Seimone Augustus, No. 1 selection (Minnesota Lynx)

Q: What was your day like today?
Augustus: It was crazy, Cappie and I were up at about 6:30 just trying to figure out what today was going to be like.

Q: Every league requires a different set of adjustments. What adjustments do you think you’ll have to make for the WNBA?
Augustus: Coming from LSU, we run a motion offense, depending on what Minnesota runs – I’ll have to adjust and learn the plays and what they run.

Q: You have obviously been the star player since the time you stepped on campus at LSU – and now you will be on more of a team of stars, have you thought about making your rookie year a good transition from that standpoint?
Augustus: Yes, I can relate it back to my freshman year when you aren’t the star player. You need to get into a comfort zone, need to learn your teammates, their personalities, see where you fit in – and mainly just find out what you can do and what you can’t do and what is good for the team.

Q: Talk about where you were with the emotions, from the other night after the semifinal loss compared with today.
Augustus: After the semifinal loss, I mainly just went back to my room and read books to try to keep my mind off of what had just happened. Once we transferred hotels and I got with the WNBA staff, it was focusing on trying to be prepared for the draft, getting ready for my career and my future.

Q: You’ve spent your whole life in Louisiana. Can you talk about what it will be like to become a Northerner?
Augustus: It’s going to be different; it’s going to be tough. But I’ve visited Minnesota before, hopefully it’s not as cold – I know it will be chillier in than in Louisiana, but I’m sure plenty of people in that community will make it easier on me to leave Louisiana and come to Minnesota.

Cappie Pondexter, No. 2 selection (Phoenix Mercury)

Q: Can you talk about your experience at Rutgers and how that has prepared you for your next step?
Pondexter: Rutgers was great. It was challenging. We had good times and bad times, but overall I am satisfired with my career. And I think Coach Stringer definitely prepared me for the next level.

Q: Can you tell me what it’s going to be like playing with Diana Taurasi?
Pondexter: I think it’s going to be great. I’ve admired Taurasi for a long time, and just to have the opportunity to play with her, I think I will learn a lot and she can help me to be a great player as well.

Q: Seimone mentioned you guys got together this morning, can you tell us a little about what you guys talked about?
Pondexter: Seimone and I are really good friends. We talk all the time. We were just talking about expressing how we should feel today. We just have to enjoy the day because this experience will never come around again.

Monique Currie, No. 3 selection (Charlotte Sting)

Q: Can you describe the feeling now and in the last 24 hours?
Currie: There are definitely a lot of mixed emotions going on. I am still disappointed about last night. At the same time, I am extremely excited about going to Charlotte and making one of my ultimate dreams come true.

Q: Can you talk about staying in North Carolina, are you pleased with that?
Currie: Yea, I guess I’m familiar with the area, although I really haven’t been to Charlotte too much. It is about a two-hour drive from Durham and I’ve really grown to love North Carolina over the last few years and hopefully Charlotte will be a good place for me as well.

Q: Seimone Augustus told us that she coped with LSU’s loss with going back to the hotel and reading books. You didn’t have much of an opportunity to go back and read books after last night, and I’m wondering how you did end up making that transition and show up today looking so chipper.
Currie: Well I don’t know how good of a job I did making the transition, but we got back late, I was tired, I had to pack and then leave early this morning, so there really hasn’t been any time to reflect on everything that has happened over the past day.

Q: I’m sure you probably pointed to this moment for a long time, and now that it is here, what are your thoughts and emotions?
Currie: I am extremely happy and very satisfied to be going to Charlotte. It’s a dream come true for me. My college career didn’t end the way I wanted it to end, but I’m taking the next step and looking forward to what the future holds for me.

Sophia Young, No, 4 (San Antonio Silver Stars)

Q: Can you reflect on your emotions and tell us how you’re feeling with the entire experience of today?
Young: Well, at first I was really nervous because I didn’t know where I was going to be and now the nervousness is gone, but it was really overwhelming because it’s something you look forward to since you are a little girl and now that it is finally here – it’s excitement mixed with nervousness. It’s been pretty good but I’m glad it’s over now.

Q: Talk if you will about going to San Antonio and getting to stay in the state of Texas.
Young: That’s very exciting and I’m sure my Baylor fans are really excited because before I left they were hoping I would come to San Antonio – and now I’m there! So to the fans, I love you guys, and thank you for everything that you did. And now you get to see me play some more. It’s great that I get to stay in Texas. I’ve spoken to some of the girls on the San Antonio team and they seem like really cool people.

Q: What can you say about going to play with Kendra Wecker?
Young: I think Kendra Wecker is a tremendous player, and to be playing with her instead of against her is a good thing.

