Joe Walters
Born (1984-11-30) November 30, 1984 (age 39)
Irondequoit, New York[1]
NationalityAmerican
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight192 pounds (87 kg)
ShootsLeft
PositionAttack/Midfield
NCAA teamMaryland (2006)
NLL draft18th overall, 2006
Buffalo Bandits
NLL teamsRochester Knighthawks
San Diego Seals
MLL draft1st overall, 2006
Rochester Rattlers
MLL teamsRochester Rattlers
Toronto/Hamilton Nationals
Chesapeake Bayhawks
New York Lizards
PLL teamsRedwoods LC
MSL teamBrampton Excelsiors
Pro career2006–2021
Websitesharpshooterlacrosse.com
Medal record
Representing  United States
World Lacrosse Championship
Runner-up 2006 London
World Indoor Lacrosse Championship
Third place 2015 Onondaga

Joe Walters (born November 30, 1984) is an American former professional lacrosse player.

Walters is part of the 2022 class of the Rochester Lacrosse Hall of Fame.[2]

Early life

Walters, the youngest of four children was born to Joe and Be Walters. His father, Joe, served with the U.S. Army in the Vietnam War. Walter's father met Be in Vietnam. Walters attended Irondequoit High School in his hometown of Irondequoit, New York.[3]

College career

Walters was a four-time All-American at the University of Maryland.[4] He won the ACC Rookie of the Year Award in 2003, and was named ACC Player of the Year in 2004.[5] In the last game of his senior regular season with the Terps, Walters became the University of Maryland's all-time leading point scorer with 227 and all-time leading goal scorer with 153.[6] Walters won the 2006 Jack Turnbull Award as the Attackman of the Year.[7] He was also a finalist for the Tewaaraton Trophy, given to the National Player of the Year.[8] Walters played in the 2006 World Lacrosse Championship for Team USA in July 2006.[9] Up to that point, he was the only current college lacrosse player who made Team USA.[10] Since then, Duke's Ned Crotty has also played for Team USA.[11]

Career highlights

Goals: 6 vs. Virginia (2004-04-25), vs. UMBC (2005-03-19), at Johns Hopkins (2006-04-15)
Assists:5 vs. Denver (2006-05-13)
Points: 8 at Johns Hopkins (2006-04-15)
Groundballs: 6 vs. Bucknell (2004-03-17)
Multi-Goal Games: 41
Multi-Point Games: 52
Hat Tricks: 32
Point Scoring Streak: 45 games (2004-04-28 to 2006-04-30)
Goal Scoring Streak: 27 games (2004-02-28 to 2005-04-29)

Professional career

Major League Lacrosse

Walters was taken 1st overall in the 2006 Major League Lacrosse Collegiate Draft by the Rochester Rattlers.[12] During the 2007 season, Walters began playing the midfield position for the Rattlers, as opposed to his usual attack position. Walters was a member of consecutive Steinfeld Cup winning teams with the 2008 Rochester Rattlers and the 2009 Toronto Nationals. He was named Most Valuable Player of the 2008 MLL Championship Weekend.[13] With the suspension of operations of the Hamilton Nationals after the 2013 season and the birth of the expansion Florida Launch for the 2014 season, most of the Nationals players, including Walters, were transferred to the Launch. This eliminated the need for MLL to conduct both a dispersal draft and an expansion draft. Before playing a game for the Launch, Walter was traded along with the 21st overall selection in the 2014 MLL collegiate draft to the Chesapeake Bayhawks in exchange for Casey Powell, the 10th selection in the 2014 MLL collegiate draft and the eighth pick in the 2014 MLL supplemental draft.[13] On November 23, 2016, Joe engaged in the new MLL Player Movement Policy and signed with the New York Lizards.[14]

National Lacrosse League

Walters was drafted into the National Lacrosse League by the Buffalo Bandits in the second round of the 2007 Draft. Walters did not play for the Bandits in 2007.[15] Later, Walters was traded to the Philadelphia Wings,[16] but never joined the team. Walters played his first season in the NLL with the Rochester Knighthawks in 2009.[17] Walters was a member of the 2012, 2013 and 2014 Champion's Cup winning teams with the Knighthawks.[18]

Canadian Lacrosse Association

Walters was a member of the 2011 Mann Cup champion Brampton Excelsiors.[19][9]

Premier Lacrosse League

In 2019, Walters was announced as a member of Redwoods Lacrosse Club in Paul Rabil’s new Premier Lacrosse League.[20]

Walters announced his retirement in March of 2022.[21]

Personal

Walters is of Vietnamese descent from his mother, who was born in Vietnam.[22]

