2015 WNBA draft



























2015 WNBA draft
Sport Basketball
Date(s) 16 April
Location
Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Connecticut
Network(s)
ESPN2, ESPNU
League WNBA

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The 2015 WNBA draft was the league's draft for the 2015 WNBA season. The Seattle Storm picked first.


This year's draft was unusual in that two players with remaining college eligibility declared for the draft—Jewell Loyd of Notre Dame, who had one year of eligibility remaining, and Amanda Zahui B. of Minnesota, with two years remaining. Both players were draft-eligible by virtue of their births in 1993; under current draft rules, players who turn 22 in the calendar year of the draft can declare themselves eligible even if they have not completed college eligibility.[1] Before this season, only two players with remaining college eligibility had ever entered the WNBA draft, and only one of these did so before her fourth college season (Kelsey Bone in 2012).[2]




Contents






  • 1 Draft lottery


  • 2 Invited players


  • 3 Key


  • 4 Draft


    • 4.1 Round 1


    • 4.2 Round 2


    • 4.3 Round 3




  • 5 References





Draft lottery


The lottery selection to determine the order of the top four picks in the 2015 draft occurred on August 21, 2014. The team that would get the first pick would be the winner of the lottery.[3]


Below were the chances for each team to get specific picks in the 2015 draft lottery, rounded to three decimal places:




















































Team

2014
record
Lottery win
chances
Pick
1st 2nd 3rd 4th

Seattle Storm
12-22
359





Tulsa Shock
12-22
359





Connecticut Sun
13-21
178





Connecticut Sun (from New York Liberty)
15-19
104





Shaded block denotes actual lottery result.


Invited players


The WNBA announced on April 13, 2015 that 12 players had been invited to attend the draft. Unless indicated otherwise, all players listed are Americans who played at U.S. colleges.[4]




  • Brittany Boyd, California


  • Reshanda Gray, California


  • Dearica Hamby, Wake Forest


  • Isabelle Harrison, Tennessee


  • Brittany Hrynko, DePaul


  • Samantha Logic, Iowa


  • Jewell Loyd, Notre Dame


  • Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis, Connecticut


  • Kiah Stokes, Connecticut


  • Aleighsa Welch, South Carolina


  • Elizabeth Williams, Duke


  • Sweden Amanda Zahui B., Minnesota



Key













PG
Point guard
SG
Shooting guard
SF
Small forward
PF
Power forward
C
Center





italics
Denotes player who won Rookie of the Year


Draft





Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game


Round 1






























































































Pick
Player
Nationality
WNBA Team
School/Club Team/Country
1

Jewell Loyd

 United States

Seattle Storm

Notre Dame
2

Amanda Zahui B.

 Sweden

Tulsa Shock

Minnesota
3

Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis

 United States

Seattle Storm (from Conn.) [a]

Connecticut
4

Elizabeth Williams

 United States

Connecticut Sun (from N.Y.)

Duke
5

Cheyenne Parker

 United States

Chicago Sky

Middle Tennessee
6

Dearica Hamby

 United States

San Antonio Stars (from Ind.) [b]

Wake Forest
7

Crystal Bradford

 United States

Los Angeles Sparks

Central Michigan
8

Ally Malott

 United States

Washington Mystics

Dayton
9

Brittany Boyd

 United States

New York Liberty (from S.A.)

California
10

Samantha Logic

 United States

Atlanta Dream

Iowa
11

Kiah Stokes

 United States

New York Liberty (from Min.)

Connecticut
12

Isabelle Harrison

 United States

Phoenix Mercury[7]

Tennessee


Round 2






























































































Pick
Player
Nationality
WNBA Team
School/Club Team/Country
13

Brianna Kiesel

 United States

Tulsa Shock

Pittsburgh
14

Cierra Burdick

 United States

Los Angeles Sparks (through Sea.)

Tennessee
15

Natasha Cloud

 United States

Washington Mystics (through Conn./Sea.)

Saint Joseph's
16

Reshanda Gray

 United States

Minnesota Lynx (from N.Y.)

California
17

Betnijah Laney

 United States

Chicago Sky

Rutgers
18

Alex Harden

 United States

Phoenix Mercury (through Ind.)

Wichita State
19

Brittany Hrynko

 United States

Connecticut Sun (through L.A.; traded to Atl.)

DePaul
20

Vicky McIntyre

 United States

Seattle Storm (through Was.)

Oral Roberts
21

Chelsea Gardner

 United States

Indiana Fever (from S.A.)

Kansas
22

Aleighsa Welch

 United States

Chicago Sky (through Atl.)

South Carolina
23

Amber Orrange

 United States

New York Liberty (from Min.)

Stanford
24

Žofia Hruščáková

 Slovakia

Phoenix Mercury

Good Angels Košice (Slovakia)


Round 3






























































































Pick
Player
Nationality
WNBA Team
School/Club Team/Country
25

Mimi Mungedi

 Gabon

Tulsa Shock

Nevada
26

Nneka Enemkpali

 United States

Seattle Storm

Texas
27

Laurin Mincy

 United States

New York Liberty (through Conn.)

Maryland
28

Michala Johnson

 United States

New York Liberty (from Minn.)

Wisconsin
29

Ariel Massengale

 United States

Atlanta Dream

Tennessee
30

Dragana Stanković

 Serbia

San Antonio Stars (from Ind.)

UNIQA Euroleasing Sopron (Hungary)
31

Andrea Hoover

 United States

Los Angeles Sparks

Dayton
32

Marica Gajić

 Bosnia and Herzegovina

Washington Mystics

ŽKK Celje (Slovenia)
33

Nikki Moody

 United States

San Antonio Stars

Iowa State
34

Lauren Okafor

 United States

Atlanta Dream

James Madison
35

Shae Kelley

 United States

Minnesota Lynx (from N.Y.)

Minnesota
36

Promise Amukamara

 Nigeria

Phoenix Mercury

Arizona State


References





  1. ^ Feinberg, Doug (April 15, 2015). "Jewell Loyd, Amanda Zahui B. shake up WNBA draft". The Denver Post. Associated Press. Retrieved January 14, 2016..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ Morris, Benjamin (April 27, 2015). "Women's College Basketball Is Better Than Men's". FiveThirtyEight. Retrieved June 7, 2016.


  3. ^ Seattle Storm win WNBA draft lottery, secure No. 1 pick - ESPN


  4. ^ "Loyd, Mosqueda-Lewis Headline List of Top College Prospects to Attend WNBA Draft 2015 Presented by State Farm" (Press release). WNBA. April 13, 2015. Retrieved April 13, 2015.


  5. ^ "Seattle Storm 2015 Team Transactions". espn.go.com. ESPN. Retrieved 2015-03-21.


  6. ^ Fever Acquire Shenise Johnson From Stars


  7. ^ WNBA.com: Seattle Storm Win Top Pick in 2015 WNBA Draft Presented by State Farm






  1. ^ The Storm traded Camille Little and Shekinna Stricklen to Connecticut for the 3rd and 15th picks in this draft.[5]


  2. ^ The Stars traded Shenise Johnson and their second-round pick to Indiana for the first- and third-round picks in this draft.[6]












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