# 1997 NLL draft > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1997_NLL_draft > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1997_NLL_draft.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997_NLL_draft > Source revision: 1356494397 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) The **1997 [NLL Draft](/source/National_Lacrosse_League_Entry_Draft)** composed of nine rounds where 72 lacrosse players were selected. The draft was completed on a conference call with all the teams coaches.[1] ## 1st round Denotes player who never played in the NLL regular season or playoffs Pick # NLL team Player Position Club/college 1 Baltimore Thunder Matt Shearer[1] F Loyola College 2 Boston Blazers Brenden Glass# University of Massachusetts 3 Ontario Raiders Ken Millin F Six Nations Chiefs (MSL) 4 Syracuse Smash Jim Rankin G Western Canada 5 New York Saints Tom Wreggitt# Peterborough Lakers (MSL) 6 Philadelphia Wings Rusty Kruger F Orangeville, Ontario 7 Buffalo Bandits Casey Zaph F Peterborough Lakers (MSL) 8 Buffalo Bandits Marty O'Brien F Whitby Warriors (OLL Jr. A) ## 2nd round Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Pro Team and had won at least one NLL Award Denotes player who never played in the NLL regular season or playoffs Pick # NLL team Player Position Club/college 9 Baltimore Thunder Michael Watson# F University of Virginia 10 Boston Blazers Mike Tughan# Scarborough, Ontario 11 Ontario Raiders Derek Malawsky F New Westminster Salmonbellies (WLA) 12 Syracuse Smash John Wilson F Burnaby, British Columbia 13 New York Saints Danen Reisig D Victoria Shamrocks (WLA) 14 Philadelphia Wings Verigin Tutty# Vancouver, British Columbia 15 Buffalo Bandits Bob Henry F Six Nations Chiefs (MSL) 16 Rochester Knighthawks Josh Sanderson* F Orangeville Northmen (OLL Jr. A) ## 3rd round Denotes player who won at least one NLL Award Denotes player who never played in the NLL regular season or playoffs Pick # NLL team Player Position Club/college 17 Baltimore Thunder Andrew Ross F United States Naval Academy 18 Boston Blazers Cam Woodsx D Brooklin Redmen (MSL) 19 Ontario Raiders Chris Langdale D Ontario 20 Syracuse Smash Jason Johnson# Six Nations Chiefs (MSL) 21 New York Saints Jeff Gombar# G North Shore Indians (WLA) 22 Philadelphia Wings Brad Downey# Coquitlam Adanacs (WLA) 23 Buffalo Bandits Gary Scott F Orangeville, Ontario 24 Rochester Knighthawks Kevin Dance F Brampton Excelsiors (MSL) ## 4th round Denotes player who never played in the NLL regular season or playoffs Pick # NLL team Player Position Club/college 25 Baltimore Thunder Billy Evans# Johns Hopkins University 26 Boston Blazers Scott Ronson# Niagara Falls Gamblers (MSL) 27 Ontario Raiders Glenn Clark D Brooklin Redmen (MSL) 28 Syracuse Smash Brent Rothfuss F Nazareth College 29 New York Saints John Gagliardi F Johns Hopkins University 30 Philadelphia Wings Dave Stilley D Duke University 31 Buffalo Bandits Clay Hill D Six Nations Chiefs (MSL) 32 Rochester Knighthawks Bob Fisher F St. Catharines Athletics (MSL) ## 5th round Denotes player who never played in the NLL regular season or playoffs Pick # NLL team Player Position Club/college 33 Baltimore Thunder Doug Knight F University of Virginia 34 Boston Blazers Jason Fivek# Colgate University 35 Ontario Raiders R. Phillips# G Peterborough Lakers (MSL) 36 Syracuse Smash Ryan Kells F Niagara Falls Gamblers (MSL) 37 New York Saints Jason Osier# Princeton University 38 Philadelphia Wings Jake Bergey F Salisbury State University 39 Buffalo Bandits Sean Howe# St. Catharines Athletics (MSL) 40 Rochester Knighthawks Pat Cougevan Syracuse University ## 6th round Denotes player who won at least one NLL Award Denotes player who never played in the NLL regular season or playoffs Pick # NLL team Player Position Club/college 41 Baltimore Thunder Jason Wade# University of North Carolina 42 Boston Blazers Paul Judge# Hofstra University 43 Ontario Raiders Steve Tollx D Niagara Falls Gamblers (MSL) 44 Syracuse Smash Warren Blackwell F Victoria Shamrocks (WLA) 45 New York Saints Jim Gonnella# Duke University 46 Philadelphia Wings G. Atterbury# Washington College 47 Buffalo Bandits Cort Knodel# Canisius College 48 Rochester Knighthawks Dan Garrett# D Nazareth College ## 7th round Denotes player who never played in the NLL regular season or playoffs Pick # NLL team Player Position Club/college 49 Baltimore Thunder David Curry# University of Virginia 50 Boston Blazers B. Proefrock# Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 51 Ontario Raiders Pat Jones D Whitby Warriors (OLL Jr. A) 52 Syracuse Smash Tony Henderson F Niagara Falls Gamblers (MSL) 53 New York Saints Chris Grande# University of Massachusetts 54 Philadelphia Wings Jude Collins F University of North Carolina 55 Buffalo Bandits Chris Clark F Michigan State University 56 Rochester Knighthawks Phil Sanderson D Orangeville Northmen (OLL Jr. A) ## 8th round Denotes player who never played in the NLL regular season or playoffs Pick # NLL team Player Position Club/college 57 Baltimore Thunder M. Marchant# Mount Washington College 58 Boston Blazers Steve Rogie# Michigan State University 59 Ontario Raiders Kris Bryde F Coquitlam Adanacs (WLA) 60 Syracuse Smash Jim Roberts# Brooklin Redmen (MSL) 61 New York Saints Craig Kahoun# Butler University 62 Philadelphia Wings Werner Krueger F Johns Hopkins University 63 Buffalo Bandits Chris Levis G Six Nations Chiefs (MSL) 64 Rochester Knighthawks Rory Thorpe# Syracuse University ## 9th round Denotes player who never played in the NLL regular season or playoffs Pick # NLL team Player Position Club/college 65 Baltimore Thunder Brian Volpe# Loyola College 66 Boston Blazers Alex Nephew# Denison University 67 Ontario Raiders Chad Squire F Six Nations Chiefs (MSL) 68 Syracuse Smash Bill Genie# Six Nations Chiefs (MSL) 69 New York Saints Brian Kuczma# Johns Hopkins University 70 Philadelphia Wings Tim Lucky# Mount Washington College 71 Buffalo Bandits Jeff Hanson F Burnaby Lakers (MSL) 72 Rochester Knighthawks Matt Kerwick F Hobart and William Smith Colleges ## References 1. ["Pro Lacrosse Timeline"](https://www.nll.com/about/history/). NLL. Retrieved August 15, 2019. --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [1997 NLL draft](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997_NLL_draft) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997_NLL_draft?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.