Major League Lacrosse Supplemental Draft is Today

from Press Release
MajorLeagueLacrosse.com 

Three-time MLL All-Star, Tim Goettelmann

The Major League Lacrosse Supplemental Draft is one of two drafts held by the league each season in order to allow teams to fill its rosters with the best players in the world.  The Supplemental Draft is often overlooked compared to the Collegiate Draft due to its limited fanfare but it is one of the major ways teams fill their rosters, and often includes many of the biggest names in the sport. 

The Supplemental Draft allows the league’s teams to pick eligible players that have been placed in the league’s “Player Pool”.  The player pool begins to take shape when teams submit their 23-man protected player lists in late September.  Players that are unprotected by their teams are placed in the player pool and become eligible for the Supplemental Draft.  

In addition to these players, any player that may have taken time off for other obligations or are coming back from an injury and did not play with a team in the previous season is eligible to be added to the player pool and taken in the draft.  

Once a player is selected in the draft, they must sign a contract in order to participate with their new team.  If they fail to sign this contract, they will not be allowed to play and will have to wait until the following year’s draft to become involved with a team again. 

This year’s Supplemental Draft features some of the biggest stars in the game looking to make an impact on the 2010 MLL season.  

Notable players that are eligible for the Supplemental Draft are: 

• Casey Powell – MLL’s all time assist leader (138) and 2005 MLL Offensive Player of the Year.  He is a 3 Time MLL Champion, winning titles in 2001, 2003, and 2008.
• Ryan Powell – Casey’s brother is a two time MLL MVP, winning the award in 2001 and 2006.  Ryan was also named the MLL Offensive Player of the Year in 2006 for his 58 point season with San Francisco.  He was recently picked to the 2010 US Men’s National Team.
• Mark Steenhuis – Steenhuis is a three-time MVP of the NLL (professional indoor lacrosse league) All-Star Game, receiving the honor in 2004, 2007 and 2009, becoming the first player in NLL history to win this award multiple times. During his 2008 season, he was named the NLL Transition Player of the Year in addition to being named the NLL Championship Game MVP. In 2009, he scored 51 goals for Buffalo in addition to setting the league’s single game records for assists (13) and points (17) in a game.
• Joey Kemp – Is the all time leader in Notre Dame history for victories (40), goals-against average (7.20), minutes played for a goaltender (3189:46), games started for a goaltender (56) and saves (633). Kemp was the 2008 Kelly Award winner for most outstanding goalie in NCAA Division I. He was originally selected by the Los Angeles Riptide in the third round of the 2008 MLL Collegiate Draft.
• Dan Dawson – Was named the 2009 NLL Most Valuable Player after establishing a new league record for assists with 74. 
• Pat Heim – The #1 overall pick in the 2007 MLL Collegiate Draft by Chicago.
• Tim Goettelmann – Was the 2009 MLL New Balance Sportsman of the Year in addition to being a three-time MLL All-Star. He holds the MLL record for goals in a game (9) and is the league’s leader in total regular season games played.
• Blake Miller – The 2004 MLL Offensive Player of the Year.
• Josh Sims – Is a two time MLL Champion and has appeared in the postseason in each of his nine years in the league. Sims holds the records for most playoff appearances (16) and most playoff goals (29) in MLL history.