PRO & INTERNATIONAL UPDATE 28sep12

-Seth Lakso of the Boston Globe reported on the 2012 MLL Championship, which featured Jordan McBride '11 of the Denver Outlaws versus Adam Rand '11 of the Chesapeake Bayhawks: http://www.boston.com/sports/other-sports/lacrosse/2012/08/26/bayhawks-beat-outlaws-win-mll-championship/bNRFhRJia2V3feYWrU7gTK/story.html

McBride and Rand are the first two SB alumni ever to appear in the MLL Championship game.  The Chesapeake Bayhawks would go on to win 16-6.

Adam Rand '11 (right) is the first SB Lacrosse alumnus to win an MLL Championship.


-Bob Chavez of IL Indoor listed the top 40 NLL players, including Kevin Crowley '11 at #39: http://www.ilindoor.com/2012/09/13/ilindoor-top-40-kevin-crowley-39/

Kevin Crowley '11 of the Philadelphia Wings finished the 2012 season with 81 points, three Rookie of the Week awards, and lead the Wings to the NLL playoffs for the first time since 2008.

-Kyle Devitte of Inside Lacrosse posted an outlook for the 2013 MLL Season, stating that Kevin Crowley '11: " ... had a breakout year... results of his hard work on the offensive end... constantly backdoors his man and cuts to cage". http://insidelacrosse.com/news/2012/09/17/devitte-mll-2013-outlook-part-i

-Laxpower reported the MLL's protected rosters for 2013, which includes:

Adam Rand '11 (Chesapeake)
Jordan McBride '11 (Denver)
Kevin Crowley '11 (Hamilton)
Steve Waldeck '10 (Hamilton)

You can find the entire article here: http://www.laxpower.com/laxnews/news.php?story=31112

Defenseman Steve Waldeck '10 will join the Hamilton Nationals for a third season in 2013, which is currently the longest MLL career of any SB alumnus.