Lyle Thompson Stepping Away from PLL for 2023 Season
Lyle Thompson Stepping Away from PLL for 2023 Season | USA Lacrosse Magazine
Skip to main content
Lyle Thompson Stepping Away from PLL for 2023 Season
Mon May 15 2023 | Kenny DeJohn | Pro
PLL Cannons
PHOTO COURTESY OF PREMIER LACROSSE LEAGUE
Lyle Thompson led the PLL with 44 points in 2022.
Lyle Thompson, one of the brightest stars and most respected people in lacrosse, has decided to step away from the Premier Lacrosse League for the 2023 season. He announced his decision on Monday, citing the desire to focus on himself, his family and his community.
“While we will miss Lyle’s leadership and play on the field, we respect his decision to put his family and health first,” PLL co-founder and president Paul Rabil said. “Lyle’s someone who has demonstrated the ability to put absolutely everything he has into his craft — and for over a decade, the game has greatly benefited from that characteristic. I think I can speak for the entire lacrosse community by saying we look forward to seeing him back on a PLL field soon.”
Thompson led the PLL in points (44) in 2022. He also led the league in one-point goals (26). The Cannons, which have undergone an offseason makeover under new head coach Brian Holman, will now play without their best offensive asset. Thompson said in a statement that he intends on re-joining the team in 2024.
Continue below to read the full statement from Thompson.
After much thought and consideration, I’ve decided to take a break from the PLL for the 2023 season.
I’ve dedicated the past 15 years of my life to playing lacrosse year-round. I am grateful that my love for the game has provided me the opportunity to play at the highest level and do so continuously.
For me, the game should always be medicine, and it comes with instruction to be played with respect, a clear mind, and enjoyment. I want to follow these instructions and sometimes that requires rest.
So this summer, I will direct my energy to myself, my family, and my communities.
I want to sincerely thank all of my fans, the lacrosse community, my amazing Cannons teammates and the PLL for their understanding and support. I look forward to re-joining the Boom Squad for the 2024 season and picking up where I left off.
Nyawek – Thank You
Cannons
Lyle Thompson Stepping Away from PLL for 2023 Season
May 15 2023 | Kenny DeJohn
Cannons
Brian Holman Named Cannons LC Head Coach
Feb 6 2023 | Kenny DeJohn
Best of Lax 2022
Best of Lax 2022: Vote for Best Men’s Record-Breaker
Dec 13 2022 | Kenny DeJohn
Best of Lax 2022
Best of Lax 2022: Vote for Best Advocate
Dec 12 2022 | Kenny DeJohn
Twitter Posts
Tweets by USLacrosse
Copyright © USA Lacrosse Magazine
Weekly Newsletter
Get the best and latest from USLaxMagazine. com delivered weekly straight to your inbox.
Lyle Thompson – 2015 – Men’s Lacrosse
The official site of the ualbany great danes
-
Bio -
Related -
Stats -
Historical
Biography
2015:
• First-ever back-to-back male recipient of the Tewaaraton Trophy for men’s lacrosse player of the year
• Set new NCAA Division I record for career points (400) and assists (225)
• Earned USILA Lt. Raymond J. Enners Award for DI Outstanding Player of the Year for second-straight season, earning First Team All-America Honors
• America East Player of the Year, All-Conference First Team, Fans’ Choice Player of the Year and Championship Most Outstanding Player
• Drafted first overall in the Major League Lacrosse First Year Player Draft by the Florida Launch
• Finished with 121 points, the second-highest single season total in DI history only to his own mark of 128 in 2014
• Led all of Division I in points per game (6.37) for third-straight season and assists per game (3.63)
• Started all 19 games at attack, tallying 52 goals, 69 assists and 44 ground balls
• Two-time America East Player of the Week
• Named a midseason and preseason All-American by Inside Lacrosse and Lacrosse Magazine
• Earned multiple points in all 19 UAlbany games, finishing career with a 45-game point scoring streak
• Assisted six of UAlbany’s 10 goals in 10-9 victory vs. UMass (3/7)
• UAlbany record 10 assists at Stony Brook (3/14), adding two goals for 12 points, ranking second in UAlbany single game history
• Followed with 10 points off three goals and seven assists in road win at Canisius (3/17)
• Career-high and UAlbany single game record nine goals, adding three points to match career-high 12 points in 21-18 victory at Harvard (3/25)
• Tallied seven points off four goals and three assists at Syracuse (4/2)
• Pair of six-assist games in a row in road victories at Vermont (4/4) and Binghamton (4/11)
• Tied NCAA career points record with goal at Binghamton (4/11)
• Set new record with assist to Connor Fields in road win at Bryant (4/14)
