DRAFTEE FUN FACTS

DRAFTEE FUN FACTS

Alyssa Thompson -- youngest draftee (18 years, 2 months), and the first to be drafted into NWSL straight from high school. Michelle Cooper -- 6th MAC Hermann Trophy winner to be drafted into NWSL. Of the winners drafted, all have gone #1 or #2. She is the highest draft pick in KC Current club history. 2022 NCAA champions

Lauren Brzykcy

and

Madelyn Desiano

out of UCLA were both selected in the draft. Oklahoma State's

Grace Yochum

, selected #14 overall by Chicago, became the 400th all-time NWSL draft pick. STATS BY CLUB Most first round picks by one club 4 - North Carolina Courage This ties the league record (2015 WNY, 2017 BOS, 2019 WAS) Most overall picks by one club 8 - Kansas City Current This ties the league record (2019 NJY) Least picks by one club 2 - Angel City, Gotham FC, OL Reign This is least number of picks in one draft in Gotham/Sky Blue's NWSL history. Most draft-day trades by one club 5 - Washington Spirit Previous record was 4 (CHI 2017, NJY 2021, RGN 2022) All-time picks by club current clubs only

STATS BY SCHOOL Based on school at the time of the draft Most picks from one school in this draft 3 - Alabama, Duke, Florida State • Alabama had only 1 pick in the 10 previous drafts. • Record is 6 (UCLA 2015, Duke 2018) Most first-round picks from one school 3 - Florida State This is the second draft for FSU to have the most first-round picks (3 in 2016). This ties the league record (2015 UCLA, 2016 FSU, 2017 USC, 2019 Stanford) Schools with at least 1 pick in every NWSL draft Virginia & Stanford continue their streaks of having at least one player picked in every draft since 2013. In this year's draft, Virginia had two players selected; Stanford had one. Schools represented A total of

38 schools

had players taken in this draft (based on school at the time of the draft). All schools are NCAA Division 1. The record for most schools represented in one draft is 40 (in the 2022 draft held in December 2o21). Draft "debutantes" Three schools saw their first-ever draft picks this year -- Iowa State (Jordan Silkowitz), New Mexico (Jadyn Edwards) and Arizona (Iliana Hocking). Arizona's program is led by former NWSl player/Gotham assistant coach Becca Moros. All-time NWSL draft picks by school based on school at the time of the draft

Note: USC & Florida had no picks in the 2023 draft. GENERAL #1 overall picks Thompson is Angel City's first #1 overall pick. Angel City is the 8th club to use the top pick.

Draft-day trades A record-number of draft-day trades were conducted this year -- 12. Previous record was 6, from the December 2021 draft (aka the 2022 draft). The Spirit was involved in 5 trades, a record for draft-day trades by one club. Siblings in the draft For the first time, two siblings were taken in the draft in the same year -- Penelope and Iliana Hocking. The

Hockings

are the first set of twins to be drafted into NWSL. In addition, Natalie Viggiano, the younger sister of current Dash midfielder Marisa Viggiano, was selected. Previously the only siblings in NWSL to both enter the league through the draft were Kristie Mewis (2013) and Sam Mewis (2015). Goalkeepers A total of

6 goalkeepers

were selected, including 2022 NCAA champion Lauren Brzykcy.

This breaks the record

for most GK picks in one draft (2013, 2016, 2018). Kansas City became the first club to select

two GKs

in the same draft. With LA, SD and KC all selecting keepers in the draft, this means that every club in NWSL (past and present) has used at least one draft pick on a goalkeeper. All-time picks by coach (top 4 of current head coaches) For all NWSL clubs they've represented Harvey 33 (2 in 2023) Parsons 29 (6 in 2023) Coombe 13 (2 in 2023) Potter 12 (8 in 2023) Youngest all-time NWSL draft picks