Watch SuperDraft Live at 3pm on January 13, 2017
NEWARK, NJ—NJIT men's soccer senior
Rickardo Oldham has been selected to the draft-eligible list for the 2017 Major League Soccer SuperDraft, which will begin on January 13 at 3pm.
Each year MLS teams are required to submit a list of players they are interested in selecting during the SuperDraft. This year's list is comprised of 268 names, only three of which are from the ASUN Conference.
The other ASUN players alongside Oldham on the draft-eligible list are North Florida's Jay Bolt and Lipscomb's Josue Chavez.
The first two rounds of the 2017 SuperDraft will be held in Los Angeles, California on Friday before wrapping up with rounds three and four via a conference call on Tuesday, January 17.
Oldham joined the Highlanders in 2015 after representing, Jamaica on the u23 national team in the CFU Olympic qualifiers tournament.
In his first season, Oldham ranked first on the team in assists (3), third in points (7), in addition to netting his first goal and game-winners as a Highlander against Marist on September 5.
After battling early season injuries during his senior campaign, Oldham finished fourth on the team in points (5), including one goal and three assists.
In his two seasons at NJIT, Oldham notched six assists, which ranks fourth in the NJIT Division I era.
Prior to arriving at NJIT, Oldham spent two seasons for Northern Oklahoma College-Tonkawa, guiding the Mavericks to their 16th Region II National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) championship and clinching the Oklahoma Collegiate Athletic Conference title. Oldham was recognized as the Region II NJCAA Tournament MVP (2014) and team MVP (2013 and 2014).
