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2005 WNBA draft

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Date(s)
  
April 16, 2005

Location
  
Secaucus, New Jersey

First selection
  
Janel McCarville

Time
  
3:00 pm

Network(s) (US)
  
ESPN2

The WNBA Draft is an annual draft held by the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) through which WNBA teams can select new players from a talent pool of college and professional women's basketball players. The 2005 WNBA Draft was the ninth draft in the WNBA's history.

2005 WNBA Draft - 16 April 2005

  • On April 16, 2005 the WNBA draft took place at the NBA Entertainment Studios in Secaucus, NJ.
  • The first round of the draft was televised on ESPN2.

    • Round 1

    1Kristin Haynie became the first person to play in the NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship game (with Michigan State) and the WNBA Finals (with the Sacramento Monarchs) in the same calendar year. She was on the losing side in the NCAA (to Baylor), but on the winning side in the WNBA.

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    2005 WNBA draft Wikipedia
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