The National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) held its annual college draft on January 12, 2017, at the NSCAA Convention in Los Angeles, California.
Forty players were drafted through four rounds, with the Boston Breakers selecting Wisconsin’s Rose Lavelle at the No. 1 overall pick.
The full list of players selected is below.
| Overall Pick | Name | School | Team | Social |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rose Lavelle | Wisconsin | Boston Breakers |   |
| 2 | Ashley Hatch | BYU | North Carolina Courage | |
| 3 | Morgan Andrews | USC | Boston Breakers | |
| 4 | Kayla Mills | USC | Sky Blue FC | |
| 5 | Christina Gibbons | Duke | FC Kansas City | |
| 6 | Maddie Bauer | Stanford | Seattle Reign FC | |
| 7 | Darian Jenkins | UCLA | North Carolina Courage | |
| 8 | Ifeoma Onumonu | Cal | Boston Breakers | |
| 9 | Margaret Purce | Harvard | Boston Breakers | |
| 10 | Miranda Freeman | USC | Sky Blue FC | |
| 11 | Michele Vasconcelos | BYU | Chicago Red Stars1 | |
| 12 | Morgan Proffitt | Marquette | Chicago Red Stars | |
| 13 | Toni Payne | Duke | FC Kansas City | |
| 14 | Rachel Hill | UConn | Portland Thorns FC | |
| 15 | Jane Campbell | Stanford | Houston Dash | |
| 16 | Katie Johnson | USC | Seattle Reign FC2 | |
| 17 | Stephanie Ribeiro | UConn | FC Kansas City | |
| 18 | Savannah Jordan | Florida | Portland Thorns FC3 | |
| 19 | Lindsay Agnew | Ohio State | Washington Spirit | |
| 20 | Claire Wagner | Clemson | North Carolina Courage3 | |
| 21 | Tyler Lussi | Princeton | Portland Thorns FC4 | |
| 22 | Danica Evans | Colorado | Orlando Pride | |
| 23 | Kailen Sheridan | Clemson | Sky Blue FC | |
| 24 | Madison Tiernan | Rutgers | Sky Blue FC | |
| 25 | Alexis Shaffer | Virginia | FC Kansas City | |
| 26 | Arielle Ship | Cal | Seattle Reign FC | |
| 27 | Jaycie Johnson | Nebraska | North Carolina Courage3 | |
| 28 | Nichelle Prince | Ohio State | Houston Dash5 | |
| 29 | Meggie Dougherty-Howard | Florida | Washington Spirit | |
| 30 | Catrina Atanda | Clemson | Sky Blue FC | |
| 31 | Sammy Jo Prudhomme | USC | Boston Breakers | |
| 32 | Nickolette Driesse | Penn State | Orlando Pride | |
| 33 | Erin Smith | Rutgers | Houston Dash | |
| 34 | McKenzie Meehan | Boston College | Sky Blue FC | |
| 35 | Rashida Beal | Minnesota | FC Kansas City | |
| 36 | Cameron Castleberry | North Carolina | Washington Spirit | |
| 37 | Kristen McNabb | Virginia | Seattle Reign FC | |
| 38 | Hayley Dowd | Boston College | Boston Breakers | |
| 39 | Lauren Kaskie | UCLA | Chicago Red Stars | |
| 40 | Caroline Flynn | Nebraska | Portland Thorns FC | |
1 Chicago Red Stars acquired No. 11 pick from the Boston Breakers in exchange for second-round pick in the 2018 NWSL College Draft and a 2018 international roster spot.
2 Seattle Reign FC received the No. 16 pick from the Chicago Red Stars in exchange for a first-round pick in the 2018 NWSL College Draft.
3 Portland Thorns FC acquired the No. 18 from the North Carolina Courage in exchange for the No. 20 and No. 27 picks.
4 Portland Thorns FC acquired the No. 21 pick from the Chicago Red Stars in exchange for second- and third-round picks in the 2018 NWSL College Draft.
5 Houston Dash acquired the No. 28 pick from the Chicago Red Stars in exchange for a second-round pick in the 2018 NWSL College Draft.