After passing on Janine Beckie with their fifth and sixth picks fans began to worry that the Houston Dash would once again pass on Janie Beckie. In the end the Dash selected the forward, with the eighth pick of the NWSL Draft, who spent her college years playing for Texas Tech.
Beckie was finalist for the MAC Hermann Trophy in 2015. Beckie scored nearly 60 goals in her time at Texas Tech. She played in eight games for Tech in 2015 and scored four goals and had three assists. She was the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year in back-to-back years.