- Shawn Williams (lacrosse)
"This article is about Shawn Williams (Lacrosse Player). For Shawn Williams, the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner, see
Shawn Williams (Grappler) ."Infobox Lacrosse Player
image_size = 150px
position = Forward
shoots = Left
height_ft = 5
height_in = 11
weight_lb = 195
nll_team =Rochester Knighthawks
former_nll_teams =Buffalo Bandits Toronto Rock Ontario Raiders
nationality = Canada
birth_date = Birth date and age|1974|6|20|mf=y
birth_place =Scarborough, Ontario , CA
career_start = 1998
nickname = WillieShawn Williams (b.
June 20 ,1974 inScarborough, Ontario ) is a lacrosse player for theRochester Knighthawks of theNational Lacrosse League .NLL career
Williams started his NLL career in 1998 with the
Ontario Raiders . The Raiders moved to Toronto the next year, becoming theToronto Rock . Following the 1999 season, Williams was traded to theBuffalo Bandits for a draft pick, and played two seasons in Buffalo. OnMay 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 five NLL All-Star games, in 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008, scoring the overtime winning goal in the 2008 game. [cite web|url=http://nll.com/article.php?id=3373 |title=East All-Stars Win In Overtime, 17-16|work=NLL.com|date=
March 16 ,2008 |accessdate=2008-03-16]MSL / WLA Career
Williams has been a member of the Brooklin Redmen of the
MSL since1996 , other than2003 , when he played one year in the WLA for theCoquitlam Adanacs . He was a member of theMann Cup -winning Redmen in2000 . 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 in2004 . Williams also holds the MSL record for most points in a game — 21, set onJuly 26 , 1999 against theOhsweken 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 Championship s. He also served as the (field) lacrosse coach forBrock University .tatistics
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NAME=Williams, Shawn
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=Lacrosse player
DATE OF BIRTH=June 20 ,1974
PLACE OF BIRTH=Scarborough, Ontario , CA
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