Delby Powless

Delby Powless (born July 3, 1980), is a Mohawk lacrosse player from the Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation near Brantford, Ontario. He was born in Six Nations, Ontario, and is the grandnephew of Ross Powless and cousin of Gaylord Powless, both of whom are in the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame. He has played for the Buffalo Bandits of the National Lacrosse League and the Hamilton Nationals of Major League Lacrosse. In 2003, Powless received the Tom Longboat Award as the top male Aboriginal athlete.[1]

Delby Powless
Born (1980-07-03) July 3, 1980
Six Nations, Ontario
NationalityIroquois
Height5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Weight180 pounds (82 kg)
ShootsRight
PositionForward
NCAA teamRutgers (2004)
NLL draft1st overall, 2004
Buffalo Bandits
NLL teamsBuffalo Bandits
MLL teamsToronto Nationals
CLA teamsSix Nations Chiefs
Six Nations Arrows
Six Nations Rebels
Pro career2005–2010

Lacrosse career

Junior

Powless was still minor age while playing his first season with the Six Nations Jr.B Red Rebles for their inaugural season. He would then play for the Six Nations Arrows for of the OLA Junior A Lacrosse League for the remainder of his junior career.

In 1998, Powless had a career high 122 points, finishing third in league scoring. That same year, he led the Arrows to their league championship, and was given the "Dean McLeod Award" for Playoffs M.V.P.[2]

Powless finished his junior career with 686 points (regular season and playoffs combined), ranking him 23rd all time in Canadian Junior A lacrosse history.[3] Powless is currently the Six Nations Arrows All-Time leading scorer.

College

Powless played two years at Herkimer County Community College and two at Rutgers University. He was the Scarlet Knights' leading scorer in 2003 and 2004.[4] At Herkimer, he was a two-time All-American. At Rutgers, he was also a two time All-American. He received his bachelor's degree at Bellevue University.

National Lacrosse League

Powless was drafted first overall by the Buffalo Bandits in the 2004 entry draft.[5] During his five years with the Bandits, Powless totaled 201 points and helped the Bandits to their first NLL championship in years in 2008.

Major League Lacrosse

Powless played for the Toronto Nationals in 2009 and 2010.[6] Won a Major League Lacrosse Championship in 2009.

International

Powless played on the Iroquois Nationals indoor team in the inaugural World Indoor Lacrosse Championship in 2003 and again in 2007. Both times the Iroquois earned silver medals. At the 2003 World Championships Powless was named to the All-World Team after leading the tournament in scoring. Powless played on the Iroquois Nationals U-19 team winning a bronze medal at the World Championships in Adelaide, Australia. He led the Iroquois team in scoring and was 4th in overall tournament scoring. Delby also played on the Iroquois Nationals field lacrosse team in the 2002 World Lacrosse Championship (17 goals, 5 assists) and in 2006 (18 goals, 7 assists). The Iroquois finished in fourth place in each tournament, losing to Australia both times.[7][8]

Statistics

NLL
    Regular Season   Playoffs
SeasonTeamGPGAPtsLBPIMGPGAPtsLBPIM
2005Buffalo13202444574114520
2006Buffalo15123345641033121582
2007Buffalo15212243504226892
2008Buffalo161837552910323524
2009Buffalo831114100------------
2010Buffalo100030------------
NLL Totals687412720121328982533218
Source:[5]

OLA
    Regular Season   Playoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGPGAPtsPIMGPGAPtsPIM
1996Six Nations Red ReblesOLA Jr.B1016173331332512
1996Six Nations ArrowsOLA Jr.A44260----------
1997Six Nations ArrowsOLA Jr.A18374481651534235719
1998Six Nations ArrowsOLA Jr.A2263591223117413879--
Minto CupSix Nations ArrowsCLA----------545921
1999Six Nations ArrowsOLA Jr.A14242044301526255130
2000Six Nations ArrowsOLA Jr.A19373471431012203221
2000Six Nations ChiefsMSL10110----------
2001Six Nations ArrowsOLA Jr.A18305181231320335324
2002Six Nations StarsOLA Sr.B732185017618133116
2002Six Nations ChiefsMSL24150----------
2003Six Nations ChiefsMSL1324224649458130
2004Six Nations ChiefsMSL133132637101421359
2005Six Nations ChiefsMSL17324072247761319
2006Six Nations ChiefsMSL15735420----------
2007Six Nations ChiefsMSL1622315325913220
2008Six Nations ChiefsMSL171037472446100
2009Six Nations ChiefsMSL14144458551890
2010Six Nations ChiefsMSL11514190637100
Junior A Totals951952104051927013313927294
Junior B Totals1016173331332512
Minto Cup Totals----------545921
Senior A Totals1161492574068941436911228
Senior B Totals732185017618133116

References
  1. Bronsteter, Aaron (October 26, 2004). "Delby Powless carries on family's lacrosse legacy". The Brock Press. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  2. "O.L.A. Junior A Trophy Winners". wampsbibleoflacrosse.com.
  3. "Top 100 Career Leaders For Goals, Assists, And Points In Canadian Junior A Lacrosse". wampsbibleoflacrosse.com.
  4. Ross, Matt (January 5, 2005). "Powless to power Buffalo". Indian Country Today. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  5. "Delby Powless". National Lacrosse League. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  6. "Delby Powless". Pointstreak Sports Technologies. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  7. Wanamaker, Tom (July 21, 2002). "Iroquois Nationals place fourth in world lacrosse tourney". Indian Country Today. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  8. "Lacrosse World Cup 2006 - Reports 22 July 2006". ActivityWorkshop.net. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
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