The Sports Journalism elective recently held a mock draft for a EA MS GaGa team. The class was split into 4 groups and played the part of general manager for a GaGa team. they drafted students from the MS to fill out a 7 person roster. The results of the draft and a brief description of the player is below.
Team #1:The Dream Squad
Owners/Coaches: Eric Kim, Declan McCarthy and Tyler ManionQuinn Dudek: athletic, fast, hops
Andrew Schellenger: fun guy, all around star
Brandon Sheppard: nimble on his feet, 7th grade latin stud, soccer star
Jake Jorganson: crazy fast, pie race victor, knows how to win, pulls it out in the clutch
Claire Beatty: agile, good coordination with body limbs
Hannah Moriarty: powerful, friendly, a good sport
Elodie Furey: long arms to hit ball, tall, A team in all sports
Team #2:The Hard Hitting Machine
Owners/Coaches:Bobby Frasier, AJ Marcucci, James SilviDex Frederick: We choose Dex second overall because he is quick and he slaps the ball with force. He is also really competitive.
Reilly Wright: We choose Reilly as our second pick because she dominates in the women’s division. She is also can crush the ball with her hard hands.
Jeff Coote: We choose Jeffrey as our third pick because he is a southpaw. He dominates 2nd graders in Gaga. He’s a stud.
Chris Rushton: We choose Chris because he is a funny guy and he can jump 1 inch in the air to get over the ball. He has great enthusiasm and he will bring it to the Hard-Hitting Machines.
Lexi Fisher: We choose Lexi because she got a 8th grade letter in winter track (she is a boss). She brings her hand-eye coordination to our team.
Julia Depillis; She got no time for losing. When she steps on the Gaga wood she brings the great and beautiful athleticism.
Max Guo: He has several nicknames but the one that comes to mind first is Jeremy Lin. He leaves it all on the octagon.
Team #3:Team Thug Life
Owners/Coaches: Griffin Ernst, Jack Brown, Jake MartelucciRyan Foster- Is a very athletic, and talented athlete
Ramon Gallegos- A very agile, and has very quick feet
Corinne Zannoli- very agressive and fierce also is always wanting to win
Maddie Oreilly- eager and wanting to win also a great leader
Carson Fisher- fast, small and athletic and wanting to get to the top, also has young fresh legs
Philip Tobar- very quick and a stellar tenis player
Nina Stravropolulos- he is very agile and speedy she also power
Team #4:GaGa Squad
Owners/Coaches: Spencer Higgins, Connor Gunsalas, Franny RadanoMatt Freese- His reflexes from being a goalie and his persistence for going at the ball
Alex Mclaughlin- His height and strength gives him an advantage and his knowledge of the game Kelsey Slack- We picked Kelsey because of her speed and agility and we think it will create chemistry with our two big guys Alex and matt
Harrison Malone- His quickness lets him move around the court extremely well and his height helps him stay low to the ground and get other people out
Lily Zelov- Lily is a good pick because she is a good squash player andf her reflexes are fantastic Giovanni Materazza- Gio was our sleeper many people didn’t know about Gio’s dominance in gaga he moves around the court like a lion searching for prey.
Sasha Tancemore- Sasha is an enthusiastic person who could bring a intimidation factor to our game she is also the best gaga player on the east coast
