WNBA Draft 2010: First Round Results

The 2010 WNBA Draft results for the first round are coming in right now and the first player selected was Tina Charles. She played for the Connecticut Huskies and helped them to win 2 women’s basketball national championships in a row. Connecticut Sun traded up to get the pick for Charles and it’s a bonus for both that she’s still in the state.

Each of the 12 teams in the WNBA get a pick in each of the rounds for the 2010 WNBA Draft and is then at liberty to trade those picks. The Minnesota Lynx were to draft second and third through trades and they managed to get 2 excellent players.

The second overall pick gained them Virginia’s Monica Wright, while the third pick gained them Kelsey Griffin from Nebraska. Tina Charles will be teamed up with an old friend as Connecticut Sun also got Renee Montgomery who played with her at the University of Connecticut.
The No. 7 pick in the first round also went to the Sun, who brought Danielle McCray from Kansas. For full story and the full draft results from the first round go to associatedcontent.com.
The Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) draft is a yearly selection of WNBA basketball teams from a pool of talented college and professional women’s basketball players.
This year, the WNBA Draft 2010 was held today, April 8, 2010. The first round was broadcasted on ESPN2 while the succeeding rounds were broadcasted in NBA TV and ESPNU.
In a lottery held last November 2009, the basketball team of Minnesota Lynx received the first overall selection of the WNBA draft 2010. This was followed by basketball teams Sacramento Monarchs, Connecticut Sun, Minnesota Lynx, and Chicago Sky receiving second, third, fourth, and fifth overall selections, respectively. However, since Sacramento Monarchs folded after the WNBA draft 2010 took place, their selection was eliminated.
So what are the first round results of the WNBA Draft 2010? Accordingly, the first basketball player selected was Tina Charles. She played for the UConn Huskies and helped them to win 2 undefeated women’s basketball national championships in a row. Connecticut Sun traded up to get the pick for Tina Charles.
For the basketball team of Minnesota Lynx, they got two great basketball players with Monica Wright from Virginia in the second pick and Kelsey Griffin from Nebraska in the third pick.