BIG EAST Players in the WNBA

Player School Year Round Pick Team Rebecca Lobo Connecticut 1997 Initial Allocation n/a New York Liberty Sue Wicks Rutgers 1997 First 6 New York Liberty Rita Williams Connecticut 1998 Second 3 Washington Mystics Octavia Blue Miami 1998 Second 5 Los Angeles Sparks Kara Wolters Connecticut 1999 Third 12 Houston Comets Jennifer Rizzotti Connecticut 1999 Fourth 12 Houston Comets Cal Bouchard Boston College 2000 Fourth 12 Detroit Shock Sauer Paige Connecticut 2000 Second 15 Los Angeles Sparks Shawnetta Stewart Rutgers 2000 Third 4 Orlando Miracle Usha Gilmore Rutgers 2000 Third 10 Indiana Fever Svetlana Abrosimova Connecticut 2001 First 7 Minnesota Kelly Schumacher Connecticut 2001 First 14 Indiana Fever Shea Ralph Connecticut 2001 Third 8 Utah Starzz Katie Smrcka-Duffy Georgetown 2001 Fourth 14 Sacramento Monarchs Tombi Bell Miami 2001 Third 7 Minnesota Ruth Riley Notre Dame 2001 First 5 Miami Sol Niele Ivey Notre Dame 2001 Second 3 Indiana Fever Kelley Siemon Notre Dame 2001 Third 16 Los Angeles Sparks Tammy Sutton-Brown Rutgers 2001 Second 2 Charlotte Sting Natasha Pointer Rutgers 2001 Fourth 4 Portland Fire Beth Record Syracuse 2001 Fourth 16 Los Angeles Sparks Tere Williams Virginia Tech 2001 Third 13 Phoenix Mercury Sue Bird Connecticut 2002 First 1 Seattle Storm Swin Cash Connecticut 2002 First 2 Detroit Shock Asjha Jones Connecticut 2002 First 4 Washington Mystics Tamika Williams Connecticut 2002 First 6 Minnesota Ericka Haney Notre Dame 2002 Third 15 Detroit Shock Davalyn Cunningham Rutgers 2002 Second 7 Orlando Miracle Trish Juhline Villanova 2003 Third 5 Washington Mystics Amber Jacobs Boston College 2004 Third 7 Minnesota Lynx Diana Taurasi Connecticut 2004 First 1 Phoenix Mercury Rebekkah Brunson Georgetown 2004 First 10 Sacramento Monarchs Ieva Kublina Virginia Tech 2004 Third 5 Indiana Fever Kate Bulger West Virginia 2004 Third 12 Minnesota Lynx Jessica Moore Connecticut 2005 Second 11 Charlotte Sting Ashley Battle Connecticut 2005 Second 12 Seattle Storm Jacqueline Batteast Notre Dame 2005 Second 4 Minnesota Lynx Chelsea Newton Rutgers 2005 Second 9 Sacramento Monarchs Rebecca Richman Rutgers 2005 Third 10 New York Liberty Yolanda Paige West Virginia 2005 Second 3 Indiana Fever Barbara Turner Connecticut 2006 First 11 Seattle Storm Ann Strother Connecticut 2006 Second 1 Houston Comets Willnett Crockett Connecticut 2006 Second 8 Los Angeles Sparks Khara Smith DePaul 2006 Third 2 San Antonio Silver Stars Megan Duffy Notre Dame 2006 Third 3 Minnesota Lynx Cappie Pondexter Rutgers 2006 First 2 Phoenix Mercury Jenna Rubino DePaul 2007 Third 1 Chicago Sky Jessica Dickson South Florida 2007 Second 8 Sacramento Monarchs Ketia Swanier Connecticut 2008 First 12 Connecticut Sun Charde Houston Connecticut 2008 Third 2 Minnesota Lynx Allie Quigley DePaul 2008 Second 8 Seattle Storm Charel Allen Notre Dame 2008 Third 15 Sacramento Monarchs Matee Ajavon Rutgers 2008 First 5 Houston Comets Essence Carson Rutgers 2008 First 7 New York Liberty Olayinka Sanni West Virginia 2008 Second 4 Detroit Shock Renee Montgomery Connecticut 2009 First 4 Minnesota Lynx Angel McCoughtry Louisville 2009 First 1 Atlanta Dream Candyce Bingham Louisville 2009 Third 13 San Antonio Silver Stars Shavonte Zellous Pittsburgh 2009 First 11 Detroit Shock Kia Vaughn Rutgers 2009 First 8 New York Liberty Tina Charles Connecticut 2010 First 1 Connecticut Sun Kalana Greene Connecticut 2010 Second 1 New York Liberty Epiphanny Prince Rutgers 2010 First 4 Chicago Sky Rashidat Junaid Rutgers 2010 Third 8 Los Angeles Sparks Maya Moore Connecticut 2011 First 1 Minnesota Lynx Felicia Chester Depaul 2011 Second 2 Minnesota Lynx Angel Robinson Marquette 2011 Second 10 New York Liberty Tiffany Hayes Connecticut 2012 Second 2 Atlanta Dream Keisha Hampton DePaul 2012 Second 10 Seattle Storm Devereaux Peters Notre Dame 2012 First 3 Minnesota Lynx Natalie Novosel Notre Dame 2012 First 8 Washington Mystics Khadijah Rushdan Rutgers 2012 Second 3 Los Angeles Sparks April Sykes Rutgers 2012 Third 4 Los Angeles Sparks Kelly Faris Connecticut 2013 First 11 Connecticut Sun Sugar Rodgers Georgetown 2013 Second 2 Minnesota Lynx Sklyar Diggins Notre Dame 2013 First 3 Tulsa Shock Andrea Smith South Florida 2013 Third 11 Connecticut Sun Nadirah McKenith St. John’s 2013 Second 5 Washington Mystics Shenneika Smith St. John’s 2013 Third 1 New York Liberty Kayla Alexander Syracuse 2013 First 8 San Antonio Stars Brittany Hrynko DePaul 2015 Second 7 Connecticut Sun Shakena Richardson Seton Hall 2016 Third 6 Dallas Wings Aliyyah Handford St. John’s 2016 Third 3 Connecticut Sun Danaejah Grant St. John’s 2016 Third 7 Washington Mystics Jessica January Depaul 2017 Third 4 Connecticut Sun Amarah Coleman DePaul 2018 Third 4 Chicago Sky Natisha Hiedeman Marquette 2019 Second 6 Minnesota Lynx Jaylyn Agnew Creighton 2020 Second 12 Washington Mystics

2019 BIG EAST Player of the Year Natisha Hiedeman has been a standout for the Connecticut Sun

Seton Hall’s Shakena Richardson was the fi rst Pirate to be drafted; she was selected in the third round of the 2016 Draft