the west was strongly represented with five of the first seven picks in the 2009 National Lacrosse League (NLL) Entry Draft coming from B.C. Ilija Gajic should have been No. 1 but there's politics involved... your first round picks:
1. Rochester - Sid Smith - Syracuse University
2. Rochester - Ilija Gajic - Denver University / B.C.
3. Minnesota - Zach Greer - Bryant University
4. Colorado - Cliff Smith - Denver University / B.C.
5. Colorado - Alex Gajic - Denver University / B.C.
6. Toronto - Garrett Billings - University of Virginia / B.C.
7. Toronto - Joel Dalgarno - Ohio State Univeristy / B.C.
8. Boston - Max Seibald - Cornell University
9. Edmonton* - Corey Small - University at Albany
10. Buffalo** - Kyle Clancy - Peterborough, ON
11. Toronto - Stephen Leblanc - Queens University
12. Edmonton - Scott Tinning - Brampton, ON
the complete draft is available on the NLL.com