- College draft
- Round 1
- Round 2
- Round 3
- References
{{Infobox sports draft
| name = 2005 WNBA draft
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| sport = Basketball
| date = April 16, 2005
| location = Secaucus, New Jersey
| network = ESPN2
| league = WNBA
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| prev = 2004
| next = 2006
}}The WNBA Draft is an annual draft held by the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) through which WNBA teams can select new players from a talent pool of college and professional women's basketball players. The 2005 WNBA Draft was the ninth draft in the WNBA's history. 2005 WNBA Draft - 16 April 2005 - On April 16, 2005 the WNBA draft took place at the NBA Entertainment Studios in Secaucus, NJ.
- The first round of the draft was televised on ESPN2.
College draft| | Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game |
Round 1| Pick | Player | Nationality | WNBA Team | School/Club Team | | 1 | Janel McCarville (C) | {{USA}} | Charlotte Sting | Minnesota | | 2 | Tan White (G) | {{USA}} | Indiana Fever | Mississippi State | | 3 | Sandora Irvin (F) | {{USA}} | Phoenix Mercury | TCU | | 4 | Kendra Wecker (F) | {{USA}} | San Antonio Silver Stars | Kansas State | | 5 | Sancho Lyttle (C) | {{VIN}} | Houston Comets | Houston | | 6 | Temeka Johnson (G) | {{USA}} | Washington Mystics | LSU | | 7 | Kara Braxton (F) | {{USA}} | Detroit Shock | Georgia | | 8 | Katie Feenstra (C) | {{USA}} | Connecticut Sun (traded to S.A.) | Liberty | | 9 | Kristin Haynie1 (G) | {{USA}} | Sacramento Monarchs | Michigan State | | 10 | Loree Moore (G) | {{USA}} | New York Liberty | Tennessee | | 11 | Kristen Mann (F) | {{USA}} | Minnesota Lynx | UC Santa Barbara | | 12 | Tanisha Wright (G) | {{USA}} | Seattle Storm | Penn State | | 13 | Dionnah Jackson (F) | {{USA}} | Detroit Shock (from L.A., via Wash.) | Oklahoma |
1Kristin Haynie became the first person to play in the NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship game (with Michigan State) and the WNBA Finals (with the Sacramento Monarchs) in the same calendar year. She was on the losing side in the NCAA (to Baylor), but on the winning side in the WNBA. Round 2| Pick | Player | Nationality | WNBA Team | School/Club Team | | 14 | Shyra Ely (F) | {{USA}} | San Antonio Silver Stars | Tennessee | | 15 | Roneeka Hodges (G) | {{USA}} | Houston Comets | Florida State | | 16 | Yolanda Paige (G) | {{USA}} | Indiana Fever | West Virginia | | 17 | Jacqueline Batteast (F) | {{USA}} | Minnesota Lynx (from Cha.) | Notre Dame | | 18 | Angelina Williams (F) | {{USA}} | Phoenix Mercury | Illinois | | 19 | Erica Taylor (G) | {{USA}} | Washington Mystics | Louisiana Tech | | 20 | Nikita Bell (F/G) | {{USA}} | Detroit Shock | North Carolina | | 21 | Erin Phillips (G) | {{AUS}} | Connecticut Sun | Adelaide Lightning (Australia) | | 22 | Chelsea Newton (G) | {{USA}} | Sacramento Monarchs | Rutgers | | 23 | Tabitha Pool (F) | {{USA}} | New York Liberty | Michigan | | 24 | Jessica Moore (C) | {{USA}} | Charlotte Sting | Connecticut | | 25 | Ashley Battle (F) | {{USA}} | Seattle Storm | Connecticut | | 26 | DeeDee Wheeler (G) | {{USA}} | Los Angeles Sparks | Arizona |
Round 3| Pick | Player | Nationality | WNBA Team | School/Club Team | | 27 | Cathrine Kraayeveld (F) | {{USA}} | San Antonio Silver Stars | Oregon | | 28 | Jenni Dant (G) | {{USA}} | Houston Comets | DePaul | | 29 | Ashley Earley (G/F) | {{USA}} | Indiana Fever | Vanderbilt | | 30 | Anne O'Neil (G) | {{USA}} | Sacramento Monarchs | Iowa State | | 31 | Jamie Carey (G) | {{USA}} | Phoenix Mercury | Texas | | 32 | Tashia Morehead (F) | {{USA}} | Washington Mystics | Florida | | 33 | Jenni Lingor (G) | {{USA}} | Detroit Shock | Southwest Missouri State | | 34 | Megan Mahoney (F) | {{USA}} | Connecticut Sun | Kansas State | | 35 | Cisti Greenwalt (C) | {{USA}} | Sacramento Monarchs | Texas Tech | | 36 | Rebecca Richman (C) | {{USA}} | New York Liberty | Rutgers | | 37 | Monique Bivins (G) | {{USA}} | Minnesota Lynx | Alabama | | 38 | Steffanie Blackmon (F) | {{USA}} | Seattle Storm | Baylor | | 39 | Heather Schreiber (F) | {{USA}} | Los Angeles Sparks | Texas |
References- {{cite web | url=http://www.wnba.com/history/alltime_draft_list.html | title=All-Time WNBA draft history | accessdate=2008-06-04 | publisher=WNBA | archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20080509153954/http://www.wnba.com/history/alltime_draft_list.html| archivedate= 9 May 2008 | deadurl= no}}
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