UNCASVILLE, Conn. - Saint Joseph's senior guard Natasha Cloud was drafted by Washington Mystics in the second round of the 2015 WNBA Draft on Thursday evening. The third WNBA draft pick in Hawk program history, Cloud was selected with the third pick of the second round (15th overall).

Cloud joins Debbie Black '88 and Jana Lichnerova '00 as the only Saint Joseph's players to be drafted by a WNBA team. Black was selected 15th overall by Utah in the 1999 WNBA Draft, while Lichnerova was picked by Minnesota with the 54th overall pick in the 2000 WNBA Draft.

Among the top players in Hawk history, Cloud capped her three-year career having led SJU to two NCAA Tournament Appearances (2013, 2014), a pair of Philadelphia Big 5 titles (2014, 2015) and the 2013 Atlantic 10 Championship. Coming to Hawk Hill after playing at Maryland as a rookie, the 6-foot-guard etched her name in Saint Joseph's record books numerous times as she finished third all-time in assists (582), ninth in steals (174), 16th in rebounds (535) and 20th in points (1,049).

One of only eight players in A-10 history to be named to its All-Defensive Team three times, Cloud was selected to the A-10 All-Conference First Team this past year after finishing among the national leaders in assists per game (6.6) and averaging a career-best 12.9 points and 5.9 rebounds per game. Named a Nancy Lieberman Award Watch List Finalist and selected to the Naismith Trophy Watch List, she led her team in assists, steals (53) and minutes played (1,126), while finishing as the team's top scorer in 11 games and the top rebounder in six contests. 

In her first season with the Hawks, Cloud garnered Most Outstanding Player of the 2013 A-10 Championship honors as she helped SJU claim its first conference tournament title since 1999. Setting Saint Joseph's single-season mark for assists with 243 as a junior, the Broomall, Pennsylvania, native averaged 11.5 points per game and guided her squad to the Second Round of the 2014 NCAA Tournament.

A 2010 graduate of Cardinal O'Hara High School, Cloud was a two-time Pennsylvania AAAA All-State Team honoree.

The 2015 WNBA Draft was held at the Mohegan Sun Arena.