Kevin Huntley (lacrosse)

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Kevin Huntley
Born (1986-09-20) September 20, 1986 (age 37)
2008
–

Kevin Huntley (born September 20, 1986) is a professional

national championships, and finished his college career as the eighth all-time leading goal scorer in Johns Hopkins history. His father, Dave Huntley, was also an All-American
at Johns Hopkins. In 2008, Huntley was named Major League Lacrosse Rookie of the Year.

Collegiate career

Huntley won two national championships while playing with the

2007 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship. In the Blue Jays' quarterfinal game against Georgetown University, Huntley scored a career high five goals. Earlier in the contest, Huntley was penalized for using an illegal stick. When he returned to play he was using a teammate's stick when he scored all five goals.[1] As a senior, Huntley and the Blue Jays were again in the national championship game; however, this time they were defeated by the Syracuse Orange
.

Before playing at Hopkins, Huntley was twice awarded the All-Metro High School Player of the Year by the

Baltimore Sun while playing at Calvert Hall College High School. In addition, as a sixteen-year-old, he represented Team Canada at the 2003 Under-19 World Lacrosse Championships, helping his team win the silver medal.[2]

Huntley and his father Dave Huntley, a former All-American midfielder at Johns Hopkins, are the only father–son duo to win two national championships, and are only the second pairing to score 100 or more goals each in their respective Division I lacrosse careers.[3][4]

     
Season GP G A Pts PPG
2005 15 23 6 29 1.93
2006 14 30 6 36 2.57
2007 17 22 9 31 1.82
2008 17 34 9 43 2.53
Totals 63 109 30 139 2.21

Professional career

Huntley began his professional career with the

2008 MLL Collegiate Draft, Huntley was immediately traded to the Riptide on draft day.[4][5] Huntley joined a Riptide team that was coached by Huntley family friend John Tucker.[6]

Huntley has had an immediate impact on the league, and was named Rookie of the Week three times, Offensive Player of the Week once. He also set a record for the most goals scored by a rookie in Major League Lacrosse, breaking

Major League Lacrosse Rookie of the Year Award.[7]

On February 12, 2010 it was announced Huntley was traded to the Hamilton Nationals along with four other players.[8]

Statistics

Major League Lacrosse

    Regular Season   Playoffs
Season Team GP G 2ptG A Pts LB PIM GP G 2ptG A Pts LB PIM
2008 Los Angeles 9 30 0 5 35 17 1 1 3 1 0 4 0
2009 Washington 12 23 2 6 31 5 1.5 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
MLL Totals 21 53 2 11 66 22 2.5 1 3 1 0 4 3 0

Awards

Preceded by
2008
 Succeeded by
Incumbent

References

  1. ^ "Kevin Huntley's JHU Player Bio". HopkinsSports.com. Archived from the original on 2009-04-21. Retrieved 2008-07-30.
  2. ^ "2004 All-Metro Boys Lacrosse Team". The Baltimore Sun. June 4, 2004. Archived from the original on July 19, 2012. Retrieved 2008-08-14.
  3. ^ Ginsberg, Eric (July 23, 2008). "Born to Play". MajorLeagueLacrosse.com. Archived from the original on January 3, 2010. Retrieved August 14, 2008. Kevin and Dave Huntley became just the second father-son combination in Division I lacrosse history to score 100 or more goals during their careers.
  4. ^ a b "Kevin Huntley's Los Angeles Riptide Player Bio". LARiptide.com. Archived from the original on 2008-07-10. Retrieved 2008-08-12. Along with dad Dave, is the only father-son combination to each with two NCAA Championships.
  5. ^ "Paul Rabil selected with #1 Overall Pick". MajorLeagueLacrosse.com. May 28, 2008. Archived from the original on June 1, 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
  6. ^ McLaughlin, Corey (July 10, 2008). "MLL Week 9 Notebook: Huntley Grows Up". Lacrosse Magazine Online. Archived from the original on January 20, 2013. Retrieved 2008-08-14.
  7. ^ a b "Twelve years of the MLL's Cascade Rookie of the Year and where they went in the Collegiate Draft". Major League Lacrosse. May 18, 2016. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
  8. ^ http://www.majorleaguelacrosse.com/news/pressreleases/?article_id=1617[permanent dead link]
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