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The first WNBA draft was held in <a href="/wiki/1997_WNBA_draft" title="1997 WNBA draft">1997</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Eligibility">Eligibility</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WNBA_draft&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Eligibility"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The WNBA "requires players to be at least 22, to have completed their college eligibility, to have graduated from a four-year college or to be four years removed from high school".<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since the WNBA draft is currently held in April, before most U.S. colleges and universities have ended their academic years, the league considers anyone scheduled to graduate in the 3 months after the draft to be a "graduate" for draft purposes. The current rules for draft eligibility have been in place since at least 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-2014_CBA_eligibility_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2014_CBA_eligibility-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2020_CBA_eligibility_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2020_CBA_eligibility-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The specifics of this rule differ in several ways from <a href="/wiki/Eligibility_for_the_NBA_draft" title="Eligibility for the NBA draft">those used by the NBA</a> for <a href="/wiki/NBA_draft" title="NBA draft">its draft</a>. </p> <ul><li>Both drafts make a distinction between U.S. and "international" players. However, the definition of "international player" differs slightly between the two drafts. The NBA defines an "international player" as an individual who has permanently resided outside the U.S. for the three years preceding the draft while playing basketball (amateur or professional), did not complete high school education in the U.S., and has never enrolled in a U.S. college or university. A prospective NBA player's birthplace or citizenship is not relevant to his status as an "international player".<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the other hand, the WNBA defines an "international player" as "any person <i><b>born</b></i> and residing outside the United States who participates in the game of basketball as an amateur or professional" (emphasis added), and who has never "exercised intercollegiate basketball eligibility" in the U.S.<sup id="cite_ref-2020_CBA_eligibility_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2020_CBA_eligibility-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This means that a prospective WNBA player who was born in the United States is treated as a U.S. player, regardless of where she was educated or trained in basketball. Likewise, the association also defines as an "international player" a prospect with non-U.S. nationality even if one of her parents is a natural-born American, unless she has enrolled in a U.S. postsecondary institution.</li> <li>The current age limit for NBA draft eligibility is 19, measured on December 31 of the calendar year of the draft.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The WNBA's age limit is 20 for "international players" and 22 for U.S. players, both also being measured as of December 31 of the calendar year of the draft.<sup id="cite_ref-2020_CBA_eligibility_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2020_CBA_eligibility-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>A WNBA prospect who graduates from college while under the age limit can be eligible, but only if the calendar year of her college graduation is no earlier than the fourth after her high school graduation.<sup id="cite_ref-2020_CBA_eligibility_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2020_CBA_eligibility-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In both drafts, players subject to the rules for U.S. players can declare early eligibility; however, the WNBA's higher age limit means that very few such players have the option to make such a declaration.</li> <li>For those players who are eligible to declare early, the timing of the declaration process is dramatically different. <ul><li>NBA prospects must notify the league office of their intent to enter the draft no later than 60 days prior to the draft,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which is currently held in June. Current rules allow prospects to withdraw from the draft and retain college eligibility, as long as they comply with NCAA rules regarding relationships with agents, do not sign a professional contract, and notify the league office of their withdrawal no later than 10 days after the end of the <a href="/wiki/NBA_Draft_Combine" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Draft Combine">NBA Draft Combine</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>WNBA prospects must notify the league office no later than 10 days before the draft, and must renounce any remaining college eligibility to enter the draft. However, because postseason national tournaments (most notably the <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_women%27s_basketball_tournament" title="NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament">NCAA Division I tournament</a>) are still ongoing during the 10 days prior to the draft, certain players who would otherwise be eligible to declare cannot do so before the standard deadline. A prospect whose team is still playing during the 10-day window must make her declaration within the 24 hours following her team's final game of the season, but no less than 3 hours before the scheduled start of the draft.<sup id="cite_ref-2020_CBA_eligibility_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2020_CBA_eligibility-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 3-hour period is a historic artifact that stems from the former scheduling of the WNBA draft; from 2006 to 2008, it was held in the city of the <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_women%27s_basketball_tournament" title="NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament">women's Final Four</a> on the day after the championship game. Despite media commentary that argued that players involved in the NCAA tournament needed more time to make draft decisions,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the most recent WNBA CBA, agreed to in 2020, did not change any draft eligibility rules.