South Carolina's Shaunzinski Gortman was taken as the ninth selection in the first round by the Charlotte Sting. The Charlotte Sting later traded Gortman to the Minnesota Lynx for Erin Buescher and Maylana Martin.

Gortman was named All-SEC First Team as well as an AP All-America honorable mention this past season. She finished her career averaging 12.9 points per game, 5.5 rebounds per game and 3.0 assists per game.

Tennessee's Michelle Snow (No. 10 pick by Houston) and Georgia's Tawana McDonald (No. 13 pick by Indiana) rounded out the SEC's first round picks.

The WNBA will tip off its sixth season over Memorial Day weekend as the defending champion Los Angeles Sparks host the New York Liberty on Saturday, May 25 at the STAPLES Center. The nationally televised game will air on NBC at 3 p.m. EDT.

Below is a complete list of 2002 WNBA draft picks from SEC member institutions.

SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE PLAYER SELECTIONS

Pick	Team	Name	Pos.	School/Former Team
ROUND ONE
9	Charlotte	Shaunzinski Gortman	G	South Carolina
10	Houston	Michelle Snow	C	Tennessee
13	Indiana	Tawana McDonald	C	Georgia
ROUND TWO
17	Indiana	Zuzi Klimesova	F	Vanderbilt
24	Cleveland	Brandi McCain	G	Florida
ROUND THREE
33	Washington	LaNisha Cartwell	C	Alabama
36	Washington	Teresa Geter	F/C	South Carolina
39	Orlando	Saundra Jackson	C	Ole Miss
42	Houston	Shondra Johnson	G	Alabama
ROUND FOUR
52	Indiana	Jillian Danker	G/F	Vanderbilt
53	Portland	Monique Cardenas	G	Florida