Your 2006 WNBA Draft recap, brought to you by Reebok news sources around the country and the world.

Seimone Augustus felt that being the #1 pick was a "very strong possibility". (More from the Lynx here.)

Cappie is happy. And I really hope not to hear that pun again for at least another month.

Monique Currie leads five Triangle seniors in the draft, off to Charlotte after that heartbreaking loss in the NCAA final.

Sophia Young, staying in the state where she played her college ball, is nervous and excited.

Lisa Willis to Los Angeles: the natural progression of her basketball career? She and UCLA are psyched.

Candice Dupree makes history as Chicago's first pick. Dave Cowens recalls his first draft with the Charlotte Hornets, when he took another Philly player.

Canada is very proud of its two first rounders, especially the only semi-expected seventh pick, Utah's Shona Thorburn.

Tamara James's day didn't start so well. Ended pretty decently, though.

La'Tangela Atkinson, newest member of the Fever, gets to play alongside assistant coach Charlotte Smith-Taylor.

Ty'esha Fluker joins 22 other Tennessee alumnae in the WNBA annals.

Seattle boosts its UConn connection with Barbara Turner, a needed small forward.

Blaze on Sherill Baker: "My goodness, she'll never be there when we select." Newsday describes her as an exclamation point; the Journal News believes her to be Jamal Crawford's secret identity.

Canada is still proud of its first rounders. So is the state of Utah, proudly claiming both Thorburn and shiny new Monarch Kim Smith.

Sacramento coach John Whisenant expects Scholanda Hoston to make an immediate defensive impact.

Ann Strother spent about thirty seconds with the Houston Comets before she was off to Phoenix, there to re-team with Diana Taurasi.

Shanna Zolman doesn't want to be known as just a shooter.

Ambrosia Anderson, bounced from Detroit to Minnesota, now shares a team with co-Mountain West POY and rival Shona Thorburn.

Liz Shimek learned about the business side of basketball quickly on draft day.

The Daily Bruin is on top of things, wondering if Nikki Blue's shooting-to-point transition hurt her draft stock. (Much love for the LA coverage of the draft.)

Jennifer Harris: going from the Blues to one of the cities of the blues.

Van Chancellor expects to need both Shimek and Mistie Williams for this season if Sancho Lyttle is not healthy.

Willnett Crockett wasn't even listed as a prospect, but she's off to her hometown team, the Sparks.

BC's school paper extols the virtues of Brooke Queenan.

Renae Camino, whose draft eligibility was in question, was picked by the Comets; she'll take this year off while rehabbing a torn ACL.

Florida forward Dalila Eshe blossomed as a senior and had a solid combine, the two elements necessary for a second-round pick.

Georgia Tech post Kasha Terry continued an ACC streak for Indiana.

LaToya Bond's computer crashed at a really lousy time- just before Charlotte's second-round pick. That turned out to be very dramatic, because Charlotte's second-round pick was... LaToya Bond.

The Sun's first pick was, of all things, a player from the state of Tennessee.

Tiffany Stansbury almost fell asleep during the draft. (Commentary on the commentators?)

Khara Smith's status for this season was a question mark. San Antonio decided to gamble.

Megan Duffy, expected to go as high as six and anticipated to go to Minnesota at seven, ended up a Lynx anyway.

Crystal Smith is undeterred by the talented guards on Phoenix's roster.

Washington dips back into the Oklahoma NAIA well with Mariam Sy.

Kerri Gardin led the ACC in rebounding; she's no longer a secret.

Zane (that's two syllables and a short a) Teilane (three syllables and a short a), beloved of Latvians all over the Internet, is the first Westerwind, first Mid-Continent player, and the first Latvian in the league, Detroit's third-round selection. A big task, but she's a big player.

The Sparks finished their draft by bringing home local girl Tiffany Porter-Talbert; all three Los Angeles draft picks are California girls.

Christelle N'Garsanet has a backup plan in case the Liberty don't work for her: an internship at KMPG.

College basketball fans might best remember Jess Foley for the dagger she put in UConn a couple of years ago. Now she's one of three Aussies in this year's draft. (Would that be Aussie Aussie Aussie?)

Erin Grant was another very surprised point guard in the third round. Maybe it was Anne Donovan's elves.

Marina Kuzina is a 6'5" center from Russia and the newest member of the Fever. No other news on her. I know. I'm disappointed too.

Family comes in handy sometimes: a Monarchs assistant was turned on to Lamisha Augustine through family at a game.

Rounding out the selections was Australia and Auburn's Marita Payne. She makes a Tiger connection with Sun forward Le'Coe Willingham.