STANFORD, Calif. – Stanford senior forward Amir Bashti was chosen with the 24th pick in the second round (48th overall) by Atlanta United FC in Friday's MLS SuperDraft, the eighth Cardinal player drafted under Jeremy Gunn and seventh in the past four seasons.
Bashti is the 25th Stanford men's soccer alumnus to hear his name called in the MLS SuperDraft, which from 1996-99 was known as the MLS College Draft.
A local product from Cupertino, Calif., Bashti won three national championships, four Pac-12 titles and went 64-11-15 (.794) during his time on The Farm.
A third-team All-American and All-Pac-12 first team pick as a senior, Bashti finished sixth in the league in scoring and fifth in points with a career-high seven goals and six assists. He played in 88 matches during his career, tied with Lee Morrison (1998-2001) for the most in program history, and scored 19 goals to go along with 13 assists.
Bashti, who boasted a 3.45 cumulative GPA as a science, technology and society major, became the 10th Stanford player to earn first-team academic All-America accolades from United Soccer Coaches in early December.
