2013 WNBA draft

2013 WNBA draft
General Information
Date	April 15, 2013
Time	8:00 pm EDT
Location	Bristol, Connecticut
Network(s) (US)	ESPN2, ESPNU
First selection	Brittney Griner, Baylor
WNBA draft
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The 2013 WNBA draft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 15, 2013 at the ESPN studios in Bristol, Connecticut at 8:00 pm EDT. The first round was shown on ESPN2 (HD), with the second and third rounds shown on ESPNU.

Draft lottery

The lottery selection to determine the order of the top four picks in the 2013 draft occurred on September 26, 2012. For the first time in league history, the lottery was televised (during SportsCenter at 6:30 pm ET).

Below were the chances for each team to get specific picks in the 2013 draft lottery, rounded to three decimal places:

Team	2012 record	Lottery chances	Pick
			1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Washington Mystics	5–29	442	.442	.316	.181	.062
Phoenix Mercury	7–27	276	.276	.310	.270	.144
Tulsa Shock	9–25	178	.178	.230	.317	.275
Chicago Sky	14–20	104	.104	.145	.232	.520
Shaded block denotes actual lottery result.

Invited players

The WNBA announced on April 11, 2013 that 12 players had been invited to attend the draft. Unless indicated otherwise, all players listed are Americans who played at U.S. colleges.

• Alex Bentley, Penn State
• Kelsey Bone, Texas A&M
• Layshia Clarendon, California
• Elena Delle Donne, Delaware
• Skylar Diggins, Notre Dame
• Kelly Faris, Connecticut
• Brittney Griner, Baylor
• Tianna Hawkins, Maryland
• Tayler Hill, Ohio State
• Lindsey Moore, Nebraska
• Ta’Shauna “Sugar” Rodgers, Georgetown
• Toni Young, Oklahoma State

Transactions

• February 2, 2012: The Minnesota Lynx signed-and-traded Alexis Hornbuckle to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for a 2013 second round draft pick.
• March 14, 2012: The Chicago Sky acquired Sonja Petrovic from the San Antonio Silver Stars in exchange for a 2013 second round draft pick.
• February 19, 2013: The Washington Mystics receive the seventh and 19th overall pick from the Atlanta Dream as part of the Jasmine Thomas trade. Atlanta receives the 13th overall pick.
• February 27, 2013: The New York Liberty receive the seventh overall pick from the Washington Mystics as part of the Kia Vaughn trade. Washington receives the 17th overall pick.
• March 1, 2013: The New York Liberty receive the 15th and 27th overall picks as part of a three-team trade. The Tulsa Shock receive the 29th overall pick.
• April 15, 2013: The New York Liberty receive the 25th overall pick from the Washington Mystics as part of the Quanitra Hollingsworth trade.

College draft

Key

PG

Point guard

SG

Shooting guard

SF

Small forward

PF

Power forward

C

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
x	Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-WNBA Team
#	Denotes player who never played in the WNBA regular season or playoffs

Round 1

Pick	Player	Nationality	WNBA Team	School/Club Team/Country
1	Brittney Griner +	United States	Phoenix Mercury	Baylor
2	Elena Delle Donne +	United States	Chicago Sky	Delaware
3	Skylar Diggins +	United States	Tulsa Shock	Notre Dame
4	Tayler Hill	United States	Washington Mystics	Ohio State
5	Kelsey Bone +	United States	New York Liberty	Texas A&M
6	Tianna Hawkins	United States	Seattle Storm	Maryland
7	Toni Young	United States	New York Liberty (from Atl. via Was.)	Oklahoma State
8	Kayla Alexander	Canada	San Antonio Silver Stars	Syracuse
9	Layshia Clarendon	United States	Indiana Fever	California
10	A'dia Mathies	United States	Los Angeles Sparks	Kentucky
11	Kelly Faris	United States	Connecticut Sun	Connecticut
12	Lindsey Moore	United States	Minnesota Lynx	Nebraska

Round 2

Pick	Player	Nationality	WNBA Team	School/Club Team/Country
13	Alex Bentley +	United States	Atlanta Dream (from Was.)	Penn State
14	Sugar Rodgers	United States	Minnesota Lynx (from Phx.)	Georgetown
15	Kamiko Williams	United States	New York Liberty (from Tul.)	Tennessee
16	Davellyn Whyte	United States	San Antonio Silver Stars (from Chi.)	Arizona
17	Nadirah McKenith	United States	Washington Mystics (from N.Y.)	St. John's
18	Chelsea Poppens	United States	Seattle Storm	Iowa State
19	Emma Meesseman +	Belgium	Washington Mystics (from Atl.)	Villeneuve-d'Ascq (France)
20	Diandra Tchatchouang	France	San Antonio Silver Stars	Perpignan (France)
21	Jasmine Hassell	United States	Indiana Fever	Georgia
22	Brittany Chambers	United States	Los Angeles Sparks	Kansas State
23	Anna Prins	United States	Connecticut Sun	Iowa State
24	Chucky Jeffery	United States	Minnesota Lynx	Colorado

Round 3

Pick	Player	Nationality	WNBA Team	School/Club Team/Country
25	Shenneika Smith	Jamaica	New York Liberty (from Was.)	St. John's
26	Nikki Greene	United States	Phoenix Mercury	Penn State
27	Olcay Çakır	Turkey	New York Liberty (from Tul.)	Fenerbahçe (Turkey)
28	Brooklyn Pope	United States	Chicago Sky	Baylor
29	Angel Goodrich	United States	Tulsa Shock (from N.Y.)	Kansas
30	Jasmine James	United States	Seattle Storm	Georgia
31	Anne Marie Armstrong	United States	Atlanta Dream	Georgia
32	Whitney Hand	United States	San Antonio Silver Stars	Oklahoma
33	Jennifer George	United States	Indiana Fever	Florida
34	Alina Iagupova1	Ukraine	Los Angeles Sparks
35	Andrea Smith	United States	Connecticut Sun	South Florida
36	Waltiea Rolle	United States	Minnesota Lynx	North Carolina

Note:

• 1: Los Angeles's selection of Alina Iagupova was subsequently voided by the league due to her age, under Article XIII, section 1(d) of the Collective Bargaining Agreement.

External links

• 2013 WNBA draft board