The '''2012 WPS College Draft''' took place on January 13, 2012. It was the fourth college draft held by Women's Professional Soccer to assign the WPS rights of college players to the American-based teams.
==Format== [https://web.archive.org/web/20120111052029/http://www.womensprosoccer.com/Home/news/press_releases/120105-wps-draft-mechanics.aspx Official WPS release] * The 2012 WPS Draft consists of four rounds and 23 picks overall. * Draft order is based on the reverse order of the 2011 regular season standings. * Teams will be allotted three minutes per pick in the first two rounds and five minutes per pick in the second two rounds.
==Round 1== {| class="wikitable" ! width="5%"|Pick ! width="25%"|Player ! width="5%"|Pos. ! width="30%"|WPS Team ! width="25%"|Previous Team |- |1|| Sydney Leroux || F || Atlanta Beat || UCLA |- |2|| Melissa Henderson || F || Sky Blue FC || Notre Dame |- |3|| Stephanie Ochs || F || Boston Breakers || University of San Diego |- |4|| Camille Levin || M || Sky Blue FC<ref name="ReferenceA">Received from 01/09/12 trade with Atlanta, who got it from 01/14/11 trade with magicJack.</ref> || Stanford |- |5|| Sarah Hagen || F || Philadelphia Independence || University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee |- |6|| Lindsay Taylor || F || Western New York Flash || Stanford |- |7|| Teresa Noyola || M || Western New York Flash<ref name="ReferenceB">Received from 05/26/11 trade with Atlanta, who got it from 06/18/10 trade with Chicago.</ref> || Stanford |- |}
==Round 2== {| class="wikitable" ! width="5%"|Pick ! width="25%"|Player ! width="5%"|Pos. ! width="30%"|WPS Team ! width="25%"|Previous Team |- |8|| Tori Huster || M || Western New York Flash<ref name="ReferenceC">Received from 05/26/11 trade with Atlanta.</ref> || Florida State |- |9|| Ingrid Wells || M || Sky Blue FC || Georgetown |- |10|| Katy Frierson || M || Atlanta Beat<ref name="ReferenceD">Received from 01/09/12 trade with Sky Blue, who got it from 04/27/11 trade with Boston.</ref> || Auburn |- |11|| Courtney Jones || F || Boston Breakers<ref name="ReferenceE">Received from 06/01/11 trade with magicJack.</ref> || North Carolina |- |12|| CoCo Goodson || D || Philadelphia Independence || University of California, Irvine |- |13|| Toni Pressley || F || Philadelphia Independence<ref name="ReferenceF">Received from 12/21/10 trade with New York.</ref> || Florida State |- |}
==Round 3== {| class="wikitable" ! width="5%"|Pick ! width="25%"|Player ! width="5%"|Pos. ! width="30%"|WPS Team ! width="25%"|Previous Team |- |14|| Bianca Henninger || GK || Philadelphia Independence<ref name="ReferenceG">Received from 01/20/11 trade with Atlanta.</ref> || Santa Clara |- |15|| Jillian Mastroianni || GK || Sky Blue FC || Boston College |- |16|| Melinda Mercado || D || Boston Breakers || Oklahoma State |- |17|| Danielle Foxhoven || F || Philadelphia Independence || Portland |- |18|| Tahnai Annis || M || Western New York Flash || Florida |- |}
==Round 4== {| class="wikitable" ! width="5%"|Pick ! width="25%"|Player ! width="5%"|Pos. ! width="30%"|WPS Team ! width="25%"|Previous Team |- |19|| Laura Heyboer || F || Sky Blue FC || Michigan State |- |20|| Jessica Luscinski || F || Boston Breakers || Boston University |- |21|| Jasmyne Spencer || F || Philadelphia Independence || Maryland |- |22|| Erica Henderson || D || Western New York Flash || West Virginia |- |23|| Kate Deines || M || Atlanta Beat<ref name="ReferenceH">Received from 06/18/10 trade with Chicago.</ref> || Washington |- |}
==Draft Notes== WPS transactions pages [https://web.archive.org/web/20110111204835/http://www.womensprosoccer.com/Home/news/transactions-10.aspx '10] [https://web.archive.org/web/20111101031739/http://www.womensprosoccer.com/Home/news/transactions-11.aspx '11] [https://web.archive.org/web/20120114173742/http://www.womensprosoccer.com/Home/news/transactions-12.aspx '12] {{reflist}}
==See also==
{{Women's Professional Soccer}}
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