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Stan Cockerton was an All-American

USILA All-American Team

The USILA All-American Team is an honor given annually to the best American men's college lacrosse players at their respective positions by the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association. The term All-American is derived from the same practice in American college football, in which the...

lacrosse

Lacrosse

Lacrosse is a team sport of Native American origin played using a small rubber ball and a long-handled stick called a crosse or lacrosse stick, mainly played in the United States and Canada. It is a contact sport which requires padding. The head of the lacrosse stick is strung with loose mesh...

player for the NC State Wolfpack men's lacrosse

NC State Wolfpack men's lacrosse

The North Carolina State men's lacrosse team represented NC State University in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I men's lacrosse from 1973-1982. The team was disbanded after the 1982 season.- :...

team from 1977 to 1980, leading the Wolfpack to its only NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship

NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship

The annual NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship tournament determines the top men's field lacrosse team in the NCAA Division I, Division II, and Division III....

tournament appearance in 1979

1979 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship

The 1979 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Tournament was the 9th annual Division I NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship tournament. Twelve NCAA Division I college men's lacrosse teams met after having played their way through a regular season, and for some, a conference tournament.The championship game...

. He is ranked third all-time in NCAA career goals with 193. He led the Wolfpack to 30 wins from 1977 to 1980, with two second-place finishes in the Atlantic Coast Conference

Atlantic Coast Conference

The Atlantic Coast Conference is a collegiate athletic league in the United States. Founded in 1953 in Greensboro, North Carolina, the ACC sanctions competition in twenty-five sports in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association for its twelve member universities...

. North Carolina State cancelled the varsity lacrosse program in 1983. Stan once scored 11 goals in one game, against Salisbury State in 1979.

Cockerton, a three time first-team All American, learned the game in Ontario

Ontario

Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

playing box lacrosse

Box lacrosse

Box lacrosse, also known as indoor lacrosse and sometimes shortened to boxla, LAX or simply box, is an indoor version of lacrosse played mostly in North America. The game originated in Canada, where it is the most popular version of the game played in contrast to the traditional field lacrosse game...

for the famed Oshawa Green Gaels junior team. He also teamed with Mike French for the 1978 Canadian National Team

Canada men's national lacrosse team

Canada men's national lacrosse team is one of the best national lacrosse teams in the world. Although that Team USA is much more successful and won the gold medal almost on almost every championship, Canada gained a historical result on two competitions, last time in 2006, finishing on the first...

upset over a heavily favored U.S. Team, scoring the overtime winning goal. He is currently an executive with both the Ontario Lacrosse Association

Ontario Lacrosse Association

Ontario Lacrosse Association is a sanctioned sports body in Ontario, Canada. Empowered by the Canadian Lacrosse Association, the OLA controls and regulates Minor level, Junior level and Senior level Lacrosse...

and International Lacrosse Federation as well the founder of the Heritage Cup. Stan was inducted into the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 2003.

Stan is the father of Mark and Matt Cockerton, two highly touted players from the OLA Junior A Lacrosse League

OLA Junior A Lacrosse League

The Ontario Junior A Lacrosse League is a box lacrosse league in Ontario, Canada sanctioned by the Ontario Lacrosse Association. The playoff champion moves on to compete for the National Championship—the Minto Cup.-The teams:-Playoff Champions:...

, who attend and play college lacrosse at the University of Virginia

University of Virginia

The University of Virginia is a public research university located in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, founded by Thomas Jefferson...

North Carolina State University


Season	GP	G	A	Pts	PPG
1977	11	52	20	72	6.55
1978	11	45	27	72	6.36
1979	11	51	25	76	6.91
1980	11	45	15	60	5.55
Totals	44	193 (a)	87	280 (b)	6.32 (c)

^(a) 3rd in NCAA career Goals

^(b) 13th in NCAA career Points

^(c) 2nd in NCAA career Points-per-Game

OLA/WLA/MSL Statistics

			Regular Season					Playoffs
Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1970	Oshawa Green Gaels	OLA Jr A	1



2	0	2	2	0
1971	Oshawa Green Gaels	OLA Jr A	25	14	12	26	46	5	0	0	0	2
1972	Oshawa Green Gaels	OLA Jr A	28	43	33	76	86	17	23	26	49	28
1973	Oshawa Green Gaels	OLA Jr A	28	56	72	128	109





1973	Brooklin Redmen	MSL	1	1	1	2	0





1974	Oshawa Green Gaels	OLA Jr A	22	51	55	106	91	12	18	36	54	55
1975	Oshawa Green Gaels	OLA Jr A	28	68	62	130	102	2	9	5	14	16
1976	Oshawa Green Gaels	OLA Jr A	26	87	81	168	67	6	16	21	37	20
1977	Brooklin Redmen	MSL	16	56	36	92	36	4	7	12	19	14
1978	Brooklin Redmen	MSL	11	27	22	49	31	3	5	3	8	2
1979	Brooklin Redmen	MSL	12	25	44	69	10	4	13	9	22	6
1980	Brooklin Redmen	MSL	8	12	8	20	49	1




Junior A Totals			158	319	315	634	501	44	66	90	153	121
PRO/MAJOR/SENIOR TOTALS			48	121	111	232	126	12	25	23	49	22

North Carolina State University

OLA/WLA/MSL Statistics

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