Shawn Williams (lacrosse)

Shawn Williams (born June 20, 1974 in Scarborough, Ontario) is the inaugural General Manager and Head Coach of the Las Vegas Desert Dogs in the National Lacrosse League (NLL).[1] He is a former Canadian lacrosse player who played for the Ontario Raiders, Toronto Rock, Buffalo Bandits, Rochester Knighthawks and Edmonton Rush of the NLL and the Hamilton Nationals of Major League Lacrosse. He was also previously a scout for the Buffalo Bandits and assistant coach with the Colorado Mammoth. He was inducted to the NLL Hall of Fame in 2021 as a first ballot nominee.[2]

Shawn Williams
Born (1974-06-20) June 20, 1974
Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
NationalityCanadian
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight200 pounds (91 kg)
ShootsLeft
PositionForward
NLL teamsEdmonton Rush
Rochester Knighthawks
Buffalo Bandits
Toronto Rock
Ontario Raiders
MLL teamsHamilton Nationals
MSL teamBrooklin Redmen
Pro career19982014
NicknameWillie
NLL Hall of Fame, 2021

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.[3][4]

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.[5]

Williams was traded from Edmonton to Minnesota for two second round picks in the 2013 NLL Entry Draft. Minnesota then sent him to Buffalo with Brendon Doran, a 2012 first round pick, and two 2012 second round picks for the third overall pick in 2012.[6]

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.

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.[7]

Statistics

NLL

Reference:[8]

Shawn Williams Regular Season Playoffs
Season Team GP G A Pts LB PIM Pts/GP LB/GP PIM/GP GP G A Pts LB PIM Pts/GP LB/GP PIM/GP

1998 Ontario Raiders 12 15 21 36 38 12 3.00 3.17 1.00
1999 Toronto Rock 11 5 11 16 26 15 1.45 2.36 1.36 2 1 1 2 6 0 1.00 3.00 0.00
2000 Buffalo Bandits 10 21 19 40 68 4 4.00 6.80 0.40 1 0 0 0 6 0 0.00 6.00 0.00
2001 Buffalo Bandits 14 46 31 77 100 0 5.50 7.14 0.00
2002 Rochester Knighthawks 16 40 35 75 68 4 4.69 4.25 0.25 2 1 5 6 8 0 3.00 4.00 0.00
2003 Rochester Knighthawks 16 27 45 72 83 4 4.50 5.19 0.25 2 3 4 7 9 0 3.50 4.50 0.00
2004 Rochester Knighthawks 16 45 36 81 91 24 5.06 5.69 1.50 1 1 2 3 4 2 3.00 4.00 2.00
2005 Rochester Knighthawks 16 33 50 83 74 12 5.19 4.63 0.75 2 5 2 7 7 0 3.50 3.50 0.00
2006 Rochester Knighthawks 16 31 49 80 68 14 5.00 4.25 0.88 2 3 3 6 5 0 3.00 2.50 0.00
2007 Rochester Knighthawks 16 36 55 91 69 8 5.69 4.31 0.50 3 6 13 19 18 2 6.33 6.00 0.67
2008 Rochester Knighthawks 16 25 55 80 64 2 5.00 4.00 0.13
2009 Rochester Knighthawks 16 26 67 93 85 4 5.81 5.31 0.25 1 1 5 6 2 0 6.00 2.00 0.00
2010 Rochester Knighthawks 16 23 46 69 76 4 4.31 4.75 0.25
2011 Rochester Knighthawks 16 23 54 77 64 2 4.81 4.00 0.13 1 1 3 4 5 0 4.00 5.00 0.00
2012 Edmonton Rush 16 16 52 68 41 8 4.25 2.56 0.50 3 2 11 13 7 4 4.33 2.33 1.33
2013 Buffalo Bandits 16 19 46 65 42 6 4.06 2.63 0.38
2014 Buffalo Bandits 18 13 36 49 44 8 2.72 2.44 0.44 3 1 4 5 7 2 1.67 2.33 0.67
257 444 708 1,152 1,101 131 4.48 4.28 0.51 23 25 53 78 84 10 3.39 3.65 0.43
Career Total: 280 469 761 1,230 1,185 141 4.39 4.23 0.50

GPGames played; GGoals; AAssists; PtsPoints; LBLoose balls; PIMPenalty minutes; Pts/GPPoints per games played; LB/GPLoose balls per games played; PIM/GPPenalty minutes per games played.

Canadian Lacrosse Association

    Regular Season   Playoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGPGAPtsPIMGPGAPtsPIM
1990ScarboroughOLA Jr B14610168----------
1991ScarboroughOLA Jr B18702595551122153747
1992ScarboroughOLA Jr B187944123401228245218
1992BramptonOLA Jr A12020----------
1993ScarboroughOLA Jr A1947459218----------
1994ScarboroughOLA Jr A22626712966----------
1994Owen SoundMSL6710179----------
1995BramptonOLA Jr A20453378143491310
1996BrooklinMSL1934154913548126
1997BrooklinMSL2025305510447112
1998BrooklinMSL18333770135511160
1999BrooklinMSL1641499061015153010
2000BrooklinMSL18455196171529184712
2001BrooklinMSL1857369321027285510
2002BrooklinMSL102728554101719364
2003CoquitlamWLA1424325661011233417
2004BrooklinMSL1846781241141017274
2005BrooklinMSL1633518410----------
Junior A Totals--------------------
Junior B Totals--------------------
Senior A Totals--------------------

References

  1. Tutka, Paul (2022-04-26). "Las Vegas Desert Dogs: Newly named franchise hires Williams as GM & coach". The Lax Mag. Retrieved 2022-11-22.
  2. Kirk, Alexander (2021-06-03). "John Grant Jr among 4 from Mammoth elected into NLL Hall of Fame". KUSA.com. Retrieved 2022-11-22.
  3. "East All-Stars Win In Overtime, 17-16". NLL.com. March 16, 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-16.
  4. "All-Star reserves announced". NLL.com. February 19, 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-05.
  5. Jenner, Teddy (October 9, 2011). "Rush and Knighthawks make Thanksgiving day swap". ILIndoor.com. Archived from the original on October 12, 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
  6. mnswarm.com (July 27, 2012). "Swarm acquire third overall pick in 2012 Draft". mnswarm.com. Retrieved 2012-07-27.
  7. "Brock Athletics announces 2009 Hall of Fame Inductees". Brock University web site. April 10, 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-21.
  8. "Player National Lacrosse League". NLL.com. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
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