Minnesota Lynx 2010 Draft Information
Published on April 7, 2010 under Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)
Minnesota Lynx News Release
MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL - The Minnesota Lynx own the Nos. 2, 3 and 26 overall picks in the 2010 WNBA Draft, which will be held tomorrow, Thursday, April 8 at the NBA Entertainment studios in Secaucus, N.J. ESPN2 and ESPN360 will provide live coverage and analysis of the first round of the draft beginning at 2 p.m. CT while ESPNU and NBA TV will broadcast the second and third rounds.
** LYNX ALL-TIME DRAFT RESULTS AND NOTES **
LYNX ALL-TIME FIRST ROUND DRAFT CHOICES
Year Player Round/PK College School
2009 Renee Montgomery 1st Round/4th Overall Connecticut
2009 Quanitra Hollingsworth 1st Round/9th Overall Virginia Commonwealth
2008 Candice Wiggins 1st Round/3rd Overall Stanford
2007 Noelle Quinn 1st Round/4th Overall UCLA
2006 Seimone Augustus 1st Round/1st Overall LSU
2006 Shona Thorburn 1st Round/7th Overall Utah
2005 Kristen Mann 1st Round/11th Overall UC Santa Barbara
2004 Nicole Ohlde 1st Round/6th Overall Kansas State
2004 Vanessa Hayden 1st Round/7th Overall Florida
2002 Tamika Williams 1st Round/6th Overall Connecticut
2001 Svetlana Abrosimova 1st Round/7th Overall Connecticut
2000 Grace Daley 1st Round/5th Overall Tulane
2000 Betty Lennox 1st Round/6th Overall Louisiana Tech
2000 Maylana Martin 1st Round/10th Overall UCLA
1999 Tonya Edwards 1st Round/7th Overall Tennessee
LYNX FIRST ROUND NOTES
- Minnesota has selected in the first round of the WNBA Draft 15 times in its 11-year history.
- The Lynx are the first team in WNBA history to own multiple top-3 picks in a WNBA Draft.
- The Lynx will draft second overall for the first time in franchise history.
- This is the second year that the Lynx have held the No. 3 draft position (2008 WNBA Draft - Candice Wiggins).
- Minnesota owns two picks in first round of the 2010 WNBA Draft, marking the fifth time in franchise history that it has owned two-or-more selections in the first round (2000, 2004, 2006, 2009).
- Of Minnesota's 15 first-round selections, Betty Lennox (2000) and Seimone Augustus (2006) have gone on to become WNBA All-Stars.
- The Lynx have had at least one representative on the All-Rookie Team the past four seasons (2009, Renee Montgomery; 2008, Candice Wiggins & Nicky Anosike; 2007, Lindsey Harding; 2006, Seimone Augustus).
LYNX ALL-TIME THIRD ROUND DRAFT CHOICES
Year Player Round/PK College School
2009 Emily Fox 3rd Round/30th Overall Minnesota
2008 Charde Houston 3rd Round/30th Overall Connecticut
2006 Megan Duffy 3rd Round/31st Overall Notre Dame
2005 Monique Bivins 3rd Round/37th Overall Alabama
2004 Amber Jacobs 3rd Round/33rd Overall Boston College
2004 Kate Bulger 3rd Round/38th Overall West Virginia
2003 Carla Bennett 3rd Round/29th Overall Drake
2002 Lindsey Meder 3rd Round/38th Overall Iowa
2001 Tombi Bell 3rd Round/39th Overall Florida
2000 Phylesha Whaley 3rd Round/38th Overall Oklahoma
1999 Andrea Lloyd Curry 3rd Round/31st Overall Texas
LYNX THIRD ROUND NOTES
- Minnesota has drafted in the third round 11 times in its 11-year history.
- The Lynx have never held the 26th overall selection.
