On April 5, 2006, the WNBA Draft took place at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. The draft was held in conjunction with the 2006 NCAA women's basketball tournament, which had its championship game the night before at the TD Banknorth Garden, now known as TD Garden, in Boston. This marked the first WNBA draft ever held outside New Jersey.
The first round of the draft was televised on ESPN2, while the second and third rounds were shown on ESPNU and NBA TV. Linda Cohn hosted the draft coverage. Four of the top six draft picks would be named to the All-Star Game in their rookie season: Seimone Augustus, Cappie Pondexter, Sophia Young, and Candice Dupree.
A separate expansion draft for the Chicago Sky took place on November 16, 2005.
Key
Draft Round 1 Pick Player Position Nationality Team School / club team 1Seimone Augustus ! G Minnesota Lynx LSU 2Cappie Pondexter ^ G Phoenix Mercury Rutgers 3 Monique Currie G Charlotte Sting Duke 4Sophia Young * F San Antonio Silver Stars Baylor 5 Lisa Willis G Los Angeles Sparks UCLA 6Candice Dupree + F/C Chicago Sky Temple 7 Shona Thorburn G Minnesota Lynx Utah 8 Tamara James G/F Washington Mystics Miami (FL) 9 La'Tangela Atkinson G/F Indiana Fever North Carolina 10 Tye'sha Fluker C Charlotte Sting Tennessee 11 Barbara Turner G Seattle Storm Connecticut 12 Sherill Baker G New York Liberty Georgia 13 Kim Smith F Sacramento Monarchs Utah 14 Scholanda Dorrell G Sacramento Monarchs LSU
Round 2 Pick Player Position Nationality Team School / club team 15 Ann Strother G Houston Comets Connecticut 16 Shanna Zolman G San Antonio Silver Stars Tennessee 17 Ambrosia Anderson F Detroit Shock BYU 18 Liz Shimek F Phoenix Mercury Michigan State 19 Nikki Blue G Washington Mystics UCLA 20 Jennifer Harris # G Chicago Sky Washburn 21 Mistie Williams F Phoenix Mercury Duke 22 Willnett Crockett F Los Angeles Sparks Connecticut 23 Brooke Queenan F New York Liberty Boston College 24 Renae Camino # G Houston Comets AIS (Australia) 25 Dalila Eshe # F Seattle Storm Florida 26 Kasha Terry F Indiana Fever Georgia Tech 27 LaToya Bond G Charlotte Sting Missouri 28 Debbie Merrill # F Connecticut Sun Ohio State
Round 3 Pick Player Position Nationality Team School / club team 29 Tiffany Stansbury F/C Houston Comets North Carolina State 30 Khara Smith # F San Antonio Silver Stars DePaul 31 Megan Duffy G Minnesota Lynx Notre Dame 32 Crystal Smith G Phoenix Mercury Iowa 33 Mariam Sy # C Washington Mystics Oklahoma City 34 Kerri Gardin F Chicago Sky Virginia Tech 35 Zane Teilane C Detroit Shock Western Illinois 36 Tiffany Porter-Talbert # G Los Angeles Sparks Western Kentucky 37 Christelle N'Garsanet C New York Liberty Missouri 38 Jessica Foley # G Indiana Fever Duke 39 Erin Grant G Seattle Storm Texas Tech 40 Marina Kuzina # C Indiana Fever Nadezhda Orenburg (Russia) 41 Lamisha Augustine # F Sacramento Monarchs San Jose State 42 Marita Payne # C Connecticut Sun Auburn
See also List of first overall WNBA draft picks
References