Feb. 5, 2001

SUNRISE, Fla. - The San Diego Spirit added four players to their pre-season roster at the inaugural Women's United Soccer Association Supplemental Draft held Sunday in Sunrise, Fla., including Gonzaga University standout Sara Streufert.

The Spirit had three of the first 11 choices and used those picks to select two defenders and a forward. With the Spirit's pick in the first round, and sixth overall, head coach Carlos Juarez selected UCLA defender Karissa Hampton. With the ninth pick of the draft, and the first pick of the second round (a pick garnered from the Atlanta Beat in a trade during the Inaugural Draft), the Spirit selected Streufert, who finished her GU career with 44 career goals and was twice named a first team All-West Coast Conference selection. She attended Spokane's University High.

"Everyone needs forwards and Sara has proven herself by scoring against all of the teams in the tough West Coast Conference. She is relatively unknown, but in doing our homework, we found that she had excellent qualities and a lot of potential," Juarez said.

Two picks later, with the 11th overall and the Spirit's second pick of the second round, Juarez took defender Holly Broome from Southern Methodist University. Broome's brother, Paul, plays for the Dallas Burn in MLS. With his final pick of the draft in the third round, and 22nd overall, Juarez opted for forward Erica Strey, a former University of Wisconsin star who lives in San Diego and played for the San Diego Women's Football Club last season. The Spirit did not pick in the fourth and final round as each WUSA team left Florida with four additional players for their pre-season rosters.

The Spirit will enter pre-season camp on March 1 with 28 players. The Spirit will play their matches at Torero Stadium on the University of San Diego campus.

Streufert is the second player with Gonzaga connections to be drafted in the new league. The Boston Breakers selected former University of Portland standout and Gonzaga assistant coach Kim Stiles in the ninth round of the inaugural WUSA draft Dec. 10.