Casey Powell
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Casey Powell is a lacrosse
Lacrosse
Lacrosse is a team sport of Native American origin played using a small rubber ball and a long-handled stick called a crosse or lacrosse stick, mainly played in the United States and Canada. It is a contact sport which requires padding. The head of the lacrosse stick is strung with loose mesh...

 player in the United States. He was the captain of the US national team in the 2006 World Lacrosse Championship
World Lacrosse Championship
The World Lacrosse Championship is the world championship for international men's field lacrosse. From its inception in 1967 through the 2006 event, it was sanctioned by the International Lacrosse Federation...

. He currently plays indoor lacrosse
Box lacrosse
Box lacrosse, also known as indoor lacrosse and sometimes shortened to boxla, LAX or simply box, is an indoor version of lacrosse played mostly in North America. The game originated in Canada, where it is the most popular version of the game played in contrast to the traditional field lacrosse game...

 in the National Lacrosse League
National Lacrosse League
The National Lacrosse League is a men's professional indoor lacrosse league in North America. It currently has nine teams; three in Canada and six in the United States. Unlike other lacrosse leagues which play in the summer, the NLL plays its games in the winter and spring. Each year, the playoff...

 for the Rochester Knighthawks
Rochester Knighthawks
The Rochester Knighthawks are a professional lacrosse team in the National Lacrosse League. They play in Rochester, New York at the Blue Cross Arena at the War Memorial. The Knighthawks were previously members of the Major Indoor Lacrosse League from 1995 to 1997...

. He also plays Major League Lacrosse
Major League Lacrosse
Major League Lacrosse, or MLL, is a professional men's field lacrosse league that is made up of five teams in the United States and one team in Canada.- History :...

 for the Hamilton Nationals.

Powell plays the attack and midfield positions. In 1998, he graduated from Syracuse University
Syracuse University
Syracuse University is a private research university located in Syracuse, New York, United States. Its roots can be traced back to Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, founded by the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1832, which also later founded Genesee College...

, where he was a 4 time All American. His two brothers Ryan
Ryan Powell (lacrosse)
Ryan Powell , is an American lacrosse player from West Carthage, New York. He was a four-time All-American at Syracuse University. He currently plays for the Boston Blazers of the National Lacrosse League and the Denver Outlaws of Major League Lacrosse. His brothers Casey and Mike also have enjoyed...

 and Mikey
Michael Powell (lacrosse player)
Michael "Mikey" Powell is one of the most decorated lacrosse players in NCAA history in the last decade. A four-time First Team All-American at Syracuse University, Powell is the only player to win the Jack Turnbull Award as the top attackman in Division I lacrosse four consecutive times...

 are also well known lacrosse players.

Powell has played Major League Lacrosse
Major League Lacrosse
Major League Lacrosse, or MLL, is a professional men's field lacrosse league that is made up of five teams in the United States and one team in Canada.- History :...

 since 2001, first with the Long Island Lizards
Long Island Lizards
The Long Island Lizards are a Major League Lacrosse professional men's field lacrosse team based in Hempstead, New York, USA, located on Long Island. They are original members of the MLL and lost in the league's inaugural game on June 7, 2001 to the Baltimore Bayhawks , 16-13...

 until 2003 when he was traded to the Rochester Rattlers
Rochester Rattlers
The Rochester Rattlers are a Major League Lacrosse professional men's field lacrosse team based in Rochester, New York. They are a charter member of the MLL. From their inaugural season in 2001 to 2005, they were in the National Division. From 2006 to 2008, they were a member of the Eastern...

. In 2005, he won the MLL Offensive Player of the Year
Major League Lacrosse Offensive Player of the Year Award
Warrior Major League Lacrosse Offensive Player of the Year Award is given annually to the best all around offensive player of the MLL....

 award.

On September 21, 2010, St. Andrew's School
Saint Andrew's School (Boca Raton, Florida)
Saint Andrew's School – An Episcopal school founded in 1961, Saint Andrew’s School is a nationally recognized JK-12 day and boarding college preparatory school known for its academic excellence and education of the whole child – in mind, body, and spirit. It serves 1,300 students from local,...

 announced that Casey Powell has been hired as Director of Lacrosse Programs for the school.

