Daily Word: Crowley, McBride Taken in NLL Draft

Daily Word: Crowley, McBride Taken in NLL Draft

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New for the 2011-2012 seasons, the America East Daily Word, a collaboration between AmericaEast.com and AExtra, will recap the previous day's games and on goings on our nine campuses and provide links to recaps, previews, features and exclusive coverage.

I do not know former Stony Brook pitcher Joe Nathan personally.  But I’ll take Jim Fiore’s word that Nathan is a "good dude."

Fiore, Stony Brook’s athletic director (@JDFiore), caught up with the former Seawolf at Target Field in Minnesota, tweeted about it, and voila, gave us with the Tweet of the Day.

But that wasn't the only news coming out of Stony Brook last night. 

The National Lacrosse League had its 2011 Entry Draft and two former Stony Brook players heard their names called.  Kevin Crowley was the first selection overall by the Philadelphia Wings and Jordan McBride went to the Colorado Mammoth at No. 13.  The America East Conference continues to produce professional lacrosse players as Crowley and McBride represent the 17th and 18th players drafted into the NLL in the last five years.  And since 2007, the conference has had 38 selections in the NLL and Major League Lacrosse combined.

Crowley earned America East All-Conference honors all four years of his illustrious career.  He is Stony Brook’s all-time leader in points scoring 131 goals and notching 101 assists.  Perhaps more impressive, though, is that he is the first lacrosse player to be drafted first overall by the NLL and the MLL. 

McBride ranks 10th all-time in Division I lacrosse with 175 career goals and is Stony Brook’s record holder in that department.  He scored at least 40 goals in every collegiate season.  McBride scored 41 goals a season ago earning him America East Player of the Year honors. 

Both Seawolves played in the 2011 MLL season, McBride for the Rochester Rattlers and Crowley for the Hamilton Nationals.

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