2013 WNBA draft
General information
Sport	Basketball
Date(s)	April 15, 2013
Location	Bristol, Connecticut
Network(s)	ESPN2, ESPNU
Overview
League	WNBA
First selection	Brittney Griner Phoenix Mercury
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The 2013 WNBA draft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 15, 2013 at the ESPN studios in Bristol, Connecticut at 8:00 pm EDT. The first round was shown on ESPN2 (HD), with the second and third rounds shown on ESPNU.

Draft lottery

The lottery selection to determine the order of the top four picks in the 2013 draft occurred on September 26, 2012. For the first time in league history, the lottery was televised (during SportsCenter at 6:30 pm ET).

Below were the chances for each team to get specific picks in the 2013 draft lottery, rounded to three decimal places:

Invited players

The WNBA announced on April 11, 2013 that 12 players had been invited to attend the draft. Unless indicated otherwise, all players listed are Americans who played at U.S. colleges.^[1]

• Alex Bentley, Penn State
• Kelsey Bone, Texas A&M
• Layshia Clarendon, California
• Elena Delle Donne, Delaware
• Skylar Diggins, Notre Dame
• Kelly Faris, Connecticut
• Brittney Griner, Baylor
• Tianna Hawkins, Maryland
• Tayler Hill, Ohio State
• Lindsey Moore, Nebraska
• Ta’Shauna “Sugar” Rodgers, Georgetown
• Toni Young, Oklahoma State

Transactions

• February 2, 2012: The Minnesota Lynx signed-and-traded Alexis Hornbuckle to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for a 2013 second round draft pick.
• March 14, 2012: The Chicago Sky acquired Sonja Petrovic from the San Antonio Silver Stars in exchange for a 2013 second round draft pick.
• February 19, 2013: The Washington Mystics receive the seventh and 19th overall pick from the Atlanta Dream as part of the Jasmine Thomas trade. Atlanta receives the 13th overall pick.
• February 27, 2013: The New York Liberty receive the seventh overall pick from the Washington Mystics as part of the Kia Vaughn trade. Washington receives the 17th overall pick.
• March 1, 2013: The New York Liberty receive the 15th and 27th overall picks as part of a three-team trade. The Tulsa Shock receive the 29th overall pick.
• April 15, 2013: The New York Liberty receive the 25th overall pick from the Washington Mystics as part of the Quanitra Hollingsworth trade.

Key

Draft selections

Round 1

Pick	Player	Position	Nationality[a]	Team	School / club team
1	Brittney Griner *	C	United States	Phoenix Mercury	Baylor (Sr.)
2	Elena Delle Donne *	G/F	United States	Chicago Sky	Delaware (Sr.)
3	Skylar Diggins *	G	United States	Tulsa Shock	Notre Dame (Sr.)
4	Tayler Hill	G	United States	Washington Mystics	Ohio State (Sr.)
5	Kelsey Bone +	C	United States	New York Liberty	Texas A&M (Jr.)
6	Tianna Hawkins	F	United States	Seattle Storm	Maryland (Sr.)
7	Toni Young	F	United States	New York Liberty (from Atl. via Was.)	Oklahoma State (Sr.)
8	Kayla Alexander	C	Canada	San Antonio Silver Stars	Syracuse (Sr.)
9	Layshia Clarendon +	G	United States	Indiana Fever	California (Sr.)
10	A'dia Mathies	G	United States	Los Angeles Sparks	Kentucky (Sr.)
11	Kelly Faris	G	United States	Connecticut Sun	Connecticut (Sr.)
12	Lindsey Moore	G	United States	Minnesota Lynx	Nebraska (Sr.)

Round 2

Pick	Player	Position	Nationality[a]	Team	School/ club team
13	Alex Bentley +	G	United States	Atlanta Dream (from Was.)	Penn State (Sr.)
14	Sugar Rodgers	G	United States	Minnesota Lynx (from Phx.)	Georgetown (Sr.)
15	Kamiko Williams	G	United States	New York Liberty (from Tul.)	Tennessee (Sr.)
16	Davellyn Whyte	G	United States	San Antonio Silver Stars (from Chi.)	Arizona (Sr.)
17	Nadirah McKenith	G	United States	Washington Mystics (from N.Y.)	St. John's (Sr.)
18	Chelsea Poppens	F	United States	Seattle Storm	Iowa State (Sr.)
19	Emma Meesseman +	C	Belgium	Washington Mystics (from Atl.)	Villeneuve-d'Ascq (France)
20	Diandra Tchatchouang	F	France	San Antonio Silver Stars	Perpignan (France)
21	Jasmine Hassell	F	United States	Indiana Fever	Georgia (Sr.)
22	Brittany Chambers	G	United States	Los Angeles Sparks	Kansas State (Sr.)
23	Anna Prins	C	United States	Connecticut Sun	Iowa State (Sr.)
24	Chucky Jeffery	G	United States	Minnesota Lynx	Colorado (Sr.)

Round 3

Pick	Player	Position	Nationality[a]	Team	School / club team
25	Shenneika Smith	G	Jamaica	New York Liberty (from Was.)	St. John's (Sr.)
26	Nikki Greene	PF/C	United States	Phoenix Mercury	Penn State (Sr.)
27	Olcay Çakır	G	Turkey	New York Liberty (from Tul.)	Fenerbahçe (Turkey)
28	Brooklyn Pope	F	United States	Chicago Sky	Baylor (Sr.)
29	Angel Goodrich	G	United States	Tulsa Shock (from N.Y.)	Kansas (Sr.)
30	Jasmine James	G	United States	Seattle Storm	Georgia (Sr.)
31	Anne Marie Armstrong [pl]	G/F	United States	Atlanta Dream	Georgia (Sr.)
32	Whitney Hand	G	United States	San Antonio Silver Stars	Oklahoma (Sr.)
33	Jennifer George	F	United States	Indiana Fever	Florida (Sr.)
34	Alina Iagupova [b] (pick later voided)	G	Ukraine	Los Angeles Sparks	Elizabeth-Basket Kivorograd (Ukraine)
35	Andrea Smith	G	United States	Connecticut Sun	South Florida (Sr.)
36	Waltiea Rolle	C	Bahamas	Minnesota Lynx	North Carolina (Sr.)

Notes:

Notable undrafted players

These players were not selected in the 2013 draft but have played at least one game in the WNBA.

Player	Position	Nationality	School/club team
Victoria Macaulay	C	Australia	Temple (Sr.)
Tierra Ruffin-Pratt	G	United States	North Carolina (Sr.)