In response to the WNBA's announcement that the 2003 Draft, scheduled
for Wednesday, April 16th, will not be held, the Washington Mystics
Annual Fan Draft Party will also not be held. Please check back to
www.washingtonmystics.com for further details as they become
available.

The WNBA today announced that due to the absence of a collective
bargaining agreement with the WNBA Players Association the 2003 WNBA
Draft, scheduled for April 16, will not be held.

The WNBA has set a deadline of April 18 to reach an agreement with
the players. If no agreement is reached by that date, the 2003 WNBA
season will not proceed.