# 2016 NPF Draft

National Pro Fastpitch held two drafts before the 2016 season:
First, the 2016 NPF Expansion Draft was held for the expansion Scrap Yard Dawgs to acquire players for their inaugural roster from existing NPF teams.
With the arrival of the expansion Dallas Charge, NPF created a process for expansion teams to acquire talent: choosing either one player via a 'Market Choice Selection' (a college player either who is from the expansion team's state or who played for a college in the expansion team's state) or five players from an Expansion Draft. The Dawgs opted for the expansion draft.
Secondly, the 2016 NPF College Draft was the 13th annual collegiate draft for NPF.

## Expansion Draft

On November 30, 2015, it was announced that the following players were selected by the Scrap Yard Dawgs in the 2015 NPF Expansion Draft: (Only Koerner and Washington actually played for the Dawgs; Low and Freeman retired before the season, and Garcia was released.)
| Player | Previous Team |
| Megan Low | Akron Racers |
| Sami Garcia | Pennsylvania Rebellion |
| Amber Freeman | USSSA Florida Pride |
| Emilee Koerner | USSSA Florida Pride |
| Breja’e Washington | USSSA Florida Pride |

## College Draft

The 2016 NPF College Draft was the 13th annual collegiate draft for NPF, and was held on Thursday, April 14, 2016, 7:00 pm CST at the CMA Theater in the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville, Tennessee. Draft order was determined by regular season standings from 2015, but subsequent trades and transactions altered the overall draft order. The draft was broadcast live on CBS Sports Network. The first selection was catcher Lexie Elkins from Louisiana–Lafayette, picked by the Pennsylvania Rebellion.
Drafting an athlete gives an NPF affiliate team the rights to that athlete for two full seasons.

### Draft Selections

NPF announced the draft order here With the addition of the Scrap Yard Dawgs, a league expansion team for the 2016 season, the added four additional bonus selections for the Dawgs.
Following are the 40 selections from the 2016 NPF draft:
Position key:
C = catcher; INF = infielder; SS = shortstop; OF = outfielder; UT = Utility infielder; P = pitcher; RHP = right-handed pitcher; LHP = left-handed pitcher Positions will be listed as combined for those who can play multiple positions.
| $^+$ | Denotes player who has been selected to at least one All-NPF team |
| $^#$ | Denotes player who has not played in the NPF |

#### Round 1

| Pick | Player | Pos. | NPF Team | College |
| 1 | Lexie Elkins | C | Pennsylvania Rebellion | Louisiana–Lafayette |
| 2 | Sierra Romero$^+$ | INF | USSSA Florida Pride | Michigan |
| 3 | Jailyn Ford | LHP/UT | Akron Racers | James Madison |
| 4 | Sami Fagan$^+$ | INF | Akron Racers | Missouri |
| 5 | Kelsey Nunley$^+$ | RHP | USSSA Florida Pride | Kentucky |
| 6 | Kiki Stokes | OF | Scrap Yard Dawgs | Nebraska |

#### Round 2

| Pick | Player | Pos. | NPF Team | College |
| 7 | Emily Crane | OF | Scrap Yard Dawgs | Missouri |
| 8 | Allexis Bennett$^+$ | OF | Pennsylvania Rebellion | UCLA |
| 9 | Caitlyn Attfield | INF | Dallas Charge | UAB |
| 10 | Alex Hugo | INF | Akron Racers | Georgia |
| 11 | Shelby Turnier$^+$ | P | Chicago Bandits | UCF |
| 12 | Kelsey Stewart | INF | USSSA Florida Pride | Florida |

#### Round 3

| Pick | Player | Pos. | NPF Team | College |
| 13 | Haylie McCleney | OF | USSSA Florida Pride | Alabama |
| 14 | Chelsea Wilkinson$^#$ | RHP | Pennsylvania Rebellion | Georgia |
| 15 | Taylor Gadbois$^+$ | OF | Dallas Charge | Missouri |
| 16 | Chaley Brickey | INF | Pennsylvania Rebellion | Kansas |
| 17 | Kellsi Kloss | C | Chicago Bandits | LSU |
| 18 | Erica Field | C/UT | USSSA Florida Pride | James Madison |
| 19 | Lexi Overstreet | C/IF | Scrap Yard Dawgs | Tennessee |

