Sockers Select Four In MISL Amateur Draft
December 18, 2002 - Major Indoor Soccer League 2 (MISL 2)
San Diego Sockers News Release
SAN DIEGO, Calif. Â The San Diego Sockers selected four collegiate players in the Major Indoor Soccer League Amateur Draft, held today via teleconference. Jacob Ward was selected in the territorial round, followed by Machel Millwood in the first round, Rob Friend in the third round and Todd Dunivant in the fourth round. The Sockers traded their second-round draft choice to Milwaukee earlier in the season for rights to Aaron Susi and Matt Johnson.
Jacob Ward, a defender with San Diego ties, finished his collegiate career this season with the Azusa Pacific cougars.
"Jacob had an outstanding high school career and I was fortunate to see him play last year when Azusa was in San Diego," said Sockers Head Coach Brian Quinn. "I believe that he can become a very good player if he gets enough practice with our team."
Machel Millwood, a forward from Towson University earned several post-season accolades, including first team All-South Atlantic and first team All-Colonial Athletic Association.
Rob Friend capped his stellar collegiate career as the first UC Santa Barbara player to be selected as an All-American in over 30 years.
"Machel and Rob are both big forwards who will be projects" said Quinn. "What I really like about them is that they are goalscorers and if they can transfer that to the indoor game they will be huge successes."
Todd Dunivant finished his 2002 campaign second on the team with 11 assists and totaled 15 points. He earned first team All-Pac-10 honors in 2001..
"Dunivant may well end up in MLS but he was too good to pass up and you never know what may happen in the future."
Jacob Ward, Defender
6-1, Azusa Pacific University (El, Cajon, Calif.)
2002: Sat out most of the year with knee injury... Tabbed as the Cougars' strongest defender and perhaps the best in the GSAC... Ranks 19th on Azusa Pacific's career scoring chart with 33 points...2001: An All-GSAC selection ... Also received NAIA All-American honorable mention ... Started each of the Cougars' 19 games ... Scored six goals, matching his career-high, and added 1 assist for a career-high 13 points ... Ranked third on the team in points ... 2000: Started all but one of Azusa Pacific's 20 games as a key member of a program record-setting defense that allowed just 11 goals all season ... Distributed the ball effectively, tallying 6 assists ... Scored his only goal of the season in a 4-1 GSAC win over Concordia ... Assisted goals in consecutive GSAC games, a 4-1 victory over Christian Heritage and a 2-2 tie with Vanguard. 1999: Started all 22 games in his first season of collegiate competition ... Scored 5 goals in a 6-game stretch, including his first and second career goals in a 12-1 victory over CS Hayward.
Machel Millwood, Forward
6-3, 185, Towson University (College Park, Md.)
2002: Named as First Team All-South Atlantic regional team... First team All-Colonial Athletic Association pick, he led the CAA with 11 assists in 19 games... Second in CAA with 31 points in 19 games... Fourth is goals with a 0.53 average...2001: Tigers' second-leading scorer with 12 goals and 10 assists ... led Tigers to 4-1 win over James Madison in NCAA Tournament ... named as Most Valuable Player at the season-opening Navy Invitational Tournament ... scored game-winning goal midway through second half in 3-2 victory over Delaware
Rob Friend, Forward
6-4, 205, UC Santa Barbara (Kelowna, British Columbia)
2002: UC Santa Barbara's first men's soccer All-American in over thirty years as he was selected Third Team NSCAA/Adidas All-America... Named First Team All-Far West by the NSCAA... Ended the season with a 0.91 goals per game scoring average, among the tops in the NCAA... Scored goals in 14 consecutive games the fourth longest such streak in NCAA history... Set a new UCSB scoring record with 20 goals in a single-season... Tabbed as the Big West's Offensive Player of the Year for the second straight year...Led the conference in goals, points and shots for in 2002... 2001: Finished atop the conference scoring 11 goals and tallying 26 total points...Named the Big West's Co-Offensive Player of the Year and First Team All-Big West, he led the conference in five offensive categories (points, goals, goals per game, shots, and game-winning goals)...Averaged 0.61 goals per game, starting 18 matches for the Gauchos, missing one match due to suspension...Of UCSB's 11 wins, Friend scored the winning goal in five, and assisted on two other game winning goals...Took 66 shots in 18 matches to lead the Big West, shooting .167 for the season...He finished second in the conference with 1.44 points per match, and tied for sixth amongst league player with four assists on the season..
Todd Dunivant, Defender
6-0, 174, Stanford University (Wheat Ridge, Colo.)
2002: Started in 20 games for the Cardinal... Second on the team with 11 assists and totaled 15 points... 2001: A 2001 First Team All-Pac-10 selection... All-Academic First Team selection... Made All-Tournament Team at 2001 NCAA College Cup... Started 21 of Stanford's 22 matches .... Third on the team with seven assists... Tallied six goals on the year and 17 shots (10 on goal) for a total of 19 total points (fourth-best on the club)... 2000: Started in 21 matches on the back line as a sophomore ... Ranked second on the team and tied for second in the Pac-10 with nine assists, the most by a defender in Stanford history ... Named to the All-Conference First Team ... Named to the All-Conference First Team . . . Also earned First Team All-Academic Pac-10 accolades. 1999: Played in 18 games... Totaled three points... Played in the NCAA First Round match against Santa Clara.
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