NWSL Draft Picks - 2024 Draft Recap

The highly anticipated NWSL draft took center stage on January 12, 2024, in Anaheim, California. We wrote about the draft pick order, eligibility, and top prospects.

Surprisingly to some, the first two picks came from Tar Heels. Additionally, we saw multiple girls chosen from the same school including Clemson, UNC, UCLA, USC, Stanford, Penn State, FSU, BYU, Pittsburgh, Texas Tech, and Arkansas.

Now, we present you the picks.

PICK	PLAYER	TEAM	COLLEGE
1	Ally Sentnor	Utah Royals	UNC
2	Savy King	Bay FC	UNC
3	Croix Bethune	Chicago Red Stars	Georgia
4	Brecken Mozingo	Utah Royals	BYU
5	Hal Hershfelt	North Carolina Courage	Clemson
6	Reilyn Turner	Racing Louisville	UCLA
7	Kate Wiesner	Washington Spirit	Penn State
8	Maya Doms	Bay FC	Stanford
9	Ally Lemos	Orlando Pride	UCLA
10	Leilanni Nesbeth	North Carolina Courage	FSU
11	Payton Linnehan	Portland Thorns	Penn State
12	Kennedy Wesley	San Diego Wave	Stanford
13	Makenna Morris	Washington Spirit	Clemson
14	Maycee Bell	Gotham	UNC
15	Jameese Joseph	Racing Louisville	NC State
16	Lauren Flynn	Utah Royals	FSU
17	Sam Meza	Chicago Red Stars	UNC
18	Ellie Wheeler	Kansas City Current	Penn State
19	Avery Patterson	Houston Dash	UNC
20	Olivia Smith-Griffitts	Utah Royals	BYU
21	Kiki Van Zanten	Utah Royals	Notre Dame
22	Cori Dyke	Orlando Pride	Penn State
23	Olivia Wade-Katoa	Portland Thorns	BYU
24	Natalia Staude	North Carolina Courage	UVA
25	Kelsey Kaufusi	Portland Thorns	Utah State
26	Emma Jackaniec	Utah Royals	UW Madison
27	Maddie Mercado	OL Reign	Notre Dame
28	Emma Sears	Racing Louisville	Ohio State
29	Zoe Burns	Utah Royals	USC
30	Jamie Shepard	Bay FC	BYU
31	Hannah Anderson	Chicago Red Stars	Texas Tech
32	Halle Mackiewicz	Kansas City Current	Clemson
33	Cristina Roque	Utah Royals	FSU
34	Caroline Conti	Bay FC	Clemson
35	Anna Podojil	Washington Spirit	University of Arksansas
36	Amanda West	Houston Dash	Pitt
37	Felicia Knox	Angel City	University of Alabama
38	Heather Hinz	North Carolina Courage	USC
39	Katherine Asman	Portland Thorns	Penn State
40	Julia Dorsey	Houston Dash	UNC
41	Bea Franklin	Chicago Red Stars	University of Arksansas
42	Mya Jones	Racing Louisville	University of Memphis
43	Makena Carr	Bay FC	Saint Mary’s College of California
44	Jessica Garziano	Utah Royals	St. John’s University
45	Celia Gaynor	Chicago Red Stars	Michigan State University
46	Hope Hisey	Kansas City Current	Arizona
47	Alyssa Bourgeois	Houston Dash	Santa Clara
48	Sam Cary	Racing Louisville	Iowa
49	Courtney Brown	Washington Spirit	University of Utah
50	Alex Kerr	Orlando Pride	Texas Tech
51	Madison Curry	Angel City	Princeton
52	Landy Mertz	North Carolina Courage	University of Pittsburgh
53	Katie Duong	Portland Thorns	Stanford
54	Madison White	San Diego Wave	Texas Tech
55	Laveni Vaka	OL Reign	BYU
56	Talia Gabarra	Orlando Pride	University of Central Florida