Statistics

NCAA

     
Season Team GP G A Pts PPG
2003 University of Maryland 16 33 13 46 2.88
2004 University of Maryland 16 46 22 68 4.25
2005 University of Maryland 17 38 15 53 3.12
2006 University of Maryland 17 36 24 60 3.53
Totals 66 153 74 227 3.44

Major League Lacrosse

Reference:[23]

Joe Walters Regular Season Playoffs
Season Team GP G 2PG A Pts Sh GB Pen PIM FOW FOA GP G 2PG A Pts Sh GB Pen PIM FOW FOA
2006 Rochester Rattlers 9 12 1 8 21 54 15 4 7.5 0 0 –––––––––––
2007 Rochester Rattlers 12 29 2 12 43 87 10 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 5 4 0 0 0 0
2008 Rochester Rattlers 12 32 0 12 44 96 10 2 2 0 0 2 6 0 5 11 19 3 0 0 0 0
2009 Toronto Nationals 12 23 2 17 42 89 10 2 1.5 0 0 2 3 0 2 5 15 0 0 0 0 0
2011 Hamilton Nationals 12 18 1 20 39 76 13 4 3 0 0 2 2 0 1 3 8 3 1 1 0 0
2012 Hamilton Nationals 11 17 1 28 46 71 10 2 1.5 0 0 –––––––––––
2013 Hamilton Nationals 12 22 0 26 48 70 10 2 1.5 0 0 1 2 0 3 5 8 0 0 0 0 0
2014 Chesapeake Bayhawks 9 15 0 24 39 58 6 2 1.5 0 0 –––––––––––
2015 Chesapeake Bayhawks 8 19 0 18 37 66 11 0 0.5 0 0 –––––––––––
2016 Chesapeake Bayhawks 12 23 0 27 50 68 15 0 2 0 0 –––––––––––
2017 New York Lizards 14 23 1 18 42 71 8 0 0 0 0 –––––––––––
2018 New York Lizards 14 27 0 25 52 80 13 0 2.5 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0
137 260 8 235 503 886 131 20 25.5 0 0 9 14 0 13 27 57 12 1 1 0 0
Career Total: 146 274 8 248 530 943 143 21 26.5 0 0

GP–Games played; G–Goals; 2PG–2-point goals; A–Assists; Pts–Points; Sh–Shots; GB–Ground balls; Pen–Penalties; PIM–Penalty minutes; FOW–Faceoffs won; FOA–Faceoffs attempted

Premier Lacrosse League

Joe Walters Regular Season Playoffs
Season Team GP G 2PG A Pts Sh GB Pen PIM FOW FOA GP G 2PG A Pts Sh GB Pen PIM FOW FOA
2019 Redwoods 10 9 0 11 20 42 5 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 2 5 5 1 0 0 0 0
2020 Redwoods 6 3 1 5 9 13 1 1 1 0 0 –––––––––––
2021 Redwoods ––––––––––– 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
16 12 1 16 29 55 6 1 1 0 0 4 3 0 3 6 5 2 0 0 0 0
Career Total: 20 15 1 19 35 60 8 1 1 0 0

GP–Games played; G–Goals; 2PG–2-point goals; A–Assists; Pts–Points; Sh–Shots; GB–Ground balls; Pen–Penalties; PIM–Penalty minutes; FOW–Faceoffs won; FOA–Faceoffs attempted

National Lacrosse League

Reference:[24]

Joe Walters Regular Season Playoffs
Season Team GP G A Pts LB PIM Pts/GP LB/GP PIM/GP GP G A Pts LB PIM Pts/GP LB/GP PIM/GP

2009 Rochester Knighthawks 15 8 12 20 50 9 1.33 3.33 0.60 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 1.00 0.00
2010 Rochester Knighthawks 14 1 10 11 39 4 0.79 2.79 0.29 –––––––––
2011 Rochester Knighthawks 5 1 10 11 12 0 2.20 2.40 0.00 –––––––––
2012 Rochester Knighthawks 6 3 13 16 9 0 2.67 1.50 0.00 3 4 9 13 3 0 4.33 1.00 0.00
2013 Rochester Knighthawks 15 9 25 34 22 7 2.27 1.47 0.47 3 3 9 12 6 2 4.00 2.00 0.67
2014 Rochester Knighthawks 16 15 26 41 29 15 2.56 1.81 0.94 6 4 14 18 8 0 3.00 1.33 0.00
2015 Rochester Knighthawks 17 20 33 53 35 4 3.12 2.06 0.24 3 1 5 6 4 2 2.00 1.33 0.67
2016 Rochester Knighthawks 15 16 31 47 43 4 3.13 2.87 0.27 –––––––––
2019 San Diego Seals 2 2 1 3 3 0 1.50 1.50 0.00 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 1.00 0.00
105 75 161 236 242 43 2.25 2.30 0.41 17 12 37 49 23 4 2.88 1.35 0.24
Career Total: 122 87 198 285 265 47 2.34 2.17 0.39

GP–Games played; G–Goals; A–Assists; Pts–Points; LB–Loose balls; PIM–Penalty minutes; Pts/GP–Points per games played; LB/GP–Loose balls per games played; PIM/GP–Penalty minutes per games played.