<sup id="cite_ref-2020_CBA_eligibility_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2020_CBA_eligibility-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> <p>For the 2021 draft only, the league and its players union, the <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_National_Basketball_Players_Association" title="Women's National Basketball Players Association">Women's National Basketball Players Association</a>, agreed to modified eligibility rules due to changes brought on by <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_States" title="COVID-19 pandemic in the United States">COVID-19</a>. The most significant change is that all age-eligible college players who wished to enter that draft had to opt in. Because the NCAA ruled that the <a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_NCAA_Division_I_women%27s_basketball_season" title="2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season">2020–21 season</a> would not count against the eligibility of any basketball player, everyone who played in that season, regardless of class, had remaining athletic eligibility at the time of the draft. Players who wished to enter the 2021 draft had to renounce college eligibility and notify the WNBA offices by email no later than April 1 of that year. Players involved in the 2021 Final Four had 48 hours after the completion of their final game, instead of the normal 24, to notify the league of their intent to enter the draft.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Structure">Structure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WNBA_draft&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Structure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 1997 WNBA draft was divided into three parts. The first part was the initial allocation of 16 players into individual teams. Players such as <a href="/wiki/Cynthia_Cooper_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cynthia Cooper (basketball)">Cynthia Cooper</a> and <a href="/wiki/Michelle_Timms" class="mw-redirect" title="Michelle Timms">Michelle Timms</a> were assigned to different teams. The second part was the <a href="/wiki/WNBA_Elite_draft" class="mw-redirect" title="WNBA Elite draft">WNBA Elite draft</a>, which was composed of professional women's basketball players who had competed in other leagues. The last part would be the 4 rounds of the regular draft. </p><p>The next three seasons to follow <a href="/wiki/1998_WNBA_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="1998 WNBA Draft">1998</a>, <a href="/wiki/1999_WNBA_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="1999 WNBA Draft">1999</a> and <a href="/wiki/2000_WNBA_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="2000 WNBA Draft">2000</a> would all have expansion drafts. There would not be another expansion draft until the <a href="/wiki/2006_WNBA_draft" title="2006 WNBA draft">2006 season</a>. </p><p>All seasons before <a href="/wiki/2002_WNBA_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="2002 WNBA Draft">2002</a> had 4 rounds. Since <a href="/wiki/2003_WNBA_draft" title="2003 WNBA draft">2003</a>, all drafts are 3 rounds. </p><p>In 2003 and <a href="/wiki/2004_WNBA_draft" title="2004 WNBA draft">2004</a>, there were dispersal drafts due to the folding of the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Rockers" title="Cleveland Rockers">Cleveland Rockers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Miami_Sol" title="Miami Sol">Miami Sol</a> and <a href="/wiki/Portland_Fire" title="Portland Fire">Portland Fire</a>. The players from Rockers, Sol and Fire were reallocated to existing teams. There were also dispersal drafts in <a href="/wiki/2007_WNBA_draft" title="2007 WNBA draft">2007</a> with the folding of the <a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Sting" title="Charlotte Sting">Charlotte Sting</a>, 2009 with the shuttering of the <a href="/wiki/Houston_Comets" title="Houston Comets">Houston Comets</a>, and in 2010 when the <a href="/wiki/Maloof_family" title="Maloof family">Maloofs</a> cast off the <a href="/wiki/Sacramento_Monarchs" title="Sacramento Monarchs">Sacramento Monarchs</a> to focus their resources on the Kings franchise in the NBA. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Players_selected">Players selected</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WNBA_draft&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Players selected"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are no restrictions on what part of the world the players come from (though under varying rules, international players have been subject to tighter age restrictions within the draft than college players). However, college sports governing bodies, most notably the <a href="/wiki/National_Collegiate_Athletic_Association" title="National Collegiate Athletic Association">NCAA</a>, prohibit players from competing in professional leagues simultaneously with their college eligibility. Once the player has joined the WNBA, she is eligible to participate in overseas leagues during the WNBA offseason (many WNBA players play in Europe, <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_National_Basketball_League" title="Women's National Basketball League">Australia</a>, or more recently <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Chinese_Basketball_Association" title="Women's Chinese Basketball Association">China</a>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_picks">First picks</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WNBA_draft&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: First picks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_first_overall_WNBA_draft_picks" title="List of first overall WNBA draft picks">List of first overall WNBA draft picks</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Dena_Head" title="Dena Head">Dena Head</a> is the oldest No. 1 draft pick (she was 27 years old), having graduated from the University of Tennessee in 1992 and the first player ever drafted to the WNBA. <a href="/wiki/Lauren_Jackson" title="Lauren Jackson">Lauren Jackson</a> is the youngest No. 1 draft pick, being drafted at the age of 19. As of 2012, six first picks have gone on to win WNBA Championships, with 12 rings among them. In the seventeen seasons that the WNBA has been in existence, eight No. 1 draft picks have helped lead their teams to a playoff berth in their rookie year. