The 2012 WPS College Draft took place on January 13, 2012. It was the fourth college draft held by Women's Professional Soccer to assign the WPS rights of college players to the American-based teams.
Format
edit- The 2012 WPS Draft consists of four rounds and 23 picks overall.
- Draft order is based on the reverse order of the 2011 regular season standings.
- Teams will be allotted three minutes per pick in the first two rounds and five minutes per pick in the second two rounds.
Round 1
editPick | Player | Pos. | WPS Team | Previous Team |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Sydney Leroux | F | Atlanta Beat | UCLA |
2 | Melissa Henderson | F | Sky Blue FC | Notre Dame |
3 | Stephanie Ochs | F | Boston Breakers | University of San Diego |
4 | Camille Levin | M | Sky Blue FC[1] | Stanford |
5 | Sarah Hagen | F | Philadelphia Independence | University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee |
6 | Lindsay Taylor | F | Western New York Flash | Stanford |
7 | Teresa Noyola | M | Western New York Flash[2] | Stanford |
Round 2
editPick | Player | Pos. | WPS Team | Previous Team |
---|---|---|---|---|
8 | Tori Huster | M | Western New York Flash[3] | Florida State |
9 | Ingrid Wells | M | Sky Blue FC | Georgetown |
10 | Katy Frierson | M | Atlanta Beat[4] | Auburn |
11 | Courtney Jones | F | Boston Breakers[5] | North Carolina |
12 | CoCo Goodson | D | Philadelphia Independence | University of California, Irvine |
13 | Toni Pressley | F | Philadelphia Independence[6] | Florida State |
Round 3
editPick | Player | Pos. | WPS Team | Previous Team |
---|---|---|---|---|
14 | Bianca Henninger | GK | Philadelphia Independence[7] | Santa Clara |
15 | Jillian Mastroianni | GK | Sky Blue FC | Boston College |
16 | Melinda Mercado | D | Boston Breakers | Oklahoma State |
17 | Danielle Foxhoven | F | Philadelphia Independence | Portland |
18 | Tahnai Annis | M | Western New York Flash | Florida |
Round 4
editPick | Player | Pos. | WPS Team | Previous Team |
---|---|---|---|---|
19 | Laura Heyboer | F | Sky Blue FC | Michigan State |
20 | Jessica Luscinski | F | Boston Breakers | Boston University |
21 | Jasmyne Spencer | F | Philadelphia Independence | Maryland |
22 | Erica Henderson | D | Western New York Flash | West Virginia |
23 | Kate Deines | M | Atlanta Beat[8] | Washington |
Draft Notes
editWPS transactions pages '10 '11 '12
- ^ Received from 01/09/12 trade with Atlanta, who got it from 01/14/11 trade with magicJack.
- ^ Received from 05/26/11 trade with Atlanta, who got it from 06/18/10 trade with Chicago.
- ^ Received from 05/26/11 trade with Atlanta.
- ^ Received from 01/09/12 trade with Sky Blue, who got it from 04/27/11 trade with Boston.
- ^ Received from 06/01/11 trade with magicJack.
- ^ Received from 12/21/10 trade with New York.
- ^ Received from 01/20/11 trade with Atlanta.
- ^ Received from 06/18/10 trade with Chicago.