Oct. 27, 2003

TORONTO - A pair of Maryland men's lacrosse players were selected in the National Lacrosse League Entry Draft held Saturday, Oct. 25, at the Westin Harbour Castle in Toronto. The indoor lacrosse league begins the last week of December.

2003 National Defenseman of the Year Michael Howley was selected in the third round (30th overall) by the Philadelphia Wings. Howley, who was a three-time All-American played for the Major League Lacrosse Rochester Rattlers last summer in the outdoor pro league.

Howley was also named a USILA First Team All-American following the team's trip to the semifinals this past spring. The 2002 Tewaaraton trophy finalist dominated on close defense throughout his career at Maryland, starting his last 60 games as a Terp and finishing with 178 groundballs, four goals and five assists for nine points.

In the past four years, he has been a first or second team All-American selection for each of the past three seasons, making him the first Terp since Tom Worstell (1986-88) to be honored so highly. He was also a three-time All-ACC selection and earned NCAA All-Tournament honors for helping to hold Christmas pointless.

Three-time All-American Mike Mollot was selected by the Rochester Knighthawks in the eighth round (78th overall). Mollot was a third team all-American as a senior in 2003, second-teammer in 2002 and an honorable mention selection in 2001. He finished his four-year career with 172 points, making him the 14th all-time leading scorer at Maryland. With 95 career assists, he also finished ninth on the Maryland all-time list. In 2003, Mollot tallied 20 goals and added 19 assists for 39 points. He was named to the All-ACC for the second year in a row. This past summer he played for the outfoor Rochester Rattlers of Major League Lacrosse along with Howley.

Here's the complete draft list.

2003 National Lacrosse League Entry Draft


Selection (Overall)

FIRST ROUND

1 (1) Vancouver (from Anaheim) - Mark Miyashita (Canisius / Burnaby)
2 (2) Calgary (from New York) - Taylor Wray (Duke / Burnaby)
3 (3) Philadelphia - Ryan Ward (Butler)
4 (4) Vancouver - Craig Conn (St. Catharines)
5 (5) Rochester - Scott Evans (Peterborough)
6 (6) Buffalo (from Anaheim) - A.J. Shannon (Virginia)
7 (7) San Jose (from Ottawa) - Scott Ranger (Victoria)
8 (8) Toronto (from Arizona) - Josh Bergey (Salisbury)
9 (9) Philadelphia - Tom Hajek (Victoria)
10 (10) San Jose - Kelly Hall (Whittier)
11 (11)* Arizona - Kyle Neufeld (St. Catharines)
12 (12)*^ Vancouver - Kevin Olson (Burnaby)


SECOND ROUND

1 (13) Toronto (from Vancouver) - Stew Monture (Six Nations)
2 (14) ^ Arizona (from Calgary) - Mark Paniccia (St. Catharines)
3 (15) ^^San Jose (from Buffalo) - Derek Lowe (Coquitlam)
4 (16) Rochester - Buck Stobart (Victoria)
5 (17) Toronto - Ryan McClay (Cornell)
6 (18) San Jose (from Anaheim) - Andrew Biers (Whittier)
7 (19) Anaheim (Ottawa via Buffalo) - Cam Bergman (Coquitlam)
8 (20) ^^^Vancouver (from Philadelphia) - Devan Wray (Edmonton)
9 (21) San Jose - Kyle McEwen (New Westminster)
10 (22) Vancouver - Greg Lemieux (Surrey)


THIRD ROUND

1 (23) Calgary - Brad McDonald (Orangeville)
2 (24) Colorado - Curtis Smith (Ohio State)
3 (25) Arizona (from Buffalo) - Cole Murray (Victoria)
4 (26) Rochester - Tim Booth (Hobart)
5 (27) ^^^^Anaheim - Damien Davis (Princeton)
6 (28) Anaheim - Luke Forget (Brampton)
7 (29) Arizona - Kevin Leveille (UMass)
8 (30) Philadelphia - Michael Howley (Maryland)
9 (31) ^^^^^Colorado - Brian Potter (Victoria)
10 (32) ^^^Rochester (from Vancouver) - Kevin Cassese (Duke)
11 (33) * Arizona - Tyler Johnson (Elora)


