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TEAM
PLAYER
COLLEGE
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1 1st Maryland George Evans George Mason 6-7 F Portsmouth, VA
2 1st Pennsylvania Victor Thomas La Salle Univ. 6-7 F Philadelphia, PA./St. John's Neumann
3 1st Brooklyn Greg Springfield Hofstra 6-9 C New York, NY
4 1st Atlantic City Kevin Wilkins Seton Hall 6-7 F Atlantic City/Tallahassee (FL) JC
5 1st Lakeland Carlos Arroyo FIU 6-2 G Farkardo, P.R./Colegio Santaago Apostol
6 1st Long Island Calvin Bowman West Virginia 6-9 F/C Brooklyn, NY/San Jacinto (TX) JC
7 1st Florida Rashad Phillips Detroit 5-10 G Detroit, MI
8 1st Kansas Darren Kelly Texas 6-3 G Forrestville, MD/Brown Mackie
9 1st Oklahoma Travis Williams Hampton 6-9 F Maysville, NC
10 1st Dodge City Paul Shirley Iowa State 6-10 C Meriden, KS/Jefferson West HS
11 2nd Lakeland Rob Dryden Georgia 7-1 C Jacksonville, FL./Terry Parker
12 2nd Brooklyn Reggie Jessie St. John's 6-7 G/F Queeensbridge, NY./Bishop Loughlin
13 2nd Atlantic City Garrett Bragg La salle Univ. 6-11 C Boca Raton, FL./Spanish River
14 2nd Oklahoma Jamahl Mosley Colorado 6-8 F San Diego, CA/Rancho Buena Vista HS
15 2nd Long Island Norman Richardson Hofstra 6-5 F Brooklyn., NY
16 2nd Florida Horace Jenkins William Patterson 6-1 G N/A
17 2nd Kansas Tory Walker U. of New Orleans 6-8 F Westwego, LA/Archbishop Shaw
18 2nd Pennsylvania Quincy Wadley Temple 6-4 G N/A
19 2nd Dodge City Jackie Stiles Missouri State 5-9 G N/A
20 2nd Maryland Archibald Bassett Delaware 6-9 F N/A
21 3rd Brooklyn Mike Wiatre South Carolina State 6-9 G N/A
22 3rd Atlantic City Ira Clark University of Texas 6-8 F N/A
23 3rd Oklahoma Shannon Martin Oklahoma State 6-5 G N/A
24 3rd Long Island Roberto Gittens Hofstra 6-9 F Brooklyn, NY
25 3rd Florida Martin Rancif Iowa State 6-8 F Bartislava, Slovakia/St. Louis Pk.(MN) HS
26 3rd Kansas Craig Rodgers Toledo 6-11 F Minerva, OH/Minerva
27 3rd Pennsylvania Jody Lumpkin College of Charleston 6-8 F Columbia, SC
28 3rd Dodge City Ricardo Greer Pittsburgh 6-5 G New York, NY./Cheshire (Conn.) Prep
29 3rd Maryland Terrance Shannon Elgin CC 6-8 F N/A
30 3rd Lakeland Ian Foster Florida Southern 6-2 G N/A
31 4th Atlantic City Damon Williams Southern Colorado 6-7 F N/A
32 4th Oklahoma Kelley Newton Oklahoma 6-2 G Kansas City, KS/Neosho (KS) CC
33 4th Long Island Karim Shabazz Providence 7-2 C Far Rockaway, NY./Florida State
34 4th Florida Kevin Morris Georgia State 6-0 G New York, NY/Georgia Tech
35 4th Kansas Tajudeen Soyoye Missouri 6-9 F/C Lagos, Nigeria/Meridian (MS) CC
36 4th Oklahoma Kejuan Woods Boise State 6-6 F Inglewood, CA/Crossroads HS
37 4th Dodge City Dean Oliver Iowa 5-11 G Mason City, IA
38 4th Maryland Mike Maridisch Maryland 7-0 C N/A
39 4th Lakeland Ledaryl Billingsley Tulane 6-7 F Chicago, IL/Morgan Park
40 4th Brooklyn Rob Marquardt New Hampshire 6-11 F/C Northport, NY
41 5th Oklahoma Michael Hicks Texas A&M 6-5 F N/A
42 5th Long Island Jason Hernandez Hofstra 6-0 G Oyster Bay, NY
43 5th Florida Shaun Fein Georgia Tech 6-3 G Centerville, MA/Barnstable/Stone Hill Coll.
44 5th Kansas Demarcus Minor Baylor 6-6 G Garland, TX/Lakeview Central/Marquette
45 5th Pennsylvania Nakiea Miller Iona 6-9 C N/A
46 5th Dodge City David Thomas Michigan State 6-7 G/F Brampton,Ontario, Canada
47 5th Maryland Erik Herring George Mason 6-5 G/F Chicago, IL
48 5th Lakeland Adrian Crawford Florida State 6-5 G Akron, OH/Univ. of Tulsa
49 5th Brooklyn Phil Grant Iona 6-7 F N/A
50 5th Atlantic City Frank Barr Lafayette 7-0 C Darby, PA./Pennwood
51 6th Long Island Ryan McCormick Adelphi 5-10 G N/A
52 6th Florida Steffon Bradford Nebraska 6-6 F Clewiston, FL/Compton (CA) CC
53 6th Kansas Eric Carter Washburn 6-9 F N/A
54 6th Pennsylvania Gyasi Cline-Heard Penn State 6-8 F Houston, TX
55 6th Dodge City Darrell Johns Chicago State 7-1 C Kokomo, IN./Kokomo (Iowa State)
56 6th Maryland J.J. Miller North Carolina A&T 5-11 G N/A
57 6th Lakeland Shawn Platts Jacksonville 6-3 G Jacksonville, FL
58 6th Brooklyn Allen Griffin Syracuse 6-1 G Brooklyn, NY/Paul Robeson
59 6th Atlantic City Shannon Antrum Washington State 6-1 G N/A
60 6th Oklahoma Darnell Williams San Jose State 6-7 F Long Beach, CA./Long Beach CC
USBL DRAFT
By John Curtis
Globe Sports Editor
4/11/01

