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Princeton University Athletics
Cocoziello, Hewit, Striebel Selected In Major League Lacrosse Draft
May 28, 2008 | Men's Lacrosse
Dan Cocoziello and Alex Hewit are no longer teammates. Somewhat surprisingly, Cocoziello and Peter Striebel still are.
Cocoziello and Hewit, lacrosse teammates since they first played together in junior high school, were selected by different teams in the 2008 Major League Lacrosse draft, held Wednesday night. Following graduation from Princeton Tuesday, the two All-Americas will finally go their separate ways. Striebel, who shook off an injury-plagued career to have a breakout second half of his senior year, was also taken in the draft, by the same team as Cocoziello.
Cocoziello was selected with the third pick of the second round, the 13th overall, by the Denver Outlaws. A first-team All-America who started every game of his four years at Princeton, Cocoziello was the second defenseman picked in the draft, behind Maryland's Joe Cinofsky, a teammate of Hewit and Cocoziello on an eighth-grade New Jersey all-star team a decade ago. The Outlaws feature assistant coach Trevor Tierney, the son of Princeton head coach Bill Tierney.
Hewit was the third goalie selected, and he was taken by the New Jersey Pride with the 30th pick, two spots after Rochester made Army's Adam Fullerton the first goal taken and one spot after the Los Angeles Riptide made Notre Dame's Joey Kemp the second goalie taken. Hewit finished his career with a 7.00002 goals-against average, the third-best in Division I history. He was an honorable mention All-America this season after being a first-team All-America as a sophomore and second-team All-America as a junior.
Striebel was selected by the Outlaws as well, with the 47th pick out of 50 in the draft. The midfielder had three goals and six assists for his career for first three years and seven games before going for four goals and nine assists in last six. He is the younger brother of the Philadelphia Barrage's Matt Striebel, perhaps the best middie in Major League Lacrosse.
Paul Rabil, who scored six goals for Johns Hopkins in the NCAA title game loss to Syracuse Monday, was the No. 1 overall selection, taken by the Chicago Fire.
The complete MLL draft, from majorleaguelacrosse.com:
Round 1:
1) Boston - Paul Rabil M (Johns Hopkins)
2) New Jersey - Matt Danowski A (Duke)
3) New Jersey - Mike Leveille A (Syracuse) **
4) Chicago - Stephen Peyser M (Johns Hopkins) **
5) Los Angeles * - Kevin Buchanan A (Ohio State)
6) Chicago - Steven Brooks M (Syracuse)
7) San Francisco - Mike Podgajny M (Notre Dame)
8) Chicago - Terry Kimener M (UMBC)
9) New Jersey - Joe Cinosky D (Maryland)
10) New Jersey - Jordan Levine M (Albany)
Round 2:
11) Chicago -Will Barrow M (Virginia)
12) New Jersey - Tony McDevitt D (Duke)
13) Denver - Dan Cocoziello D (Princeton)
14) Long Island * - Ben Rubeor A (Virginia)
15) Washington - Matt Bocklet D (Johns Hopkins)
16) San Francisco - Matt Lalli M (Colgate)
17) San Francisco - Kevin Huntley A (Johns Hopkins) ***
18) Rochester - Kyle Guadagnolo D (Syracuse)
19) Long Island * - Jerry Lambe D (Georgetown)
20) New Jersey - Kevin Unterstein M (Hofstra)
Round 3:
21) New Jersey ** - Dan Brennan M (Syracuse)
22) Rochester - Nick O'Hara D (Duke)
23) Chicago ** - Brendan Cannon A (Georgetown)
24) Los Angeles - Mike McDonald M (Le Moyne)
25) San Francisco *** - Brendan Loftus M (Syracuse)
26) Boston - Paul Manesis M (UMass)
27) Denver - Mike Ward M (Duke)
28) Rochester - Adam Fullerton G (Army)
29) Los Angeles - Joey Kemp G (Notre Dame)
30) New Jersey ** - Alex Hewit G (Princeton)
Round 4:
31) Washington - Brett Manney M (Delaware)
32) San Francisco - Ryan Cranston M (Lynchburg)
33) New Jersey - Matthew Hickman A (Salisbury)
34) Washington - Sean Dougherty D (Notre Dame)
35) Long Island - Mike Unterstein M (Hofstra)
36) San Francisco - Sean Krygier D (UMass)
37) Washington - Paul Richards M (Loyola)
38) Boston - Chris Eck FO (Colgate)
39) San Francisco - Daryl Veltman A (Hobart)
40) Long Island - Jon Engelke A (Towson)
Round 5:
41) Chicago - Bud Petite G (Virginia)
42) San Francisco - Tom Michaelsen M (St. Johns)
43) New Jersey - Nick Mirabito A (Navy)
44) Washington - Brekan Kohlitz FO (Michigan)
45) Long Island - Ryan Heath A (Cortland)
46) Boston - Tony Tanzi M (Sacred Heart)
47) Denver - Peter Striebel M (Princeton)
48) Rochester - Brett Queener G (Albany)
49) Los Angeles - Taylor Clagett FO (Notre Dame)
50) Long Island - Brian Danvers D (UMass)
* Long Island trades 5th overall pick to Los Angeles for Spencer Ford, the 14th and 19th overall picks in the 2008 Draft
** New Jersey trades Mike Leveille and the 23rd pick to Chicago for Stephen Peyser, the 21st and 30th overall picks in the 2008 Draft
*** Los Angeles trades the 25th overall pick and Sean Lindsay to San Francisco for Kevin Huntley and a 2009 First Round Draft Pick