Canadian Lacrosse Association

Reference:[25]

Joe Walters - Senior "A" Regular Season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM Pts/GP PIM/GP GP G A Pts PIM Pts/GP PIM/GP
2011 Brampton Excelsiors MSL 6 5 14 19 2 3.17 0.33 17 7 29 36 4 2.12 0.24
2012 Brampton Excelsiors MSL 8 8 20 28 0 3.50 0.00 9 6 21 27 0 3.00 0.00
2013 Brampton Excelsiors MSL 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 –––––––
15 13 34 47 2 3.13 0.13 26 13 50 63 4 2.42 0.15
Senior "A" Career Total: 41 26 84 110 6 2.68 0.15

GP–Games played; G–Goals; A–Assists; Pts–Points; PIM–Penalty minutes; Pts/GP–Points per game; PIM/GP–Penalty minutes per game

Awards

Preceded byMatt Danowski Jack Turnbull Award 2006 Succeeded byMatt Danowski Preceded byMatt Striebel Steinfeld Cup Game MVP 2008 Succeeded byMerrick Thomson

References

  1. ^ Osburn, Chris (May 30, 2008). "For Rochester's Joe Walters, home opening has double meaning". InsideLacrosse.com. Archived from the original on December 14, 2007. Retrieved 2008-05-30.
  2. ^ Chavez, Bob (2022-11-02). "Joe Walters, Steve LaCrosse part of new class to enter Rochester Lacrosse Hall of Fame". Democrat and Chronicle. Retrieved 2022-11-02.
  3. ^ LAMBRECHT, GARY (2006-04-28). "Terps' Walters quick to seize an opening". THE BALTIMORE SUN.
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  6. ^ "Joe Walters - Men's Lacrosse". University of Maryland Athletics. Retrieved 2021-10-06.
  7. ^ Lahman, Sean. "RocJocks: Lacrosse star Joe Walters". Democrat and Chronicle. Retrieved 2021-10-06.
  8. ^ "Walters Named One Of Five Finalists For Tewaaraton Trophy". University of Maryland Athletics. Retrieved 2021-10-06.
  9. ^ a b Staff reports. "Local grad Walters to represent USA Lacrosse". Monroe County Post. Retrieved 2021-10-06.
  10. ^ "Walters Selected To 2006 U.S. National Team". University of Maryland Athletics. Retrieved 2021-10-06.
  11. ^ "Walters Team USA Players Bio". USLacrosse.org. Archived from the original on 2012-02-07. Retrieved 2007-08-02.
  12. ^ "Walters Rochester Rattlers Players Bio". RochesterRattlers.com. Retrieved 2007-08-02.
  13. ^ a b "Casey Powell headed to Florida in exchange for Joe Walters". Major League Lacrosse. December 3, 2013. Archived from the original on May 1, 2015. Retrieved May 23, 2014.
  14. ^ "Joe Walters Signs with the New York Lizards".
  15. ^ "Walters can't play for Bandits". InsideLacrosse.com. Archived from the original on December 14, 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-02.
  16. ^ "Bandits send Walters to Wings: Maryland grad joins Philadelphia to complete three-way trade". NLL.com. July 31, 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-02.
  17. ^ Peters, Mark (2015-10-17). "Knighthawks' Joe Walters thinks inside the box (lacrosse)". Starr Cards. Retrieved 2021-10-06.
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  19. ^ "Joe Walters talks travel, teammates and titles fro". www.insidelacrosse.com. Retrieved 2021-10-06.
  20. ^ "PLL Releases Rosters via Players Social Media". Retrieved June 23, 2019.
  21. ^ "4-time All-Pro Joe Walters announces retirement from professional lacrosse". Premier Lacrosse League. 2022-03-04. Retrieved 2022-03-04.
  22. ^ "Most people think I am Native American or Hispanic. When I tell you I am half Asian, does it really matter?". Twitter. Retrieved 2021-03-20.
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