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.
| 2006 WNBA draft | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Sport | Basketball |
| Date(s) | April 5, 2006 |
| Location | Boston, Massachusetts (main draft) |
| Network(s) | ESPN2, NBATV, ESPNU |
| Overview | |
| League | WNBA |
| Expansion teams | Chicago Sky |
| First selection | Seimone Augustus Minnesota Lynx |
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.[1]
Key
edit| ! | 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 |
| # | Denotes player who never played in the WNBA regular season or playoffs |
| Bold | Denotes player who won Rookie of the Year |
Draft
editRound 1
edit| Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | Team | School / club team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seimone Augustus * ^ ! | G |  United States
|
Minnesota Lynx | LSU |
| 2 | Cappie Pondexter * | G | United States
|
Phoenix Mercury | Rutgers |
| 3 | Monique Currie | G | United States
|
Charlotte Sting | Duke |
| 4 | Sophia Young * | F |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
|
San Antonio Silver Stars | Baylor |
| 5 | Lisa Willis | G | United States
|
Los Angeles Sparks (from Washington) | UCLA |
| 6 | Candice Dupree + | F/C | United States
|
Chicago Sky | Temple |
| 7 | Shona Thorburn | G |  Canada
|
Minnesota Lynx (from Detroit) | Utah |
| 8 | Tamara James | G/F | United States
|
Washington Mystics (from Los Angeles) | Miami (FL) |
| 9 | La'Tangela Atkinson | G/F | United States
|
Indiana Fever | North Carolina |
| 10 | Tye'sha Fluker | C | United States
|
Charlotte Sting (from Houston) | Tennessee |
| 11 | Barbara Turner | G | United States
|
Seattle Storm | Connecticut |
| 12 | Sherill Baker | G | United States
|
New York Liberty | Georgia |
| 13 | Kim Smith | F | Canada
|
Sacramento Monarchs | Utah |
| 14 | Scholanda Dorrell | G | United States
|
Sacramento Monarchs (from Connecticut via San Antonio) | LSU |
Round 2
editRound 3
edit| Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | Team | School / club team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | Tiffany Stansbury | F/C | United States
|
Houston Comets | North Carolina State |
| 30 | Khara Smith # | F | United States
|
San Antonio Silver Stars | DePaul |
| 31 | Megan Duffy | G | United States
|
Minnesota Lynx | Notre Dame |
| 32 | Crystal Smith | G | United States
|
Phoenix Mercury | Iowa |
| 33 | Mariam Sy # | C | United States
|
Washington Mystics | Oklahoma City |
| 34 | Kerri Gardin | F | United States
|
Chicago Sky | Virginia Tech |
| 35 | Zane Teilane | C |  Latvia
|
Detroit Shock | Western Illinois |
| 36 | Tiffany Porter-Talbert # | G | United States
|
Los Angeles Sparks | Western Kentucky |
| 37 | Christelle N'Garsanet | C |  Ivory Coast
|
New York Liberty | Missouri |
| 38 | Jessica Foley # | G |  Australia
|
Indiana Fever (from Houston) | Duke |
| 39 | Erin Grant | G | United States
|
Seattle Storm | Texas Tech |
| 40 | Marina Kuzina # | C |  Russia
|
Indiana Fever | Nadezhda Orenburg (Russia) |
| 41 | Lamisha Augustine # | F | United States
|
Sacramento Monarchs | San Jose State |
| 42 | Marita Payne # | C | Australia
|
Connecticut Sun | Auburn |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Chicago Sky chooses 13 players in expansion draft". Our Sports Central. November 16, 2005. Retrieved June 27, 2025.
- "All-Time WNBA draft history". WNBA. Archived from the original on May 9, 2008. Retrieved June 4, 2008.