By Dylan Butler
And then, just as Jeff Carroll saw he was selected, his brother was off the phone.”I was talking to him when they announced my name,” he said. “I said goodbye and then D.C. picked me.”Picked 39th overall, Carroll was selected by D.C. United, his hometown team, the team he interned for last summer, the same team his brother Brian plays on.”It's a great situation, I'd say the best situation to be in, living wise,” he said. “I don't know if I'd be able to afford going somewhere else.”Carroll was the third Red Storm player selected in the draft, held at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. Matt Groenwald, a Hermann Award semifinalist, was picked by the Kansas City Wizards as the fourth pick of the third round – 28th overall and forward Andre Schmid, the second tallest player selected in the draft at 6-foot-4, went four picks later to Houston.Some had Carroll rated as the top defensive midfielder at the MLS Players Combine last weekend. And he certainly will have his work cut out now, going against his brother Brian, who plays the same position.”I'm looking forward to it,” Jeff said. “It's been a long time since we played against each other. I've got to show him that little brother is around.”Former St. John's standout Chris Wingert, who won the Hermann Award in 2003, was traded from the Columbus Crew to the Colorado Rapids for a conditional pick in next year's draft.Last year, Wingert, a native of Babylon, L.I. who played for the U.S. Under-23 National Team, started 20 of 27 games for the Crew after 16 starts and 22 appearances in his rookie campaign.Wingert has played multiple positions on the field, both in the midfield and in the back. He was selected in the second round (12th overall) in the 2004 MLS SuperDraft.White honoredErin White, a senior on the Queens College women's basketball team has been selected as NYCAC Women's Basketball Player of the Week. The former St. Francis Prep star from Flushing shot 71 percent from three-point range over two games, leading the Lady Knights to a 1-1 week by scoring 60 points and grabbing a team-high 13 rebounds.White scored a career-high 36 points in QC's 76-69 win over St. Thomas Aquinas Jan. 18. In that game she was nearly flawless from three point range in making six of seven attempts while connecting on all 16 of her free throws.Next up was a 24-point, six-rebound and four-assist effort in a 70-60 loss at Bridgeport Saturday. White, who ranks fourth in NYCAC with a 14.7 points per game average, went 6-for-10 from three-point range in the loss.Reach Sports Editor Dylan Butler by e-mail at TimesLedger@aol.com or call 718-229-0300, Ext. 143.