Honors

  • 1st Team All-American (1996, '97, '98)
  • 2nd Team All-American (1995)
  • Lt. Raymond Enners Award
    Lt. Raymond Enners Award
    The Lt. Raymond Enners Award is an award given annually to the NCAA's most outstanding player in men's college lacrosse. The award is presented by the USILA and is named after Raymond Enners, who attended the United States Military Academy, class of 1967, and served in the U.S. Army during the...

     - Division I Most Outstanding Player (1997, '98)
  • Jack Turnbull Award
    Jack Turnbull Award
    The "Lt. Col. J. I. Turnbull Award" — also known as the Jack Turnbull Award — is an award given to the United States' top collegiate attackman in lacrosse, named after National Lacrosse Hall of Fame alumnus Jack Turnbull. The award is given to a player in Division I, Division II, and Division...

     - Division I National Attackman of the Year (1998)
  • McLaughlin Award
    McLaughlin Award
    The Lt. Donald McLaughlin Jr. Award — also known as the "Don McLaughlin Award" — has been given annually since 1973 by the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association to the NCAA's most outstanding college lacrosse midfielder. The award is presented to the best midfielder in Division I,...

     - Division I National Midfielder of the Year (1996)
  • MLL Offensive Player of the Year (2005)

Syracuse

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:
  • 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

MLL

In 2001
2001 MLL season
The 2001 Major League Lacrosse season was the 1st season of the league. The season began on June 7 and concluded with the championship game on September 3, 2001.-General information:...

, Powell was signed by the Long Island Lizards
Long Island Lizards
The Long Island Lizards are a Major League Lacrosse professional men's field lacrosse team based in Hempstead, New York, USA, located on Long Island. They are original members of the MLL and lost in the league's inaugural game on June 7, 2001 to the Baltimore Bayhawks , 16-13...

, and led the Lizards to the first-ever MLL championship. In 2003
2003 MLL season
2003 Major League Lacrosse season was the 3rd season of the league. The season began on May 31 and concluded with the championship game on August 24, 2003.-General information:Schedule was reduced from 14 to 12 games....

, the Lizards won the Championship again, and after the season, Powell was traded to the Rochester Rattlers
Rochester Rattlers
The Rochester Rattlers are a Major League Lacrosse professional men's field lacrosse team based in Rochester, New York. They are a charter member of the MLL. From their inaugural season in 2001 to 2005, they were in the National Division. From 2006 to 2008, they were a member of the Eastern...

 in a five-player deal. During the 2004 season
2004 MLL season
2004 Major League Lacrosse season was the 4th season of the league. The season began on May 22 and concluded with the championship game on August 22, 2004.-General information:...

, 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
Conor Gill
Conor Gill is a professional lacrosse player who had an exceptional collegiate career at the University of Virginia before going on to the professional ranks.-High school and collegiate career:...

's 34, and was named Offensive Player of the Week
Major League Lacrosse Weekly Awards
In the 2001 inaugural season, Major League Lacrosse named an Offensive and Defensive Player of the Week. The first recipients were Jesse Hubbard of the New Jersey Pride and Rob Doerr of the Baltimore Bayhawks ....

 three times in the final four weeks of the season.

Powell finished the 2007
2007 MLL season
2007 Major League Lacrosse season was the 7th season of the league. The season began on May 12 and concluded with the championship game on August 26, 2007.-General information:...

 regular season tied with Mark Millon
Mark Millon
Mark Millon is an American lacrosse player currently playing for the Long Island Lizards of Major League Lacrosse.Millon was a college player at the University of Massachusetts, where he gained honors as a 3 time All American , leading UMass to three births in the NCAA tournament...

 for the league's career points lead with 305 points and was named MLL Offensive Player of the Year
Major League Lacrosse Offensive Player of the Year Award
Warrior Major League Lacrosse Offensive Player of the Year Award is given annually to the best all around offensive player of the MLL....

. On June 10, 2008, he became the all-time leading scorer in Major League Lacrosse eclipsing Mark Millon
Mark Millon
Mark Millon is an American lacrosse player currently playing for the Long Island Lizards of Major League Lacrosse.Millon was a college player at the University of Massachusetts, where he gained honors as a 3 time All American , leading UMass to three births in the NCAA tournament...

's mark. 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 1 contract deadline. Powell returned in 2010, and is now playing for the Hamilton Nationals. He is widely considered to be the best player in MLL history.

