From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Randy Mearns
Randy Mearns
Randy Mearns Coaching career
Born May 28, 1969, He is currently the head coach of the Canisius men’s
St. Catharines, Ontario
lacrosse team and also was an assistant coach on the
Position Forward Canadian national team that won the gold medal at the
2006 World Lacrosse Championship. Mearns has won 58
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
games in his 10 years of coaching at Canisius, and led the
Former NLL Teams Buffalo Bandits Griffins to their first ever NCAA tournament bid in 2008
Rochester Knighthawks where they lost to Syracuse in the first round.[6] Mearns
Nationality Canada has provided development for his players towards the
professional ranks, including Mark Miyashita who gradu-
Pro Career 1993–2002 ated from Canisius in 2003 and was the first overall selec-
Shoots Right tion in the 2003 National Lacrosse League draft. In a pre-
season coaches poll, Canisius was picked to repeat in 2009
Randy Mearns (born May 28, 1969 in St. Catharines, On- as MAAC champions. However after a rough start to the
tario) is a former lacrosse player. season where they lost six straight including 3 one-goal
Mearns was inducted into the Canadian Lacrosse Hall losses, the Griffs ended 2009 on a 4 and 3 run.
of Fame in 2006 following a lengthy career in the Ontario
Lacrosse Association, Major Series Lacrosse and Western
Lacrosse Association Canadian professional box lacrosse
Statistics
leagues as a player.[1]
NLL
Regular Season Playoffs
Junior career Season Team GP G A Pts LB PIM GP G A Pts LB
Mearns played for the St. Catharines Athletics for 5 years. 1993 Buffalo 8 3 3 6 27 4 2 0 0 0 8
In 1990, Mearns led the team to their first Minto Cup
1995 Rochester 8 2 9 11 29 8 2 0 5 5 10
championship since 1950, and was awarded the "Jim
1996 Rochester 10 10 24 34 63 8 1 2 3 5 8
McConaghy Memorial Cup" for Minto Cup M.V.P. He was
later given the "B.W. Evans Award" for Top Graduating 1997 Rochester 10 9 17 26 55 18 2 0 6 6 16
Player.[2] Mearns his ranked 36th all time in Canadian Ju- 1998 Rochester 11 7 20 27 44 6 1 0 2 2 2
nior A lacrosse assists (regular season and playoffs com- 1999 Rochester 10 9 18 27 50 4 2 0 6 6 18
bined) with 348.[3] 2000 Rochester 11 6 20 26 89 6 2 2 2 4 19
2001 Rochester 12 2 17 19 75 12 1 0 2 2 3
College career 2002 Buffalo 15 14 24 38 66 4 -- - -- -- --
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Mearns was an All-American NCAA lacrosse player at
Canisius College from 1990 to 1992 who is currently 13th NLL Totals 95 62 152 214 498 70 13 4 26 30 84
all-time in Division I career points-per-game (PPG), hav-
ing scored 95 goals and 95 assists for 190 career points in OLA
39 games. He is also the all-time leading scorer at Cani- Regular Season Playoffs
sius.[4] Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A
1985 Niagara OLA Jr 2 1 1 2 0 -- -- --
Professional career Warriors B
Mearns played professionally for the NLL’s Buffalo Ban- 1985 St. OLA Jr 4 2 2 4 0 -- -- --
dits and Rochester Knighthawks, acting as captain of the Catharines A
1997 NLL champion Knighthawk team.[5] Since his retire- Athletics
ment from professional lacrosse, he has served as the col- 1986 St. OLA Jr 20 15 25 40 8 10 3 5
or commentator for the Bandits’ radio broadcasts along- Catharines A
side play-by-play man John Gurtler. Athletics
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1987 St.
Catharines
OLA Jr
A
25 33 70 103 23 9
References
10 20 30 8
Athletics [1] "Power’s bible of Lacrosse Stats". Power’s Bible of
1988 St. OLA Jr 15 28 33 61 6 6 7 Lacrosse. http://bible-of-lacrosse.com/newstats/
13 20 2
Catharines A players.txt.
Athletics [2] "O.L.A. Junior A Trophy Winners".
wampsbibleoflacrosse.com.
1989 St. OLA Jr 24 31 61 92 17 11 7 18 25 2
http://wampsbibleoflacrosse.com/newstats/
Catharines A
jrtrophy.txt.
Athletics
[3] "Top 100 Career Leaders For Goals, Assists, And
1990 St. OLA Jr 18 39 62 101 11 9 16 39 55 8
Points In Canadian Junior A Lacrosse".
Catharines A
wampsbibleoflacrosse.com.
Athletics
http://wampsbibleoflacrosse.com/newstats/
1991 Brampton MSL 13 14 14 28 2 6 6 6 --
-- junioratop100.txt.
Excelsiors [4] "Canisius Griffins Coach Bio". Canisius University.
1992 Brampton MSL 14 12 12 24 2 11 25 6
12 14http://www.canisius.edu/athletics/teams/
Excelsiors player_coach.asp?id=407.
1993 Brampton MSL 15 22 31 53 10 9 [5] 7 "Rochester 6
10 17 Knighthawks History". Rochester
Excelsiors Knighthawks website.
1994 Six Na- MSL 20 15 33 48 43 18 7 http://www.knighthawks.net/history.aspx.
24 31 31
tions [6] "Canisius Defeats VMI to Claim Its First MAAC
Chiefs Title". LaxPower.com. May 4, 2008.
1995 Six Na- MSL 18 15 33 48 29 14 4 http://www.laxpower.com/laxnews/
20 24 19
tions news.php?story=10987.
Chiefs
1996 Six Na- MSL 18 12 22 34 33 6 External links
1 9 10 --
tions • Canisius U Web Site
Chiefs • Team Canada Mens Lacrosse
1997 Niagara MSL 15 12 29 41 12 16 • NLL Career 24
16 15 31 Stats page
Falls Gam- • Laxpower.com article on Canadian Hall of Fame
blers Induction
1998 Buffalo MSL 10 7 11 18 4 5 13 18 4
9 Persondata
1999 Brampton MSL 2 1 3 4 -- 9
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Excelsiors
Alternative names
Junior A Totals 106 148 253 401 65 45 43 95 138 22
Short description
Senior A Totals 125 110 188 298 135 109 63 134 197 92
Date of birth May 28, 1969
Canisius College Place of birth St. Catharines, Ontario
Date of death
Season GP G A Pts PPG Place of death
1990 16 45 49 94 5.58
1991 13 30 18 48 3.69
1992 10 20 28 48 4.80
Totals 39 95 95 190 4.87
See also
• NCAA Men’s Division I Lacrosse Records
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