2013 WNBA Draft Board, as expected Brittney Griner picked 1st by Mercury
The Phoenix Mercury selected Baylor’s Brittney Griner with their No. 1 overall pick in the 2013 WNBA Draft presented. The Chicago Sky chose Elena Delle Donne of Delaware with the second overall selection, and the Tulsa Shock tapped Notre Dame’s Skylar Diggins at No. 3.
Griner, a 6-8 center, was a dominating presence at Baylor. She finished her collegiate career ranked first all time in Women’s NCAA Division 1 history in blocks (748) and dunks (18), and second in points (3,283) and double-figure scoring games (146 of 148). Her blocks total actually paces both women and men – topping the 564 of Mississippi State’s Jarvis Varnado — while her 18 dunks account for 54.5 percent of the 33 total dunks by college women.
Delle Donne, 6-5 guard/forward, led the nation in scoring as a junior, finished second as a senior and completed her college career as the fifth-leading scorer in NCAA history (3,039).
Diggins, a four-time All-America, finished her career as Notre Dame’s career leader in points and steals, ranks second in assists.
The Washington Mystics selected Ohio State’s Tyler Hill, a 5-10 guard and defensive stalwart as the fifth overall pick. She averaged 20-plus points in both her junior and senior years.
| 2013 WNBA DRAFT – ROUND 1 | ||
| 1 | Phoenix Mercury (7-27) | Brittney Griner (Baylor) |
| 2 | Chicago Sky (14-20) | Â Elena Delle Donne (Delaware) |
| 3 | Tulsa Shock (9-25) | Skylar Diggins (Notre Dame) |
| 4 | Washington Mystics (5-29) | Tayler Hill (Ohio State) |
| 5 | New York Liberty (15-19) | Kelsey Bone (Texas A&M) |
| 6 | Seattle Storm (16-18) | Tianna Hawkins (Maryland) |
| 7 | New York Liberty (15-19 | Toni Young (Oklahoma State) |
| 8 | San Antonio Silver Stars (21-13) | Â Kayla Alexander (Syracuse) |
| 9 | Indiana Fever (22-12) | Â Layshia Clarendon (California) |
| 10 | Los Angeles Sparks (24-10) | Â A’dia Matthies (Kentucky) |
| 11 | Connecticut Sun (25-9) | Kelly Faris (Connecticut) |
| 12 | Minnesota Lynx (27-7) | Â Â Lindsey Moore (Nebraska) |
| 2013 WNBA DRAFT – ROUND 2 | ||
| 1 (13) | Atlanta Dream (19-15) | Alex Bentley (Penn State) |
| 2 (14) | Minnesota Lynx (27-7) | Â Sugar Rodgers (Georgetown) |
| 3 (15) | New York Liberty (15-19) | Â Kamiko Williams (Tennessee) |
| 4 (16) | San Antonio Silver Stars (21-13) | Â Davellyn White (Arizona) |
| 5 (17) | Washington Mystics (5-29) | Â Nadirah McKenith (St. John’s) |
| 6 (18) | Seattle Storm (16-18) | Â Chelsea Poppens (Iowa State) |
| 7 (19) | Washington Mystics (5-29) | Â Emma Meesseman (Belgium) |
| 8 (20) | San Antonio Silver Stars (21-13) | Â Diandra Tchatchouang (Maryland/France) |
| 9 (21) | Indiana Fever (22-12) | Â Jasmine Hassell (Georgia) |
| 10 22) | Los Angeles Sparks (24-10) | Â Brittany Chambers (Kansas State) |
| 11 (23) | Connecticut Sun (25-9) | Â Anna Prins (Iowa State) |
| 12 (24) | Minnesota Lynx (27-7 | Chucky Jeffery (Colorado) |
| 2013 WNBA DRAFT – ROUND 3 | ||
| 1 (25) | Washington Mystics (5-29) | Â Shenneika Smith (St. John’s) |
| 2 (26) | Phoenix Mercury (7-27) | Â Nikki Greene (Penn State) |
| 3 (27) | New York Liberty (15-19) |  Olcay Çakir (Turkey) |
| 4 (28) | Chicago Sky (14-20) | Â Brooklyn Pope (Baylor) |
| 5 (29) | Tulsa Shock (9-25) | Â Angel Goodrich (Kansas) |
