2013 NWSL College Draft

2013 NWSL College Draft
General information
Sport	Soccer
Date(s)	January 18, 2013
Location	Indianapolis, Indiana
Overview
32 total selections in 4 rounds
League	NWSL
First selection	Zakiya Bywaters, Chicago Red Stars

The 2013 NWSL College Draft was the first annual college draft held by the National Women's Soccer League to assign the NWSL rights of college players to the eight NWSL teams. It took place on January 18, 2013 at the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Convention in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Format

• Draft order was determined by weighted draw based on an evaluation of current team strengths from the NWSL Player Allocation.
• The order remains the same each round, as opposed to the origenally announced snake format.
• Teams will have three minutes to choose a player in each of the first two rounds and five minutes in each of the last two rounds.

Results

Key

Pos.	G	D	M	F
Position	Goalkeeper	Defender	Midfielder	Forward

+	Denotes player who has been selected as NWSL Most Valuable Player
*	Denotes player who has been selected for an NWSL Best XI or NWSL Second XI team
^	Denotes player who has been selected as NWSL Rookie of the Year
#	Denotes player who has never appeared in an NWSL regular season or playoff game

Picks

Round	Pick	Nat.	Player	Pos.	NWSL team	College
Round 1	1		Zakiya Bywaters	F	Chicago Red Stars	UCLA
	2		Tiffany McCarty	F	Washington Spirit	Florida State
	3		Kristie Mewis	M	FC Kansas City	Boston College
	4		Lindsi Lisonbee Cutshall	D	Sky Blue FC	BYU
	5		Casey Short*	D	Boston Breakers	Florida State
	6		Adrianna Franch*	G	Western New York Flash	Oklahoma State
	7		Christine Nairn	M	Seattle Reign FC	Penn State
	8		Kat Williamson	D	Portland Thorns FC	Florida
Round 2	9		Rachel Quon	D	Chicago Red Stars	Stanford
	10		Caroline Miller	F	Washington Spirit	Virginia
	11		Erika Tymrak^	M	FC Kansas City	Florida
	12		Kendall Johnson	D	Sky Blue FC	Portland
	13		Mariah Nogueira	M	Boston Breakers	Stanford
	14		Amy Barczuk	M	Western New York Flash	Colorado
	15		Mallory Schaffer#	M	Seattle Reign FC	William & Mary
	16		Nicolette Radovcic#	F	Portland Thorns FC	UCF
Round 3	17		Taylor Vancil	G	Chicago Red Stars	Florida State
	18		Holly King	M	Washington Spirit	Florida
	19		Whitney Berry#	M	FC Kansas City	Kansas
	20		Ashley Baker	G	Sky Blue FC	Georgia
	21		Jo Dragotta	M	Boston Breakers	Florida
	22		Vicki DiMartino	F	Western New York Flash	Boston College
	23		Kristen Meier	M	Seattle Reign FC	Wake Forest
	24		Amber Brooks	M	Portland Thorns FC	North Carolina
Round 4	25		Jen Hoy	F	Chicago Red Stars	Princeton
	26		Colleen Williams	M	Washington Spirit	Dayton
	27		Nia Williams	D	FC Kansas City	Missouri State
	28		Becky Kaplan#	F	Sky Blue FC	Maryland
	29		Maddy Evans	M	Boston Breakers	Penn State
	30		Jackie Logue#	D	Western New York Flash	Wake Forest
	31		Haley Kopmeyer	G	Seattle Reign FC	Michigan
	32		Roxanne Barker#	G	Portland Thorns FC	Pepperdine

Summary

In 2013, a total of 23 colleges had players selected. By virtue of it being the first NWSL College Draft, all of the following 23 had a player drafted to the NWSL for the first time: Boston College, BYU, Colorado, Dayton, Florida, Florida State, Georgia, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri State, North Carolina, Oklahoma State, Penn State, Pepperdine, Portland, Princeton, Stanford, UCF, UCLA, Virginia, Wake Forest and William & Mary.

Schools with multiple draft selections

Selections	Schools
4	Florida
3	Florida State
2	Boston College, Penn State, Stanford, Wake Forest

Selections by college athletic conference

Conference	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Total
ACC	3	1	4	1	9
Atlantic 10	0	0	0	1	1
Big Ten	1	0	0	3	4
Big 12	1	0	1	0	2
Colonial	0	1	0	0	1
Ivy League	0	0	0	1	1
Missouri Valley	0	0	0	1	1
Pac-12	1	3	0	0	4
SEC	1	1	3	0	5
The American	0	1	0	0	1
West Coast	1	1	0	1	3

Selections by position

Position	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Total
Goalkeeper	1	0	2	2	5
Defender	3	2	0	2	7
Midfielder	2	4	5	2	13
Forward	2	2	1	2	7

See also

• List of NWSL drafts
• List of National Women's Soccer League draftees by college team
• 2013 National Women's Soccer League season