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th width="10%">Year </th> <th width="22%">Player </th> <th width="13%">Country </th> <th width="24%">College/club </th> <th width="53%">Drafted by </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1997_WNBA_draft" title="1997 WNBA draft">1997 Elite</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dena_Head" title="Dena Head">Dena Head</a></td> <td>United States</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Lady_Volunteers_basketball" title="Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball">Tennessee</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Utah_Starzz" title="Utah Starzz">Utah Starzz</a><sup id="cite_ref-Aces_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Aces-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1997_WNBA_draft" title="1997 WNBA draft">1997</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tina_Thompson" title="Tina Thompson">Tina Thompson</a></td> <td>United States</td> <td><a href="/wiki/USC_Trojans_women%27s_basketball" title="USC Trojans women's basketball">USC</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Houston_Comets" title="Houston Comets">Houston Comets</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_WNBA_draft" title="1998 WNBA draft">1998</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Margo_Dydek" title="Margo Dydek">Margo Dydek</a></td> <td>Poland</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pool_Getafe&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pool Getafe (page does not exist)">Pool Getafe</a> (<a href="/wiki/Liga_Femenina_de_Baloncesto" title="Liga Femenina de Baloncesto">Spain</a>)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Utah_Starzz" title="Utah Starzz">Utah Starzz</a><sup id="cite_ref-Aces_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Aces-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1999_WNBA_draft" title="1999 WNBA draft">1999</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chamique_Holdsclaw" title="Chamique Holdsclaw">Chamique Holdsclaw</a><sup id="cite_ref-ROY_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ROY-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ASGS_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ASGS-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>United States</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Lady_Volunteers_basketball" title="Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball">Tennessee</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Washington_Mystics" title="Washington Mystics">Washington Mystics</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2000_WNBA_draft" title="2000 WNBA draft">2000</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ann_Wauters" title="Ann Wauters">Ann Wauters</a></td> <td>Belgium</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Union_Sportive_Valenciennes_Olympic" title="Union Sportive Valenciennes Olympic">Valenciennes</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ligue_F%C3%A9minine_de_Basketball" title="Ligue Féminine de Basketball">France</a>)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Rockers" title="Cleveland Rockers">Cleveland Rockers</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2001_WNBA_draft" title="2001 WNBA draft">2001</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lauren_Jackson" title="Lauren Jackson">Lauren Jackson</a><sup id="cite_ref-ASGR_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ASGR-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>Australia</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Canberra_Capitals" class="mw-redirect" title="Canberra Capitals">Canberra Capitals</a> (<a href="/wiki/Women%27s_National_Basketball_League" title="Women's National Basketball League">Australia</a>)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Seattle_Storm" title="Seattle Storm">Seattle Storm</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2002_WNBA_draft" title="2002 WNBA draft">2002</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sue_Bird" title="Sue Bird">Sue Bird</a><sup id="cite_ref-ASGS_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ASGS-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>United States</td> <td><a href="/wiki/UConn_Huskies_women%27s_basketball" title="UConn Huskies women's basketball">UConn</a><sup id="cite_ref-UConn_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UConn-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>e<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Seattle_Storm" title="Seattle Storm">Seattle Storm</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2003_WNBA_draft" title="2003 WNBA draft">2003</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/LaToya_Thomas" title="LaToya Thomas">LaToya Thomas</a></td> <td>United States</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mississippi_State_Bulldogs_women%27s_basketball" title="Mississippi State Bulldogs women's basketball">Mississippi State</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Rockers" title="Cleveland Rockers">Cleveland Rockers</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2004_WNBA_draft" title="2004 WNBA draft">2004</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Diana_Taurasi" title="Diana Taurasi">Diana Taurasi</a><sup id="cite_ref-ROY_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ROY-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>United States</td> <td><a href="/wiki/UConn_Huskies_women%27s_basketball" title="UConn Huskies women's basketball">UConn</a><sup id="cite_ref-UConn_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UConn-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>e<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Mercury" title="Phoenix Mercury">Phoenix Mercury</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2005_WNBA_draft" title="2005 WNBA draft">2005</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Janel_McCarville" title="Janel McCarville">Janel McCarville</a><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>United States</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Golden_Gophers_women%27s_basketball" title="Minnesota Golden Gophers women's basketball">Minnesota</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Sting" title="Charlotte Sting">Charlotte Sting</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2006_WNBA_draft" title="2006 WNBA draft">2006</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Seimone_Augustus" title="Seimone Augustus">Seimone Augustus</a><sup id="cite_ref-ROY_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ROY-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ASGR_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ASGR-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>United States</td> <td><a href="/wiki/LSU_Lady_Tigers_basketball" class="mw-redirect" title="LSU Lady Tigers basketball">LSU</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Lynx" title="Minnesota Lynx">Minnesota Lynx</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2007_WNBA_draft" title="2007 WNBA draft">2007</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lindsey_Harding" title="Lindsey Harding">Lindsey Harding</a></td> <td>United States</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Duke_Blue_Devils_women%27s_basketball" title="Duke Blue Devils women's basketball">Duke</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Mercury" title="Phoenix Mercury">Phoenix Mercury</a> (traded to <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Lynx" title="Minnesota Lynx">Minn.