FOURTH ROUND

1 (34) Calgary - Jeff Moleski (Prince George)
2 (35) Colorado - Dan Cocchi (Towson)
3 (36) Buffalo - Adam Doneger (Johns Hopkins)
4 (37) Rochester - Solomon Bliss (Syracuse)
5 (38) Toronto - Matt Marchildon (Brock)
6 (39) Anaheim - Brad Scott (New Westminster)
7 (40) Arizona - Chris Fiore (UMass)
8 (41) Philadelphia - Kevin Brennan (Duke)
9 (42) San Jose - Kitan Gbadebo (Coquitlam)
10 (43) Vancouver - Geordie Wells (Surrey)


FIFTH ROUND

1 (44) Calgary - Sterling Mitchel (Victoria)
2 (45) Colorado - Graham Palmer (Victoria)
3 (46) Buffalo - Scott Gilligham (Mississuaga)
4 (47) Rochester - Jon Sullivan (St. Catharines)
5 (48) Toronto - Chad Francis (Barrie)
6 (49) Anaheim - Jeff Brownlee (Kitchener)
7 (50) Arizona - Luke Ogelsby (Penn State)
8 (51) Philadelphia - Pat Collins (Georgetown)
9 (52) San Jose - Luke Gilbert (Whittier)
10 (53) Vancouver - Tyler Heavenor (Adelphi)


SIXTH ROUND

1(54) Calgary - Peter Gut (St. Andrews)
2 (55) Colorado - Devon Spilker (Limestone)
3 (56) Buffalo - David Brown (Toronto Beaches)
4 (57) Rochester - Chris Rotelli (Virginia)
5 (58) Toronto - Chris McElory (Orangeville)
6 (59) Anaheim - Ryan McMichael (Scarborough)
7 (60) Arizona - Richard Haan (Halton Hills)
8 (61) Philadelphia - Michael Springer (Syracuse)
9 (62) San Jose - Matt Bontaites (Syracuse)
10 (63) Vancouver - Adam Smith (Burnaby)


SEVENTH ROUND

1 (64) Calgary - Chris Milhus (Calgary Raiders)
2 (65) Colorado - Pat Meyers (Ohio State)
3 (66) Buffalo - Nathan Russell (New Westminster)
4 (67) Rochester - Kevin Einsor (Rhode Island / Six Nations)
5 (68) Toronto - Cal Smith (Adelphi)
6 (69) Anaheim - Brian Kelly (Whittier)
7 (70) Anaheim (from Ottawa) - Matt Silverio (Hamilton College)
8 (71) Arizona - Travis Eckler (Hartford)
9 (72) Philadelphia - Michael Pape (Cabrini)
10 (73) San Jose - Kevin Reid (Coquitlam)


EIGHTH ROUND

1 (74) Vancouver - David White (Delta)
2 (75) Calgary - Robert McGowen (Port Coquitlam)
3 (76) Colorado - Mike Frissora (Middlebury)
4 (77) Buffalo - Jon Ianucci (Coquitlam)
5 (78) Rochester - Mike Mollot (Maryland)
6 (79) Toronto - Joshua Arnold (Milton)
7 (80) Toronto (from Anaheim) - Justin Kennedy (Barrie)
8 (81) Anaheim (from Ottawa) - Matt Kwiecien (Winnipeg)
9 (82) Arizona - Mike Bonk (London)
10 (83) Philadelphia (from Colorado) - Kyle Sweeney (Georgetown)

*Supplementary picks awarded by NLL Board of Governers.

^Arizona has traded the 12th selection in the 2003 Entry Draft to Vancouver in exchange for Peter Veltman and the 14th selection in the 2003 Entry Draft.

^^Rochester has traded the 15th selection in the 2003 Entry Draft to San Jose in exchange for Brock Robertson.

^^^Rochester has traded the 20th selection in the 2003 Entry Draft to Vancouver in exchange for Ryan O'Connor and the 32rd selection in the 2003 Entry Draft.

^^^^Toronto has traded the 27th selection in the 2003 Entry Draft to Anaheim in exchange for their third round pick in the 2004 Entry Draft.

^^^^^San Jose has traded the 33rd selection in the 2003 Entry Draft to Colorado in exchange for Matt Ogelsby.