video: Brown’s Molloy Picked #1, 5 Other RI College Lacrosse Players Drafted by MLL
Monday, May 29, 2017
With the first pick in the 2017 @MLL_Lacrosse #MLLDraft the @Florida_Launch select Dylan Molloy, A - @BrownLacrosse pic.twitter.com/MiqdiOlvYP
— Lax Sports Network (@LaxSportsNet) May 28, 2017
Brown lacrosse star Dylan Molloy was drafted number one in the Major League Lacrosse (MLL) draft to kick off a big day for college lacrosse in Rhode Island.
Overall, six players from Rhode Island Schools were drafted on Sunday during the 2017 MLL Draft at Toby Keith's at Patriot Place in Foxboro, Massachusetts.
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Bryant University saw two players drafted including Tucker James and Kyle Mummau, while Providence College saw Jarrod Neumann selected.
See the players in the order they were drafted below:
Dylan Molloy - #1 Overall - Florida Launch
Molloy was selected with the first overall pick by the Florida Launch in Sunday's draft. He is the first Brown lacrosse player to be drafted in the first round.
Molloy, who was named the 2016 Tewaaraton Award winner, leaves Brown as the program’s all-time leading scorer with 318 points in his career.
He is the third leading goal scorer in NCAA History with 197 goals, while his 318 points is sixth best in NCAA history.
Molloy is a three-time All-American, a two-time Ivy League Player of the Year and the 2016 USILA Outstanding Player of the Year and Attackman of the Year.
Larken Kemp - 17th Overall - Denver Outlaws
Midfielder Larken Kemp was picked 17th overall by the Denver Outlaws, where he will join former Brown goaltender Jake Kelly, who was drafted last season.
At Brown, Kemp played 65 games in his career netting 26 goals and picking up 30 assists for a total of 56 points.
In 2017, Kemp tallied eight goals and 9 assists while picking up 77 ground balls.
Jarrod Neumann - 25th Overall - Florida Launch
Defenseman Jarrod Neumann was drafted in the third round by the Launch.
Neumann was named a USILA/NIKE All-American following the 2017 season after he totaled three points on two goals and one assist. He also picked up 27 ground balls and forced 18 turnovers.
In his career at Providence, Neumann started 52 of 53 games for the Friars, helping lead them to the Big East Championship game in 2017.
Alec Tulett - 29th Overall - Florida Launch
Tulett was picked by the Launch with the second pick in the fourth round.
He played 64 career games at Brown, all on defense, over four years, totaling 11 goals and 21 assists for a total of 32 points.
In 2017, he played 14 games, totaled two goals and four assist for a total of six points.
Tucker James - 52nd Overall - New York Lizards
Bryant attackman Tucker James was selected 52nd overall by the New York Lizards.
He is the first player in Bryant’s Division I history to score 70 points in a season, leading the Bulldogs with 43 goals and 27 assists. He finished the year ranked 26th nationally in points per game with 3.6.
In his career, James started all 73 games that he played in and notched 141 goals and 85 assists.
Kyle Mummau - 57th Overall - Chesapeake Bayhawks
Bryant’s Mummau was selected 57th by the Chesapeake Bayhawks.
At the conclusion of the 2017 season, Mummau was an NEILA All-New England selection after making his third straight All-NEC First Team.
He recorded a career high 26 ground balls and forced 18 turnovers in his senior season.
In his career, he started all 65 games that he played and totaled 74 ground balls and forced 19 turnovers.
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