</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2008_WNBA_draft" title="2008 WNBA draft">2008</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Candace_Parker" title="Candace Parker">Candace Parker</a><sup id="cite_ref-ROY_13-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ROY-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MVP_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MVP-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>f<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>United States</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Lady_Volunteers_basketball" title="Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball">Tennessee</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Sparks" title="Los Angeles Sparks">Los Angeles Sparks</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_WNBA_draft" title="2009 WNBA draft">2009</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Angel_McCoughtry" title="Angel McCoughtry">Angel McCoughtry</a><sup id="cite_ref-ROY_13-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ROY-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>United States</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Louisville_Cardinals_women%27s_basketball" title="Louisville Cardinals women's basketball">Louisville</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Dream" title="Atlanta Dream">Atlanta Dream</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2010_WNBA_draft" title="2010 WNBA draft">2010</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tina_Charles_(basketball)" title="Tina Charles (basketball)">Tina Charles</a><sup id="cite_ref-ROY_13-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ROY-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>United States</td> <td><a href="/wiki/UConn_Huskies_women%27s_basketball" title="UConn Huskies women's basketball">UConn</a><sup id="cite_ref-UConn_16-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UConn-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>e<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Connecticut_Sun" title="Connecticut Sun">Connecticut Sun</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2011_WNBA_draft" title="2011 WNBA draft">2011</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Maya_Moore" title="Maya Moore">Maya Moore</a><sup id="cite_ref-ROY_13-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ROY-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ASGS_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ASGS-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>United States</td> <td><a href="/wiki/UConn_Huskies_women%27s_basketball" title="UConn Huskies women's basketball">UConn</a><sup id="cite_ref-UConn_16-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UConn-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>e<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Lynx" title="Minnesota Lynx">Minnesota Lynx</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2012_WNBA_draft" title="2012 WNBA draft">2012</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nneka_Ogwumike" title="Nneka Ogwumike">Nneka Ogwumike</a><sup id="cite_ref-ROY_13-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ROY-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>United States</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stanford_Cardinal_women%27s_basketball" title="Stanford Cardinal women's basketball">Stanford</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Sparks" title="Los Angeles Sparks">Los Angeles Sparks</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2013_WNBA_draft" title="2013 WNBA draft">2013</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brittney_Griner" title="Brittney Griner">Brittney Griner</a></td> <td>United States</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Baylor_Bears_women%27s_basketball" title="Baylor Bears women's basketball">Baylor</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Mercury" title="Phoenix Mercury">Phoenix Mercury</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2014_WNBA_draft" title="2014 WNBA draft">2014</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chiney_Ogwumike" title="Chiney Ogwumike">Chiney Ogwumike</a><sup id="cite_ref-ROY_13-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ROY-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>United States</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stanford_Cardinal_women%27s_basketball" title="Stanford Cardinal women's basketball">Stanford</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Connecticut_Sun" title="Connecticut Sun">Connecticut Sun</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2015_WNBA_draft" title="2015 WNBA draft">2015</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jewell_Loyd" title="Jewell Loyd">Jewell Loyd</a><sup id="cite_ref-ROY_13-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ROY-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>United States</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Notre_Dame_Fighting_Irish_women%27s_basketball" title="Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball">Notre Dame</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Seattle_Storm" title="Seattle Storm">Seattle Storm</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2016_WNBA_draft" title="2016 WNBA draft">2016</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Breanna_Stewart" title="Breanna Stewart">Breanna Stewart</a><sup id="cite_ref-ROY_13-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ROY-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>United States</td> <td><a href="/wiki/UConn_Huskies_women%27s_basketball" title="UConn Huskies women's basketball">UConn</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Seattle_Storm" title="Seattle Storm">Seattle Storm</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2017_WNBA_draft" title="2017 WNBA draft">2017</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kelsey_Plum" title="Kelsey Plum">Kelsey Plum</a></td> <td>United States</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Washington_Huskies_women%27s_basketball" title="Washington Huskies women's basketball">Washington</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Stars" title="San Antonio Stars">San Antonio