List of 2009 WNBA season transactions
Introduction This is a list of all personnel changes for the '''2009 Women's National Basketball Association''' off-season and 2009 WNBA season.
Retirement The following players played their final season in 2008.Date Team Name Position Years pro Notes April 13, 2009 Connecticut Sun Jamie Carey Guard 4
Front Office movement ===Head coach changes===Coaches signed in off-season Date  Team  Outgoing coach  New head coach  Previous position November 6, 2008 Washington Mystics Jessie Kenlaw Julie Plank Assistant Coach of the Lynx June 3, 2009 Minnesota Lynx Don Zierden Jennifer Gillom Assistant Coach of the LynxIn-season coaching change Date  Team  Outgoing coach  Interim coach  Reason June 15, 2009 Detroit Shock Bill Laimbeer Rick Mahorn Resigned July 12, 2009 Sacramento Monarchs Jenny Boucek John Whisenant Started the season 3-10 July 31, 2009 New York Liberty Pat Coyle Anne Donovan Started the season 6-11===General Manager changes===GM hired in off-season Date  Team  Outgoing GM  New head GM  Previous position October 23, 2008 Washington Mystics Linda Hargrove Angela Taylor VP of Business Operations for the LynxIn-season GM change Date  Team  Outgoing GM  Interim GM  Reason June 15, 2009 Detroit Shock Bill Laimbeer Cheryl Reeve Resigned
Player movement The following is a list of player movement via free agency and trades.===Trades=== December 17, 2008 To Los Angeles Sparks *13th pick in 2009 draft To Atlanta Dream *negotiating rights to Chamique Holdsclaw January 21, 2009 To Phoenix Mercury *Alison Bales To Atlanta Dream *second-round pick in 2009 draft January 30, 2009 To Phoenix Mercury *Nicole Ohlde To Minnesota Lynx *Kelly Miller*LaToya Pringle January 30, 2009 To Minnesota Lynx *first- and second-round picks in 2009 draft To Washington Mystics *Lindsey Harding*second-round pick in 2009 and 2010 drafts January 30, 2009 To Minnesota Lynx *Christi Thomas To Los Angeles Sparks *Vanessa Hayden March 20, 2009 To Sacramento Monarchs *Barbara Farris To Phoenix Mercury *Kim Smith*A'Quonesia Franklin March 26, 2009 To Phoenix Mercury *Temeka Johnson To Los Angeles Sparks *first-round pick in 2010 draft April 9, 2009 To Atlanta Dream *Ashley Shields To Detroit Shock *18th pick in 2009 draft May 5, 2009 To Minnesota Lynx *Liberty's first-round pick in 2010 draft*Rafaella Masciadri To Los Angeles Sparks *Noelle Quinn To New York Liberty *Sidney Spencer August 12, 2009 To Atlanta Dream *Armintie Price To Chicago Sky *Tamera Young August 17, 2009 To Sacramento Monarchs *Kristin Haynie To Detroit Shock *Crystal Kelly===Signed from free agency===Signed in the off-season'''Player''' '''Signed''' '''New team''' '''Former team'''January Kerri Gardin January 7 Connecticut Sun Brooke Smith Phoenix Mercury Sophia Young San Antonio Silver Stars Tanisha Wright Seattle Storm Erin Thorn  Chicago Sky  New York Liberty Vickie Johnson January 8 San Antonio Silver Stars Tully Bevilaqua Indiana Fever K.B. Sharp January 9 Chicago Sky Kara Braxton Detroit Shock Shyra Ely January 12  Chicago Sky  Seattle Storm Nikki Teasley Atlanta Dream Catherine Kraayeveld New York Liberty DeMya Walker January 14 Sacramento Monarchs Chelsea Newton Sacramento Monarchs Kristen Mann January 20  Washington Mystics  Indiana Fever Ticha Penicheiro Sacramento Monarchs Barbara Turner  January 20 Connecticut Sun Lauren Ervin  January 23 Connecticut Sun Vanessa Hayden  January 30 Minnesota LynxFebruary Janell Burse February 9 Seattle Storm Chasity Melvin  Washington Mystics  Chicago Sky Hamchetou Maiga-Ba February 10  Sacramento Monarchs  Houston Comets Ashley Robinson Seattle Storm Anete Jekabsone-Zogota  February 13  Connecticut Sun  Dynamo Moscow (Russia) Jennifer Lacy  February 17 Atlanta Dream Michelle Snow  February 18  Atlanta Dream  Houston Comets Delisha Milton-Jones February 20 Los Angeles Sparks Suzy Batkovic Seattle Storm Yolanda Griffith  Indiana Fever  Seattle Storm Shannon Johnson  February 23  Seattle Storm  Houston Comets Tina Thompson  March 12  Los Angeles Sparks  Houston Comets Belinda Snell  March 30  San Antonio Silver Stars  Phoenix MercuryApril Betty Lennox  April 14  Los Angeles Sparks  Atlanta Dream Chamique Holdsclaw  April 20  Atlanta Dream  Los Angeles Sparks Kristin Haynie  April 22  Detroit Shock  Atlanta Dream Chen Nan  April 28  Chicago Sky  BaYi Stationery (China) Edwige Lawson-Wade  April 30 San Antonio Silver StarsMay Tamecka Dixon May 4  Indiana Fever  Houston Comets Lauren Jackson Seattle Storm Kristi Harrower May 7  Los Angeles Sparks  Minnesota Lynx Roneeka Hodges  Minnesota