We will start our 2026 women’s college draft next week. We have room for 2 or 3 more participants. If you follow the women’s college game closely and wish to participate in the draft, please send me a message offline.
It’s time for our annual women’s college draft. The objective of the draft is for participants to select the best teams they can, while recognizing some of the top college players. Each participant must select a coach, a goalie, a center, a center defender, and four other field-position players. The coach must be an active head coach of an American women’s college, junior college, or high school team. To be eligible as a player, an individual must be on the roster of a four-year American college team. When you make a selection, please list the player’s name, the school the player attends, and the player’s position. When you make your final selection, please note which school you think will win the NCAA championship, which schools will finish in the top four, which players will be Cutino Award finalists, which player will win the Cutino Award, which player will be named the MPSF newcomer of the year, and which coach will be named the ACWPC coach of the year.
Here is the draft order for the odd rounds of the draft:
- ehpolo4
- swimcoach
- BB70
- Oldschoolpolofan
- retiredguy
- Limey
- Jeff
The order will be reversed in the even rounds of the draft.
ehpolo4 is on the clock with the first pick of the 2026 draft, followed by swimcoach and BB70.
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Happy Draft Day!
First Pick is
- Christine Carpenter, Goalkeeper, Stanford
Emerged as a major contender for the Cardinal in 2025 and part of the Junior World Championship team last summer, she has great IQ, mobility, and outlet passing. I’m a firm believer in defense, so this was a natural first pick for me
- Emily Ausmus, Att, USC. There is a reason why Ausmus was a Cutino finalist last season. She is fast, an exceptional defender, dished out 55 assists last year and, most importantly, can score. She tallied 114 goals last year and shot better than 60%.
- Sienna Green-2M, Stanford
Long and athletic…strong defensive presence.
- Jenna Flynn - Att - Stanford
retiredguy asked me to post his selection for him. He selected:
Team 5
5. Serena Browne, center defender, Stanford
Limey is on the clock.
Team “Both Coasts”
- Lauren Steele, goalie, UCLA
Team 7: TBD
7. Anna Pearson, center, UCLA. Pearson is a 3x All-American and 2x 1st team All-American.
8. Emma Lineback, LH attacker, UCLA. Lineback is a 2x All-American and member of the senior national team.
Limey is on the clock, followed by retired guy and Oldschoolpolo fan.
- Rachel Gazzaniga, Utility, USC. Rachel is strong as both a defender and center.
retiredguy is on the road and asked me to post his next pick.
Team 5:
5. Serena Browne, center defender, Stanford
10. Ella Woodhead, center/center defender, Stanford
Oldschoolpolofan is on the clock, followed by BB70 and swimcoach.
Team 4
4. Jenna Flynn - Att - Stanford
11. Juliette Dhalluin - LH Att - Stanford
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BB70 is on the road and asked me to post his next selection.
Team 3
3. Sienna Green - 2MD, Stanford. Long and athletic…strong defensive presence.
12. Bia Mantellato - 2M, UCLA
swimcoach is on the clock, followed by ehpolo4 with two picks.
This is already getting tough. All of my top picks at center defenders are gone, along with my lefties, centers and goalies. Three Stanford center defenders in the first 10 picks. That has to be some sort of record.
Team 2
2. Emily Ausmus, Att, USC
13. Alma Yaacobi, 2M, USC. Yaacobi has some big shoes to fill, but she definitely has the talent to do it. She scored 43 goals last year as a backup to Kearns. She could double that output this year as the starting center.
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Apologies on the delay, here are my picks!
- Quinn Healy, Stanford
- Lucy Haaland-Ford, Stanford
Both technically rostered as 2M Defenders, with Lucy having a solid post up game and outside shot scoring 4 out the US’s 16 goals to beat Spain in the finals
Team 2
2. Emily Ausmus, Att, USC.
13. Alma Yaacobi, 2M, USC.
16. Ava Stryker, Att, USC. Really good shooters are few and far between and I would put Stryker it the top tier right after Flynn and Ausmus. Stryker scored 72 goals last year to go along with 48 assists. As you can tell, I think that USC is going to score a lot of goals this year.
Taylor Smith-Attacker UCLA
Fast, great shooter!
Team 4
4. Jenna Flynn - Att - Stanford
11. Juliette Dhalluin - LH Att - Stanford
18. Maggie Hawkins - 2M - Stanford
retiredguy is on the road and asked me to post his next pick.
Team 5:
5. Serena Browne, center defender, Stanford
10. Ella Woodhead, center/center defender, Stanford
19. Ema Vernoux, attacker, Hawaii
Limey is on the clock.
Team “Both Coasts” (Not just the West Coast!)
6- Lauren Steele, goalie, UCLA
9- Rachel Gazzaniga, Center, USC: Rachel is strong as both a defender and center.
20- Niki Piovan, defender, Harvard: 2025 CWPA Rookie Of the Year and Greece Junior National Team member