With the second overall pick of the MLS SuperDraft New York City FC selected Oregon State’s Khiry Shelton, the reigning Pac-12 Player of the Year. A 6-foot-3, 175-pound prospect originally from Texas who has played for the Portland Timbers Under-23 team, Shelton rose up the draft boards during his senior year with 10 goals and 12 assists in Corvalis.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
College
2014: NSCAA All-America Second Team; Pac-12 Player of the Year; All-Far West Region First Team; helped lead the Beavers to their first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2003
2012: All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention
2011: Started the first six games of the season before a foot injury sidelined him for the rest of the year
High School
Vista Ridge H.S. (Cedar Park, Texas)
Four-year letterman
Selected Offensive Most Valuable Player and first team all-district in 2010
Club/National Team
Member of the US U-18 men’s national team for the Lisbon International Tournament in 2011; selected to the U-18 squad for its trip to Israel in 2010
Played for the Lonestar Academy and the Lonestar U17/U-18 team that won the 2010 Disney Showcase
Selected to Colorado Olympic Development Program in 2006