During the 2011 MLL Championship game, Powell injured his knee and needed to be helped off the field, his lacrosse future in doubt. But just days later he announced that an MRI revealed no tear in his ACL, so the injury was not as serious as first thought.

NLL

Powell was the first overall draft choice of the Rochester Knighthawks
Rochester Knighthawks
The Rochester Knighthawks are a professional lacrosse team in the National Lacrosse League. They play in Rochester, New York at the Blue Cross Arena at the War Memorial. The Knighthawks were previously members of the Major Indoor Lacrosse League from 1995 to 1997...

 in the 1998
1998 NLL season
Before the 1998 season, the Major Indoor Lacrosse League was renamed to be the National Lacrosse League, in the process increasing the length of the regular season from ten to twelve games. The first season as the NLL began on January 3, 1998 and concluded with the second championship game on April...

 National Lacrosse League entry draft
National Lacrosse League entry draft
The National Lacrosse League entry draft is an annual event where the general managers of National Lacrosse League teams choose eligible players for their rosters from US college programs and Canada's junior lacrosse system....

 and played two seasons for the Knighthawks. He was traded to the Buffalo Bandits
Buffalo Bandits
The Buffalo Bandits are a team in the National Lacrosse League . They play at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo, New York. The Bandits played in the Major Indoor Lacrosse League from 1992 to 1997, until the MILL turned into the NLL in 1998....

 in 2001 and signed a contract, but never reported. In 2003, the Bandits traded him to the Anaheim Storm
Anaheim Storm
The Anaheim Storm was a member of the National Lacrosse League. They played at the Arrowhead Pond in Anaheim, California. They were the New Jersey Storm from the 2002 season to 2003. Starting for the 2004 season the team relocated to Anaheim, California...

. Powell led the Storm in scoring and was named to the All-Star team
National Lacrosse League All-Star Game
National Lacrosse League All Star Game is a lacrosse game played each year between two teams representing the two divisions of the National Lacrosse League .-1991 :...

 in both the 2004
2004 NLL season
-All Star Game:The 2004 All-Star Game was held at the Pepsi Center in Denver on February 22, 2004. The East division defeated the West 19-15, and Buffalo's Mark Steenhuis was named game MVP.-All-Star teams:-Awards:-Weekly Awards:...

 and 2005
2005 NLL season
The 2005 National Lacrosse League season began on January 1, 2005 and concluded with the championship game on May 14. The Toronto Rock won their fifth NLL championship, defeating the Arizona Sting 19-13 in Toronto....

 seasons.

The Storm suspended operations after the 2005 season, and Powell was chosen second overall by the Portland LumberJax
Portland Lumberjax
The Portland LumberJax were a professional lacrosse team in the National Lacrosse League , which started playing in the 2006 season and ended operations after the 2009 season. Announced by the NLL on May 11, 2005, the LumberJax played their home games at the Rose Garden in Portland, Oregon...

, although he elected not to play in the 2006 season
2006 NLL season
-All-Star game:The 2006 All-Star Game was held at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario on February 25, 2006. The West Division defeated the East Division 14-13. The MVP of the game was Lewis Ratcliff of the Calgary Roughnecks, who scored 4 goals, including the game winner...

. In September 2006, Powell was traded yet again, this time to the expansion New York Titans, and was named to the All-Star team in 2007
2007 NLL season
The Knighthawks had the overall top seed in the playoffs, but were unable to host the Championship game due to a scheduling conflict at the Blue Cross Arena.-Team Movement:...

, 2008
2008 NLL season
The 2008 National Lacrosse League season, the 22nd in the history of the NLL, began on December 29, 2007 and concluded with the Buffalo Bandits winning the championship game over the Portland LumberJax on May 17, 2008....

, and 2009
2009 NLL season
-Pre-season:* August 19, 2008: The NLL announced that the Minnesota Swarm would be moving from the East division to the West division, giving the West six teams to the East's seven....

. Following the contraction of the Titans in 2010, the Boston Blazers
Boston Blazers
The Boston Blazers were a member of the Major Indoor Lacrosse League from 1989 to 1997. They were called the New England Blazers from 1989 to 1991 while based in Worcester, Massachusetts, and were renamed the Boston Blazers in 1992 when they moved to Boston. While in Worcester, the Blazers played...

 acquired Powell in a dispersal draft.

