List of Akron Zips in the NBA and WNBA Drafts

The University of Akron men's basketball team has had 5 players drafted in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The women's basketball team has yet to have a player drafted in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).

Each NBA and WNBA franchise seeks to add new players through their respective annual draft. The NBA uses a draft lottery to determine the first three picks of the NBA draft; the 14 teams that did not make the playoffs the previous year are eligible to participate. After the first three picks are decided, the rest of the teams pick in reverse order of their win–loss record.^{[ref 1]}^{[ref 2]} To be eligible for the NBA Draft, a player must be at least 19 years old during the calendar year of the draft and must be at least one year removed from the graduation of his high school class.^{[ref 3]} From 1967 until the ABA–NBA merger in 1976, the American Basketball Association (ABA) held its own draft.^{[ref 4]} The WNBA Draft is similar to the NBA with a couple of exceptions. Only five WNBA teams are eligible for the draft lottery instead of 14 NBA teams. Also, all five non-playoff teams that participate in the draft lottery pick in the order of the lottery outcome with the remainder of the league selecting in reverse order of their win–loss record.^{[ref 5]} The WNBA requires players be at least 22 years old during the calendar year of the applicable seasons, have either graduated from a four-year university or have completed her intercollegiate basketball eligibility, or have played at least two seasons for another professional basketball league.^{[ref 6]}

Key

F	Forward	C	Center	G	Guard
#	Active as of the 2009–10 season
*	Selected to an NBA/WNBA All-Star Game
†	Won an NBA/WNBA championship

Player selection

NBA Draft

Year	Round	Pick	Overall	Player	NBA team^{[note 1]}
1966	9	1	78	Turner, BillBill Turner	New York Knicks
1967	3	8	27	Turner, BillBill Turner	San Francisco Warriors
1973	11	6	171	Paul, LenLen Paul	Detroit Pistons
1975	7	11	119	Barnett, NateNate Barnett	Houston Rockets
1984	7	3	142	Jakubick, JoeJoe Jakubick	Cleveland Cavaliers
1987	6	8	122	Boyce, MichaelMichael Boyce	Phoenix Suns

WNBA Draft

Year	Rnd	Pick	Overall	Player name	Position	WNBA team^{[note 1]}	Notes
Up to 2009, Akron has had no players in the WNBA Draft.

Notes

1 2 This is the team that drafted the player, not their most recent team.

References

↑ "Evolution of the Draft and Lottery". NBA.com. Archived from the original on 2009-11-18. Retrieved 2009-11-18.
↑ Dengate, Jeff (2007-05-16). "Let the Ping-Pong Balls Fall". NBA.com. Archived from the original on 2009-11-18. Retrieved 2009-11-18.
↑ "Article X, Section 1(b)(i)". 2005 NBA Collective Bargaining Agreement. National Basketball Players Association. Archived from the original on 2009-11-18. Retrieved 2009-11-18.
↑ Pluto, Terry (1990). Loose Balls: The Short, Wild Life of the American Basketball Association. New York City, New York: Simon & Schuster. p. 432. ISBN 1-4165-4061-X. Retrieved 2009-12-05.
↑ "Atlanta Dream Win Top Pick in 2009 WNBA Draft". WNBA Enterprises, LLC. 2008-12-09. Archived from the original on 2009-11-18.
↑ "Hoops 101: Reneé Brown". WNBA Media Ventures, LLC. Archived from the original on 2009-11-18. Retrieved 2009-11-18.

University of Akron

Academics

Colleges	Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences College of Applied Science and Technology College of Business Administration College of Creative and Professional Arts LeBron James Family Foundation College of Education College of Health and Human Services College of Nursing College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering School of Law School of Music Dr. Gary B. and Pamela S. Williams Honors College University of Akron University College Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics

Campuses	Main campus (Akron, Ohio) Northeast Ohio Medical University (Rootstown, Ohio) Medina County University Center (Medina, Ohio) Wayne College (Orrville, Ohio)

People	President: Scott L. Scarborough Notable Alumni Notable Faculty and Staff

Athletics

Facilities

FirstEnergy Stadium–Cub Cadet Field
InfoCision Stadium–Summa Field
James A. Rhodes Arena
Lee R. Jackson Baseball Field
Louis and Freda Stile Athletic Field House
Ocasek Natatorium

Traditions

Football

Team
Seasons
Head Coaches
In the NFL Draft
All-Americans
Starting Quarterbacks

Basketball

Men	Team Seasons In the NBA Draft

Women	Team Seasons In the WNBA Draft

Soccer

Men	Team Seasons In the MLS Draft

Student life

Residence Halls	Bulger Hall Exchange Street Galluci Hall Garson Hall Grant Hall Honors Complex Orr Hall Quaker Square Ritchie Hall Sisler-McFawn Spanton Hall Townhouses

Student organizations	The Buchtelite Tel-Buch WZIP ZTV Residence Hall Program Board Zips Programming Network The University of Akron Press

Other	Expansion Spicertown University Park Alliance

Akron Zips men's basketball

Venues	Crouse Gymnasium (1902–1920s) Akron Armory (1920s–1954) Memorial Hall (1954-1983) James A. Rhodes Arena (1983–present)

Culture & lore	History Zippy

People	Head coaches NBA draftees

Seasons	1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1942–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

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