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2008 WNBA draft
2008 WNBA draft
General information
Sport	Basketball
Date(s)	April 9, 2008
Location	Tampa, Florida
Network(s)	ESPN2, NBATV, ESPNU
Overview
League	WNBA
First selection	Candace Parker; Los Angeles Sparks
	← 2007 2009 →

The WNBA draft is the league's annual process for determining which Women's National Basketball Association teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The 2008 draft was held on April 9.

A lottery was held on October 23, 2007. The Los Angeles Sparks received the first overall selection of the upcoming 2008 draft. The Chicago Sky received the number two selection. The Minnesota Lynx came up with the third overall selection, followed by the Atlanta Dream expansion franchise at four, the Houston Comets at number five, and the Washington Mystics at number six. Some of the top draftees were Candace Parker, Sylvia Fowles, Candice Wiggins, Crystal Langhorne, and Tasha Humphrey.

Top pick Candace Parker went on to become the first WNBA player to be the league's Rookie of the Year and MVP in the same season. Fourth pick Alexis Hornbuckle became the first person to win a national championship in college (with the University of Tennessee) and a WNBA title (with the Detroit Shock) in the same calendar year.

Transactions

The Detroit Shock holds the eleventh pick in round one as part of the Katie Feenstra/Ruth Riley trade back in February 2007.

The San Antonio Silver Stars holds the twenty-first pick as part of 2007 WNBA draft trade with the New York Liberty that involved Becky Hammon.

On February 6, 2008, the Atlanta Dream traded the number four pick to the Seattle Storm along with Roneeka Hodges for the eighth pick and Iziane Castro Marques.
On February 6, 2008, the Atlanta Dream traded the eighteenth pick and LaToya Thomas to the Detroit Shock for Ivory Latta.
On February 19, 2008, the Seattle Storm traded the fourth pick to the Detroit Shock for Swin Cash.
On February 19, 2008, the Connecticut Sun acquired the Indiana Fever's twelfth overall pick in the Tamika Whitmore/Katie Douglas trade.

Key

⁺	Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game
Bold	Denotes player who won Rookie of the Year

Expansion draft

Pick	Player	Nationality	New team	Former team
1	Carla Thomas	United States	Atlanta Dream	Chicago Sky
2	Érika de Souza ⁺	Brazil	Atlanta Dream	Connecticut Sun
3	Katie Feenstra	United States	Atlanta Dream	Detroit Shock
4	Roneeka Hodges	United States	Atlanta Dream	Houston Comets
5	Ann Strother	United States	Atlanta Dream	Indiana Fever
6	LaToya Thomas	United States	Atlanta Dream	Los Angeles Sparks
7	Kristen Mann	United States	Atlanta Dream	Minnesota Lynx
8	Ann Wauters	Belgium	Atlanta Dream	New York Liberty
9	Jennifer Lacy	United States	Atlanta Dream	Phoenix Mercury
10	Kristin Haynie	United States	Atlanta Dream	Sacramento Monarchs
11	Chantelle Anderson	United States	Atlanta Dream	San Antonio Silver Stars
12	Betty Lennox	United States	Atlanta Dream	Seattle Storm
13	Yelena Leuchanka	Belarus	Atlanta Dream	Washington Mystics

College Draft

*	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
Bold	Denotes player who won Rookie of the Year

Round 1

Pick	Player	Nationality	Team	School / club team
1	Candace Parker ^*	United States	Los Angeles Sparks	Tennessee
2	Sylvia Fowles ^*	United States	Chicago Sky	LSU
3	Candice Wiggins	United States	Minnesota Lynx	Stanford
4	Alexis Hornbuckle	United States	Detroit Shock (from Atl., via Sea.)	Tennessee
5	Matee Ajavon	United States	Houston Comets	Rutgers
6	Crystal Langhorne ^*	United States	Washington Mystics	Maryland
7	Essence Carson ⁺	United States	New York Liberty	Rutgers
8	Tamera Young	United States	Atlanta Dream (from Sea.)	James Madison
9	Amber Holt	United States	Connecticut Sun	Middle Tennessee
10	Laura Harper	United States	Sacramento Monarchs	Maryland
11	Tasha Humphrey	United States	Detroit Shock (from S.A.)	Georgia
12	Ketia Swanier	United States	Connecticut Sun (from Ind.)	Connecticut
13	LaToya Pringle	United States	Phoenix Mercury	North Carolina
14	Erlana Larkins	United States	New York Liberty (from Det.)	North Carolina

Round 2

Pick	Player	Nationality	Team	School / club team
15	Shannon Bobbitt	United States	Los Angeles Sparks	Tennessee
16	Nicky Anosike ⁺	United States	Minnesota Lynx	Tennessee
17	Erica White	United States	Houston Comets	LSU
18	Olayinka Sanni	Nigeria	Detroit Shock (from Atl.)	West Virginia
19	Quianna Chaney	United States	Chicago Sky	LSU
20	Lindsey Pluimer	United States	Washington Mystics	UCLA
21	Chioma Nnamaka	Sweden	San Antonio Silver Stars (from N.Y.)	Georgia Tech
22	Allie Quigley ⁺	United States	Seattle Storm	DePaul
23	Jolene Anderson	United States	Connecticut Sun	Wisconsin
24	Morenike Atunrase	United States	Atlanta Dream (from Ind.)	Texas A&M
25	Leilani Mitchell	United States Australia	Phoenix Mercury (from S.A.)	Utah
26	Khadijah Whittington	United States	Indiana Fever	North Carolina State
27	Wanisha Smith	United States	New York Liberty (from Phx.)	Duke
28	Natasha Lacy	United States	Detroit Shock	UTEP

Round 3

Pick	Player	Nationality	Team	School / club team
29	Sharnee Zoll	United States	Los Angeles Sparks	Virginia
30	Charde Houston ⁺	United States	Minnesota Lynx	Connecticut
31	Crystal Kelly	United States	Houston Comets	Western Kentucky
32	Danielle Hood	United States	Atlanta Dream	Hartford
33	Angela Tisdale	United States	Chicago Sky	Baylor
34	Krystal Vaughn	United States	Washington Mystics	VCU
35	Alberta Auguste	United States	New York Liberty	Tennessee
36	Kimberly Beck	United States	Seattle Storm	George Washington
37	Lauren Ervin	United States	Connecticut Sun	Arkansas
38	A'Quonesia Franklin	United States	Sacramento Monarchs	Texas A&M
39	Alex Anderson	United States	San Antonio Silver Stars	Chattanooga
40	Izabela Piekarska	Poland	Sacramento Monarchs (from Ind.)	UTEP
41	Marscilla Packer	United States	Phoenix Mercury	Ohio State
42	Valeriya Berezhynska	Ukraine	Detroit Shock	Rice
43	Charel Allen	United States	Sacramento Monarchs	Notre Dame