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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	WNBA career
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

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1997 WNBA Draft