2003 WNBA Draft
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2003 WNBA Draft - 24 April 2003
On April 24, 2003, both the dispersal draft and the regular WNBA draft took place. The dispersal draft consisted of players from the rosters of the Portland Fire and Miami Sol, teams which had both folded after the 2002 season.
This 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.
Dispersal Draft
| Pick | Player | Nationality | WNBA Team | Previous WNBA Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ruth Riley (C) | Detroit Shock | (from Miami Sol) | |
| 2 | Sheri Sam (F/G) | Minnesota Lynx | (from Miami Sol) | |
| 3 | Betty Lennox (G) | Cleveland Rockers | (from Miami Sol) | |
| 4 | Tamicha Jackson (G) | Phoenix Mercury | (from Portland Fire) | |
| 5 | DeMya Walker (F) | Sacramento Monarchs | (from Portland Fire) | |
| 6 | Debbie Black (G) | Connecticut Sun | (from Miami Sol) | |
| 7 | Sylvia Crawley (C) | Indiana Fever | (from Portland Fire) | |
| 8 | Jenny Mowe (C) | Washington Mystics | (from Portland Fire) | |
| 9 | Alisa Burras (F) | Seattle Storm | (from Portland Fire) | |
| 10 | Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough (F) | Charlotte Sting | (from Miami Sol) | |
| 11 | Elena Baranova (F) | New York Liberty | (from Miami Sol) | |
| 12 | LaQuanda Barksdale (G/F) | San Antonio Silver Stars | (from Portland Fire) | |
| 13 | Ukari Figgs (G) | Houston Comets | (from Portland Fire) | |
| 14 | Jackie Stiles (G) | Los Angeles Sparks | (from Portland Fire) |
WNBA Draft
Round 1
| Pick | Player | Nationality | WNBA Team | College/HS/Club Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LaToya Thomas (F) | Cleveland Rockers | Mississippi State | |
| 2 | Chantelle Anderson (C) | Sacramento Monarchs | Vanderbilt | |
| 3 | Cheryl Ford (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 (WKBL) | |
| 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 |
Round 2
| Pick | Player | Nationality | WNBA Team | College/HS/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 | Brigham Young | |
| 18 | Jordan Adams (C) | Minnesota Lynx | New Mexico | |
| 19 | Lori Nero (F/C) | Houston Comets | Louisville | |
| 20 | DeTrina White (F) | Indiana Fever | LSU | |
| 21 | Zuzana Zirkova (G) | Washington Mystics | Slovakia | |
| 22 | Suzy Batkovic (C) | 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 | Nationality | WNBA Team | College/HS/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 | Poland | |
| 40 | Brooke Armistead (G) | San Antonio Silver Stars | Austin Peay | |
| 41 | Oksana Rakhmatulina (G) | Houston Comets | Russia | |
| 42 | Mary Jo Noon (C) | Los Angeles Sparks | Purdue |
| Preceded by: 2002 WNBA Draft | WNBA Draft | Followed by: 2004 WNBA Draft |
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