Josh Sims

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Born	July 28, 1978, Annapolis, Maryland
Position	Transition/Midfield
Height Weight	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 205 lb (93 kg)
NCAA Team	Princeton University
NLL Team F. Teams	Colorado Mammoth Washington Power
MLL Team F. Teams	Denver Outlaws Baltimore Bayhawks
Nationality	United States
Pro Career	2002 – present
Shoots	Right

Josh Sims (b. July 28, 1978, in Annapolis, Maryland) is a professional lacrosse player.

Contents 1 Collegiate Career 2 MLL Career 3 NLL Career 4 Personal 5 Statistics 5.1 NLL 5.2 MLL 6 Awards 7 References

[edit] Collegiate Career

Sims attended Princeton University where he led the Tigers to two NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championships in 1997 and 1998. He earned NCAA All-American honors three times, and twice won the McLaughlin Award as Division I midfielder of the year. Sims was also the first Princeton University Student-Athlete to be presented with the NCAA Top VIII Award (the first lacrosse player to be presented with the award since 1983). ^[1]

[edit] MLL Career

Sims was acquired by the Denver Outlaws on March 6, 2006 for the Outlaws 2006 first-round, 2nd overall, Collegiate Draft Pick (Kyle Dixon ^[2]). In 2002 and 2005 he was a member of the Baltimore Bayhawks Major League Lacrosse Champion Steinfeld Cup winners. ^[3]

[edit] NLL Career

Sims is a member of the Colorado Mammoth. He helped lead the Mammouth to their 2006 National Lacrosse League Champion's Cup. ^[4] In 2007 Season he was recognized by the league as one of the top transition players in the game by being named Transition Player of the Week three times and being named to his first National Lacrosse League All-Star Game as a reserve. ^[5]

[edit] Personal

Sims is the founder of Icon Lacrosse, LLC, and Director of the Boulder Valley Lacrosse Association. ^[6]

[edit] Statistics

[edit] NLL

			Regular Season							Playoffs
Season	Team		GP	G	A	Pts	LB	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	LB	PIM
2001	Washington		11	12	13	25	67	6		1	1	1	2	10	0
2002	Washington		14	11	12	23	74	6		2	3	2	5	13	0
2003	Colorado		14	8	20	28	112	8		2	2	0	2	17	0
2004	Colorado		13	5	12	17	85	15		1	2	0	2	10	0
2005	Colorado		16	14	14	28	111	12		1	1	2	3	5	2
2006	Colorado		16	12	7	19	104	26		3	4	3	7	26	2
NLL Totals			84	62	78	140	553	73		10	13	8	21	81	4

[edit] MLL

			Regular Season								Playoffs
Season	Team		GP	G	2ptG	A	Pts	LB	PIM		GP	G	2ptG	A	Pts	LB	PIM
2001	Baltimore		14	16	1	9	26	15	3.5		2	2	0	0	4	8	0.5
2002	Baltimore		14	23	2	9	34	27	1.5		2	6	0	0	8	10	1
2003	Baltimore		7	12	2	5	19	20	4		2	4	0	1	7	7	0
2004	Baltimore		3	5	1	1	7	5	0		1	2	0	1	3	7	0
2005	Baltimore		9	18	0	5	23	26	2		2	4	0	2	6	0	0
2006	Denver		11	19	7	11	37	43	4		2	2	0	2	4	9	0
MLL Totals			58	93	13	40	146	136	15		11	20	0	6	32	41	1.5

[edit] Awards

Preceded by Jim Gonnella	McLaughlin Award 1998	Succeeded by Jay Jalbert
Preceded by Jay Jalbert	McLaughlin Award 2000	Succeeded by Doug Shanahan

[edit] References

Persondata
NAME	Sims, Josh
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Lacrosse player
DATE OF BIRTH	July 28, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH	Annapolis, Maryland
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH