1998 WNBA draft

1998 WNBA draft
1998 WNBA draft
General information
Sport	Basketball
Date(s)	April 28, 1998
Overview
League	WNBA
Expansion teams	Detroit Shock; Washington Mystics
First selection	Małgorzata Dydek; Utah Starzz
	← 1997 1999 →

On January 27, 1998, a total of 4 players were assigned to two teams in no particular order.
On February 18, 1998, a WNBA expansion draft took place.
On April 28, 1998, the regular WNBA draft took place.
On September 15, 1998, two more players were assigned for the expansion draft of 1999.

!	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
^#	Denotes player who never played in the WNBA regular season or playoffs
Bold	Denotes player who won Rookie of the Year

Draft

Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team	School / club team
1	Małgorzata Dydek ⁺	C	Poland	Utah Starzz	Pool Getafe (Spain)
2	Ticha Penicheiro * ^	G	Portugal	Sacramento Monarchs	Old Dominion
3	Murriel Page	F/C	United States	Washington Mystics	Florida
4	Korie Hlede	G	Croatia	Detroit Shock	Duquesne
5	Allison Feaster ⁺	F	United States	Los Angeles Sparks	Harvard
6	Cindy Blodgett	G	United States	Cleveland Rockers	Maine
7	Tracy Reid	F/G	United States	Charlotte Sting	North Carolina
8	Maria Stepanova	C	Russia	Phoenix Mercury	CSKA Moscow (Russia)
9	Alicia Thompson	C	United States	New York Liberty	Texas Tech
10	Polina Tzekova	F/C	Bulgaria	Houston Comets	Tarbes Gespe Bigorre (France)

Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team	School / club team
11	Olympia Scott	F/C	United States	Utah Starzz	Stanford
12	Tangela Smith ⁺	F/C	United States	Sacramento Monarchs	Iowa
13	Rita Williams ⁺	G	United States	Washington Mystics	Connecticut
14	Rachael Sporn	F	Australia	Detroit Shock	Adelaide Lightning (Australia)
15	Octavia Blue	F	United States	Los Angeles Sparks	Miami
16	Suzie McConnell Serio ^x ^	G	United States	Cleveland Rockers	Penn State
17	Christy Smith	G	United States	Charlotte Sting	Arkansas
18	Andrea Kuklová	G/F	Slovakia	Phoenix Mercury	Pays d'Aix Basket 13 (France)
19	Nadine Domond	G	United States	New York Liberty	Iowa
20	Nyree Roberts	C	United States	Houston Comets	Old Dominion

Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team	School / club team
21	LaTonya Johnson	F	United States	Utah Starzz	Memphis
22	Quacy Barnes	C	United States	Sacramento Monarchs	Indiana
23	Angela Hamblin	G/F	United States	Washington Mystics	Iowa
24	Gergana Branzova	F	Bulgaria	Detroit Shock	Florida International
25	Rehema Stephens	G	United States	Los Angeles Sparks	UCLA
26	Tanja Kostić	F	Sweden	Cleveland Rockers	Oregon State
27	Pollyanna Johns	C	United States	Charlotte Sting	Michigan
28	Brandy Reed ⁺	F	United States	Phoenix Mercury	Southern Mississippi
29	Albena Branzova	F	Bulgaria	New York Liberty	Florida International
30	Amaya Valdemoro	F	Spain	Houston Comets	Pool Getafe (Spain)

Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team	School / club team
31	Tricia Bader	G	United States	Utah Starzz	Boise State
32	Adia Barnes	F	United States	Sacramento Monarchs	Arizona
33	Angela Jackson	C	United States	Washington Mystics	Texas
34	Sandy Brondello ⁺	G	Australia	Detroit Shock	BTV Wuppertal (Germany)
35	Erica Kienast ^#	F	United States	Los Angeles Sparks	UC-Santa Barbara
36	Tammye Jenkins ^#	C	United States	Cleveland Rockers	Georgia
37	Sonia Chase	G	United States	Charlotte Sting	Maryland
38	Karen Wilkins ^#	G/F	United States	Phoenix Mercury	Howard
39	Vanessa Nygaard	F	United States	New York Liberty	Stanford
40	Monica Lamb-Powell	C	United States	Houston Comets	USC

"All-Time WNBA Draft List". WNBA. Archived from the original on May 9, 2008. Retrieved June 4, 2008.