The 2017 WNBA Draft Takes Over New York City

New York, NY - The 21st WNBA season is quickly approaching and what an exciting time of year as the league preps for yet another historic year. Thursday night in New York City, 36 of the nations top collegiate and international talent waited to hear if their name would be called. The years of hard work and dedication all leading to this moment. First overall pick Kelsey Plum said she waited for this moment since she was 10 years old and now the NCAA's leading scorer is heading to San Antonio to continue her career.

Although everyone expected a chaotic draft with trades and big surprises, the only big shock was that none of that happened last night. Teams came well prepared to fill the voids they had coming into the season and stuck to their plans throughout the night. Yes, we can see some movement happen before the season starts but wow was everyone wrong about that (myself included). This was a pretty stacked class but next year the draft class will be one to watch during the NCAA season.

Below are all 36 players drafted:

First Round

1. San Antonio Stars: Kelsey Plum, Washington

2. Chicago Sky: Alaina Coates, South Carolina,

3. Dallas Wings: Evelyn Akhator, Kentucky

4. Dallas Wings: Allisha Gray, South Carolina

5. San Antonio Stars: Nia Coffey, Northwestern

6. Washington Mystics: Shatori Walker-Kimbrough, Maryland

7. Atlanta Dream: Brittney Sykes, Syracuse

8. Connecticut Sun: Brionna Jones, Maryland

9. Chicago Sky: Tori Jankoska, Michigan State

10. Dallas Wings: Kaela Davis, South Carolina

11. Los Angeles Sparks: Sydney Wiese, Oregon State

12. Minnesota Lynx: Alexis Jones, Baylor

Second Round

1. Connecticut Sun: Shayla Cooper, Ohio State

2. New York Liberty: Lindsay Allen, Notre Dame

3. Seattle Storm: Alexis Peterson, Syracuse

4. Connecticut Sun: Leticia Romero, Florida State

5. Indiana Fever: Erica McCall, Stanford

6. Washington Mystics: Jennie Simms, Old Dominion

7. Atlanta Dream: Jordan Reynolds, Tennessee

8. Indiana Fever: Feyonda Fitzgerald, Temple

9. Chicago Sky: Chantel Osahor, Washington

10. Indiana Fever: Ronni Williams, Florida

11. Dallas Wings: Breanna Lewis, Kansas State

12. Minnesota Lynx: Lisa Berkani, France

Third Round

1. San Antonio Stars: Schaquilla Nunn, Tennessee

2. Dallas Wings: Saniya Chong, Connecticut

3. Washington Mystics: Mehryn Kraker, Wisconsin-Green Bay

4. Connecticut Sun: Jessica January, DePaul

5. Phoenix Mercury: Alexis Prince, Baylor

6. Seattle Storm: Lanay Montgomery, West Virginia

7. Atlanta Dream: Oderah Chidom, Duke

8. Indiana Fever: Adrienne Motley, Miami (Fla.)

9. Chicago Sky: Makayla Epps, Kentucky

10. New York Liberty: Kai James, Florida State

11. Los Angeles Sparks: Saicha Grant-Allen, Dayton

12. Minnesota Lynx: Tahlia Tupaea, Australia

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