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Casey Powell to Play in Final Game Saturday
8/5/2016 11:20:00 AM | Men's Lacrosse
Lacrosse legend Casey Powell will strap on his helmet and take the field for the final time as a player on Saturday night when the Florida Launch square off with the Boston Cannons.
The Orange alum transcended generations of lacrosse, scoring his first collegiate goals in the Carrier Dome before the second birthday of fellow SU alum Brandon Mullins who he'll suit up across from on Saturday.
From 1995-2016, Powell provided endless highlights at the collegiate and professional levels, racking up numerous awards and accolades.
Beginning with helping lead the Orange to the 1995 NCAA Championship and continuing the historic legacy of those who've donned the No. 22 uniform at Syracuse, Powell's collegiate career began with an All-American selection and a national title.
He wouldn't stop there, however, graduating as Syracuse's all-time points leader (287), only to be tied by brother Ryan and eventually passed by the youngest of the Powell brothers to play for Syracuse, Mike. He sits in fourth in Orange history with 158 goals and sixth in assists with 129. He also still owns the program record for most points in a single game with 13 against Virginia in 1997 during a thrilling 22-21 shootout.
On the way, numerous awards followed Powell. The four-time USILA All-American is one of just seven players in program history to be selected to the first team in three different seasons. A two-time winner of the Lt. Raymond J. Enners Award, Powell was just the third player to ever be honored with the award twice in his career, joining Larry Quinn (Johns Hopkins, 1984 and 1985) and fellow Orange legend Gary Gait (1988, 1990). Since Duke's Matt Danowski, Cornell's Rob Pannell and Albany's Lyle Thompson have also achieved the feat.
Powell was also named the top player nationally at two different positions in his career, earning the 1996 Lt. Donald C. MacLaughlin Jr. Award for the nation's most outstanding midfielder and taking home the 1998 Lt. Col. Jack Turnbull Award as the nation's most outstanding attackman.
Powell also shined at the highest stage, still serving as Syracuse's only player to be named to the NCAA Championship All-Tournament team in four-straight seasons.
Since his college career, he's continued his success and owns the MLL's All-Time Points Record and still won the league's MVP award at the age of 38 in 2014. He's also the only American-born player to ever be named the NLL MVP. He's also gone on to lead a lacrosse non-profit organization, The Casey Powell World Lacrosse Foundation, which supports lacrosse players, coaches, organizers and enthusiasts from across the globe to preserve its powerful and unique culture, while also growing the game. In addition, he has a video game that bears his name "Casey Powell Lacrosse 16."
The two-time MLL Offensive Player of the Year, Powell was signed by the New York Lizards in 2001 and led the Lizards to the first ever MLL Championship. He won another title with the Lizards in 2003 before being sent to the Rochester Rattlers in 2004, where he'd go on to win his first MVP award in 2005.
After sitting out the 2009 season, Powell returned to the outdoor game in 2010 for the Hamilton Nationals, eventually retiring for the first time after the 2012 season. However after the Chesapeake Bayhawks selected the retired Powell in the 2013 expansion draft, Powell returned to the game and played for them before joining his current team, the Launch.
Immediately after his collegiate career, Powell was selected as the No. 1 overall pick in the 1998 NLL Draft by the Rochester Knighthawks and played two seasons with them before being traded to the Buffalo Bandits and eventually Anaheim Storm in 2003 where he was the leading scorer and a two-time NLL All-Star. He'd go on to play three seasons for the New York Titans, where he was named an all-star three more times from 2007-09.
The Orange legend also has international experience, playing for the U.S. in world championships as early as 2008 and as recently as 2015 in both the indoor and outdoor games.
Upon his retirement, he'll be the assistant coach at Jacksonville University, under fellow Orange alum, John Galloway, as the duo was hired to lead the program this summer.
The Orange alum transcended generations of lacrosse, scoring his first collegiate goals in the Carrier Dome before the second birthday of fellow SU alum Brandon Mullins who he'll suit up across from on Saturday.
From 1995-2016, Powell provided endless highlights at the collegiate and professional levels, racking up numerous awards and accolades.
Beginning with helping lead the Orange to the 1995 NCAA Championship and continuing the historic legacy of those who've donned the No. 22 uniform at Syracuse, Powell's collegiate career began with an All-American selection and a national title.
He wouldn't stop there, however, graduating as Syracuse's all-time points leader (287), only to be tied by brother Ryan and eventually passed by the youngest of the Powell brothers to play for Syracuse, Mike. He sits in fourth in Orange history with 158 goals and sixth in assists with 129. He also still owns the program record for most points in a single game with 13 against Virginia in 1997 during a thrilling 22-21 shootout.
On the way, numerous awards followed Powell. The four-time USILA All-American is one of just seven players in program history to be selected to the first team in three different seasons. A two-time winner of the Lt. Raymond J. Enners Award, Powell was just the third player to ever be honored with the award twice in his career, joining Larry Quinn (Johns Hopkins, 1984 and 1985) and fellow Orange legend Gary Gait (1988, 1990). Since Duke's Matt Danowski, Cornell's Rob Pannell and Albany's Lyle Thompson have also achieved the feat.
Powell was also named the top player nationally at two different positions in his career, earning the 1996 Lt. Donald C. MacLaughlin Jr. Award for the nation's most outstanding midfielder and taking home the 1998 Lt. Col. Jack Turnbull Award as the nation's most outstanding attackman.
Powell also shined at the highest stage, still serving as Syracuse's only player to be named to the NCAA Championship All-Tournament team in four-straight seasons.
Since his college career, he's continued his success and owns the MLL's All-Time Points Record and still won the league's MVP award at the age of 38 in 2014. He's also the only American-born player to ever be named the NLL MVP. He's also gone on to lead a lacrosse non-profit organization, The Casey Powell World Lacrosse Foundation, which supports lacrosse players, coaches, organizers and enthusiasts from across the globe to preserve its powerful and unique culture, while also growing the game. In addition, he has a video game that bears his name "Casey Powell Lacrosse 16."
The two-time MLL Offensive Player of the Year, Powell was signed by the New York Lizards in 2001 and led the Lizards to the first ever MLL Championship. He won another title with the Lizards in 2003 before being sent to the Rochester Rattlers in 2004, where he'd go on to win his first MVP award in 2005.
After sitting out the 2009 season, Powell returned to the outdoor game in 2010 for the Hamilton Nationals, eventually retiring for the first time after the 2012 season. However after the Chesapeake Bayhawks selected the retired Powell in the 2013 expansion draft, Powell returned to the game and played for them before joining his current team, the Launch.
Immediately after his collegiate career, Powell was selected as the No. 1 overall pick in the 1998 NLL Draft by the Rochester Knighthawks and played two seasons with them before being traded to the Buffalo Bandits and eventually Anaheim Storm in 2003 where he was the leading scorer and a two-time NLL All-Star. He'd go on to play three seasons for the New York Titans, where he was named an all-star three more times from 2007-09.
The Orange legend also has international experience, playing for the U.S. in world championships as early as 2008 and as recently as 2015 in both the indoor and outdoor games.
Upon his retirement, he'll be the assistant coach at Jacksonville University, under fellow Orange alum, John Galloway, as the duo was hired to lead the program this summer.
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