Roy Colsey

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Roy Colsey
Born (1973-07-29) July 29, 1973 (age 50)
Newark, New Jersey, US
NationalityAmerican
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight214 pounds (97 kg)
ShootsRight
PositionTransition/Midfield
NLL teams New York Titans
Buffalo Bandits
Anaheim Storm
New Jersey Storm
New York Saints
Rochester Knighthawks
Pro career 19962007
NicknameBig Colse
Professional Lacrosse Hall of Fame, 2023

Roy Colsey (born July 29, 1973 in Yorktown Heights, New York) is a former professional lacrosse player who last played for the Philadelphia Barrage in Major League Lacrosse.

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College career

Roy attended Syracuse University, where he was a third-team All-American in 1992 and was a first-team All-American from 1993 to 1995. In 1995 he was awarded the Donald McLaughlin Award for National Division 1 Men's Lacrosse Midfielder of the Year. He won two national championships with the Orangemen ('93, '95). He graduated from Syracuse University in 1995.

Professional career

MLL

Colsey played for the Barrage his entire MLL career, and holds several franchise records, including goals, points and two-pointers. In 2004, 2006, and 2007, [1] Roy led the Barrage to MLL championships. In 2006, he was selected to the Men's U.S National Lacrosse Team.

NLL

Before Colsey joined the MLL, he played in the National Lacrosse League (NLL) for nine seasons. He played for the Rochester Knighthawks, New York Saints, New Jersey / Anaheim Storm and Buffalo Bandits. After a two-year break, Colsey returned to the NLL briefly in 2007 with the expansion New York Titans.

Personal

Colsey currently coaches the varsity lacrosse team at Ridgefield High School, where he helped capture the school's first ever FCIAC Championship in Lacrosse and second State Championship. He is the founder and head coach of Team Superstar. He is now a physical education teacher at Robert E. Bell Middle School in Chappaqua, New York, where he has taught since 2003 and has coached extensively. [2]

Statistics

NLL

  Regular Season Playoffs
SeasonTeamGPGAPtsLBPIMGPGAPtsLBPIM
1996Rochester210120------------
1997New York10135182427121360
1998New York121021314625------------
1999New York10101727408------------
2000New York123731688718------------
2001New York145125769252------------
2002New York113621576124------------
Buffalo611819354------------
2003New Jersey163430647113------------
2004Anaheim811920306------------
Buffalo2112102------------
2007New York411011122------------
NLL Totals107216178394510181121360

MLL

  Regular Season Playoffs
SeasonTeamGPG2ptGAPtsLBPIMGPG2ptGAPtsLBPIM
2001Bridgeport00011412150000000
2002Bridgeport0004373650000000
2003Bridgeport0007333790000000
2004Philadelphia0007381762501661
2005Philadelphia080515500000000
2006Philadelphia02701245155210231531
2007Philadelphia02708362422711942
2008Philadelphia7130923132.51303621
MLL Totals850336326816834.57253639176

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References

  1. "majorleaguelacrosse.com: News". majorleaguelacrosse.com. Archived from the original on 2008-12-08.
  2. Murphy, Tim (2012-11-29). "Colsey inducted into lacrosse Hall of Fame". The Ridgefield Press. Archived from the original on 2013-06-14.

Awards

Preceded by
Dom Fin
McLaughlin Award
1995
Succeeded by

See also