Lynx  Houston Comets Coco Miller  May 15  Atlanta Dream  Washington MysticsJune Kiesha Brown June 3  Connecticut Sun  Washington Mystics Ketia Swanier  Phoenix Mercury  Connecticut SunSigned in the regular season'''Player''' '''Date''' '''New team''' '''Former team''' Jessica Moore June 11  Indiana Fever  Los Angeles Sparks Eshaya Murphy  Indiana Fever  Washington Mystics Kristen Mann  June 16 Washington Mystics Jessica Davenport  June 17  Indiana Fever  New York Liberty Tan White  June 19  Connecticut Sun  Indiana FeverJuly Ivory Latta  July 3 Atlanta Dream Bernice Mosby  July 6 Washington Mystics Anna DeForge  July 10  Detroit Shock  Minnesota Lynx Tasha Humphrey July 17  Minnesota Lynx  Washington Mystics Penny Taylor Phoenix Mercury Anna Montanana  July 26  Minnesota Lynx  Ros Casares (Spain) Ann Wauters  July 31 San Antonio Silver StarsAugust Nikki Teasley  August 18  Detroit Shock  Atlanta Dream Mistie Bass  August 21 Chicago SkySeptember Katie Mattera  September 1  Chicago Sky  San Antonio Silver Stars La'Tangela Atkinson  September 9 Seattle Storm Chelsea Newton  September 9 Sacramento Monarchs A'Quonesia Franklin  September 10  Seattle Storm  Phoenix Mercury Tanae Davis-Cain  September 11 Detroit Shock====7-day contracts===='''Player''' '''Signed''' '''New team''' '''Former team'''June Britany Miller  June 8 Detroit Shock Kelly Schumacher  June 10  Detroit Shock  Washington Mystics Sherill Baker  June 26  Detroit Shock  Indiana FeverJuly Anna DeForge  July 27 Detroit ShockAugust Barbara Farris  August 4  Detroit Shock  Sacramento Monarchs Whitney Boddie  August 7, 14, 21 Sacramento Monarchs Lisa Willis  August 28  Sacramento Monarchs  New York LibertySeptember Lisa Willis  September 4 Sacramento Monarchs===Released=======Waived===='''Player''' '''Waived''' '''Team'''June Erica White June 11  Indiana Fever Khadijah Whittington  Indiana Fever Yolanda Griffith  June 17  Indiana Fever Kristi Cirone  June 19  Connecticut Sun Barbara Turner  June 28  Connecticut SunJuly Nikki Teasley July 3  Atlanta Dream Lauren Ervin  Connecticut Sun Tasha Humphrey July 6  Washington Mystics Barbara Farris  Detroit Shock Allie Quigley  July 14  Phoenix Mercury Christi Thomas  July 17  Minnesota Lynx LaToya Pringle  July 26  Minnesota Lynx Katie Mattera  July 31  San Antonio Silver StarsAugust Chelsea Newton  August 7  Sacramento Monarchs Chen Nan  August 21  Chicago SkySeptember Brooke Wyckoff  September 1  Chicago Sky====Renounced====Minnesota Lynx*Kristi Harrower (to Sparks)====Training camp cuts====''All players here did not make the final roster'' Atlanta Dream Chicago Sky Connecticut Sun Detroit Shock Indiana Fever Los Angeles Sparks Minnesota Lynx *Marlies Gipson*Chantelle Anderson*Ivory Latta *Quianna Chaney*Danielle Gant*Liz Moggenberg*Jennifer Risper*Mistie Bass *Ketia Swanier*Ashley Hayes*Lyndra Littles*Danielle Page*Carrem Gay*Tanae Davis-Cain*Kristen Rasmussen*Tiera DeLaHoussaye*Britany Miller*Sequoia Holmes*Doneeka Lewis*Sherill Baker*Tan White*Danielle Campbell*Britney Jordan*Ashley Paris*Marta Fernandez*Jessica Moore*Kamesha Hairston*Aisha Mohammed*Tye'sha Fluker*Emily Fox*Anna DeForge New York Liberty Phoenix Mercury Sacramento Monarchs San Antonio Silver Stars Seattle Storm Washington Mystics *Jessica Davenport*Lisa Willis *Murriel Page*Alison Bales*Yuko Oga*Sha Brooks*Laurie Koehn *Barbara Farris*Charel Allen*Whitney Boddie*Morgan Warburton*Miao Li Jie*Morenike Atunrase*Amber Petillion*Valeriya Berezhynska*Candyce Bingham*Joyce Ekworomadu*Bernadette Ngoyisa*Kimberly Beck*Mara Freshour*La'Tangela Atkinson*Kasha Terry*A'Quonesia Franklin*Aja Parham*Kiesha Brown*Eshaya Murphy*Kristen Mann*Kelly Schumacher*Bernice Mosby
WNBA draft The 2009 WNBA Draft was held on April 9, 2009 in Secaucus, New Jersey.===First round selections===PickPlayerNationalityWNBA TeamSchool/Club Team 1 Angel McCoughtry  Atlanta Dream Louisville 2 Marissa Coleman  Washington Mystics Maryland 3 Kristi Toliver  Chicago Sky Maryland 4 Renee Montgomery  Minnesota Lynx Connecticut 5 DeWanna Bonner  Phoenix Mercury Auburn 6 Briann January  Indiana Fever Arizona State 7 Courtney Paris  Sacramento Monarchs Oklahoma 8 Kia Vaughn  New York Liberty Rutgers 9 Quanitra Hollingsworth  Minnesota Lynx (from L.A., via Wash.) Virginia Commonwealth 10 Chante Black  Connecticut Sun Duke 11 Shavonte Zellous  Detroit Shock Pittsburgh 12 Ashley Walker  Seattle Storm California 13 Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton  Los Angeles Sparks (from S.A., via Atl.) Purdue
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