Casey Powell ” was the captain of the US national team in the 2006 World Lacrosse Championship. He currently plays indoor lacrosse in the National Lacrosse League for the Orlando Titans. He also plays Major League Lacrosse for the Chicago Machine.
Powell plays the attack and midfield positions. In 1998, he graduated from Syracuse University, where he was a 4 time All American. His two brothers Ryan and Mikey are also well known lacrosse players.
Powell has played Major League Lacrosse since 2001, first with the Long Island Lizards until 2003 when he was traded to the Rochester Rattlers. In 2005, he won the MLL Offensive Player of the Year award.
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Powell was a three-time first-team All-American attackman and midfielder, and helped Syracuse win the 1995 NCAA National Championship. He followed Gary Gait, and Charlie Lockwood wearing the number 22 jersey at Syracuse university. His two younger brothers, Ryan and Mikey carried on the tradition as well (though the number was not given to Ryan until his junior year, after Casey graduated.) Other awards given to Powell in his time at Syracuse:[1]
In 2001, Powell was signed by the Long Island Lizards, and led the Lizards to the first-ever MLL championship. In 2003, the Lizards won the Championship again, and after the season, Powell was traded to the Rochester Rattlers in a five-player deal. During the 2004 season, Powell finished second on the Rattlers with 57 points (32 goals, 24 assists, 1 two-point goal).
2005 was a career year for Powell. He led the Rattlers in scoring and ranked second in the league with 57 points (27 goals, 30 assists). His 30 assists were second in the league behind Conor Gill's 34, and was named Offensive Player of the Week three times in the final four weeks of the season.
Powell finished the 2007 regular season tied with Mark Millon for the league's career points lead with 305 points and was named MLL Offensive Player of the Year. On June 10, 2008, he became the all-time leading scorer in Major League Lacrosse eclipsing Mark Millon's mark.[2]Powell is the MLL's all-time assist leader (138), and ranks second in Rochester history in points scored (184), goals scored (96) and assists (86).
Powell was named to the All-MLL team in 2005, and is a three-time MLL All-Star (2001-03).
Casey and his brothers sat out the 2009 MLL season, as they did not report to their teams as of April 1st contract deadline.[3] Powell returned in 2010, and is now playing for the Chicago Machine.
Powell was the first overall draft choice of the Rochester Knighthawks in the 1998 National Lacrosse League entry draft and played two seasons for the Knighthawks. He was traded to the Buffalo Bandits in 2001 and signed a contract, but never reported.[4] In 2003, the Bandits traded him to the Anaheim Storm.[4] Powell led the Storm in scoring and was named to the All-Star team in both the 2004 and 2005 seasons.
The Storm suspended operations after the 2005 season, and Powell was chosen
second overall by the
Portland LumberJax, although he elected not to play in the
2006 season. In September 2006, Powell was traded yet again, this time to
the expansion
New York Titans,[5]
and was named to the All-Star team in
2007,
2008, and
2009.
Powell has also hosted a weekly one-hour show on Sirius Satellite Radio called "Inside the NLL with Casey Powell" since 2007.[6]
Powell is an assistant coach at Cortland State University under head coach Steve Beville. Powell coaches alongside former Cortland standout Mike Abbot. In his first year coaching at Cortland, the red dragons made it to the Division III national championship game in Foxborough, Massachusetts, where they lost to Salisbury State University 19-13.”
Information from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casey_Powell#Honors