Casey Powell

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Born February 18, 1976 (1976-02-18) (age 32),
West Carthage, New York
Position attack
Height
Weight		 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
195 pounds (88 kg)
NCAA Team Syracuse University
NLL Team
F. Teams		 New York Titans
Anaheim Storm
Rochester Knighthawks
Former MLL Teams Long Island Lizards
Rochester Rattlers
Nationality Flag of the United States United States
Pro Career 1999 – present
Shoots Right
Nickname CP

Casey Powell is a lacrosse player in the United States. He 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 New York Titans.

Powell plays the attack position. 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 played in Major League Lacrosse from 2001 until 2005, first with the Long Island Lizards until 2003 when he was traded to the Rochester Rattlers. He won the 2005 MLL Offensive Player of the Year award.

Powell has recently accepted a position as Assistant Coach at Division III SUNY Cortland.

Powell has also hosted a weekly one-hour show on Sirius Satellite Radio called "Inside the NLL with Casey Powell" since 2007.[1]

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[edit] Honors

  • 1st Team All-American (1996, '97, '98)
  • 2nd Team All-American (1995)
  • Lt. Raymond Enners Award - Division I Most Outstanding Player (1997, '98)
  • Jack Turnbull Award - Division I National Attackman of the Year (1998)
  • McLaughlin Award - Division I National Midfielder of the Year (1996)
  • MLL Offensive Player of the Year (2005)

[edit] Syracuse

Powell was a three-time first-team All-American attackman and midfielder, and helped Syracuse win the 1995 NCAA National Championship. Other awards given to Powell in his time at Syracuse:[2]

  • Division I Most Outstanding Player two years in a row (1997, 1998)
  • Division I National Attackman of the Year (1998)
  • Division I National Midfielder of the Year (1996)
  • Four-time NCAA All-Tournament team member (1995-98)
  • Named to Lacrosse magazine's All-Century Team

[edit] MLL

In 2001, Powell was signed by the Long Island Lizards, and let 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. He finished the 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.

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).

[edit] NLL

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.[3] In 2003, the Bandits traded him to the Anaheim Storm.[3] 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,[4] and was named to the All-Star team in 2007 and 2008.

[edit] Cortland

Powell is an assistant coach at Cortland state under head coach Steve Beville. Powell coaches along side former Cortland standout Mike Abbot. In his first year coaching at Cortland, the red dragons made it to the Division 3 national championship game in Foxborough, Massachusetts. Unfortunately the Central New York college lost to Salisbury University 19-13.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] NLL

    Regular Season   Playoffs
Season Team GP G A Pts LB PIM GP G A Pts LB PIM
1999 Rochester 9 9 21 30 41 6 2 1 1 2 7 0
2000 Rochester 10 12 16 28 47 8 2 3 4 7 9 0
2004 Anaheim 15 27 41 68 82 14 -- -- -- -- -- --
2005 Anaheim 14 27 30 57 60 30 -- -- -- -- -- --
2007 New York 13 29 51 80 90 22 -- -- -- -- -- --
NLL Totals 61 104 159 263 320 80 4 4 5 9 16 0

[edit] MLL

    Regular Season   Playoffs
Season Team GP G 2ptG A Pts LB PIM GP G 2ptG A Pts LB PIM
2001 Long Island 14 30 1 22 53 0 6 2 4 0 4 8 0 3
2002 Long Island 14 37 1 30 68 0 2 2 2 0 5 7 0 1
2003 Rochester 12 37 1 32 70 0 6 - - - - - - -
2004 Rochester 11 30 1 22 53 0 5 1 2 0 1 3 0 0
2005 Rochester 10 26 0 30 56 1 2 1 2 0 1 3 0 0
2007 Rochester 8 19 0 22 41 1 1 - - - - - - -
MLL Totals 69 179 4 158 341 2 22 6 10 0 11 21 0 4

[edit] References

  1. ^ Casey Powell Show Returns To Sirius. NLL.com (January 17, 2008). Retrieved on 2008-02-05.
  2. ^ Casey Powell bio. US Lacrosse. Retrieved on 2008-02-27.
  3. ^ a b Philly, R.A. (October 22, 2003). Bandits Trade Casey Powell to Storm. Outsider's Guide to the NLL. Retrieved on 2008-02-28.
  4. ^ Casey Powell Traded to Titans. NLL.com (September 25, 2006). Retrieved on 2008-02-27.

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Persondata
NAME Powell, Casey
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Lacrosse player
DATE OF BIRTH February 18, 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Watertown, New York
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
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