Andrew Kew Drafted to Major League Lacrosse
With the 40th pick of the MLL draft, the Florida Launch selects Tampa's, Andrew Kew.
Boston, MA - (February 8, 2019) - Major League Lacrosse (MLL) hosted the 2019 Collegiate Draft presented by Cascade Saturday, March 9 at the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte, N.C. The Draft was free of charge to attend and featured representatives from every MLL team. Major League Lacrosse streamed the event for the first time in league history, from their website. More than 550 fans, players, league executives, and sponsors attended the event. The Ohio Machine selected Alex Woodall, Towson University's faceoff specialist, with the first overall pick in the 2019 MLL Draft presented by Cascade.
Tampa's Andrew Kew was selected by the Florida Launch as the 40th overall pick. Kew is one of, if not the most decorated Tampa men's lacrosse players of all time. In the all-time rankings, he is first in goals, first in goals per game, first in game-winning goals, first in shots per game, tied for first in man-down goals, is second in points, second in points per game, second in assists, and second in shots attempted.
The other picks, in draft order, were:
| 1 | Ohio | Alex Woodall | Towson |
| 2 | Florida | Tim Troutner | High Point |
| 3 | Boston | Zach Goodrich | Towson |
| 4 | Boston | Austin Henningsen | UMD |
| 5 | Charlotte | Ryan Conrad | UVA |
| 6 | Denver | Max Tuttle | Sacred Heart |
| 7 | Chesapeake | Pat Spencer | Loyola |
| 8 | Dallas | Chris Sabia | Penn State |
| 9 | Denver | Daniel Bucaro | Georgetown |
| 10 | Ohio | Nick Spillaine | Penn State |
| 11 | Florida | Sean Eccles | Albany |
| 12 | Boston | Clarke Petterson | Cornell |
| 13 | Atlanta | Brendon Sunday | Towson |
| 14 | Atlanta | Dylan Gaines | Denver |
| 15 | Ohio | TJ Comizio | Villanova |
| 16 | Chesapeake | Greyson Torain | Navy |
| 17 | Dallas | Craig Chick | Lehigh |
| 18 | Denver | Chris Aslanian | Hobart |
| 19 | Ohio | Johnny Surdick | Army |
| 20 | Chesapeake | Curtis Corley | Maryland |
| 21 | Boston | Nick DeCaprio | Michigan |
| 22 | Dallas | Isaac Paparo | Umass |
| 23 | Charlotte | Matt Neufeldt | Denver |
| 24 | New York | Jack Tigh | Yale |
| 25 | Chesapeake | Noah Richard | Marquette |
| 26 | Atlanta | Colton Jackson | Denver |
| 27 | Boston | Ryland Rees | Stonybrook |
| 28 | Ohio | Chris Young | High Point |
| 29 | Florida | Tyler Dunn | Upenn |
| 30 | Boston | Brent Noseworthy | Michigan |
| 31 | Dallas | Teddy Hatfield | Richmond |
| 32 | Charlotte | Austin Fusco | Syracuse |
| 33 | New York | John Daniggelis | Yale |
| 34 | Boston | Tyson Bomberry | Syracuse |
| 35 | Dallas | Jack Jasinski | Ohio |
| 36 | Denver | Brandon Jones | Air Foce |
| 37 | Ohio | Matt Borges | Ohio |
| 38 | Florida | Joseph Sessa | Yale |
| 39 | Atlanta | Brett Craig | Seton Hill |
| 40 | Florida | Andrew Kew | Tampa |
| 41 | Atlanta | Tyson Gibson | Robert Morris |
| 42 | New York | Connor Farrell | LIU Post |
| 43 | Chesapeake | Austin French | Denver |
| 44 | Dallas | Joe Saggese | Sacred Heart |
| 45 | Denver | Kyle Marr | Hopkins |
| 46 | Ohio | Sam Cleveland | Colgate |
| 47 | Florida | Eric Applegate | Jacksonville |
| 48 | Dallas | Lucas Wittenberg | Georgetown |
| 49 | Atlanta | Eddie Bouhall | Lehigh |
| 50 | Charlotte | Brendan Gleason | Notre Dame |
| 51 | New York | Dan Dolan | UMD |
| 52 | Chesapeake | Warren Jeffrey | Vermont |
| 53 | Dallas | Fleet Wallace | Cornell |
| 54 | Denver | Jack Rowlett | UNC |
| 55 | Boston | James Burr | Boston University |
| 56 | Florida | Reed Malas | Bucknell |
| 57 | New York | Decker Curran | Michigan |
| 58 | Atlanta | Jake McCulloch | Cornell |
| 59 | Ohio | Alex Heger | Robert Morris |
| 60 | New York | Brendan Kearns | Providence |
| 61 | Chesapeake | John Prendergast | Duke |
| 62 | Dallas | Landon Kramer | Sacred Heart |
| 63 | Denver | Kyle Pless | Rutgers |
About Major League Lacrosse
Major League Lacrosse (MLL), the premier professional outdoor lacrosse league, is headquartered in Boston. MLL has led the sport of lacrosse into the mainstream of competitive team sports since 2001. In the spring of 2018, MLL entered into new leadership for the first time in 17 years when it selected Alexander Brown as the Commissioner. The league is made up of nine teams: The Atlanta Blaze, Boston Cannons, Charlotte Hounds, Chesapeake Bayhawks, Dallas Rattlers, Denver Outlaws, Florida Launch, New York Lizards, and Ohio Machine. The 2019 season opens May 31 and tickets can be found on majorleaguelacrosse.com