Shawn Williams (lacrosse)
| Shawn Williams | |
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| Born | June 20, 1974 Scarborough, ON, CAN |
| Position | Forward |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Weight | 200 pounds (91 kg) |
| MSL Team | Brooklin Redmen |
| NLL Team F. Teams |
Edmonton Rush Rochester Knighthawks Buffalo Bandits Toronto Rock Ontario Raiders |
| MLL Team F. Teams |
Free Agent Hamilton Nationals |
| Nationality |  Canada |
| Pro Career | 1998–present |
| Shoots | Left |
| Nickname | Willie |
Shawn Williams (b. June 20, 1974 in Scarborough, Ontario) is a Canadian lacrosse player who plays for the Edmonton Rush of the National Lacrosse League and formerly of the Hamilton Nationals of Major League Lacrosse.
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[edit] NLL career
Williams started his NLL career in 1998 with the Ontario Raiders. The Raiders moved to Toronto the next year, becoming the Toronto Rock. Following the 1999 season, Williams was traded to the Buffalo Bandits for a draft pick, and played two seasons in Buffalo. On May 18, 2001, Williams was traded again, this time to the Rochester Knighthawks as part of a seven player blockbuster deal.
Williams played his best season in 2004. When Knighthawk star John Grant, Jr. went down with a season-ending knee injury, Williams picked up the slack, finishing 8th in the league in points with 81, 3rd in goals with 45, and was named to the first All-Pro team. He was named Overall Player of the Week three times — all in the last four weeks of the season — and Offensive Player of the Week five times.
Williams has played in six NLL All-Star games, in 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009 scoring the overtime winning goal in the 2008 game.[1][2]
After ten seasons in Rochester, Williams was traded in October 2011 along with Aaron Bold to the Edmonton Rush for Ryan Cousins, Alex Kedoh-Hill, and Andy Secore.[3]
[edit] MSL / WLA Career
Williams has been a member of the Brooklin Redmen of the MSL since 1996, other than 2003, when he played one year in the WLA for the Coquitlam Adanacs. He was a member of the Mann Cup-winning Redmen in 2000. He has won the Bucko McDonald Memorial Trophy as the top scorer in the MSL three times, in 1999, 2001 (co-winner with Josh Sanderson), and again in 2004. Williams also holds the MSL record for most points in a game — 21, set on July 26, 1999 against the Ohsweken Wolves.
[edit] Field lacrosse
Williams is also an accomplished field lacrosse player, and has been a member of Team Canada at the last two World Lacrosse Championships. He also served as the coach for Brock University. On June 9, 2009, Williams was inducted into the Brock Badgers Hall of Fame.[4]
[edit] Statistics
[edit] National Lacrosse League
| Regular Season | Playoffs | ||||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | LB | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | LB | PIM | ||
| 1998 | Ontario | 12 | 15 | 21 | 36 | 38 | 12 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1999 | Toronto | 11 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 26 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2000 | Buffalo | 10 | 21 | 19 | 40 | 68 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2001 | Buffalo | 14 | 46 | 31 | 77 | 100 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2002 | Rochester | 16 | 40 | 35 | 75 | 68 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2003 | Rochester | 16 | 27 | 45 | 72 | 83 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 2004 | Rochester | 16 | 45 | 36 | 81 | 91 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 2005 | Rochester | 16 | 33 | 50 | 83 | 74 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2006 | Rochester | 16 | 31 | 49 | 80 | 68 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2007 | Rochester | 16 | 36 | 55 | 91 | 69 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 18 | 2 | ||
| 2008 | Rochester | 16 | 25 | 55 | 80 | 64 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2009 | Rochester | 16 | 26 | 67 | 93 | 85 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2010 | Rochester | 16 | 23 | 46 | 69 | 76 | 4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2011 | Rochester | 16 | 23 | 53 | 76 | 64 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | ||
| NLL Totals | 207 | 396 | 573 | 969 | 974 | 109 | 17 | 22 | 38 | 60 | 70 | 4 | |||
[edit] Canadian Lacrosse Association
| Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1990 | Scarborough | OLA Jr B | 14 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 8 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1991 | Scarborough | OLA Jr B | 18 | 70 | 25 | 95 | 55 | 11 | 22 | 15 | 37 | 47 | ||
| 1992 | Scarborough | OLA Jr B | 18 | 79 | 44 | 123 | 40 | 12 | 28 | 24 | 52 | 18 | ||
| 1992 | Brampton | OLA Jr A | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1993 | Scarborough | OLA Jr A | 19 | 47 | 45 | 92 | 18 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1994 | Scarborough | OLA Jr A | 22 | 62 | 67 | 129 | 66 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1994 | Owen Sound | MSL | 6 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 9 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1995 | Brampton | OLA Jr A | 20 | 45 | 33 | 78 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 10 | ||
| 1996 | Brooklin | MSL | 19 | 34 | 15 | 49 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 6 | ||
| 1997 | Brooklin | MSL | 20 | 25 | 30 | 55 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 2 | ||
| 1998 | Brooklin | MSL | 18 | 33 | 37 | 70 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 0 | ||
| 1999 | Brooklin | MSL | 16 | 41 | 49 | 90 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 30 | 10 | ||
| 2000 | Brooklin | MSL | 18 | 45 | 51 | 96 | 17 | 15 | 29 | 18 | 47 | 12 | ||
| 2001 | Brooklin | MSL | 18 | 57 | 36 | 93 | 2 | 10 | 27 | 28 | 55 | 10 | ||
| 2002 | Brooklin | MSL | 10 | 27 | 28 | 55 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 19 | 36 | 4 | ||
| 2003 | Coquitlam | WLA | 14 | 24 | 32 | 56 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 17 | ||
| 2004 | Brooklin | MSL | 18 | 46 | 78 | 124 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 4 | ||
| 2005 | Brooklin | MSL | 16 | 33 | 51 | 84 | 10 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Junior A Totals | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| Junior B Totals | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| Senior A Totals | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
[edit] Awards
| Preceded by Dan Dawson |
NLL Sportsmanship Award 2010 |
Succeeded by Jordan Hall |
[edit] References
- ^ "East All-Stars Win In Overtime, 17-16". NLL.com. March 16, 2008. http://nll.com/article.php?id=3373. Retrieved 2008-03-16.
- ^ "All-Star reserves announced". NLL.com. February 19, 2009. http://www.nll.com/article.php?id=3811. Retrieved 2009-03-05.
- ^ Jenner, Teddy (October 9, 2011). "Rush and Knighthawks make Thanksgiving day swap". ILIndoor.com. http://www.ilindoor.com/2011/10/09/rush-and-knighthawks-maybe-thanksgiving-day-swap/. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
- ^ "Brock Athletics announces 2009 Hall of Fame Inductees". Brock University web site. April 10, 2009. http://www.brocku.ca/athletics/article.php?id=3181. Retrieved 2009-04-21.
- 1974 births
- Living people
- Brock University alumni
- Buffalo Bandits players
- Canadian lacrosse players
- Edmonton Rush players
- National Lacrosse League All-Stars
- National Lacrosse League major award winners
- National Lacrosse League weekly award winners
- People from Scarborough, Ontario
- Rochester Knighthawks players
- Sportspeople from Ontario
- Toronto Nationals players
- Toronto Rock players
