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2006 WNBA draft
2006 WNBA draft
General information
Sport	Basketball
Date(s)	November 16, 2005 – April 5, 2006
Location	Boston, Massachusetts (main draft)
Network(s)	ESPN2, NBATV, ESPNU
Overview
League	WNBA
Expansion teams	Chicago Sky
First selection	Seimone Augustus; Minnesota Lynx
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On November 16, 2005, the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) held an expansion draft for the Chicago Sky. It was the first expansion draft since the 2000 season, when the WNBA welcomed the Miami Sol, Portland Fire, Indiana Fever, and Seattle Storm into the league.

On April 5, 2006, the WNBA Draft took place at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. The draft was held in conjunction with the 2006 NCAA women's basketball tournament, which had its championship game the night before at the TD Banknorth Garden, now known as TD Garden, in Boston. This marked the first WNBA draft ever held outside New Jersey.

The first round of the draft was televised on ESPN2, while the second and third rounds were shown on ESPNU and NBA TV. Linda Cohn hosted the draft coverage. Four of the top six draft picks would be named to the All-Star Game in their rookie season: Seimone Augustus, Cappie Pondexter, Sophia Young, and Candice Dupree.

Expansion draft

Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	New team	Former team
1	Jia Perkins	G	United States	Chicago Sky	Charlotte Sting
2	Brooke Wyckoff	F	United States	Chicago Sky	Connecticut Sun
3	Elaine Powell	G	United States	Chicago Sky	Detroit Shock
4	Kiesha Brown	G	United States	Chicago Sky	Houston Comets
5	Deanna Jackson	F	United States	Chicago Sky	Indiana Fever
6	Laura Macchi	F	Italy	Chicago Sky	Los Angeles Sparks
7	Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert	F	United States	Chicago Sky	Minnesota Lynx
8	DeTrina White	F	United States	Chicago Sky	New York Liberty
9	Ashley Robinson	C	United States	Chicago Sky	Phoenix Mercury
10	Chelsea Newton	G	United States	Chicago Sky	Sacramento Monarchs
11	Bernadette Ngoyisa	C	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Chicago Sky	San Antonio Silver Stars
12	Francesca Zara	G	Italy	Chicago Sky	Seattle Storm
13	Stacey Dales-Schuman	G	Canada	Chicago Sky	Washington Mystics

*	Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game and All-WNBA Team
⁺	Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game
Bold	Denotes player who won Rookie of the Year

Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team	School / club team
1	Seimone Augustus ⁺	G	United States	Minnesota Lynx	LSU
2	Cappie Pondexter ⁺	G	United States	Phoenix Mercury	Rutgers
3	Monique Currie	G	United States	Charlotte Sting	Duke
4	Sophia Young ⁺	F	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	San Antonio Silver Stars	Baylor
5	Lisa Willis	G	United States	Los Angeles Sparks (from Was.)	UCLA
6	Candice Dupree ⁺	F/C	United States	Chicago Sky	Temple
7	Shona Thorburn	G	Canada	Minnesota Lynx (from Det.)	Utah
8	Tamara James	G/F	United States	Washington Mystics (from L.A.)	Miami (FL)
9	La'Tangela Atkinson	G/F	United States	Indiana Fever	North Carolina
10	Tye'sha Fluker	C	United States	Charlotte Sting (from Hou.)	Tennessee
11	Barbara Turner	G	United States	Seattle Storm	Connecticut
12	Sherill Baker	G	United States	New York Liberty	Georgia
13	Kim Smith	F	Canada	Sacramento Monarchs	Utah
14	Scholanda Dorrell	G	United States	Sacramento Monarchs (from Conn., via S.A.)	LSU

Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team	School / club team
15	Ann Strother	G	United States	Houston Comets (from Cha.; traded to Phx.)	Connecticut
16	Shanna Zolman	G	United States	San Antonio Silver Stars	Tennessee
17	Ambrosia Anderson	F	United States	Detroit Shock (from Minn.; traded to Minn.)	BYU
18	Liz Shimek	F	United States	Phoenix Mercury (traded to Hou.)	Michigan State
19	Nikki Blue	G	United States	Washington Mystics	UCLA
20	Jennifer Harris	G	United States	Chicago Sky	Washburn
21	Mistie Williams	F	United States	Phoenix Mercury (from Det.; traded to Hou.)	Duke
22	Willnett Crockett	F	United States	Los Angeles Sparks	Connecticut
23	Brooke Queenan	F	United States	New York Liberty	Boston College
24	Renae Camino	G	Australia	Houston Comets	AIS (Australia)
25	Dalila Esche	F	United States	Seattle Storm	Florida
26	Kasha Terry	F	United States	Indiana Fever	Georgia Tech
27	LaToya Bond	G	United States	Charlotte Sting (from Sac.)	Missouri
28	Debbie Merrill	F	United States	Connecticut Sun	Ohio State

Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team	School / club team
29	Tiffany Stansbury	F/C	United States	Houston Comets	North Carolina State
30	Khara Smith	F	United States	San Antonio Silver Stars	DePaul
31	Megan Duffy	G	United States	Minnesota Lynx	Notre Dame
32	Crystal Smith	G	United States	Phoenix Mercury	Iowa
33	Miriam Sy	C	United States	Washington Mystics	Oklahoma City
34	Kerri Gardin	F	United States	Chicago Sky	Virginia Tech
35	Zane Teilane	C	Latvia	Detroit Shock	Western Illinois
36	Tiffany Porter-Talbert	G	United States	Los Angeles Sparks	Western Kentucky
37	Christelle N'Garsanet	C	Ivory Coast	New York Liberty	Missouri
38	Jessica Foley	G	Australia	Indiana Fever (from Hou.)	Duke
39	Erin Grant	G	United States	Seattle Storm	Texas Tech
40	Marina Kuzina	C	Russia	Indiana Fever	Nadezhda Orenburg (Russia)
41	Lamisha Augustine	F	United States	Sacramento Monarchs	San Jose State
42	Marita Payne	C	Australia	Connecticut Sun	Auburn