2014 WNBA Draft

2014 WNBA draft
General Information
Date	April 14, 2014
Time	8:00 pm EDT
Location	Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Connecticut
Network(s) (US)	ESPN2, ESPNU
First selection	Chiney Ogwumike, Stanford
WNBA draft
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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
			1st	2nd	3rd	4th
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]

• Natalie Achonwa, Notre Dame
• Stefanie Dolson, Connecticut
• Markeisha Gatling, N.C. State
• Chelsea Gray, Duke
• Bria Hartley, Connecticut
• Natasha Howard, Florida State
• Kayla McBride, Notre Dame
• Chiney Ogwumike, Stanford
• Shoni Schimmel, Louisville
• Meighan Simmons, Tennessee
• Odyssey Sims, Baylor
• Alyssa Thomas, Maryland

Transactions

• March 1, 2013: The Minnesota Lynx acquired the 2nd round pick of the Tulsa Shock in a trade that sent Candice Wiggins to Tulsa.
• March 11, 2014: The Indiana Fever acquired a first round pick from the Phoenix Mercury as part of the Erin Phillips/Lynetta Kizer transaction.
• March 31, 2014: The Connecticut Sun acquired a first round pick from the Los Angeles Sparks in exchange for Sandrine Gruda.
• April 14, 2014: The Connecticut Sun acquired Alyssa Thomas (the New York Liberty's pick in the first round), Kelsey Bone, and the Liberty's 2015 1st round draft pick, in exchange for Tina Charles
• April 14, 2014: The Washington Mystics acquired Bria Hartley (the Seattle Storm's first round pick) and Tianna Hawkins for Crystal Langhorne^[3]

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

WNBA Draft

Round 1

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

Round 2

Pick	Player	Nationality	WNBA Team	School/Club Team/Country
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	Spain
17	Tiffany Bias	United States	Phoenix Mercury (from Ind.)	Oklahoma State
18	Inga Orekhova	Ukraine	Atlanta Dream (from Was.)	USF
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	WNBA Team	School/Club Team/Country
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 Mijovic	Australia	Washington Mystics	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	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

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. Retrieved 15 Apr 2014.

External links

• 2014 WNBA draft board