Josh Sims

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Born July 28, 1978 (1978-07-28) (age 29),
Annapolis, Maryland
Position Transition/Midfield
Height
Weight
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
205 pounds (93 kg)
NCAA Team Princeton University
NLL Team
F. Teams
Colorado Mammoth
Washington Power
MLL Team
F. Teams
Denver Outlaws
Baltimore Bayhawks
Nationality Flag of the United States United States
Pro Career 2002present
Shoots Right

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

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[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] NLL career

Sims is a member of the Colorado Mammoth. He helped lead the Mammoth to their 2006 National Lacrosse League Champion's Cup.[2] 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.[3]

[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[4]). In 2002 and 2005 he was a member of the Baltimore Bayhawks Major League Lacrosse Champion Steinfeld Cup winners.[5]


[edit] Personal

Sims is the founder of Icon Lacrosse, LLC, and former Director of the Boulder Valley Lacrosse Association.[6]. He is now the director of the Superior Lacrosse Club. [1]

[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
2007 Colorado 15 19 20 39 136 12 1 1 0 1 7 2
NLL Totals 99 81 98 179 689 85 11 14 8 22 88 6

[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
2007 Denver 12 11 2 9 22 19 0 1 2 0 1 3 1 0
MLL Totals 70 104 15 49 168 155 15 12 22 0 7 35 42 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