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2014 WNBA draft
General information
Sport	Basketball
Date(s)	April 14, 2014
Location	Mohegan Sun Arena,Uncasville, Connecticut
Network(s)	ESPN2,ESPNU
Overview
League	WNBA
First selection	Chiney Ogwumike Connecticut Sun
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The2014WNBAdraft is the league's annualprocess for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 14, 2014, atMohegan Sun Arena inUncasville, Connecticut at 8:00 pmEDT. The first round was shown on ESPN2 (HD), with the second and third rounds shown onESPNU.

The lottery selection to determine the order of the top four picks in the 2013 draft occurred on December 10, 2013.^[1] The draft lottery was televised (duringSportsCenter at 6:30 pm ET).

Below were the chances for each team to get specific picks in the 2014 draft lottery, rounded to three decimal places:

The WNBA announced on April 10, 2014, that 12 players had been invited to attend the draft. Unless indicated otherwise, all players listed are Americans who played at U.S. colleges.^[2]

• Natalie Achonwa,Notre Dame
• Stefanie Dolson,Connecticut
• Markeisha Gatling,N.C. State
• Chelsea Gray,Duke
• Bria Hartley,Connecticut
• Natasha Howard,Florida State
• Kayla McBride,Notre Dame
• Chiney Ogwumike,Stanford
• Shoni Schimmel,Louisville
• Meighan Simmons,Tennessee
• Odyssey Sims,Baylor
• Alyssa Thomas,Maryland

• March 1, 2013: TheMinnesota Lynx acquired the 2nd round pick of theTulsa Shock in a trade that sentCandice Wiggins to Tulsa.
• March 11, 2014: TheIndiana Fever acquired a first round pick from thePhoenix Mercury as part of theErin Phillips/Lynetta Kizer transaction.
• March 31, 2014: TheConnecticut Sun acquired a first round pick from theLos Angeles Sparks in exchange forSandrine Gruda.
• April 14, 2014: TheConnecticut Sun acquiredAlyssa Thomas (theNew York Liberty's pick in the first round),Kelsey Bone, and the Liberty's 2015 1st round draft pick, in exchange forTina Charles
• April 14, 2014: TheWashington Mystics acquiredBria Hartley (theSeattle Storm's first round pick) andTianna Hawkins forCrystal Langhorne^[3]

Pick	Player	Nationality	Team	School / club team
1	Chiney Ogwumike+	United States	Connecticut Sun	Stanford
2	Odyssey Sims*	United States	Tulsa Shock	Baylor
3	Kayla McBride+	United States	San Antonio Stars	Notre Dame
4	Alyssa Thomas*	United States	New York Liberty(traded toConn.)	Maryland
5	Natasha Howard*	United States	Indiana Fever	Florida State
6	Stefanie Dolson+	United States	Washington Mystics	Connecticut
7	Bria Hartley	United States	Seattle Storm(traded toWas.)	Connecticut
8	Shoni Schimmel+	United States	Atlanta Dream	Louisville
9	Natalie Achonwa	Canada	Indiana Fever(fromPho.)	Notre Dame
10	Markeisha Gatling	United States	Chicago Sky	N.C. State
11	Chelsea Gray*	United States	Connecticut Sun(fromL.A.)	Duke
12	Tricia Liston	United States	Minnesota Lynx	Duke

Pick	Player	Nationality	Team	School / club team
13	Jordan Hooper	United States	Tulsa Shock(fromConn.)	Nebraska
14	Tyaunna Marshall	United States	New York Liberty	Georgia Tech
15	Asya Bussie	United States	Minnesota Lynx(fromTul.)	West Virginia
16	Astou Ndour	Spain	San Antonio Stars	Gran Canarias (Spain)
17	Tiffany Bias	United States	Phoenix Mercury(fromInd.)	Oklahoma State
18	Inga Orekhova	Ukraine	Atlanta Dream(fromWas.)	South Florida
19	Michelle Plouffe	Canada	Seattle Storm	Utah
20	Cassie Harberts	United States	Atlanta Dream	USC
21	Maggie Lucas	United States	Phoenix Mercury	Penn State
22	Gennifer Brandon	United States	Chicago Sky	California
23	Jennifer Hamson	United States	Los Angeles Sparks	BYU
24	Christina Foggie	United States	Minnesota Lynx	Vanderbilt

Pick	Player	Nationality	Team	School / club team
25	DeNesha Stallworth	United States	Connecticut Sun	Kentucky
26	Meighan Simmons	United States	New York Liberty	Tennessee
27	Theresa Plaisance	United States	Tulsa Shock	LSU
28	Bri Kulas	United States	San Antonio Stars	Missouri
29	Haiden Palmer	United States	Indiana Fever	Gonzaga
30	Carley Mijović	Australia	Washington Mystics	Canberra Capitals (Australia)
31	Mikaela Ruef	United States	Seattle Storm	Stanford
32	Kody Burke	United States	Washington Mystics(fromAtl.)	N.C. State
33	Stephanie Talbot	Australia	Phoenix Mercury	Adelaide Lightning (Australia)
34	Jamierra Faulkner	United States	Chicago Sky	Southern Miss
35	Antonita Slaughter	United States	Los Angeles Sparks	Louisville
36	Asia Taylor	United States	Minnesota Lynx	Louisville

• List of first overall WNBA draft picks

• 2014 WNBA draft board

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