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This day in women's basketball · September 16, 2003: the Los Angeles Sparks visited the Detroit Shock, in the WNBA playoffs. Detroit Shock 83, Los Angeles Sparks 78. WWikipedia↗

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1997 WNBA Draft

64 picks in 4 rounds · before the 1997 WNBA season

1998 ▶

All Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4

Rd	Pick	Team	Player	From	Last college season	WNBA career
0	0	Sting	Andrea Stinson	Watsonville Union High school		9 seasons, 283 games, 11.8 ppg
0	0	Monarchs	Bridgette Gordon	Monteverde Academy High school		2 seasons, 50 games, 8.5 ppg
0	0	Comets	Cynthia Cooper	Providence School High school		5 seasons, 124 games, 21.0 ppg
0	0	Starzz	Elena Baranova			7 seasons, 210 games, 10.0 ppg
0	0	Rockers	Janice Braxton	Knight High school		3 seasons, 81 games, 9.0 ppg
0	0	Mercury	Jennifer Gillom	San Clemente High school		7 seasons, 216 games, 13.4 ppg
0	0	Starzz	Lady Grooms	John Kennedy High school		8 seasons, 248 games, 4.5 ppg
0	0	Sparks	Lisa Leslie	Providence School High school		13 seasons, 409 games, 15.3 ppg
0	0	Mercury	Michele Timms			5 seasons, 117 games, 7.4 ppg
0	0	Rockers	Michelle Edwards	Crenshaw High school		5 seasons, 101 games, 7.5 ppg
0	0	Sparks	Penny Toler	East Aurora High school		3 seasons, 88 games, 10.0 ppg
0	0	Liberty	Rebecca Lobo	Kingsland High school		6 seasons, 127 games, 6.4 ppg
0	0	Monarchs	Ruthie Bolton	Friedrich-Magnus-Schwerd-Gymnasium High school		8 seasons, 219 games, 10.0 ppg
0	0	Comets	Sheryl Swoopes	North Shore High school		12 seasons, 371 games, 13.1 ppg
0	0	Liberty	Teresa Weatherspoon	Knight High school		8 seasons, 254 games, 5.0 ppg
0	0	Sting	Vicky Bullett	Santa Margarita High school		6 seasons, 186 games, 10.8 ppg
1	1	Starzz	Dena Head			3 seasons, 74 games, 3.9 ppg
1	1	Comets	Tina Thompson	USC		17 seasons, 536 games, 14.0 ppg
1	2	Rockers	Isabelle Fijalkowski			3 seasons, 57 games, 12.5 ppg
1	2	Monarchs	Pam McGee			2 seasons, 57 games, 8.6 ppg
1	3	Sparks	Jamila Wideman			4 seasons, 84 games, 2.2 ppg
1	3	Sting	Rhonda Mapp			6 seasons, 167 games, 8.2 ppg
1	4	Rockers	Eva Nemcova			5 seasons, 111 games, 11.7 ppg
1	4	Liberty	Kym Hampton			3 seasons, 90 games, 9.3 ppg
1	5	Starzz	Tammi Reiss			2 seasons, 50 games, 7.2 ppg
1	5	Comets	Wanda Guyton			3 seasons, 37 games, 5.2 ppg
1	6	Monarchs	Judy Mosley-McAfee			1 season, 13 games, 4.5 ppg
1	6	Liberty	Sue Wicks			6 seasons, 182 games, 4.5 ppg
1	7	Mercury	Bridget Pettis			8 seasons, 232 games, 6.1 ppg
1	7	Sting	Tora Suber			3 seasons, 83 games, 4.0 ppg
1	8	Sparks	Daedra Charles			1 season, 28 games, 2.3 ppg
1	8	Mercury	Toni Foster			3 seasons, 54 games, 6.5 ppg
2	9	Mercury	Tia Jackson			1 season, 26 games, 2.8 ppg
2	9	Starzz	Wendy Palmer	Virginia		11 seasons, 331 games, 9.5 ppg
2	10	Rockers	Lynette Woodard			2 seasons, 55 games, 5.7 ppg
2	10	Sting	Sharon Manning			4 seasons, 114 games, 4.7 ppg
2	11	Sting	Michi Atkins			no WNBA games
2	11	Liberty	Sophia Witherspoon			7 seasons, 210 games, 10.6 ppg
2	12	Starzz	Jessie Hicks			7 seasons, 178 games, 4.0 ppg
2	12	Liberty	Vickie Johnson	Louisiana Tech		13 seasons, 419 games, 10.1 ppg
2	13	Comets	Janeth Arcain			8 seasons, 254 games, 10.4 ppg
2	13	Rockers	Merlakia Jones	Florida		8 seasons, 252 games, 9.3 ppg
2	14	Monarchs	Mikiko Hagiwara			2 seasons, 36 games, 2.7 ppg
2	14	Sparks	Tamecka Dixon	Kansas		13 seasons, 391 games, 9.0 ppg
2	15	Monarchs	Denique Graves			1 season, 22 games, 0.7 ppg
2	15	Mercury	Nancy Lieberman-Cline			no WNBA games
2	16	Sparks	Haixia Zheng			2 seasons, 34 games, 8.9 ppg
2	16	Comets	Tammy Jackson			6 seasons, 143 games, 2.8 ppg
3	17	Comets	Racquel Spurlock			no WNBA games
3	18	Monarchs	Chantel Tremitiere			4 seasons, 101 games, 4.3 ppg
3	19	Sparks	Katrina Colleton			4 seasons, 104 games, 4.9 ppg
3	20	Rockers	Tina Nicholson			1 season, 24 games, 2.0 ppg
3	21	Starzz	Raegan Scott			2 seasons, 30 games, 1.7 ppg
3	22	Liberty	Trena Trice-Hill			2 seasons, 38 games, 4.1 ppg
3	23	Sting	Debra Williams			1 season, 10 games, 2.7 ppg
3	24	Mercury	Umeki Webb			3 seasons, 71 games, 4.8 ppg
4	25	Mercury	Monique Ambers			2 seasons, 21 games, 0.7 ppg
4	26	Sting	Andrea Congreaves			3 seasons, 84 games, 6.0 ppg
4	27	Liberty	Kisha Ford			5 seasons, 124 games, 3.5 ppg
4	28	Starzz	Kim Williams			2 seasons, 58 games, 7.8 ppg
4	29	Rockers	Anita Maxwell			1 season, 9 games, 2.1 ppg
4	30	Sparks	Travesa Gant			1 season, 2 games, 0.0 ppg
4	31	Monarchs	Tajama Abraham			2 seasons, 40 games, 3.5 ppg
4	32	Comets	Catarina Pollini			1 season, 13 games, 1.7 ppg