December 1, 2004

The Washington Mystics will have the sixth overall pick in the 2005
WNBA Draft as determined by the draft lottery held today. The
Charlotte Sting came up with the number one overall selection,
followed by the Indiana Fever. The 2005 WNBA Draft will be held in
April.

"We made great strides last season," said Mystics Senior Vice
President of Business and Basketball Operations Judy Holland
Burton. "We look forward to adding a player that will help us
continue to reach our goals."

The Washington Mystics finished the 2004 regular season with a 17-17
record and made the playoff appearance for the third time in
franchise history. Last season, the Mystics drafted guard Alana Beard
from Duke University with the second overall pick. It was the second
highest draft selection for the Mystics. In 1999, Washington held the
number one pick in the draft and selected forward Chamique Holdsclaw
from the University of Tennessee.

The WNBA Lottery included the five teams that did not qualify for the
2004 WNBA Playoffs. The lottery will establish the order of selection
for the first-round of the draft, with the order of selection for the
second and third rounds based on each team's regular season finish
during the 2004 season.

The first-round order of selection for the teams that did not win one
of the top three picks was determined by inverse order of their
respective regular-season records.