WNBA Draft 1998

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Contents 1 Initial Player Allocation 2 Expansion Draft 3 First Round 4 Second Round 5 Third Round 6 Fourth Round

Initial Player Allocation

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Cindy Brown	Long Beach State	Detroit Shock (from Seattle Reign, ABL)
2	Razija Mujanovic	Yugoslavia	Detroit Shock
3	Nikki McCray	Tennessee	Washington Mystics (from Columbus Quest, ABL)
4	Alessandra Santos de Oliveira	Brazil	Washington Mystics

Expansion Draft

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

First Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Malgorzata Dydek	Poland	Utah Starzz
2	Ticha Penicheiro	Old Dominion	Sacramento Monarchs
3	Murriel Page	Floria	Washington Mystics
4	Korie Hlede	Duquesne	Detroit Shock
5	Allison Feaster	Harvard	Los Angeles Sparks
6	Cindy Blodgett	Maine	Cleveland Rockers
7	Tracy Reid	North Carolina	Charlotte Sting
8	Maria Stepanova	Russia	Phoenix Mercury
9	Alicia Thompson	Texas Tech	New York Liberty
10	Polina Tzekova	Bulgaria	Houston Comets

Second Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Olympia Scott	Stanford	Utah Starzz
2	Tangela Smith	Iowa	Sacramento Monarchs
3	Rita Williams	UConn	Washington Mystics
4	Rachael Sporn	Australia	Detroit Shock
5	Octavia Blue	Miami	Los Angeles Sparks
6	Suzie McConnell Serio	Penn State	Cleveland Rockers
7	Christy Smith	Arkansas	Charlotte Sting
8	Andrea Kuklova	Slovakia	Phoenix Mercury
9	Nadine Domond	Iowa	New York Liberty
10	Nyree Roberts	Old Dominion	Houston Comets

Third Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	LaTonya Johnson	Memphis	Utah Starzz
2	Quacy Barnes	Indiana	Sacramento Monarchs
3	Angela Hamblin	Iowa	Washington Mystics
4	Gergana Branzova	Florida International	Detroit Shock
5	Rehema Stephens	UCLA	Los Angeles Sparks
6	Tanja Kostic	Oregon State	Cleveland Rockers
7	Pollyanna Johns	Michigan	Charlotte Sting
8	Brandy Reed	Southern Miss.	Phoenix Mercury
9	Albena Branzova	Florida International	New York Liberty
10	Amaya Valdemoro	Spain	Houston Comets

Fourth Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Tricia Bader	Boise State	Utah Starzz
2	Adia Barnes	Arizona	Sacramento Monarchs
3	Angela Jackson	Texas	Washington Mystics
4	Sandy Brondello	Australia	Detroit Shock
5	Erica Kienast	UC Santa Barbara	Los Angeles Sparks
6	Tammye Jenkins	Georgia	Cleveland Rockers
7	Sonia Chase	Maryland	Charlotte Sting
8	Karen Wilkins	Howard	Phoenix Mercury
9	Vanessa Nygaard	Stanford	New York Liberty
10	Monica Lamb-Lattin	USC	Houston Comets