]| Pos. | G | F | C |
| Position | Guard | Forward | Center |
| ! | Denotes player who has been inducted to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame |
| ^ | 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 |
Draft
[edit | edit source]The following is the list of how players were picked in the 1997 WNBA elite draft:[4]
Round 1
[edit | edit source]| Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | WNBA team | Former school/club team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dena Head | G | File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States | Utah Starzz | Tennessee |
| 2 | Isabelle Fijalkowski | C/F | File:Flag of France.svg France | Cleveland Rockers | Colorado |
| 3 | Rhonda Mapp | C/F | File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States | Charlotte Sting | North Carolina State |
| 4 | Kym Hampton + | C/F | New York Liberty | Arizona State | |
| 5 | Wanda Guyton | F | Houston Comets | South Florida | |
| 6 | Judy Mosley-McAfee | F | Sacramento Monarchs | Hawaii | |
| 7 | Bridget Pettis | F | Phoenix Mercury | Florida | |
| 8 | Daedra Charles ^ | C | Los Angeles Sparks | Tennessee |
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Round 2
[edit | edit source]| Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | WNBA team | Former school/club team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Wendy Palmer * | F | File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States | Utah Starzz | Virginia |
| 10 | Lynette Woodard ^ ! | G | Cleveland Rockers | Kansas | |
| 11 | Michi Atkins # | F | Charlotte Sting | Texas Tech | |
| 12 | Vickie Johnson + | F | New York Liberty | Louisiana Tech | |
| 13 | Janeth Arcain * ^ | F | File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil | Houston Comets | Polti |
| 14 | Mikiko Hagiwara | G | File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Japan | Sacramento Monarchs | Japan Energy Griffins |
| 15 | Nancy Lieberman-Cline ^ ! | G | File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States | Phoenix Mercury | Old Dominion |
| 16 | Zheng Haixia | C | File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China | Los Angeles Sparks | China |
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References
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