The 2004 WNBA draft was the eighth draft in the WNBA's history. It took place on April 17, 2004, at the NBA Entertainment Studios in Secaucus, NJ.
Additionally, on January 6, 2004, the WNBA held a dispersal draft to re-assign players from the Cleveland Rockers who folded at the end of 2003 WNBA season.
Key
Draft Round 1
Pick Player Position Nationality Team School / club team 1Diana Taurasi * G Phoenix Mercury Connecticut 2Alana Beard * G Washington Mystics Duke 3Nicole Powell + G/F Charlotte Sting Stanford 4Lindsay Whalen * ^ ! G Connecticut Sun Minnesota 5Shameka Christon + G/F New York Liberty Arkansas 6 Nicole Ohlde C Minnesota Lynx Kansas State 7 Vanessa Hayden C Minnesota Lynx Florida 8 Chandi Jones G/F Phoenix Mercury Houston 9 Ebony Hoffman C Indiana Fever USC 10Rebekkah Brunson + F Sacramento Monarchs Georgetown 11 Iciss Tillis C/F Detroit Shock Duke 12 Christi Thomas F Los Angeles Sparks Georgia 13 Shereka Wright F Detroit Shock Purdue
Round 2
Pick Player Position Nationality Team School / club team 14 Ashley Robinson C Phoenix Mercury Tennessee 15 Kaayla Chones C Washington Mystics NC State 16 Jessica Brungo F Connecticut Sun Penn State 17 Amisha Carter C New York Liberty Louisiana Tech 18 Kelly Mazzante F Charlotte Sting Penn State 19 Trina Frierson F Seattle Storm Louisiana Tech 20 Tasha Butts F Minnesota Lynx Tennessee 21 Cindy Dallas # F San Antonio Silver Stars Illinois 22 Jenni Benningfield F Charlotte Sting Vanderbilt 23 Erika Valek # G Detroit Shock Purdue 24 Ugo Oha # C Connecticut Sun George Washington 25 Doneeka Hodges G Los Angeles Sparks LSU 26 Lindsay Taylor C Houston Comets UC Santa Barbara
Round 3
Pick Player Position Nationality Team School / club team 27 Maria Villarroel # G Phoenix Mercury Oklahoma 28 Evan Unrau # F Washington Mystics Missouri 29 Candace Futrell G Connecticut Sun Duquesne 30 Catherine Joens G New York Liberty George Washington 31 Ieva Kubliņa # F/C Indiana Fever Virginia Tech 32 Jennifer Smith C Detroit Shock Michigan 33 Amber Jacobs G Minnesota Lynx Boston College 34 Toccara Williams G San Antonio Silver Stars Texas A&M 35Jia Perkins + G Charlotte Sting Texas Tech 36 Nuria Martínez F Sacramento Monarchs Avenida 37 Stacy Stephens C Houston Comets Texas 38 Kate Bulger # G Minnesota Lynx West Virginia
See also List of first overall WNBA draft picks
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