Casey Powell

Infobox Lacrosse Player


image_size = 150px
position = attack
shoots = Right
height_ft = 6
height_in = 1
weight_lb = 195
nll_team = New York Titans
former_nll_teams = Anaheim Storm
Rochester Knighthawks
mll_team = Rochester Rattlers
former_mll_teams = Long Island Lizards
league= NCAA
team= Syracuse University
nationality = US
birth_date = Birth date and age|1976|2|18|mf=y
birth_place = West Carthage, New York
career_start = 1999
career_end =
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. He also plays Major League Lacrosse for the Rochester Rattlers.

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 plays in Major League Lacrosse since 2001, 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.

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)

yracuse

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:cite web|url=http://www.uslacrosse.org/teamusa06/bios/06cpowell.phtml|title=Casey Powell bio|work=US Lacrosse|accessdate=2008-02-27]
* 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, Powell was signed by the Long Island Lizards, and led 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.

Powell finished the 2007 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. On June 10, 2008, he became the all-time leading scorer in Major League Lacrosse eclipsing Mark Millon's mark. [cite web|url=http://www.majorleaguelacrosse.com/news/pressreleases/index.html?article_id=1004|title=Casey Powell: MLL All-Time Scoring Leader|date=June 10, 2008|publisher=MajorLeagueLacrosse.com|accessdate=2008-06-25] 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).

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.cite web|url=http://www.lacrosse-network.com/outsidersguide/news031022.htm|title=Bandits Trade Casey Powell to Storm|work=Outsider's Guide to the NLL|date=October 22, 2003|author=Philly, R.A.|accessdate=2008-02-28] In 2003, the Bandits traded him to the Anaheim Storm. 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, [cite web|url=http://www.nll.com/article.php?id=577|title=Casey Powell Traded to Titans|date=September 25, 2006|accessdate=2008-02-27|work=NLL.com] and was named to the All-Star team in 2007 and 2008.

Powell has also hosted a weekly one-hour show on Sirius Satellite Radio called "Inside the NLL with Casey Powell" since 2007. [cite web|url=http://nll.com/article.php?id=3242|title=Casey Powell Show Returns To Sirius|date=January 17, 2008|accessdate=2008-02-05|work=NLL.com]

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 III national championship game in Foxborough, Massachusetts, where they lost to Salisbury State University 19-13.

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NLL

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References

ee also

*List of family relations in the National Lacrosse League
* Syracuse Orange men's lacrosse

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DATE OF BIRTH=February 18, 1976
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