1998 WNBA draft

• On January 27, 1998, a total of 4 players were assigned to two teams in no particular order.
• On February 18, 1998, a WNBA expansion draft took place.
• On April 28, 1998, the regular WNBA draft took place.
• On September 15, 1998, two more players were assigned for the expansion draft of 1999. See 1999 WNBA draft for more details.

Initial player allocation

Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team	School / club team
1	Cindy Brown	F	United States	Detroit Shock	Long Beach State (from Seattle Reign, ABL)
2	Razija Mujanović	C	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Detroit Shock	Microcamp Campinas (Brazil)
3	Nikki McCray +	G	United States	Washington Mystics	Tennessee (from Columbus Quest, ABL)
4	Alessandra Santos de Oliveira	C	Brazil	Washington Mystics	Comense (Italy)

Expansion draft

Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	New team	Former team
1	Rhonda Blades	G	United States	Detroit Shock	New York Liberty
2	Heidi Burge	F	United States	Washington Mystics	Los Angeles Sparks
3	Tajama Abraham	C	United States	Detroit Shock	Sacramento Monarchs
4	Penny Moore	F	United States	Washington Mystics	Charlotte Sting
5	Tara Williams	G	United States	Detroit Shock	Phoenix Mercury
6	Deborah Carter	F	United States	Washington Mystics	Utah Starzz
7	Lynette Woodard	G	United States	Detroit Shock	Cleveland Rockers
8	Tammy Jackson	F/C	United States	Washington Mystics	Houston Comets

College Draft

Round 1

Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team	School / club team
1	Małgorzata Dydek +	C	Poland	Utah Starzz	Pool Getafe (Spain)
2	Ticha Penicheiro *	G	Portugal	Sacramento Monarchs	Old Dominion
3	Murriel Page	F/C	United States	Washington Mystics	Florida
4	Korie Hlede	G	Croatia	Detroit Shock	Duquesne
5	Allison Feaster +	F	United States	Los Angeles Sparks	Harvard
6	Cindy Blodgett	G	United States	Cleveland Rockers	Maine
7	Tracy Reid	F/G	United States	Charlotte Sting	North Carolina
8	Maria Stepanova	C	Russia	Phoenix Mercury	CSKA Moscow (Russia)
9	Alicia Thompson	C	United States	New York Liberty	Texas Tech
10	Polina Tzekova	F/C	Bulgaria	Houston Comets	Tarbes Gespe Bigorre (France)

Round 2

Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team	School / club team
11	Olympia Scott	F/C	United States	Utah Starzz	Stanford
12	Tangela Smith +	F/C	United States	Sacramento Monarchs	Iowa
13	Rita Williams +	G	United States	Washington Mystics	Connecticut
14	Rachael Sporn	F	Australia	Detroit Shock	Adelaide Lightning (Australia)
15	Octavia Blue	F	United States	Los Angeles Sparks	Miami
16	Suzie McConnell Serio	G	United States	Cleveland Rockers	Penn State
17	Christy Smith	G	United States	Charlotte Sting	Arkansas
18	Andrea Kuklová	G/F	Slovakia	Phoenix Mercury	Pays d'Aix Basket 13 (France)
19	Nadine Domond	G	United States	New York Liberty	Iowa
20	Nyree Roberts	C	United States	Houston Comets	Old Dominion

Round 3

Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team	School / club team
21	LaTonya Johnson	F	United States	Utah Starzz	Memphis
22	Quacy Barnes	C	United States	Sacramento Monarchs	Indiana
23	Angela Hamblin	G/F	United States	Washington Mystics	Iowa
24	Gergana Branzova	F	Bulgaria	Detroit Shock	Florida International
25	Rehema Stephens	G	United States	Los Angeles Sparks	UCLA
26	Tanja Kostić	F	Sweden	Cleveland Rockers	Oregon State
27	Pollyanna Johns	C	United States	Charlotte Sting	Michigan
28	Brandy Reed +	F	United States	Phoenix Mercury	Southern Mississippi
29	Albena Branzova	F	Bulgaria	New York Liberty	Florida International
30	Amaya Valdemoro	F	Spain	Houston Comets	Pool Getafe (Spain)

Round 4

Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team	School / club team
31	Tricia Bader	G	United States	Utah Starzz	Boise State
32	Adia Barnes	F	United States	Sacramento Monarchs	Arizona
33	Angela Jackson	C	United States	Washington Mystics	Texas
34	Sandy Brondello +	G	Australia	Detroit Shock	BTV Wuppertal (Germany)
35	Erica Kienast	F	United States	Los Angeles Sparks	UC-Santa Barbara
36	Tammye Jenkins	C	United States	Cleveland Rockers	Georgia
37	Sonia Chase	G	United States	Charlotte Sting	Maryland
38	Karen Wilkins	G/F	United States	Phoenix Mercury	Howard
39	Vanessa Nygaard	F	United States	New York Liberty	Stanford
40	Monica Lamb-Powell	C	United States	Houston Comets	USC