Men’s Soccer Notebook

Going pro

Ryan Lee, McKinley Tennyson Jr. and Shaun Tsakiris were drafted
by Major League Soccer teams in the MLS SuperDraft on Monday. It
marks the sixth year in a row that UCLA has had at least three
players drafted.

Lee was the first Bruin drafted, taken as the eighth pick in the
third round by the Colorado Rapids. After last season, Lee was
named to the second-team All-Far West, the first team All-Pac-10,
and was also the Bruins’ Defensive MVP.

Tennyson was the third pick in the fourth round by the Columbus
Crew. Tennyson left multiple marks in the UCLA record books: second
for career multiple-goal games (8), ninth for career points (102),
tenth for career goals (40) and fifth for career game-winning goals
(10).

Tsakiris, who was picked sixth in the fifth round by the New
England Revolution, earned second-team NSCAA All-American and
first-team NSCAA All-Far West honors.

WUSA draft

On the women’s side, Karissa Hampton was taken in the
first round of the Women’s United Soccer Association
Supplemental Draft by the San Diego Spirit on Sunday. Hampton was a
first-team All-Pac-10 selection and was the leader of a Bruin team
that ranked No. 1 in the Pac-10 and No. 4 in the country on
defense.

As the sixth pick out of 32 players, Hampton is the third Bruin
from last season who will be on a WUSA roster. The other two Bruins
are Tracey Milburn and Venus James.

Coach of the Year

Women’s head coach Jillian Ellis was named the
NSCAA/Adidas Coach of the Year in only her second season as
UCLA’s head coach. Last season she took the Bruins farther
than they had ever gone in the program’s eight-year history,
all the way to the finals of the College Cup.

Ellis is the first UCLA women’s coach, and the first
Pac-10 coach, to win this award. She is also the coach of the
Under-21 U.S. National Team.

DJ rocks

Freshman men’s team goalkeeper DJ Countess helped the
Under-20 National Team to 1-0 victory over Mexico on Jan. 30 with
his five saves in the game.

The National team will continue to train before the World
Championship qualifying in March.

Forever freshmen

Freshman midfielder/defender Alex Yi on the men’s team was
awarded with All-Freshman honors by Soccer America. Yi was also the
Pac-10 Freshman of the Year.

Forward Sarah Gayle-Swanson of the women’s team was also
named to Soccer America’s All-Freshman team. Last season she
was second on the team in scoring with 32 points (14 goals and four
assists). Her totals for points and goals were both single-season
freshmen records.

Notes compiled by Christina Teller and Pauline Vu, Daily Bruin
Senior Staff.