Wheaton, Ill. – Wheaton College senior Marshall Hollingsworth was selected by the Columbus Crew this afternoon in the second round of the 2016 Major League Soccer (MLS) Superdraft. The 41^st pick of the draft, Hollingsworth's selection marks the highest a Division III player has been taken in the MLS Superdraft since 2004 when the Chicago Fire drafted Khari Stephenson of Williams College with the 27^th overall pick.

A four-year starter at midfielder for the Thunder men's soccer program, Hollingsworth is a three-time National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Division III All-American. He picked up Second Team All-American honors in 2015 and was a First Team honoree in 2013 and 2014. A four-time NSCAA All-Central Region honoree, Hollingsworth is the first Wheaton men's soccer player to be taken in the MLS Superdraft and just the 10th player from a NCAA Division III school to be selected in the draft since it began in 1996.

Hollingsworth was named the Midfielder of the Year by D3soccer.com in 2014 when he helped guide the Thunder to a 22-4-0 record and a National Runner-Up effort in the NCAA Division III Championship. He was honored as the 2015 Division III Player of the Year by Hero Sports, helping Wheaton to its fourth-consecutive CCIW Championship and the NCAA Division III Sectional Finals. Wheaton posted a 72-16-8 record in his four seasons with the Thunder, compiling a 79.2% winning percentage.

Hollingsworth earned First Team All-College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) recognition in each season at Wheaton and was named the CCIW Player of the Year in 2015 and 2014 and picked up the CCIW Newcomer of the Year Award in 2012.

He leaves the Wheaton program with 39 career goals, including 15-game winners. He tallied 20 assists in his four seasons with the Thunder and registered 98 career points.

Wheaton men's soccer head coach Jake DeClute said of Hollingsworth, "I am really proud of Marshall and excited for him. He has worked incredibly hard to get to this point and we are all so happy to see him get this opportunity." DeClute, a 1998 graduate of Wheaton, served as an assistant coach in the MLS in three years with the Vancouver Whitecaps (2012-14).