2016 NWSL College Draft

On January 15, I hosted the video stream of the NWSL College Draft, the first time the league's draft has been video streamed.

Spectacular. #nwsldraft pic.twitter.com/SPca6lGHvT

— Michelle (@xphile101) January 15, 2016

While it took a whole four hours and certainly stretched our abilities of pontification and endurance, it was a blast. I worked really hard in the build-up to research the player pool, which was pretty difficult considering there was not much consensus after the top 20.

The actual event turned out really well, I thought. I enjoyed getting to meet and interview the players in attendance, I wound up having researched 39 of the 40 players actually selected, and despite the stress, I just had fun.

You've really got to give it up to @jtyardley - two draft calls in less than 24 hours. That is after hours and hours of research. Well done

— Marc Connolly (@mconnolly10) January 15, 2016

It was also great to work with a fellow Rice alum, Jen Cooper of Keeper Notes fame, whom I have known since I was an undergraduate sports editor and she was the school advisor to the student newspaper; we talked soccer even then!







Here's the draft, in all its glory: