# 2013 NWSL College Draft

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