Picks in the 2019 WNBA Draft, Notre Dame’s Jackie Young selected first
“With the first pick in the 2019 WNBA Draft, the Las Vegas Aces selects Notre Dame guard, Jackie Young.”
With that statement, the first round of the WNBA draft began. Young was the first of five Notre Dame players picked in the draft, also the starters of this past season’s Fighting Irish: Young, Arike Ogunbowale, Brianna Turner, Jessica Shepard and Marina Mabrey.
The New York Liberty chose Asia Durr, a dynamic guard from Louisville, as the second pick. Teaira McCowan, a center with a dominant presence in the paint, went to the Indiana Fever.
The Chicago Sky chose versatile guard/forward Katie Lou Samuelson. Dallas used its first pick to add Ogunbowale, the fifth overall selection.
| PICK | TEAM | PLAYER | COLLEGE/COUNTRY | POSITION |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st round - 1 | LAS VEGAS ACES | Jackie Young | NOTRE DAME | GUARD |
| 1st round -2 | NEW YORK LIBERTY | Asia Durr | LOUISVILLE | GUARD |
| 1st round -3 | INDIANA FEVER | Teaira McCowan | MISSISSIPPI STATE | CENTER |
| 1st round -4 | CHICAGO SKY | Katie Lou Samuelson | CONNECTICUT | GUARD/FORWARD |
| 1st round -5 | DALLAS WINGS | Arike Ogunbowale | NOTRE DAME | GUARD |
| 1st round -6 | MINNESOTA LYNX | Napheesa Collier | CONNECTICUT | FORWARD |
| 1st round -7 | LOS ANGELES SPARKS | Kalani Brown | BAYLOR | CENTER |
| 1st round -8 | PHOENIX MERCURY | Alanna Smith | STANFORD | FORWARD |
| 1st round -9 | CONNECTICUT SUN | Kristine Anigwe | CALIFORNIA | CENTER/FORWARD |
| 1st round -10 | WASHINGTON MYSTICS | Kiara Leslie | N.C. STATE | GUARD |
| 1st round -11 | ATLANTA DREAM (Traded to Phoenix) | Brianna Turner | NOTRE DAME | CENTER |
| 1st round -12 | SEATTLE STORM | Ezi Magbegor | AUSTRALIA | CENTER |
| 2nd round - 1 | PHOENIX MERCURY (From Indiana via Las Vegas) | Sophie Cunningham | MISSOURI | GUARD |
| 2nd round - 2 | NEW YORK LIBERTY | Han Xu | CHINA | CENTER |
| 2nd round - 3 | CHICAGO SKY | Chloe Jackson | BAYLOR | GUARD |
| 2nd round - 4 | MINNESOTA LYNX (From Las Vegas) | Jessica Shepard | NOTRE DAME | FORWARD |
| 2nd round - 5 | DALLAS WINGS | Megan Gustafson | IOWA | FORWARD |
| 2nd round - 6 | MINNESOTA LYNX (Traded to Connecticut) | Natisha Hiedeman | MARQUETTE | GUARD |
| 2nd round - 7 | LOS ANGELES SPARKS | Marina Mabrey | NOTRE DAME | GUARD |
| 2nd round - 8 | MINNESOTA LYNX (From Phoenix) | Cierra Dillard | BUFFALO | GUARD |
| 2nd round - 9 | CONNECTICUT SUN (From Connecticut via Atlanta) | Bridget Carleton | IOWA STATE | GUARD |
| 2nd round - 10 | DALLAS WINGS (From Washington) | Kennedy Burke | UCLA | GUARD |
| 2nd round - 11 | ATLANTA DREAM | Maite Cazorla | OREGON | GUARD |
| 2nd round - 12 | SEATTLE STORM | Anriel Howard | MISSISSIPPI STATE | FORWARD |
| 3rd round - 1 | INDIANA FEVER | Paris Kea | UNC | GUARD |
| 3rd round -2 | NEW YORK LIBERTY | Megan Huff | UTAH | FORWARD |
| 3rd round -3 | CHICAGO SKY | Maria Conde | SPAIN | FORWARD |
| 3rd round -4 | INDIANA FEVER (From Las Vegas) | Caliya Robinson | GEORGIA | FORWARD |
| 3rd round -5 | DALLAS WINGS | Morgan Bertsch | UC DAVIS | FORWARD |
| 3rd round -6 | MINNESOTA LYNX | Kenisha Bell | MINNESOTA | GUARD |
| 3rd round -7 | LOS ANGELES SPARKS | Ángela Salvadores | SPAIN | GUARD |
| 3rd round - 8 | PHOENIX MERCURY | Arica Carter | LOUISVILLE | GUARD |
| 3rd round - 9 | CONNECTICUT SUN | Regan Magarity | VIRGINIA TECH | FORWARD |
| 3rd round - 10 | WASHINGTON MYSTICS | Sam Fuehring | LOUISVILLE | FORWARD |
| 3rd round - 11 | ATLANTA DREAM | Li Yueru | CHINA | CENTER |
| 3rd round - 12 | SEATTLE STORM | Macy Miller | SOUTH DAKOTA STATE | GUARD |
