Inaugural Draft Complete – Teams Ready for Competition
SAN JOSE, CA -- In an exciting day in San Jose, CA at the Spartan
Premier League Office (SPL), the Inaugural Player Draft for the 2009 season was
held in front of a standing-room crowd (actually true this time, someone was
standing). The two franchises, the Riots
and the Dropkixx each selected their opening day rosters in a heated draft.
The
Riots team selected first in the draft followed by the Dropkixx.
“I
was pissed that I didn’t get the first selection in the draft, but I stand
behind our team,” Sarah “Kettlebells” Wisotsky, team captain for the Dropkixx,
said.
Nina
“Go Panthers… (Oops I mean Spartans)!!!” Butera also commented on her Riots
Team, “I just selected the best players available at the time. I’ll make a team out of them.”
Associate
Commissioner Craig “The Hammer” Winans was also quick to comment following the
draft. “I think both teams will battle
well. It had better be clean though, or
else I’ll lay the hammer down on them.”
“I
think both teams will have a great shot at winning the championship,”
Commissioner Jeff Leightman said. “It
just goes to show you the incredible depth of talent in this year’s draft. We have never had as many quality players
declare themselves eligible for a draft year in the history of the league.”
Both
franchise’s complete rosters are shown below (in alphabetical order):
Riots Dropkixx
Liz
Behlen Shanelle
Furner
Emmy
Belding Michelle
Haughey
Brittany
Boehm Kelsy
Holm
Katie
Bonadies Jessica
Ingram
Nina
Butera (team captain) Roxy
Kamal
Kim
Johnston Mandy
Martin
Katie
Knopp Lauren
Ng-Pinkerton
Stephanie
Righetti Angela
Nunez
Lauren
Sanchez Hallsie
Pacheco
Angela
Santoro Jordan
Santos
Sarah
Wisotsky (team captain)
Jeff “I
have to come up with another nickname?” Leightman
Commissioner
SPL
Spartan Premier League
http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/jeff.leightman/spl.htm
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