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The 2010 WNBA season is the 14th season for the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association.

Based on the Liberty's 2009 record, they would pick 1st in the Sacramento Monarchs dispersal draft. The Liberty picked Nicole Powell.

The following are the Liberty's selections in the 2010 WNBA draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/team/country
2	13	Kalana Greene	United States	Connecticut
2	16 (from Chi.)	Ashley Houts	United States	Georgia
3	25	Cory Montgomery	United States	Nebraska

• May 5, 2009: The Liberty traded their first-round pick in the 2010 Draft to the Los Angeles Sparks in exchange for Sidney Spencer.
• March 30: The Liberty traded Shameka Christon and Cathrine Kraayeveld to the Chicago Sky in exchange for the Sky's second-round pick in the 2010 Draft. The Liberty also received Cappie Pondexter and Kelly Mazzante from the Phoenix Mercury as part of the three-team trade.
• April 6: The Liberty waived Loree Moore.
• April 8: The Liberty waived Kelly Mazzante.
• April 20: The Liberty released Ashley Battle.
• April 22: The Liberty signed free agent Taj McWilliams-Franklin.
• April 23: The Liberty signed Brandie Hoskins, Laine Selwyn, Tamara James, April Phillips, Katie Mattera and Erica Williamson to training camp contracts.
• April 28: The Liberty waived Brandie Hoskins.
• May 3: The Liberty waived Laine Selwyn.
• May 4: The Liberty waived Katie Mattera.
• May 9: The Liberty waived Cory Montgomery and Tamara James.
• May 12: The Liberty traded Ashley Houts to the Washington Mystics in exchange for Nikki Blue.
• June 14: The Liberty traded Tiffany Jackson to the Tulsa Shock in exchange for Plenette Pierson.

New York Liberty roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs PG 1 Blue, Nikki 5' 8" (1.73m) 163 lb (74kg) UCLA G/F 17 Carson, Essence 6' 0" (1.83m) 165 lb (75kg) Rutgers G 32 Greene, Kalana 5' 10" (1.78m) 170 lb (77kg) Connecticut C 4 McCarville, Janel 6' 2" (1.88m) 205 lb (93kg) Minnesota F 7 McWilliams-Franklin, Taj 6' 2" (1.88m) 188 lb (85kg) St. Edward's University PG 5 Mitchell, Leilani 5' 5" (1.65m) 130 lb (59kg) Utah SF 33 Pierson, Plenette 6' 2" (1.88m) 178 lb (81kg) Texas Tech SG 23 Pondexter, Cappie 5' 9" (1.75m) 160 lb (73kg) Rutgers F 14 Powell, Nicole 6' 2" (1.88m) 175 lb (79kg) Stanford G/F 6 Spencer, Sidney 6' 3" (1.91m) 183 lb (83kg) Tennessee C 15 Vaughn, Kia 6' 4" (1.93m) 200 lb (91kg) Rutgers	Head coach Anne Donovan (Old Dominion) Assistant coaches Laurie Byrd (Eastern Michigan) Catherine Proto (Springfield) Athletic trainer Lisa White (Stony Brook) Strength and conditioning coach Kevin Duffy Legend (C) Team captain (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended Injured

• Cappie Pondexter was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week of June 5, 2010.
• Cappie Pondexter was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week of July 17, 2010.
• Cappie Pondexter was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week of July 24, 2010.
• Cappie Pondexter was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week of August 7, 2010.
• Cappie Pondexter was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week of August 14, 2010.
• Cappie Pondexter was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Month for August.
• Cappie Pondexter was named to the 2010 WNBA All-Star Team as a Team USA starter.
• Kalana Greene was named to the All-Rookie Team.
• Cappie Pondexter was named to the All-Defensive First Team.
• Cappie Pondexter was named to the All-WNBA First Team.
• Leilani Mitchell was named the Most Improved Player.^[1]