2014 WNBA draft
General information
SportBasketball
Date(s)April 14, 2014
LocationMohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Connecticut
Network(s)ESPN2, ESPNU
Overview
LeagueWNBA
First selectionChiney Ogwumike
Connecticut Sun

The 2014 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 14, 2014 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, 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 December 10, 2013.[1] The draft lottery was televised (during SportsCenter at 6:30 pm ET).

Below were the chances for each team to get specific picks in the 2014 draft lottery, rounded to three decimal places:

Team 2013
record
Lottery
chances
Pick
1st2nd3rd4th
Connecticut Sun 10-24 442 .442 .316 .181 .062
Tulsa Shock 11–23 227 .276 .270 .293 .209
New York Liberty 11-23 227 .276 .269 .294 .209
San Antonio Stars 12-22 104 .104 .145 .232 .520
Shaded block denotes actual lottery result.

Invited players

The WNBA announced on April 10, 2014 that 12 players had been invited to attend the draft. Unless indicated otherwise, all players listed are Americans who played at U.S. colleges.[2]

Transactions

Key

* 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
Bold Denotes player who won Rookie of the Year

Draft selections

Round 1

Pick Player Nationality Team School / club team
1 Chiney Ogwumike + United States United States Connecticut Sun Stanford
2 Odyssey Sims * United States United States Tulsa Shock Baylor
3 Kayla McBride + United States United States San Antonio Stars Notre Dame
4 Alyssa Thomas * United States United States New York Liberty (traded to Conn.) Maryland
5 Natasha Howard * United States United States Indiana Fever Florida State
6 Stefanie Dolson + United States United States Washington Mystics Connecticut
7 Bria Hartley United States United States Seattle Storm (traded to Was.) Connecticut
8 Shoni Schimmel + United States United States Atlanta Dream Louisville
9 Natalie Achonwa Canada Canada Indiana Fever (from Pho.) Notre Dame
10 Markeisha Gatling United States United States Chicago Sky N.C. State
11 Chelsea Gray * United States United States Connecticut Sun (from L.A.) Duke
12 Tricia Liston United States United States Minnesota Lynx Duke

Round 2

Pick Player Nationality Team School / club team
13 Jordan Hooper  United States Tulsa Shock (from Conn.) Nebraska
14 Tyaunna Marshall  United States New York Liberty Georgia Tech
15 Asya Bussie  United States Minnesota Lynx (from Tul.) West Virginia
16 Astou Ndour  Spain San Antonio Stars Gran Canarias (Spain)
17 Tiffany Bias  United States Phoenix Mercury (from Ind.) Oklahoma State
18 Inga Orekhova  Ukraine Atlanta Dream (from Was.) South Florida
19 Michelle Plouffe  Canada Seattle Storm Utah
20 Cassie Harberts  United States Atlanta Dream USC
21 Maggie Lucas  United States Phoenix Mercury Penn State
22 Gennifer Brandon  United States Chicago Sky California
23 Jennifer Hamson  United States Los Angeles Sparks BYU
24 Christina Foggie  United States Minnesota Lynx Vanderbilt

Round 3

Pick Player Nationality Team School / club team
25 DeNesha Stallworth  United States Connecticut Sun Kentucky
26 Meighan Simmons  United States New York Liberty Tennessee
27 Theresa Plaisance  United States Tulsa Shock LSU
28 Bri Kulas  United States San Antonio Stars Missouri
29 Haiden Palmer  United States Indiana Fever Gonzaga
30 Carley Mijović  Australia Washington Mystics Canberra Capitals (Australia)
31 Mikaela Ruef  United States Seattle Storm Stanford
32 Kody Burke  United States Washington Mystics (from Atl.) N.C. State
33 Stephanie Talbot  Australia Phoenix Mercury Adelaide Lightning (Australia)
34 Jamierra Faulkner  United States Chicago Sky Southern Miss
35 Antonita Slaughter  United States Los Angeles Sparks Louisville
36 Asia Taylor  United States Minnesota Lynx Louisville

See also

References

  1. Connecticut Sun Win Top Pick in 2014 WNBA Draft Lottery Presented by State Farm
  2. "2014 WNBA draft attendees announced: 12 prospects invited to Monday draft" (Press release). Swish Appeal. April 10, 2014. Retrieved April 14, 2014.
  3. Altavilla, John (April 14, 2014). "Dolson, Hartley To Play Together For Mystics". Hartford Courant. Tribune Company. Archived from the original on April 18, 2014. Retrieved April 15, 2014.
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