#### Round 4

| Pick | Player | Pos. | NPF Team | College |
| 20 | Geri Ann Glasco | UT | Akron Racers | Oregon |
| 21 | Lindsey Stephens | OF | Pennsylvania Rebellion | Texas |
| 22 | Emily Carosone$^+$ | INF | Chicago Bandits | Auburn |
| 23 | Sandra Simmons | INF | Akron Racers | LSU |
| 24 | Kristen Brown | SS | Chicago Bandits | North Carolina |
| 25 | Kirsti Merritt | OF | USSSA Florida Pride | Florida |
| 26 | Christian Stokes | INF | Scrap Yard Dawgs | Kentucky |

#### Round 5

| Pick | Player | Pos. | NPF Team | College |
| 27 | Sara Driesenga | RHP | Scrap Yard Dawgs | Michigan |
| 28 | Brittany Gomez | UT | Pennsylvania Rebellion | Iowa State |
| 29 | Cheridan Hawkins | LHP | Dallas Charge | Oregon |
| 30 | Hannah Day | C/OF | Akron Racers | Troy |
| 31 | Emily Messer | UT | Akron Racers | South Alabama |
| 32 | Heather Stearns$^#$ | RHP | USSSA Florida Pride | Baylor |
| 33 | Lee Ann Spivey | C/OF | Scrap Yard Dawgs | USF |

#### Round 6

| Pick | Player | Pos. | NPF Team | College |
| 34 | Taylore Fuller | UT | Scrap Yard Dawgs | Florida |
| 35 | Kayla Winkfield | INF | Pennsylvania Rebellion | Mississippi State |
| 36 | Bianka Bell$^+$ | INF | Pennsylvania Rebellion | LSU |
| 37 | Hannah Perryman | LHP | Akron Racers | Missouri St. Louis |
| 38 | Alyssa Gillespie$^#$ | OF | Dallas Charge | Oregon |
| 39 | Aubree Munro | C | USSSA Florida Pride | Florida |
| 40 | Mikela Manewa | INF | Scrap Yard Dawgs | Oregon State |

#### Draft notes

* ↑ Bennett did not play for the Rebellion, but did join the NPF in 2017 with the Scrap Yard Dawgs.
* ↑ Bell did not play for the Rebellion, but did join the NPF in 2017 with the USSSA Pride.
Round 1:
* ↑ USSSA Florida Pride → Dallas Charge 17 March 2015: USSSA Florida Pride traded 2015 4th overall draft pick for the Dallas Charge 2016 first round draft pick
* ↑ Akron Racers → Chicago Bandits 18 November 2015: Akron Racers traded Jill Barrett to Chicago Bandits for AJ Andrews and the #4 and #31 overall picks in the 2016 NPF College Draft
Round 2:
Round 3:
* ↑ USSSA Florida Pride → Scrap Yard Dawgs 8 April 2016: USSSA Florida Pride traded Madison Shipman and Brigette Del Ponte to the Scrap Yard Dawgs in exchange for the 2016 13th Overall Draft Pick and the 2017 2nd and 3rd Round Draft Pick.
* ↑ Akron Racers → Pennsylvania Rebellion 27 January 2015: Pennsylvania Rebellion traded RHP Sarah Pauly to the Akron Racers for the Racers #8 Overall Pick in the 2015 NPF Draft and the Racers 3rd Round Pick in the 2016 NPF Draft.
Round 4:
* ↑ Akron Racers → Scrap Yard Dawgs 18 January 2016: Akron Racers traded Nerissa Myers to the Scrap Yard Dawgs for the 1st Selection in 4th Round of 2016 Draft and 1st Selection in 5th Round of 2017 Draft.
* ↑ Chicago Bandits → Dallas Charge 4 February 2015: Chicago Bandits trade Kaylyn Castillo to Dallas Charge in exchange for Charge's 4th Round Draft Pick in 2016.
Round 5:
* ↑ Akron Racers → Chicago Bandits 18 November 2015: Akron Racers traded Jill Barrett to Chicago Bandits for AJ Andrews and the #4 and #31 overall picks in the 2016 NPF College Draft.
Round 6:
* ↑ Dallas Charge → Pennsylvania Rebellion 11 June 2015: Nicole Morgan's contract was reinstated to the Pennsylvania Rebellion, and then Morgan was traded to the Dallas Charge in exchange for the Dallas Charge 2016 6th Round Draft Pick and the Dallas Charge 2017 3rd Round Draft Pick.
* ↑ Dallas Charge → Chicago Bandits 8 February 2016: Chicago Bandits trade their 2016 NPF College Draft - 6th Round Pick to the Dallas Charge in exchange for the Dallas Charge 6th Round Pick in the 2017 NPF College Draft.