Marquette Wire · Feb 2, 2016
2016 MLL Draft one to remember for Marquette Lacrosse
Only three schools had more players drafted than Marquette (Photos courtesy of Alicia Mojica/Marquette Athletics)Lacrosse practice on Jan. 22 seemed like any other, despite the fact that 793 miles away in Baltimore history was being made.
Three of the vital building blocks for the Marquette program were selected in the Major League Lacrosse Draft: long-stick midfielder Liam Byrnes, midfielder Jake Richard and defenseman B.J. Grill. The trio were the first Golden Eagles to be selected into the league, which features the top field lacrosse players in the world. Byrnes went to the Florida Launch, Richard to the New York Lizards and Grill to the Denver Outlaws.