Joe Walters

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Joe Walters
— Lacrosse player —
Born (1984-11-30)November 30, 1984
Irondequoit, New York[1]
Position Attack/Midfield
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Former NCAA team University of Maryland
NLL team Rochester Knighthawks
MLL Team
F. Teams		 Chesapeake Bayhawks
Rochester Rattlers
Nationality United States
Pro career 2006–present
Shoots Left

Joe Walters (born November 30, 1984) is a professional lacrosse player for the Rochester Knighthawks of the National Lacrosse League and the Chesapeake Bayhawks in the Major League Lacrosse.

Collegiate

Walters was a four-time All American at the University of Maryland. He won the ACC Rookie of the Year in 2003, and was named ACC Player of the Year in 2004. In the last game of his senior regular season with the Terps, Walters became the University of Maryland's all time leading point scorer with 227 and all time leading goal scorer with 153. Walters won 2006 Jack Turnbull Award as the Attackman of the Year. He was also a finalist for the Tewaaraton Trophy, given to the National Player of the Year. Walters played in the 2006 World Lacrosse Championship for Team USA in July 2006. He was the only, at that time, current college lacrosse player who made Team USA.The. most recent collegiate player to make team USA was Duke's Ned Crotty.[2]

Career Highlights

Goals: 6 vs. Virginia (4/25/04); vs. UMBC (3/19/05), at Johns Hopkins (4/15/06)
Assists:5 vs. Denver (5/13/06)
Points: 8 at Johns Hopkins (4/15/06)
Groundballs: 6 vs. Bucknell (3/17/04)
Multi-Goal Games: 41
Multi-Point Games: 52
Hat Tricks: 32
Point Scoring Streak: 45 games (2/28/04-4/30/06)
Goal Scoring Streak: 27 games (2/28/04-4/29/05)

Professional career

Walters was taken 1st overall in the 2006 Major League Lacrosse first overall collegiate draft choice by the Rochester Rattlers.[3] During the 2007 season, Walters began playing the midfield position for the Rattlers, as opposed to his usual attack position.

Walters was drafted into the National Lacrosse League by the Buffalo Bandits in the second round of the 2007 Draft. Walters did not play for the Bandits in 2007.[4] Later, Walters was traded to the Philadelphia Wings,[5] but never joined the team. Walters played his first season in the NLL with the Rochester Knighthawks in 2009.

Statistics

NCAA

     
Season Team GP G A Pts PPG
2003 University of Maryland 16 33 13 46 2.88
2004 University of Maryland 16 46 22 68 4.25
2005 University of Maryland 17 38 15 53 3.12
2006 University of Maryland 17 36 24 60 3.53
Totals 66 153 74 227 3.44

MLL

    Regular Season   Playoffs
Season Team GP G 2ptG A Pts LB PIM GP G 2ptG A Pts LB PIM
2006 Rochester 9 12 1 8 21 15 7 - - - - - - -
2007 Rochester 12 29 2 12 43 10 2 1 1 0 1 2 4 0
2008 Rochester 12 32 0 12 44 10 2 2 6 0 5 11 3 0
2009 Toronto 12 23 2 17 42 10 1.5 2 3 0 2 5 0 0
MLL Totals 45 96 5 49 150 45 13 5 10 0 8 18 7 0

NLL

    Regular Season   Playoffs
Season Team GP G A Pts LB PIM GP G A Pts LB PIM
2009 Rochester 15 8 12 20 50 7 1 0 0 0 1 0
NLL Totals 15 8 12 20 50 7 1 0 0 0 1 0

Awards

Preceded by
Matt Danowski		 Jack Turnbull Award
2006 		Succeeded by
Matt Danowski
Preceded by
Matt Striebel		 Steinfeld Cup Game MVP
2008 		Succeeded by
Merrick Thomson

References

  1. ↑ Osburn, Chris (May 30, 2008). "For Rochester's Joe Walters, home opening has double meaning". InsideLacrosse.com. Retrieved 2008-05-30. 
  2. ↑ "Walters Team USA Players Bio". USLacrosse.org. Retrieved 2007-08-02. 
  3. ↑ "Walters Rochester Rattlers Players Bio". RochesterRattlers.com. Retrieved 2007-08-02. 
  4. ↑ "Walters can't play for Bandits". InsideLacrosse.com. Retrieved 2007-08-02. 
  5. ↑ "Bandits send Walters to Wings: Maryland grad joins Philadelphia to complete three-way trade". NLL.com. July 31, 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-02. 

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