June 4, 2004

Fairfield, Conn. - University of Virginia All-American goalie Tillman Johnson was taken by the Philadelphia Barrage with the third pick in the first round of Major League Lacrosse's 2004 College Draft on Thursday night at Sacred Heart University. Shortly thereafter he was traded to the Rochester Rattlers.

Johnson was named third-team All-America this season, the fourth season in a row he received All-American accolades.

He started all 59 games in his career and finished his career third in ACC history with a school-record 700 saves. He was named the Most Outstanding Player of the NCAA Tournament in leading the Cavaliers to the national title last season.

Johnson led the ACC this season with an average of 13.08 saves per game and was 13th nationally with a 59.4 save percentage.

Complete draft results are below.

Round 1
MLL Team Draftee Pos. College/Univ.
Baltimore@ Michael Powell A/M Syracuse
Rochester Ryan Boyle A Princeton
Philadelphia$ Tillman Johnson G Virginia
Rochester+ Sean Lindsay M Syracuse
Baltimore Lee Zink D Maryland
Boston% Chris Passavia D Maryland

Round 2
Philadelphia Conor Ford A Johns Hopkins
New Jersey* Walid Hajj M Georgetown
Boston Ronnie Staines D North Carolina
Philadelphia$ Ben DeFelice M (FO) Towson
Baltimore Mike Levin G Brown
Boston% Kevin Frew M (FO) North Carolina

Round 3
Philadelphia Steve Vallone M Syracuse
Rochester Tony Russo G Ohio State
Boston Jeff Bryan A Army
Rochester+ Kevin Dougherty M Syracuse
Baltimore Kevin Boland M Johns Hopkins
Long Island Corey Harned D/M Johns Hopkins

Round 4
Philadelphia Greg Bice D Ohio State
Rochester Eric Martin D Salisbury
Boston Brian Nee A Syracuse
New Jersey Peter Vlahakis M Fairfield
Baltimore Matt Alrich A Delaware
Long Island Andrew Murray M (FO) Salisbury

Round 5
Philadelphia Andrew Roth M Cortland
Rochester Brian Joy M Hobart
Boston Drew Pfarr M Towson
New Jersey Tom Daniels M Dartmouth
Baltimore Blaise Fletcher D Bucknell
Long Island Steve Berger M Washington Coll.

Key: @ from Philadelphia $ from Boston + from New Jersey % from Long Island * from Rochester