Tamara James, No. 8 (Washington Mystics)

Q: Can you just talk about the emotions of being picked and what you were thinking when your name was called?
James: I really didn’t know what to think, I was just hoping I would get picked. I had a lot of nerves because there is so much uncertainty, you don’t know when you’re going to get picked. So I just feel so blessed and I’m so thankful that Washington picked me, and I won’t make them sorry that they did.

Q: What do you know about Washington?
James: They came to a lot of my games and showed a great interest in me, and I think I am going to be able to add to them.

Q: Talk a little bit about how quickly you got over feeling under the weather yesterday when you heard them call your name today.
James: That made everything feel better even though I’m still a bit under the weather. I’m just so happy, it’s something to bring to my community, to my family, to my churches, it’s motivation to bring to my college to my high school – it’s such an important thing that I’ve accomplished and I am just so blessed to be here.

Shona Thorburn, No. 7 (Minnesota Lynx)

Q: Have you been to Minnesota? What do you know about Minnesota right now?
Thorburn: I know they have the largest mall in North America, or maybe the world – I’m not sure. In the summer I’ve heard it’s absolutely beautiful which is good for me, coming from Utah and I’m very excited about it.

Tye’sha Fluker, No. 10 (Charlotte Sting)

Q: Can you tell us a little about your emotions leading up to today?
Fluker: They’ve been mixed. The last few days I was relaxed, and then after the pre-draft camp I was nervous. But I slept really well last night. Then this morning I got a phone call from some friends telling me how excited they were for me and I got all nervous again and just started shaking until my name was called. And when they called my name I was just so happy, my dream came true and I have no one to thank but God.

Q: Can you tell us what you know about the Sting and how excited you are to play with them?
Fluker: I don’t know a lot, I’m just really excited to learn a lot and contribute as much as I can and just bring whatever I can to the team.

Candice Dupree, No. 6 (Chicago Sky)

Q: Candice, if way back when someone could have told you your future and told you about this day, what would your reaction have been?
Dupree: I would have never guessed that this would happen. I would have never guessed that I would have played in college, let alone the WNBA. I’m thrilled right now, I don’t even know what to say.

Q: Do you see it as a particular opportunity, going to a team that has to make itself from scratch? Is it an added challenge or an added opportunity?
Dupree: I think it’s a little bit of both. It’s an opportunity because I think I can come in right away and make an impact. A challenge because it’s going to be players from everywhere who are going to be new to the league, and it will be a challenge as far as chemistry goes.

Q: Who was at the table with you aside from your mom?
Dupree: I had my twin sister, my younger sister and my grandmother.

La’Tangela Atkinson, No. 9 (Indiana Fever)

Q: Can you tell us a little about what you were feeling today when they called your name?
Atkinson: Well, I was just sitting there looking at the screen wondering whether or not I was going to get called. I felt like a kid in a candy store when they called my name, and just to have my family there with me, it was a wonderful feeling.

Q: Can you tell us what you’re going to bring to the Fever?
Atkinson: Whatever they need. I’m a team player, I’ll accept my role. I like to play defense, I like to rebound, and if they need me to score, I can do that as well. Basically, whatever Indiana wants me to bring.

Q: Talk about what you’ve been through emotionally in the past four days, from losing in the Final Four and then today.
Atkinson: Well, it’s been hard. My team and I worked hard to get to the Final Four and it was disappointing, but you can’t let that take over you – you have to move on. Being invited to the draft, I kind of just got excited. It bothered me that night, but I need to go on and get prepared for the next level.

Barbara Turner, No. 11 (Seattle Storm)

Q: Can you believe it?
Turner: No I can’t. To have the opportunity to play with a UConn great and one of the best point guards in the WNBA is great and I’m really looking forward to the experience.

Q: Do you think your performance in the NCAA Tournament really helped to boost your shot here?
Turner: Yes, I think so. During the Tournament, I didn’t even realize what I was doing until it was all over. But people were approaching me and letting me know that my stock had gone up a lot based on how I played. I just went out and played basketball, and fortunately, it helped me become a first-round draft pick in the WNBA.

Sherill Baker, No. 12 (New York Liberty)

Q: Can you talk about how excited you are to be a first-round draft pick for the New York Liberty?
Baker: I’m very excited. I have a lot of emotions right now. I just have to take my talent to the next level to help the team as much as possible.

Q: Can you tell us a little bit about what was going through your head when you heard your name called?
Baker: I got a little emotional. I mean, my eyes watered up a little bit. I didn’t think I was going to get called first round but I’m glad I did. I don’t know what to say -- I’m speechless.

Q: You’re joining some pretty impressive guards like Becky Hammond, what are you hoping to learn from her.
Baker: She’s a veteran, she’s more experienced, I’m sure she can help me a lot with teaching the plays and the ins and outs and I’m just going to be there to listen to her.

Q: How do you feel about the opportunity to play on such a big stage in New York?
Baker: Madison Square Garden is huge. I just hope the fans like me, I know it’s a tough crowd – I just hope we have a winning program there.