2003 WNBA draft

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2003 WNBA Draft - 24 April 2003

• On April 24, 2003 the dispersal and regular WNBA draft took place. The players from the dispersal draft was formerly on a WNBA team.

Dispersal Draft

Pick	Player	Nationality	WNBA Team	Previous WNBA Team
1	Ruth Riley (C)	United States	Detroit Shock	(from Miami Sol)
2	Sheri Sam (F/G)	United States	Minnesota Lynx	(from Miami Sol)
3	Betty Lennox (G)	United States	Cleveland Rockers	(from Miami Sol)
4	Tamicha Jackson (G)	United States	Phoenix Mercury	(from Portland Fire)
5	DeMya Walker (F)	United States	Sacramento Monarchs	(from Portland Fire)
6	Debbie Black (G)	United States	Connecticut Sun	(from Miami Sol)
7	Sylvia Crawley (C)	United States	Indiana Fever	(from Portland Fire)
8	Jenny Mowe (C)	United States	Washington Mystics	(from Portland Fire)
9	Alisa Burras (F)	United States	Seattle Storm	(from Portland Fire)
10	Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough (F)	United States	Charlotte Sting	(from Miami Sol)
11	Elena Baranova (F)	United States	New York Liberty	(from Miami Sol)
12	LaQuanda Barksdale (G/F)	United States	San Antonio Silver Stars	(from Portland Fire)
13	Ukari Figgs (G)	United States	Houston Comets	(from Portland Fire)
14	Jackie Stiles (G)	United States	Los Angeles Sparks	(from Portland Fire)

Round 1

Pick	Player	Nationality	WNBA Team	College/HS/Club Team
1	LaToya Thomas (F)	United States	Cleveland Rockers	Mississippi State University
2	Chantelle Anderson (C)	United States	Sacramento Monarchs	Vanderbilt University
3	Cheryl Ford (C)	United States	Detroit Shock	Louisiana Tech University
4	Plenette Pierson (F)	United States	Phoenix Mercury	Texas Tech University
5	Kara Lawson (G)	United States	Detroit Shock	University of Tennessee
6	Gwen Jackson (F)	United States	Indiana Fever	University of Tennessee
7	Aiysha Smith (C)	United States	Washington Mystics	Louisiana State University
8	Jung Sun-min (C)	South Korea	Seattle Storm	Korea
9	Jocelyn Penn (F)	United States	Charlotte Sting	University of South Carolina
10	Molly Creamer (G)	United States	New York Liberty	Bucknell University
11	Coretta Brown (G)	United States	San Antonio Silver Stars	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
12	Allison Curtin (G)	United States	Houston Comets	University of Tulsa

Round 2

Pick	Player	Nationality	WNBA Team	College/HS/Club Team
13	Courtney Coleman (F)	United States	Connecticut Sun	Ohio State University
14	Teresa Edwards (G)	United States	Minnesota Lynx	University of Georgia
15	Jennifer Butler (C)	United States	Cleveland Rockers	University of Massachusetts
16	Petra Ujhelyi (F/C)	United States	Phoenix Mercury	University of South Carolina
17	Erin Thorn (G)	United States	New York Liberty	Brigham Young University
18	Jordan Adams (C)	United States	Minnesota Lynx	University of New Mexico
19	Lori Nero (F/C)	United States	Houston Comets	University of Louisville
20	DeTrina White (F)	United States	Indiana Fever	Louisiana State University
21	Zuzana Zirkova (G)	Slovakia	Washington Mystics University	Slovakia
22	Suzy Batkovic (C)	Australia	Seattle Storm	Australia
23	Dana Cherry (G)	United States	Charlotte Sting	University of Arkansas
24	Sonja Mallory (C)	United States	New York Liberty	Georgia Institute of Technology
25	Ke-Ke Tardy (F)	United States	San Antonio Silver Stars	Louisiana State University
26	K.B. Sharp (G)	United States	New York Liberty	University of Cincinnati
27	Schuye LaRue (F)	United States	Los Angeles Sparks	University of Virginia

Round 3

Pick	Player	Nationality	WNBA Team	College/HS/Club Team
28	Syreeta Bromfield (F)	United States	Detroit Shock	Michigan State University
29	Carla Bennett (C)	United States	Minnesota Lynx	Drake University
30	Shaquala Williams (G)	United States	Cleveland Rockers	University of Oregon
31	Telisha Quarles (G)	United States	Phoenix Mercury	University of Virginia
32	Trish Juhline (G)	United States	Washington Mystics	Villanova University
33	Marion Jones (G)	United States	Phoenix Mercury	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
34	Lindsey Wilson (G)	United States	Connecticut Sun	Iowa State University
35	Ashley McElhiney (G)	United States	Indiana Fever	Vanderbilt University
36	Tamara Bowie (F)	United States	Washington Mystics	Ball State University
37	Chrissy Floyd (G)	United States	Seattle Storm	Clemson University
38	Constance Jinks (G)	United States	Houston Comets	University of Nevada, Las Vegas
39	Nicole Kaczmarski (G)	Poland	New York Liberty	-
40	Brooke Armistead (G)	United States	San Antonio Silver Stars	Austin Peay University
41	Oksana Rakhmatulina (G)	Russia	Houston Comets	-
42	Mary Jo Noon (C)	United States	Los Angeles Sparks	Purdue University