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2001 WNBA Draft Order

Draft will take place Friday, April 20, @ 10:30 am CDT

Third Round | Fourth Round

FIRST ROUND SECOND ROUND
Pick Team Pick Team
  1. Seattle Storm 17. Seattle Storm
  2. Charlotte Sting 18. Charlotte Sting
  3. Indiana Fever 19. Indiana Fever
  4. Portland Fire 20. Portland Fire
  5 Miami Sol 21. Miami Sol
  6. Detroit Shock 22. Detroit Shock
  7. Minnesota Lynx 23. Minnesota Lynx
  8. Utah Starzz 24. Utah Starzz
  9. Washington Mystics 25. Washington Mystics
10. Orlando Miracle 26. Orlando Miracle
11. Cleveland Rockers 27. Cleveland Rockers
12. Portland Fire (from Minnesota via New York) 28. Minnesota Lynx (from Washington via New York)
13. Phoenix Mercury 29. Phoenix Mercury
14. Indiana Fever (from Sacramento) 30. Sacramento Monarchs
15. Houston Comets 31. Houston Comets
16. Los Angeles Sparks 32. Los Angeles Sparks

Draft Notes:

  • Minnesota traded Kristin Folkl and the first round draft choice it received from New York in exchange for Grace Daley (September 13, 2000) to Portland for Lynn Pride and Michele Van Gorp on February 20, 2001.
  • Indiana traded Kara Wolters to Sacramento in exchange for the 14thpick in the 2001 WNBA Draft on April 11, 2001.
  • Washington traded the second round pick it acquired from New York (4/17/01) to Minnesota for Annie Burgess on April 17, 2001.

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THIRD ROUND FOURTH ROUND
Pick Team Pick Team
33. Houston Comets (from Seattle) 49. Seattle Storm
34. Charlotte Sting 50. Charlotte Sting
35. Indiana Fever 51. Indiana Fever
36. Portland Fire 52. Portland Fire
37 Miami Sol 53. Phoenix Mercury (from Miami)
38. Detroit Shock 54. Detroit Shock
39. Minnesota Lynx 55. Minnesota Lynx
40. Utah Starzz 56. Utah Starzz
41. Washington Mystics 57. New York Liberty (from Washington)
42. Orlando Miracle 58. Orlando Miracle
43. Cleveland Rockers 59. Cleveland Rockers
44. Washington Mystics (from New York) 60. New York Liberty
45. Phoenix Mercury 61. Phoenix Mercury
46. Sacramento Monarchs 62. Sacramento Monarchs
47. Houston Comets 63. Houston Comets
48. Los Angeles Sparks 64. Los Angeles Sparks

Draft Notes:

  • Seattle traded its third round draft choice to Houston in exchange for Andrea Garner on May 27, 2000.
  • Miami traded its fourth round draft choice to Phoenix in exchange for Shantia Owens on April 25, 2000.
  • New York traded its second and third round choices to Washington in exchange for Andrea Nagy and Washington's fourth round choice.

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