Iowa State post player Paul Shirley was the Dodge City Legend's first pick in the 2001 USBL Draft.

But it was the second pick -- Jackie Stiles -- who brought the most noise from the draft party crowd.

"She's the Pete Maravich of women's basketball," said Legend head coach Kent Davison. "I had never watched women's basketball before, but I watched every game she played in the NCAA tournament
and I was really excited to see her play."

Stiles, a 5-9 guard who played high school ball at Claflin and college ball at Southwest Missouri State, has family involved in the Legend ownership and attended Legend games last season.

"I was definitely shocked and very surprised," said Stiles from Springfield, Mo., about her being picked by the Legend. "It's definitely an honor to be drafted by the Legend and it's something that I never will forget."

No,
Legend selects Stiles in second round of 2001 USBL draft

Stiles led the NCAA in career scoring (3,393 points) and for a season (1,040) in helping Southwest Missouri State to the Missouri Valley Conference championship, the NCAA West regional
championship and a place in the Final Four.

Legend general manager Tom Nelson was also excited about Stiles coming in for training camp later this month.

"Jackie Stiles is an unbelievable athlete and a better person," said Nelson. "After talking with her about the draft, she was very excited about the possibilities of joining the Legend in some capacity.

"It's been something we've had something we've had in our mind since last year. She's done a lot for women's basketball in general. There will be some publicity out of it, but this is to honor Jackie."

She was named to the Associated Press All-American first team and was named player of the year by ESPN and the Women's Basketball News Service.

Stiles joins Nancy Lieberman-Cline, Saudia Roundtree, Cheryl Miller, Sheryl Swoopes and Rebecca Lobo who have been drafted by USBL teams.

"It's hard to imagine my name with theirs because I have incredible respect for what they can do on the court," said Stiles. "I have always looked up to those players, so it's definitely very exciting for me."

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