• Three goals and four assists for seven points in UAlbany’s victory over #7 Yale (4/18)
• Couple of five goal performances in the AE Tournament, including four assists for nine points vs. Hartford (4/30)
• Three goals and six assists in NCAA Tournament victory at Cornell (5/9)
• Ended career with a goal and four assists in NCAA Tournament game vs. Notre Dame (5/16)
2014:
• Co-Tewaraaton Trophy recipient with brother Miles Thompson
• USILA Lt. Raymond J. Enners Award (DI Outstanding Player of the Year) and Lt. Col. J.L. (Jack) Turnbull Award (DI Most Outstanding Attackman)
• Set new NCAA single season points record at 128, matched NCAA single season assists record with 77, adding 51 goals
• USILA First Team All-American
• America East Player of the Year, All-America East First Team, America East All-Tournament Team
• Became UAlbany all-time assists leader, totaling 156 through the 2013-14 season
• Led all of Division I in points per game at 7.11 and assists per game at 4.28 (1.16 more than second-place person), 11th in DI and third in America East in goals per game at 2.83 and 15th in DI in shot percentage at .440
• Finished with 51 goals, 77 assists, 48 ground balls and 15 caused turnovers
• Scored at least four points in all 18 UAlbany games, at least six points in 16 of 18 UAlbany games
• 5+ assists in 10 games, 4+ goals in six games
• Two-time America East Player of the Week
• Brine DI Player of the Week after netting four goals and seven assists for career-high 11 points at UMass (3/8)
• Three goals and five assists in road win at Penn State (3/22)
• Career-best eight assists in home win over Stony Brook (4/12)
• At least eight points in five-straight games from 4/22-5/10, starting with six goals and two assists vs. Siena (4/22), six goals and four assists for 10 points vs. Binghamton (4/26)
• Scored game-tying goal with five seconds left in regulation and game-winning assist in America East Semifinal overtime victory over Stony Brook (5/1)
• Three goals, five assists and five ground balls facing Tewaaraton finalist defender Joe Fletcher in NCAA Tournament win over Loyola (5/10)
• Six points off three goals and three assists in NCAA Tournament game vs. Notre Dame (5/17)
• Selected as Inside Lacrosse and Lacrosse Magazine Preseason Division I Player of the Year
2013:
• Selected as one of five finalists for the 2013 Tewaaraton Award
• First Team All-American
• America East Player of the Year
• Broke the school record for points in a season with 113 (two points shy of the NCAA record set by Steve Marahol)
• Broke the school record for assists in a season with 63
• Led the nation in points per game with 6. 65, second in assists per game with 3.71
• Tallied eight points or more in eight different games
• Recorded a career-best 11 points on four goals and seven assists vs. UMBC (4/19)
• Named America East Player of the Week three times (2/11-2/17) (3/04-3/10) (3/26-31)
• Tallied eight points on two goals and six assists in season opener at #13 Syracuse (2/17)
2012:
• America East Conference All-Rookie Team
• Played in all 16 games with six starts
• Recorded 22 goals and 16 assists
• Took 32 faceoffs, winning 13
• Picked up 39 ground balls
• Had a career high of five goals in the game against UMBC (5/2)
• Scored at least once in 14 out of the 16 matches for the Great Danes
• Scored one goal to lead the Iroquois U19 National Team to a 15-13 win over USA at the Federation of International Lacrosse U19 World Championships
High School: Comes to UAlbany as the top recruit in the nation… 2011 Under Armour All-American. .. Four-year letterwinner at LaFayette… Scored 66 goals and added 54 assists as a senior… Finished career with 511 total points… Three-time First All-Time All-Central New York… League MVP and First-Team All-Northern honoree.
Personal: Major is sociology… Son of Jerome and Deloris Thompson… Has a sister, Crystal, and three brothers, Jeremy, Jerome Jr. and Miles… Brother, Jeremy, played lacrosse at Syracuse… Brother, Miles, and cousin, Ty, are also members of the UAlbany Squad.
CAREER HIGHS
Points: 12 (2x, last: @ Harvard, Mar. 25, 2015)
Goals: 9 (@ Harvard, Mar. 25, 2015)
Assists: 10 (@ Stony Brook, Mar. 14, 2015)
Ground Balls: 7 (@ Syracuse, Feb. 19, 2012)
Caused Turnovers: 2 (2x, last: vs. UMass Lowell, Mar. 28, 2015)
CAREER STATISTICS
Year
|
GP/GS
|
G
|
A
|
PTS
|
GB
|
CT
|
FO
|
2012
|
16/6
|
22
|
16
|
38
|
39
|
4
|
13-32
|
2013
|
17/17
|
50
|
63
|
113
|
35
|
8
|
—
|
2014
|
18/18
|
51
|
77
|
128
|
48
|
15
|
0-3
|
2015
|
19/19
|
52
|
69
|
121
|
44
|
8
|
—
|
Total
|
70/60
|
175
|
225
|
400
|
166
|
35
|
13-35
|
Statistics
Season:
Season Statistics
Season Statistics
No statistics available for this season.
Career Statistics
There are no statistics available for this player.
