Last night, while we all all sat stunned by the horrific events that took place during the Boston Marathon, our society showed how resilient it is by once again not letting an act of violence stop us from moving forward.
Like many of you, I was distracted last night and forgot to watch the 2013 WNBA Draft, but it went on, as we all do. As was predicted, the Phoenix Mercury selected the 6′ 8″ center out of Baylor, Brittney Griner. The rest of the draft went like this:
2013 WNBA DRAFT
ROUND 1
1 Phoenix Mercury (7-27), Brittney Griner
2 Chicago Sky (14-20), Elena Delle Donne
3 Tulsa Shock (9-25), Skylar Diggins
4 Washington Mystics (5-29), Tayler Hill
5 New York Liberty (15-19), Kelsey Bone
6 Seattle Storm (16-18), Tianna Hawkins
7 New York Liberty (15-19), Toni Young
8 San Antonio Silver Stars (21-13), Kayla Alexander
9 Indiana Fever (22-12), Layshia Clarendon
10 Los Angeles Sparks (24-10), A’dia Matthies
11 Connecticut Sun (25-9), Kelly Faris
12 Minnesota Lynx (27-7), Lindsey Moore
ROUND 2
1 (13) Atlanta Dream (19-15), Alex Bentley
2 (14) Minnesota Lynx (27-7), Sugar Rodgers
3 (15) New York Liberty (15-19), Kamiko Williams
4 (16) San Antonio Silver Stars (21-13), Davellyn Whyte
5 (17) Washington Mystics (5-29), Nadirah McKenith
6 (18) Seattle Storm (16-18), Chelsea Poppins
7 (19) Washington Mystics (5-29), Emma Meesseman
8 (20) San Antonio Silver Stars (21-13), Diandra Tchatchouang
9 (21) Indiana Fever (22-12), Jasmine Hassell
10 (22) Los Angeles Sparks (24-10), Brittany Chambers
11 (23) Connecticut Sun (25-9), Anna Prins
12 (24) Minnesota Lynx (27-7), Chucky Jeffery
ROUND 3
1 (25) New York Liberty (15-19), Shenneika Smith
2 (26) Phoenix Mercury (7-27), Nikki Greene
3 (27) New York Liberty (15-19), Olcay Cakir
4 (28) Chicago Sky (14-20), Brooklyn Pope
5 (29) Tulsa Shock (9-25), Angel Goodrich
6 (30) Seattle Storm (16-18), Jasmine James
7 (31) Atlanta Dream (19-15), Ann Marie Armstrong
8 (32) San Antonio Silver Stars (21-13), Whitney Hand
9 (33) Indiana Fever (22-12), Jennifer George
10 (34) Los Angeles Sparks (24-10), Alina Iagupova
11 (35) Connecticut Sun (25-9), Andrea Smith
12 (36) Minnesota Lynx (27-7), Waltiea Rolle