Long Island Surf

PK	RD	TEAM	PLAYER	COLLEGE	HT	P	HOMETOWN

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

Donnie Carr [his former teammate La Salle and current 'Dawgs player] told me a lot about the league and coach, that you get to run up and down and that it's an exciting brand of basketball. I like to play like that.

"Being the No. 2 pick, I'm excited that people think that highly of me."

The expansion Maryland Mustangs selected George Mason's George Evans with the No. 1 overall pick. Greg Springfield of Hofstra was the No. 3 pick by the Brooklyn Kings and Atlantic City selected Kevin Wilkins of Seton Hall fourth.

Jackie Stiles from the Southwest Missouri State women's team was picked with the 19th overall pick by Dodge City, and Lafayette College center Frank Barr, a 7-footer, was selected in the fifth round by Atlantic City.

The ValleyDawgs were scheduled to pick ninth in the first round, but moved up by trading that pick and their fourth-round pick (36th overall) to the Oklahoma Storm for the No. 5 pick. The 'Dawgs then traded the No. 5 pick and the rights to forward Ronnie Fields, a member of the team the last two summers, to the Lakeland Blue Ducks in exchange for their No. 2 pick.

Why all the moves? They were just trying to beat nemesis Atlantic City to the punch, according to Pennsylvania director of public relations Joe Heyer. A.C. had the fourth pick and wasrumored to want Thomas.

Thomas ended up with the team he coveted, and a coach he has long admired.

"It's a good feeling to be able to play under him," said Thomas, who grew up in North Philadelphia, where he attended Northeast High before transferring to John Neuman of the Catholic League for his final two seasons.

"I never met him before," said Thomas of Dawkins. "I saw him dunk, break backboards, so having a chance to play for him is pretty good. I want to show him a couple dunks that I have too."

Pennsylvania's other draft picks included Temple's Quincy Wadley with the 18th overall pick, College of Charleston's Jodi Lumpkin at No. 27, 6-10 center Nakiea Miller at No. 45 and Penn State's Gyasi ClineHeard with their final pick, No. 54 overall.

Dawkins was thrilled with all his selections, but especially Thomas.

"He will be easier to coach because he knows what I'm telling him is right," Dawkins said. "Some guys come in thinking they know it all before they do anything. This is a kid who comes in with a great attitude and open mind.

"I didn't draft anybody who I didn't think would listen this year. Last year, I took guys that were players. This year, I had to get guys that will fit into the team concept."