Redmond Drafted By St. Louis in the WPS Draft

DURHAM, N.C. - Duke University senior Elisabeth Redmond was drafted by the St. Louis Athletica with the 64th pick in the seventh round on Friday during the Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) Draft, which took place at the NSCAA Convention in Philadelphia, Pa.

Redmond became Duke's second player drafted by the WPS in consecutive years as Rebecca Moros was drafted with the 36th pick by the Washington Freedom in 2009.

"I am really excited," commented Redmond. "I didn't expect this at all. Playing professionally is obviously something I have always wanted to do and I wasn't ready for my career to be over with at the end of last year."

A product of Morristown, N.J., Redmond led the ACC and ranked sixth nationally in assists per game with a 0.6 per game average. She notched 12 assists in 20 games to go along with three goals and 18 points. Redmond's two game-winning goals also ranked tied for first on the Blue Devil squad.

In the ACC stats, Redmond ranked tied third in shots and third in shots per game with 79 and a 3.95 average, respectively, first in assists (12) and first in assists per game (0.60). Over her career, Redmond accumulated 35 assists, 26 goals and 87 points. She ranked second in assists, seventh in goals and fourth in points on the Duke career charts. Redmond's 14 game-winning goals also ranked third on the Blue Devil list.

"We are very excited for Elisabeth to be drafted and to move on to the next level of soccer in her career," said Duke Head Coach Robbie Church. "We think that she will be an outstanding professional player. She has all the ingredients and she is excited. Our coaching staff and everyone else wishes her the best of luck."

Redmond earned NSCAA All-Southeast Region, All-ACC, TopDrawerSoccer.com Team of the Season, ACC Co-Player of the Week, CollegeSoccer360.com Primetime Performer, Duke/Nike Classic All-Tournament team and was on the preseason watch list for the MAC Hermann Trophy.

Last year, St. Louis finished second in the WPS with a 10-6-4 overall record and advanced to the semifinals of the playoffs.

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2010 WPS Draft

FIRST ROUND
1. Atlanta Beat - Tobin Heath, M, UNC
2. Boston Breakers # - Lauren Cheney, F, UCLA
3. FC Gold Pride - Kelley O'Hara, F, Stanford
4. Chicago Red Stars - Whitney Engen, D, North Carolina
5. Los Angeles Sol # - Nikki Washington, F, North Carolina
6. Sky Blue FC - Brittany Taylor, D, Connecticut
7. Washington Freedom - Nikki Marshall, D/M/F, Colorado
8. Los Angeles Sol # - Casey Nogueira, F, North Carolina
9. Los Angeles Sol - Kiersten Dallstream, F, Washington St.
10. FC Gold Pride # - Ali Riley, D, Stanford
11. Boston Breakers # - Alyssa Naeher, GK, Penn State

SECOND ROUND
12. FC Gold Pride # - Becky Edwards, D/M, Florida State
13. Philadelphia Independence - Malorie Rutledge, M, LSU
14. Los Angeles Sol # - Michelle Enyeart, F, Portland
15. Chicago Red Stars - Jessica McDonald, F, North Carolina
16. Boston Breakers - Jordan Angeli, D, Santa Clara
17. Saint Louis Athletica # - Kristina Larsen, F, UCLA
18. Washington Freedom - Carly Dobratz, M, Washington State
19. Saint Louis Athletica - Ashlyn Harris, GK, North Carolina
20. FC Gold Pride # - Kaley Fountain, F, Wake Forest

THIRD ROUND
21. Atlanta Beat - Blakely Mattern, D, South Carolina
22. Los Angeles Sol # - Kiki Bosio, F, Santa Clara
23. Atlanta Beat # - Shameka Gordon, D/M, West Florida
24. Chicago Red Stars - Kelsey Davis, GK, Portland
25. Los Angeles Sol - Estelle Johnson, D, Kansas
26. Sky Blue FC - Katie Schoepfer, F, Penn State
27. Washington Freedom - Beverly Goebel, M, Miami
28. Saint Louis Athletica - Amanda Poach, M, Santa Clara
29. Sky Blue FC # - Melissa Clarke, M, LSU

FOURTH ROUND
30. Atlanta Beat - Jill Hutchinson, F, Wake Forest
31. Philadelphia Independence - Kelly Henderson, D/M, Boston College
32. FC Gold Pride - Erin Guthrie, GK, Rutgers
33. Chicago Red Stars - Michele Weissenhofer, F, Notre Dame
34. Boston Breakers - Katherine Reynolds, D, Santa Clara
35. Sky Blue FC - Danielle Johnson, D, Ole Miss
36. Washington Freedom - Kristi Eveland, D, UNC
37. Saint Louis Athletica - Veronica Perez, M/F, Washington
38. Los Angeles Sol - Mary Casey, GK, Maryland

ROUND FIVE
39. Atlanta Beat - Mallori Lofton-Malachi, GK, South Florida (traded to Philadelphia)
40. Philadelphia Independence - Carrie Patterson, F, Georgia (traded to Atlanta)
41. FC Gold Pride - Ashley Bowyer, M/D, Ohio State
42. Chicago Red Stars - Sophie Reiser, M/F, Columbia
43. Boston Breakers - Cynthia Morote-Ariza, F, Loyola-Chicago
44. Sky Blue FC - Meagan Snell, F, Santa Clara
45. Washington Freedom - Lauren Robertson, GK, Ohio State
46. Saint Louis Athletica - Carolyn Blank, M/D, WVU
47. Los Angeles Sol - Lindsay Browne, M/F, Clemson

ROUND SIX
48. Atlanta Beat - Kasey Langdon, F, Oklahoma St.
49. Philadelphia Independence - Jennifer Anzivino, D/M, Rutgers (to Sky Blue FC)
50. FC Gold Pride - Eilzabeth Harkin, D, Arizona State
51. Chicago Red Stars - Fiona O'Sullivan, M/F, San Francisco
52. Boston Breakers - Carly Peetz, D, Nebraska
53. Sky Blue FC - Kelly Isleib, M, Utah
54. Washington Freedom - Mara Osher, D/M, Boston University
55. Saint Louis Athletica - Sarah Teegarden, M, Wisconsin-Milwaukee
56. Boston Breakers - Gina DiMartino, M/F, Boston College (pick traded from Los Angeles Sol)

ROUND SEVEN
57. Atlanta Beat - Shaneka Gordon, F, West Florida
58. Philadelphia Independence - Caitlin Farrell, D, Wake Forest
59. FC Gold Pride - Lauren Wilmoth, D, UCLA
60. Chicago Red Stars - Jackie Santacaterina, M, Illinois
61. Boston Breakers - Casey Brown, D, Boston University
62. Philadelphia Independence - Danielle Collins, D/M, William & Mary
63. Washington Freedom - Caitline Miskel, M/F, Virginia
64. Saint Louis Athletica - Elizabeth Redmond, M, Duke
65. Boston Breakers - Taryn Hemmings, F, Denver

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SELECTIONS BY COLLEGE
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Wake Forest                3
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LSU                            2
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Washington State           2
West Florida                  2
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Clemson                       1
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Kansas                        1
Loyola-Chicago            1
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South Florida                 1
University of Miami       1
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Utah                            1
Virginia                        1
Washington                  1
West Virginia               1
William & Mary           1
Wisconsin-Milwaukee   1