After one year in Boston, the Blazers also went dark, and Powell was chosen by the Rochester Knighthawks
Rochester Knighthawks
The Rochester Knighthawks are a professional lacrosse team in the National Lacrosse League. They play in Rochester, New York at the Blue Cross Arena at the War Memorial. The Knighthawks were previously members of the Major Indoor Lacrosse League from 1995 to 1997...

 in the resulting dispersal draft.

Powell has also hosted a weekly one-hour show on Sirius Satellite Radio
Sirius Satellite Radio
Sirius Satellite Radio is a satellite radio service operating in North America, owned by Sirius XM Radio.Headquartered in New York City, with smaller studios in Los Angeles and Memphis, Sirius was officially launched on July 1, 2002 and currently provides 69 streams of music and 65 streams of...

 called "Inside the NLL with Casey Powell" since 2007
2007 NLL season
The Knighthawks had the overall top seed in the playoffs, but were unable to host the Championship game due to a scheduling conflict at the Blue Cross Arena.-Team Movement:...

.

Cortland

Powell is an assistant coach at Cortland State University under head coach Steve Beville. Powell coaches alongside former Cortland standout Mike Abbott. In his first year coaching at Cortland, the red dragons made it to the Division III national championship game in Foxborough, Massachusetts
Foxborough, Massachusetts
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 16,246 people, 6,141 households, and 4,396 families residing in the town. The population density was 809.1 people per square mile . There were 6,299 housing units at an average density of 313.7 per square mile...

, where they lost to Salisbury State University 19-13.

NCAA

   
Season Team GP G A Pts GB Sh
1995 Syracuse 15 39 28 67 51 120
1996 Syracuse 15 32 27 59 75 103
1997 Syracuse 14 43 40 83 82 132
1998 Syracuse 14 44 34 78 66 126
NCAA Totals 58 158 129 287 274 481

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 -- -- -- -- -- --
2008 New York 16 32 54 86 79 10 2 6 7 13 7 2
2009 New York 13 40 45 85 59 16 3 10 11 21 16 6
2010 Orlando 14 44 36 80 53 12 2 6 4 10 3 0
2011 Boston 15 34 47 81 59 10 1 4 2 6 2 0
NLL Totals 119 254 341 595 570 128 12 30 29 59 44 8

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 - 6 2 4 0 4 8 0 3
2002 Long Island 14 37 1 30 68 - 2 2 2 0 5 7 0 1
2003 Rochester 12 37 1 32 70 - 6 - - - - - - -
2004 Rochester 11 30 1 22 53 37 5 1 2 0 1 3 0 0
2005 Rochester 10 26 0 30 56 22 2 1 2 0 1 3 0 0
2007 Rochester 8 19 0 22 41 14 1 - - - - - - -
2008 Rochester 12 15 1 26 42 19 1.5 2 2 0 3 5 1 0
MLL Totals 81 194 5 184 383 89 23.5 8 0 14 26 1 4

Canadian Lacrosse Association

    Regular Season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1994 Toronto Beaches
Toronto Beaches
The Toronto Beaches are a Junior "A" box lacrosse team from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Beaches play in the OLA Junior A Lacrosse League. They are named for The Beaches, an east-end Toronto neighbourhood.-Season-by-Season results:...

 
OLA Jr.A
OLA Junior A Lacrosse League
The Ontario Junior A Lacrosse League is a box lacrosse league in Ontario, Canada sanctioned by the Ontario Lacrosse Association. The playoff champion moves on to compete for the National Championship—the Minto Cup.-The teams:-Playoff Champions:...

 
8 14 15 29 0 5 11 5 16 7
2008 Six Nations Chiefs
Six Nations Chiefs
The Six Nations Chiefs are Senior "A" box lacrosse team from Six Nations, Ontario. The chiefs play in the Major Series Lacrosse Senior "A" League.-See also:* Six Nations Arrows - an affiliated Junior "A" box lacrosse team.-External links:* * * *...

 
MSL
Major Series Lacrosse
Major Series Lacrosse is a Senior A box lacrosse league based out of Ontario, Canada sanctioned by the Ontario Lacrosse Association. Most of the players in the league play or have played in the National Lacrosse League. Each year, the playoff teams battle for the right to compete against the...

 
5 5 8 13 0 0 0 0 0 0
Junior A Totals814152905115167
Senior A Totals55813000000

Awards

See also

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