2008 WNBA Draft Overview

In 2008 the WNBA held an expansion draft for the newest franchise in Atlanta.

Expansion Draft

Pick Team Player Position Former Team
1 Atlanta Dream Carla Thomas   Chicago Sky
2 Atlanta Dream Erika DeSouza C Connecticut Sun
3 Atlanta Dream Katie Feenstra C Detroit Shock
4 Atlanta Dream Roneeka Hodges G Houston Comets
5 Atlanta Dream Ann Strother G/F Indiana Fever
6 Atlanta Dream LeToya Thomas F Los Angeles Sparks
7 Atlanta Dream Kristen Mann F Minnesota Lynx
8 Atlanta Dream Ann Wauters C New York Liberty
9 Atlanta Dream Jennifer Lacey F Phoenix Mercury
10 Atlanta Dream Kristin Haynie G Sacramento Monarchs
11 Atlanta Dream Chantelle Anderson C San Antonio Silver Stars
12 Atlanta Dream Betty Lennox G/F Seattle Storm
13 Atlanta Dream Yelena Leuchanka C Washington Mystics

College Draft

First Round:

Pick Team Player Position College
1 Los Angeles Sparks Candace Parker F Tennessee
2 Chicago Sky Sylvia Fowles C LSU
3 Minnesota Lynx Candice Wiggins G Stanford
4 Detroit Shock Alexis Hornbuckle G Tennessee
5 Houston Comets Matee Ajavon G Rutgers
6 Washington Mystics Crystal Langhorne F/C Maryland
7 New York Liberty Essence Carson G/F Rutgers
8 Atlanta Dream Tamera Young G James Madison
9 Connecticut Sun Amber Holt F Middle Tennessee St.
10 Sacramento Monarchs Laura Harper F/C Maryland
11 Detroit Shock Tasha Humphrey F Georgia
12 Connecticut Sun Ketia Swanier G Connecticut
13 Phoenix Mercury LaToya Pringle F/C North Carolina
14 New York Liberty Erlana Larkins F North Carolina

Second Round

Pick Team Player Position College
15 Los Angeles Sparks Shannon Bobbitt G Tennessee
16 Minnesota Lynx Nicky Anosike F/C Tennessee
17 Houston Comets Erica White G LSU
18 Detroit Shock Olayinka Sanni C West Virginia
19 Chicago Sky Quianna Chaney G LSU
20 Washington Mystics Lindsey Pluimer F UCLA
21 San Antonio Silver Stars
(Traded to Atl.)
Chioma Nnamaka G Georgia Tech
22 Seattle Storm Allie Quigley G DePaul
23 Connecticut Sun Jolene Anderson G Wisconsin
24 Atlanta Dream
(Traded to S.A.)
Morenike Atunrase G/F Texas A&M
25 Phoenix Mercury Leilani Mitchell G Utah
26 Indiana Fever Khadijah Whittington F N.C. State
27 New York Liberty Wanisha Smith G Duke
28 Detroit Shock Natasha Lacy G Texas-El Paso

Third Round

Pick Team Player Position College
29 Los Angeles Sparks Sharnee' Zoll G Virginia
30 Minnesota Lynx Charde Houston F Connecticut
31 Houston Comets Crystal Kelly F Western Kentucky
32 Atlanta Dream Danielle Hood F Hartford
33 Chicago Sky Angela Tisdale G Baylor
34 Washington Mystics Krystal Vaughn F VA Commonwealth
35 New York Liberty Alberta Auguste F Tennessee
36 Seattle Storm Kimberly Beck G George Washington
37 Connecticut Sun Lauren Ervin F Arkansas
38 Sacramento Monarchs A'Quonesia Franklin G Texas A&M
39 San Antonio Silver Stars Alex Anderson G/F UT Chattanooga
40 Sacramento Monarchs Izabela Piekarska C Texas-El Paso
41 Phoenix Mercury Marscilla Packer G Ohio State
42 Detroit Shock Valeriya Berezhynska C Rice
43 Sacramento Monarchs Charel Allen G Notre Dame

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