| 2011 WNBA draft | |
| Sport: | Basketball |
| Date: | April 11, 2011 |
| Location: | Bristol, Connecticut |
| Network: | ESPN, NBATV, ESPNU |
| League: | WNBA |
| First: | Maya Moore Minnesota Lynx |
| Prev: | 2010 |
| Next: | 2012 |
The 2011 WNBA draft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 11, 2011 at the ESPN studios in Bristol, Connecticut. The first round was shown on ESPN (HD), while the second and third rounds were shown on NBA TV and ESPNU.
The lottery selection to determine the order of the top four picks in the 2011 draft occurred on November 2, 2010. The Minnesota Lynx won the first pick, while the Tulsa Shock, Chicago Sky and Lynx were awarded the second, third and fourth picks respectively. The remaining first-round picks and all the second- and third-round picks were assigned to teams in reverse order of their win–loss records in the previous season.
Below were the chances for each team to get specific picks in the 2010 draft lottery, rounded to three decimal places:
| Team | 2010 record | Lottery chances | Pick | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | |||||
| Tulsa Shock | 6–28 | 442 | .442 | .316 | .181 | .062 | ||
| Minnesota Lynx | 13–21 | 276 | .276 | .310 | .270 | .144 | ||
| Chicago Sky | 14–20 | 178 | .178 | .230 | .317 | .275 | ||
| Minnesota Lynx (from Conn.) | 17–17 | 104 | .104 | .145 | .232 | .520 | ||
| Shaded block denotes actual lottery result. | ||||||||
The WNBA announced on April 6, 2011 that 15 players had been invited to attend the draft. Unless indicated otherwise, all players listed are Americans who played at U.S. colleges.[1]
Liz Cambage, Bulleen Boomers (Australia)Source[2]
| width=50 | Pick | width=300 | Player | width=200 | Nationality | width=400 | Team | width=300 | School / club team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maya Moore + | Minnesota Lynx | Connecticut | ||||||
| 2 | Liz Cambage + | Tulsa Shock | Bulleen Boomers (Australia) | ||||||
| 3 | Courtney Vandersloot + | Chicago Sky | Gonzaga | ||||||
| 4 | Amber Harris | Minnesota Lynx (from Conn.) | Xavier | ||||||
| 5 | Jantel Lavender + | Los Angeles Sparks | Ohio State | ||||||
| 6 | Danielle Robinson + | San Antonio Silver Stars | Oklahoma | ||||||
| 7 | Kayla Pedersen | Tulsa Shock (from Phx.) | Stanford | ||||||
| 8 | Ta'Shia Phillips | Atlanta Dream (traded to Wash.) | Xavier | ||||||
| 9 | Jeanette Pohlen | Indiana Fever | |||||||
| 10 | Alex Montgomery | New York Liberty | Georgia Tech | ||||||
| 11 | Victoria Dunlap | Washington Mystics | Kentucky | ||||||
| 12 | Jasmine Thomas + | Seattle Storm | Duke |
| width=50 | Pick | width=300 | Player | width=200 | Nationality | width=400 | Team | width=300 | School / club team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | Jessica Breland + | Minnesota Lynx (from Tul. via Conn.; traded to N.Y.) | North Carolina | ||||||
| 14 | Felicia Chester | Minnesota Lynx (traded to Atl.) | DePaul | ||||||
| 15 | Carolyn Swords | Chicago Sky | Boston College | ||||||
| 16 | Sydney Colson | Connecticut Sun (traded to N.Y.) | Texas A&M | ||||||
| 17 | Angie Bjorklund | Chicago Sky (from L.A.) | Tennessee | ||||||
| 18 | Rachel Jarry | Atlanta Dream (from S.A.; traded to Minn.) | Bulleen Boomers (Australia) | ||||||
| 19 | Brittany Spears | Phoenix Mercury | Colorado | ||||||
| 20 | Danielle Adams | San Antonio Silver Stars (from Atl.) | Texas A&M | ||||||
| 21 | Italee Lucas | Tulsa Shock (from Ind.) | North Carolina | ||||||
| 22 | Angel Robinson | New York Liberty (traded to Minn.) | Marquette | ||||||
| 23 | Karima Christmas | Washington Mystics | Duke | ||||||
| 24 | Ify Ibekwe | Seattle Storm | Arizona |
| width=50 | Pick | width=300 | Player | width=200 | Nationality | width=400 | Team | width=300 | School / club team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | Chastity Reed | Tulsa Shock | Arkansas–Little Rock | ||||||
| 26 | Kachine Alexander | Minnesota Lynx | Iowa | ||||||
| 27 | Amy Jaeschke | Chicago Sky | Northwestern | ||||||
| 28 | Adrienne Johnson | Connecticut Sun | Louisiana Tech | ||||||
| 29 | Elina Babkina (pick later voided) | Los Angeles Sparks | Lotos VBW Clima Gdynia (Poland) | ||||||
| 30 | Porsha Phillips | San Antonio Silver Stars | Georgia | ||||||
| 31 | Tahnee Robinson | Phoenix Mercury (traded to Conn.) | Nevada | ||||||
| 32 | Kelsey Bolte | Atlanta Dream | Iowa State | ||||||
| 33 | Jori Davis | Indiana Fever | Indiana | ||||||
| 34 | Mekia Valentine | New York Liberty | UC Santa Barbara | ||||||
| 35 | Sara Krnjić | Washington Mystics | Pécs 2010 (Hungary) | ||||||
| 36 | Krystal Thomas | Seattle Storm | Duke |