| 6 (30) | Seattle Storm (16-18) | Â Jasmine James (Georgia) |
| 7 (31) | Atlanta Dream (19-15) | Â Ann Marie Armstrong (Georgia) |
| 8 (32) | San Antonio Silver Stars (21-13) | Â Whitney Jones (Hand) – (Oklahoma) |
| 9 (33) | Indiana Fever (22-12) | Â Jennifer George (Florida) |
| 10 (34) | Los Angeles Sparks (24-10) | Â Alina Iagupova (Ukraine) |
| 11 (35) | Connecticut Sun (25-9) | Â Andrea Smith (South Florida) |
| 12 (36) | Minnesota Lynx (27-7) | Â Waltiea Rolle (North Carolina) |
| PLAYER | SCHOOL/TEAM | HOMETOWN | POSITION |
| Alexander, Kayla | Syracuse | Milton, Ont./Canada | Center |
| Alford, Chantell | Boston University | West Haven, CT | Guard |
| Alverson, Blanche | Auburn | Buford, GA. | Guard/Forward |
| Bentley, Alex | Penn State | Indianapolis, IN | Guard |
| Bone, Kelsey | Texas A&M | Houston, TX | Center |
| Brewer, Alyssia | UCLA | Tulsa, OK | Forward |
| Chambers, Brittany | Kansas State | Jordan, MN | Guard |
| Clarendon, Layshia | California | San Bernardino, CA | Guard |
| Clarke, Tiffany | Vanderbilt | Norcross, GA | Forward |
| Davis, Carolyn | Kansas | Evansville, IN | Forward |
| Delle Donne, Elena | Delaware | Wilmington, DE | Guard/Forward |
| Deluzio, Alexa | Florida State | Orlando, FL | Guard |
| Diggins, Skylar | Notre Dame | Sound Bend, IN | Guard |
| Doyle, Saadia | Howard | Atlanta, GA | Guard |
| Faris, Kelly | Connecticut | Plainfield, IN | Guard |
| Goodrich, Angel | Kansas | Glendale, AZ | Guard |
| Greene, Nikki | Penn State | Diboli, TX | Forward/Center |
| Griner, Brittney | Baylor | Houston, TX | Center |
| Hawkins, Tianna | Maryland | Washington, D.C. | Forward |
| Hayden, Kimetria | Baylor | Dallas, TX | Guard |
| Hill, Tayler | Ohio State | Minneapolis, MN | Guard |
| James, Jasmine | Georgia | Memhis, TN | Guard |
| Jeffery, Chucky | Colorado | Colorado Springs, CO | Guard |
| Macaulay, Victoria | Temple | Brooklyn, NY | Center |
| Madden, Jordan | Baylor | Jonesboro, AR | Guard/Forward |
| Martin, Anna | DePaul | Lexington, KY | Guard |
| Matthies, A’dia | Kentucky | Louisville, KY | Guard |
| McKenith, Nadirah | St. John’s | Newark, NJ | Guard |
| Mingo, Drey | Purdue | Atlanta, GA | Forward |
| Moore, Lindsey | Nebraska | Tacoma, WA | Guard |
| Oliver, Monique | Rutgers | Las Vegas, NV | Center |
| Penn, Karisma | Illinois | Cleveland, OH | Forward |
| Pope, Brooklyn | Baylor | Fort Worth, TX | Forward |
| Poppens, Chelsea | Iowa State | Waterloo, IA | Forward |
| Prins, Anna | Iowa State | Broomfield, CO | Center |
| Rasheed, Niveen | Princeton | Danville, CA | Guard/Forward |
| Rodgers, Sugar | Georgetown | Suffolk, VA | Guard |
| Rodriguez, Leonor | Florida State | Canary Islands, Spain | Guard |
| Rolle, Waltiea | North Carolina | Houston, TX | Center |
| Ruffin-Pratt, Tierra | North Carolina | Fairfax, VA | Guard |
| Smith, Andrea | South Florida | Lakeland, FL | Guard |
| Smith, Shenneika | St. John’s | Kingston, Jamaica | Guard |
| Spani, Taber | Tennessee | Independence, MO | Guard |
| Walker, Markel | UCLA | Philadelphia,PA | Forward |
| Webb, Adrienne | LSU | Harvest, AL | Guard |
| Whyte, Davellyn | Arizona | Mesa, AZ | Guard |
| Williams, Destiny | Baylor | St. Joseph, MI | Forward |
| Wilson, Shawnice | Miami | Pittsburgh, PA | Center |
| Young, Toni | Oklahoma State | Del City, OK | Forward |
