Tracey Kelusky

Infobox Lacrosse Player

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position = Forward
shoots = Right
height_ft = 5
height_in = 10
weight_lb = 180
nll_team = Calgary Roughnecks
nationality = Canada
birth_date = Birth date and age|1975|9|9|mf=y
birth_place = Peterborough, Ontario, CA
career_start = 2001
nickname = Captain Calgary
former_nll_teams = Montreal Express
Columbus Landsharks

Tracey Kelusky (born September 9, 1975 in Peterborough, Ontario) is a lacrosse player for the Calgary Roughnecks in the National Lacrosse League and the Peterborough Lakers of the Major Series Lacrosse. He became captain of the Roughnecks in the 2003-2004 season and led them to the NLL championship.

Kelusky joined the NLL in the 2000-2001 season with the Columbus Landsharks and was named the NLL Rookie of the Year. In the 2001-2002 season, he played for the expansion franchise Montreal Express. The Roughnecks picked up Kelusky first overall in the dispersal draft after the Express franchise folded in 2002.

In the 2005 National Lacrosse League All-Star Game, Kelusky won the MVP in front of a home crowd at the Pengrowth Saddledome.

During the off season, Kelusky teaches lacrosse at the NSA program located at Central Memorial High School in Calgary, Alberta.

Tracey played college lacrosse at the University of Hartford making his mark in the NCCA record books by scoring 59 goals in 14 games during the 2000 season.

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tatistics

NLL

Awards

* 2000, Drafted first overall by the Columbus Landsharks
* 2001, NLL Rookie of the Year
* 2001, NLL second team all pro
* 2002, NLL first team all pro
* 2002, Inside Lacrosse Magazine's NLL MVP (voted by NLL players and coaches)
* 2002, part of Canada's silver medal team at the World Lacrosse Championship
* 2002, part of Team Canada at the Heritage Cup
* 2003, NLL first team all pro
* 2003, part of Canada's gold medal team at the World Indoor Lacrosse Championship
* 2004, part of Canada's Heritage Cup-winning team
* 2004, NLL first team all pro
* 2005, NLL All Star Game Most Valuable Player
* 2005, NLL second team all pro
* 2007, NLL Sportsmanship Award [cite web |url=http://www.nll.com/article.php?id=2919 |title=Kelusky wins Sportsmanship Award |accessdate=2007-04-30 |last= |first= |date=April 30, 2007 |format= |work=NLL.com |publisher= |quote= ]

ee also

* NCAA Men's Division I Lacrosse Records

External links

* [http://www.calgaryroughnecks.com/html/playerbios/keluskybio.htm Bio from Roughnecks' page]
* [http://www.adanaclacrosse.com/kelusky.htm Bio from Adanac's page]

References

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DATE OF BIRTH=September 9, 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH=Peterborough, Ontario
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