The 2012 WNBA season is the 15th season for the Washington Mystics of the Women's National Basketball Association.

Transactions

WNBA draft

The following are the Mystics' selections in the 2012 WNBA draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/team/country
1	8 (from Atl.)	Natalie Novosel	United States	Notre Dame
1	10 (from Sea.)	LaSondra Barrett	United States	LSU
3	26	Anjale Barrett	United States	Maryland
3	35 (from Ind.)	Briana Gilbreath	United States	USC

Transaction log

• April 11, 2011: The Mystics traded a second-round pick in the 2012 Draft to the Atlanta Dream as part of the Lindsey Harding trade. The Mystics also received a first-round pick from Atlanta.
• April 11, 2011: The Mystics traded a first-round pick in the 2012 Draft to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for Nicky Ansoike.
• April 29, 2011: The Mystics acquired a first-round pick in the 2012 Draft from the Seattle Storm and a third round-pick in the 2012 Draft from the Indiana Fever as part of the Katie Smith transaction.
• February 1: The Mystics traded Marissa Coleman to the Los Angeles Sparks in exchange for Noelle Quinn.
• February 9: The Mystics signed Michelle Snow.
• February 14: The Mystics traded Victoria Dunlap to the Seattle Storm in exchange for Ashley Robinson.
• February 15: The Mystics re-signed Kerri Gardin and signed Laura Harper and Ashley Walker.
• February 16: The Mystics re-signed Crystal Langhorne.
• February 21: The Mystics re-signed Monique Currie.
• February 22: The Mystics signed Dominique Canty.
• February 23: The Mystics traded Nicky Anosike to the Los Angeles Sparks in exchange for Natasha Lacy and LaToya Pringle.
• March 7: The Mystics re-signed Matee Ajavon.
• April 25: The Mystics signed draft picks LaSondra Barrett and Briana Gilbreath.
• April 27: The Mystics signed Rashanda McCants.
• April 28: The Mystics signed Tia Lewis, and draft picks Anjale Barrett and Natalie Novosel.
• May 3: The Mystics waived Tia Lewis.
• May 4: The Mystics waived Kerri Gardin.
• May 9: The Mystics waived Briana Gilbreath.
• May 14: The Mystics waived Laura Harper and Ashley Walker and signed Jessica Breland and Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton.
• May 17: The Mystics waived Rashanda McCants, LaSondra Barrett, and Jessica Breland, and suspended LaToya Pringle.
• June 13: The Mystics waived Dominique Canty and signed Shannon Bobbitt.
• August 26: The Mystics waived Natasha Lacy and signed Izi Castro Marques.

Trades

Personnel changes

Roster

2012 Washington Mystics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs G 22 Ajavon, Matee 5' 8" (1.73m) 160 lb (73kg) 05-07-1986 Rutgers 4 G 0 Bobbitt, Shannon 5' 2" (1.57m) 130 lb (59kg) 12-06-1985 Tennessee 3 G/F 8 Castro Marques, Izi 6' 0" (1.83m) 140 lb (64kg) 03-13-1982 Brazil 9 F 25 Currie, Monique 6' 0" (1.83m) 177 lb (80kg) 02-25-1983 Duke 6 F/C 1 Langhorne, Crystal 6' 2" (1.88m) 190 lb (86kg) 10-27-1986 Maryland 4 G 20 Novosel, Natalie 5' 11" (1.8m) 165 lb (75kg) 11-22-1989 Notre Dame R G 45 Quinn, Noelle 6' 0" (1.83m) 175 lb (79kg) 01-03-1985 UCLA 5 C 43 Robinson, Ashley 6' 4" (1.93m) 180 lb (82kg) 08-12-1982 Tennessee 8 F/C 2 Snow, Michelle 6' 5" (1.96m) 158 lb (72kg) 03-20-1980 Tennessee 10 G 5 Thomas, Jasmine 5' 9" (1.75m) 145 lb (66kg) 09-30-1989 Duke 1 F 14 Wisdom-Hylton, Lindsay 6' 2" (1.88m) 186 lb (84kg) 05-26-1986 Purdue 3	Head coach Trudi Lacey (NC State) Assistant coaches Jennifer Gillom (Mississippi) Marianne Stanley (Immaculata) Athletic trainer Navin Hettiarachchi (West Virginia) Strength and conditioning coach Michael Bugielski (Illinois State) Legend (C) Team captain (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended Injured

Depth

Season standings

Schedule

Preseason

Regular season

Statistics

Regular season

Awards and honors