Stars</a><sup id="cite_ref-Aces_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Aces-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2018_WNBA_draft" title="2018 WNBA draft">2018</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/A%27ja_Wilson" title="A'ja Wilson">A'ja Wilson</a><sup id="cite_ref-ROY_13-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ROY-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ASGR_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ASGR-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>United States</td> <td><a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_Gamecocks_women%27s_basketball" title="South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball">South Carolina</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Las_Vegas_Aces" title="Las Vegas Aces">Las Vegas Aces</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2019_WNBA_draft" title="2019 WNBA draft">2019</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jackie_Young" title="Jackie Young">Jackie Young</a></td> <td>United States</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Notre_Dame_Fighting_Irish_women%27s_basketball" title="Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball">Notre Dame</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Las_Vegas_Aces" title="Las Vegas Aces">Las Vegas Aces</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2020_WNBA_draft" title="2020 WNBA draft">2020</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sabrina_Ionescu" title="Sabrina Ionescu">Sabrina Ionescu</a></td> <td>United States</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oregon_Ducks_women%27s_basketball" title="Oregon Ducks women's basketball">Oregon</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_York_Liberty" title="New York Liberty">New York Liberty</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2021_WNBA_draft" title="2021 WNBA draft">2021</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charli_Collier" title="Charli Collier">Charli Collier</a></td> <td>United States</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Texas_Longhorns_women%27s_basketball" title="Texas Longhorns women's basketball">Texas</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_York_Liberty" title="New York Liberty">New York Liberty</a> (traded to <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Wings" title="Dallas Wings">Dallas</a> via Seattle) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2022_WNBA_draft" title="2022 WNBA draft">2022</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rhyne_Howard" title="Rhyne Howard">Rhyne Howard</a> <sup id="cite_ref-ROY_13-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ROY-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>United States</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Wildcats_women%27s_basketball" title="Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball">Kentucky</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Dream" title="Atlanta Dream">Atlanta Dream</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2023_WNBA_draft" title="2023 WNBA draft">2023</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Aliyah_Boston" title="Aliyah Boston">Aliyah Boston</a><sup id="cite_ref-ROY_13-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ROY-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ASGS_14-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ASGS-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>United States<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>g<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_Gamecocks_women%27s_basketball" title="South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball">South Carolina</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indiana_Fever" title="Indiana Fever">Indiana Fever</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_WNBA_draft" title="2024 WNBA draft">2024</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Caitlin_Clark" title="Caitlin Clark">Caitlin Clark</a></td> <td>United States</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Iowa_Hawkeyes_women%27s_basketball" title="Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball">Iowa</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indiana_Fever" title="Indiana Fever">Indiana Fever</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dt>Notes</dt></dl> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output 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href="#cite_ref-ROY_13-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ROY_13-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ROY_13-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ROY_13-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ROY_13-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ROY_13-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ROY_13-10"><sup><i><b>k</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ROY_13-11"><sup><i><b>l</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ROY_13-12"><sup><i><b>m</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ROY_13-13"><sup><i><b>n</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Named <a href="/wiki/WNBA_Rookie_of_the_Year_Award" title="WNBA Rookie of the Year Award">WNBA Rookie of the Year</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ASGS-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ASGS_14-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ASGS_14-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ASGS_14-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ASGS_14-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Started in the <a href="/wiki/WNBA_All-Star_Game" title="WNBA All-Star Game">WNBA All-Star Game</a> in her rookie season.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ASGR-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ASGR_15-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ASGR_15-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ASGR_15-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Named as an All-Star Game reserve in her rookie season.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-UConn-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-UConn_16-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-UConn_16-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-UConn_16-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-UConn_16-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">At the time of this draft, the University of Connecticut used "Connecticut" as its primary athletic brand, with "UConn" as a frequently used short form. 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