Historical Player Information
-
2012Freshman
Midfield
6’0″
180 lbs
-
2013Sophomore
Attack
6’0″
180 lbs
-
2014Junior
Attack
6’0″
180 lbs
-
2015Senior
Attack
6’0″
180 lbs
© 2023 University at Albany. All rights reserved.
Miles Thompson moved to the injured list
Miles Thompson moved to the injured list
12:35
25 November
Georgia Swarm has already lost several veteran players to retire this off-season. Now here’s another loss.
Unfortunately, now we will not see the three brothers, Miles, Lyle and Jeremy on the court together. Forward “Georgia Swarm” Miles Thompson will miss the season due to injury, he was removed from the active list and transferred to the list of injured reserve players. Recall that Miles also missed last season due to injury, playing in only three matches.
Tags: georgia
Also recommended
11/22/2022, 07:09 PM
“Georgia Swarm” traded their 2023 NLL Fifth Round pick to the 900 03
8-10-2022, 05:49
Although the Colorado Mammoth were able to win last year’s NLL Cup without forward Ryan Lee 10- 2022, 05:13
Eric Malever suffered numerous injuries to his right leg in a fall during training at
12-10-2022, 05:19
“Chaos” has been one of the main topics of discussion in the League over the past few seasons. This is
Visitors in the group Guests cannot comment on this post.
NEWS FEED
latest
commented
07:26
18 Feb
22:42
15 Feb
22:33
15 Feb
21:30
12 Feb
19:25
12 Feb
17:54
12 Feb
16:54
12 Feb
16:00
Feb 12
13:06
12 Feb
19:08
11 Feb
18:13
11 Feb
17:29
11 Feb
09:50
11 Feb
08:03
11 Feb
21:29
06 Feb
19:28
06 Feb
18:40
06 Feb
22:20
01 Feb
22:13
01 Feb
20:20
Jan 31
04:49
Sep 19
07:26
18 Feb
22:42
15 Feb
22:33
15 Feb
21:30
Feb 12
19:25
12 Feb
17:54
12 Feb
16:54
12 Feb
16:00
12 Feb
13:06
12 Feb
19:08
11 Feb
18:13
11 Feb
17:29
11 Feb
09:50
11 Feb
08:03
11 Feb
21:29
06 Feb
19:28
06 Feb
18:40
06 Feb
22:20
01 Feb
22:13
01 Feb
All lacrosse news →
All Lacrosse. org/ – site about lacrosse. All news about world lacrosse, reports, reviews, match results. National Lacrosse League, Premier Lacrosse League, World Lacrosse, NCAA Lacrosse, Mann Cup, Minto Cup, MSL, WLA, OJLL, NABLL and other world lacrosse leagues.
Why isn’t the Haudenosaunee Confederation allowed to play lacrosse at the 2022 World Games?
International Sports Competitions, Sports, Sports News, Team Sports / 2022 World Games, Decanavida, Haudenosaunee Confederation, Iroquois Confederacy, Lacrosse, Lyle Thompson, Native American Culture, North America, Peacemaker, Longhouse People / December 5, 2021 / From
JP Cordero
Lacrosse is a team sport considered to be the oldest organized game in North America. It dates back to Native American Indians and was first played in the St. Lawrence Valley. Ironically, even though it comes from Native American culture, why are they excluded from the 2022 World Games?
The organizers of the 2022 World Games excluded the Iroquois team from the men’s lacrosse games despite being the game’s inventors. They were excluded because they were not considered a “sovereign nation”.
The observations and advice of this article we have prepared based on the experience of the team Haudenosaunee Confederation is known by many names, such as Iroquois Confederacy , Longhouse People , and Iroquois League, five on tions . They were originally formed by the union of the five original nations, Flint People, Standing Stone People, Hill People, Great Swamp People, and Great Hill People. And in 1722 Shirt Men joined the nations .
The Confederation traces its origins to the history of the Decanavids, also known as peacemaker , between 15700 and 1600. The Peacemaker is said to have persuaded Hiawatha, an Onondaga living among the Mohawks, to unite under the rule of peace, civil authority, righteousness, great law, and their equal desire to resist enemy invasion.
Successful union, where 50 leaders dealt with all civil affairs at the intertribal level. This union was different from other Native American confederations because they were more organized and used elaborate ritual systems to determine leaders and make important decisions. They inhabited the central and upper parts of New York. (Source: British)
Today they are mostly found south of Syracuse, New York and parts of Canada. It is an independent and sovereign nation that pays no taxes and receives no benefits from the US government. (Source: Onondaga Nation)
Lacrosse dates back to 1100. Considered the oldest team sport in North America, the Haudenosaunee were the first to play it. In an earlier version of the sport, between 100 and 1,000 Native American men were known to use wooden sticks and small deerskin balls. Since there were no borders on the playing fields, sometimes the games could stretch for kilometers and last days.
In Native American oral tradition, the first game was played between birds and mammals, and this sport was a gift from creator used for both entertainment and medicine.