Robert Church (lacrosse)

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Robert Church
Born (1991-11-18) November 18, 1991 (age 31)
Coquitlam, BC, CAN
NationalityCanadian
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight197 pounds (89 kg)
ShootsRight
PositionForward
NCAA team Drexel (2013)
NLL draft5th overall, 2013
Edmonton Rush
NLL team
Former teams		 Saskatchewan Rush
Edmonton Rush
WLA team Burnaby Lakers
Pro career2013–
NicknameMilk Man

Robert Church (born August 29, 1988) is a professional lacrosse player for the Saskatchewan Rush in the National Lacrosse League.

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Early life

Church is the son of Nancy and Bruce Church. He grew up in Coquitlam, BC and began playing lacrosse when he was 11. [1] He attended Dr. Charles Best Secondary School where he graduated with honors, was the B.C. High School MVP and played on the provincial championship team. After high school he transitioned into B.C. Intermediate A Lacrosse League and was named MVP in 2008 where he scored 106 points. [2]

Junior career

Robert played his Jr A Lacrosse career for the Coquitlam Adanacs of the British Columbia Junior A Lacrosse League. He was the 2009 BCJALL Most Valuable Player leading the league with 107 points and was a First Team All-Star. [3] He was named MVP of the 2010 Minto Cup. [4] Church helped his Jr club reach three consecutive Minto Cups in 2010, 2011, and 2012. [5]

College career

Church is a graduate from Drexel University. During his tenure there, he set the record for most goals scored in a game by a Drexel Dragon's player since 1996, scoring seven goals as a freshman against Hofstra in an upset victory. Church earned Rookie of the Week four times, as a result he was named to the NCAA’s All-Rookie Team.

Church finished fourth all time in Drexel scoring with 194 career points. As a senior, Church was selected a Division I honorable mention All American.

Church was named to the men's lacrosse program 75th Anniversary all-time team. [6]

Professional career

Robert was the 5th overall draft pick, going to the Edmonton Rush in the 2013 NLL Entry Draft. [7] Named to the NLL's 2014 All-Rookie Team; finishing third in the NLL rookie scoring race with 52 goals and 31 assists. [8] In 2017, he finished second in team scoring and 15th in the league during regular season, and in the playoffs finished second on the team and second in the league in scoring. [9] In the same year, Church scored 23 power-play goals to lead the NLL for a second consecutive season. Finished tied for 10th overall in league scoring with 92 points in 2015 and was third in the league with 14 power-play goals; tied with Rush teammate and former Coquitlam Adanacs Jr A teammate Ben McIntosh for 12th in the league with 37 goals. [10] He has won 3 National Lacrosse League Championships in 2015, 2016, and 2018. [11]

Church led the NLL in 2016 with 17 power-play goals and finished tied for 14th in league scoring with 86 points. [12]

Statistics

NLL

Reference: [13]

[]Regular SeasonPlayoffs
SeasonTeamGPGAPtsLBPIMPts/GPLB/GPPIM/GPGPGAPtsLBPIMPts/GPLB/GPPIM/GP

2014 Edmonton Rush 172131525123.063.000.123224521.331.670.67
2015 Edmonton Rush 173755927545.414.410.2448715703.751.750.00
2016 Saskatchewan Rush 183551869874.785.440.394812201525.003.750.50
2017 Saskatchewan Rush 183542775724.283.170.1141015251506.253.750.00
2018 Saskatchewan Rush 1847601077265.944.000.3351015251405.002.800.00
2019 Saskatchewan Rush 172542676623.943.880.121202402.004.000.00
2020 Saskatchewan Rush 101724414124.104.100.20–––––––––
2022 Saskatchewan Rush 183856944245.222.330.22–––––––––
2023 Saskatchewan Rush 1851521038285.724.560.44–––––––––
151306413719584374.763.870.25214051916044.332.860.19
Career Total:172346464810644414.713.740.24

GP–Games played; G–Goals; A–Assists; Pts–Points; LB–Loose balls; PIM–Penalty minutes; Pts/GP–Points per games played; LB/GP–Loose balls per games played; PIM/GP–Penalty minutes per games played.

NCAA Statistics

[14]

  Regular Season
SeasonTeamGPGAPts
2010 Drexel 1432941
2011 Drexel 14272148
2012 Drexel 16291847
2013 Drexel 15332457
College Totals5912172193

Awards

See also

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  2. ↑ "The Official Site of Drexel Athletics". DrexelDragons.com. April 12, 2010. Retrieved June 16, 2018.
  3. ↑ "The Official Site of Drexel Athletics". DrexelDragons.com. April 12, 2010. Retrieved June 16, 2018.
  4. ↑ "The Official Site of Saskatchewan Rush". SaskRush.com. December 28, 2013. Retrieved June 16, 2018.
  5. ↑ "The Official Site of Saskatchewan Rush". SaskRush.com. December 28, 2013. Retrieved June 16, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Canadian lacrosse Hall of Fame". CLHOF.com. March 12, 2017. Retrieved June 16, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Edmonton Rush trade to take Drexel University lacrosse star Robert Church with fifth pick in NLL Draft". EdmontonSun.com. September 16, 2013. Retrieved June 16, 2018.
  8. ↑ "Church, Rush down Swarm". tsn.ca. Jan 6, 2018. Retrieved June 16, 2018.
  9. ↑ "ILIndoor Top 50: Robert Church, No. 14". IONsideLacrosse.com. November 27, 2017. Retrieved June 16, 2018.
  10. ↑ "Edmonton Rush defeat Toronto Rock to win NLL title". TheStar.com. June 6, 2015. Retrieved June 16, 2018.
  11. ↑ "Saskatoon rally celebrates NLL champions Saskatchewan Rush". globalnews.ca. June 14, 2017. Retrieved June 16, 2018.
  12. ↑ "The Official Site of Saskatchewan Rush". SaskRush.com. December 28, 2013. Retrieved June 16, 2018.
  13. ↑ "National Lacrosse League Stats". NLL.com. Retrieved June 4, 2018.
  14. ↑ "Statistics".
  15. ↑ http://wampsbibleoflacrosse.com/newstats/bcjuniortrophy.txt [ bare URL plain text file ]
  16. ↑ "WLA names 2014 all-star team". 4 September 2014.
  17. ↑ "2017 Outstanding Award Winners | Western Lacrosse Association - Pointstreak Sites".
  18. ↑ "Announcing the 2019 Regular Season Awards | Western Lacrosse Association - Pointstreak Sites".
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