2003 WNBA draft
The 2003 WNBA draft, both the dispersal draft and the regular WNBA draft, took place on April 24. The dispersal draft involved players from the rosters of the Portland Fire and Miami Sol teams which had both folded after the 2002 season.
| 2003 WNBA draft | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Sport | Basketball |
| Date(s) | April 24, 2003 |
| Overview | |
| League | WNBA |
| First selection | LaToya Thomas Cleveland Rockers |
The year brought multiple changes. Along with the folding of the Fire and the Sol, two teams moved to new cities. The Utah Starzz moved from Salt Lake City, Utah to San Antonio, Texas, changing their name to the San Antonio Silver Stars, and the Orlando Miracle moved from Orlando, Florida to Uncasville, Connecticut to become the Connecticut Sun. The Sun became the first franchise not to be based in a city that also was home to an NBA franchise.
The draft itself also changed. Instead of the previous four-round format, the 2003 draft shrunk to its current format of only three rounds.
Key
| G | Guard | F | Forward | C | Center |
| ^ | 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 |
| Bold | Denotes player who won Rookie of the Year |
Dispersal draft
| Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | New team | Former team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ruth Riley + | C |  |
Detroit Shock | Miami Sol |
| 2 | Sheri Sam + | F/G | |
Minnesota Lynx | Miami Sol |
| 3 | Betty Lennox + | G | |
Cleveland Rockers | Miami Sol |
| 4 | Tamicha Jackson | G | |
Phoenix Mercury | Portland Fire |
| 5 | DeMya Walker | F | |
Sacramento Monarchs | Portland Fire |
| 6 | Debbie Black | G | |
Connecticut Sun | Miami Sol |
| 7 | Sylvia Crawley | C | |
Indiana Fever | Portland Fire |
| 8 | Jenny Mowe | C | |
Washington Mystics | Portland Fire |
| 9 | Alisa Burras | F | |
Seattle Storm | Portland Fire |
| 10 | Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough | C | |
Charlotte Sting | Miami Sol |
| 11 | Elena Baranova + | F |  |
New York Liberty | Miami Sol |
| 12 | LaQuanda Barksdale | G/F | |
San Antonio Silver Stars | Portland Fire |
| 13 | Ukari Figgs | G | |
Houston Comets | Portland Fire |
| 14 | Jackie Stiles ^ + | G | |
Los Angeles Sparks | Portland Fire |
College draft
Round 1
| Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | Team | School / club team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LaToya Thomas | F | |
Cleveland Rockers | Mississippi State |
| 2 | Chantelle Anderson | C |  |
Sacramento Monarchs | Vanderbilt |
| 3 | Cheryl Ford + [lower-alpha 1] | C | |
Detroit Shock | Louisiana Tech |
| 4 | Plenette Pierson + | F | |
Phoenix Mercury | Texas Tech |
| 5 | Kara Lawson + | G | |
Detroit Shock | Tennessee |
| 6 | Gwen Jackson | F | |
Indiana Fever | Tennessee |
| 7 | Aiysha Smith | C | |
Washington Mystics | LSU |
| 8 | Jung Sun-min | C |  |
Seattle Storm | Gwangju Sinsegye Coolcats (South Korea) |
| 9 | Jocelyn Penn | F | |
Charlotte Sting | South Carolina |
| 10 | Molly Creamer | G | |
New York Liberty | Bucknell |
| 11 | Coretta Brown | G | |
San Antonio Silver Stars | North Carolina |
| 12 | Allison Curtin | G | |
Houston Comets | Tulsa |
Notes:
- Won a WNBA Championship with the Detroit Shock in her first season.
Round 2
| Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | Team | School / club team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | Courtney Coleman | F | |
Connecticut Sun | Ohio State |
| 14 | Teresa Edwards | G | |
Minnesota Lynx | Georgia |
| 15 | Jennifer Butler | C | |
Cleveland Rockers | Massachusetts |
| 16 | Petra Ujhelyi | F/C | |
Phoenix Mercury | South Carolina |
| 17 | Erin Thorn | G | |
New York Liberty | BYU |
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Minnesota Lynx | New Mexico |
| 19 | Lori Nero | F/C | |
Houston Comets | Louisville |
| 20 | DeTrina White | F | |
Indiana Fever | LSU |
| 21 | Zuzana Žirková | G |  |
Washington Mystics | Slovakia |
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Seattle Storm | Valenciennes (France) |
| 23 | Dana Cherry | G | |
Charlotte Sting | Arkansas |
| 24 | Sonja Mallory | C | |
New York Liberty | Georgia Tech |
| 25 | Ke-Ke Tardy | F | |
San Antonio Silver Stars | LSU |
| 26 | K.B. Sharp | G | |
New York Liberty | Cincinnati |
| 27 | Schuye LaRue | F | |
Los Angeles Sparks | Virginia |
Round 3
| Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | Team | School / club team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 | Syreeta Bromfield | F | |
Detroit Shock | Michigan State |
| 29 | Carla Bennett | C | |
Minnesota Lynx | Drake |
| 30 | Shaquala Williams | G | |
Cleveland Rockers | Oregon |
| 31 | Telisha Quarles | G | |
Phoenix Mercury | Virginia |
| 32 | Trish Juhline | G | |
Washington Mystics | Villanova |
| 33 | Marion Jones | G | |
Phoenix Mercury | North Carolina |
| 34 | Lindsey Wilson | G | |
Connecticut Sun | Iowa State |
| 35 | Ashley McElhiney | G | |
Indiana Fever | Vanderbilt |
| 36 | Tamara Bowie | F | |
Washington Mystics | Ball State |
| 37 | Chrissy Floyd | G | |
Seattle Storm | Clemson |
| 38 | Constance Jinks | G | |
Houston Comets | UNLV |
| 39 | Nicole Kaczmarski | G | |
New York Liberty | UCLA |
| 40 | Brooke Armistead | G | |
San Antonio Silver Stars | Austin Peay |
| 41 | Oxana Rakhmatulina | G | |
Houston Comets | Russia |
| 42 | Mary Jo Noon | C | |
Los Angeles Sparks | Purdue |
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References
- "All-Time WNBA Draft List". WNBA. Archived from the original on 9 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-04.
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