- Minnesota drafted 2009 All-Star forward Charde Houston in the third round (30th overall) of the 2008 WNBA Draft. Houston went on to appear in 33 of Minnesota's 34 regular-season games in 2008, averaging 8.8 ppg - the highest by a third round or later pick in their rookie year in WNBA history. In 2009, the six-foot forward increased her scoring average to 13.1 ppg en route to her first All-Star Game appearance.
- Four of Minnesota's 11 third round selections have gone on to play a regular-season game for the Lynx (2008, Houston; 2006, Duffy; 2004, Jacobs; Lloyd Curry, 1999).
** HISTORY OF THE LYNX DRAFT POSITIONS **
HISTORY OF THE SECOND OVERALL PICK
Year Player College Team WNBA Team
2009 Marissa Coleman Maryland Washington Mystics
2008 Sylvia Fowles LSU Chicago Sky
2007 Jessica Davenport Ohio State New York Liberty
2006 Cappie Pondexter Rutgers Phoenix Mercury
2005 Tan White Mississippi State Indiana Fever
2004 Alana Beard Duke Washington Mystics
2003 Chantelle Anderson Vanderbilt Sacramento Monarchs
2002 Swin Cash Connecticut Detroit Shock
2001 Kelly Miller Georgia Charlotte Sting
2000 Tausha Mills Alabama Washington Mystics
1999 Yolanda Griffith Florida Atlantic Sacramento Monarchs
1998 Ticha Penicheiro Old Dominion Sacramento Monarchs
HISTORY OF THE THIRD OVERALL PICK
Year Player College Team WNBA Team
2009 Kristi Toliver Maryland Chicago Sky
2008 Candice Wiggins Stanford Minnesota Lynx
2007 Armintie Price Mississippi State Chicago Sky
2006 Monique Currie Duke Charlotte Sting
2005 Sandora Irvin Texas Christian Phoenix Mercury
2004 Nicole Powell Stanford Sacramento Monarchs
2003 Cheryl Ford Louisiana Tech Detroit Shock
2002 Stacey Dales-Schuman Oklahoma Washington Mystics
2001 Tamika Catchings Tennessee Indiana Fever
2000 Edwina Brown Texas Detroit Shock
1999 Natalie Williams UCLA Utah Starzz
1998 Murriel Page Florida Washington Mystics
HISTORY OF THE 26TH OVERALL PICK
Year Player College Team WNBA Team
2009 Sonja Petrovic Belgrade, Serbia San Antonio Silver Stars
2008 Khadijah Whittington NC State Indiana Fever
2007 Cori Chambers Georgia Connecticut Sun
2006 Kasha Terry Georgia Tech Indiana Fever
2005 DeeDee Wheeler Arizona Los Angeles Sparks
2004 Lindsay Taylor UC Santa Barbara Houston Comets
2003 K.B. Sharp Cincinnati New York Liberty
2002 Linda Frohlich UNLV New York Liberty
2001 Brooke Wyckoff Florida State Cleveland Rockers
2000 Jurgita Streimikyte Lithuania Indiana Fever
1999 Kate Starbird Stanford Sacramento Monarchs
1998 Tanja Kostic Oregon State Cleveland Rockers
** 2010 WNBA DRAFT ORDER **
First Round Second Round Third Round
1. Connecticut (from Minnesota) 13. New York 25. New York
2. Minnesota (from Connecticut) 14. Washington (from Minnesota) 26. Minnesota
3. Minnesota 15. Connecticut 27. Connecticut
4. Chicago 16. New York (from Chicago) 28. Chicago
5. San Antonio 17. San Antonio 29. San Antonio
6. Washington 18. Washington 30. Washington
7. Tulsa 19. Tulsa 31. Tulsa
8. Los Angeles 20. Los Angeles 32. Los Angeles
9. Atlanta 21. Atlanta 33. Atlanta
10. Seattle 22. Seattle 34. Seattle
11. Indiana 23. Indiana 35. Indiana
12. Los Angeles (from Phoenix) 24. Phoenix 36. Phoenix
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