Rob Pannell was born on December 11,1989 and is an American professional lacrosse player who plays for the California Redwoods of the Premier Lacrosse League.
56 Facts About Rob Pannell
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Rob Pannell is amongst one of the top leading scorers in men's Division I lacrosse history.
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Rob Pannell currently holds the Cornell points record and assists record.
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Rob Pannell was the Ivy League's first ever three-time Player of the Year award winner.
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Rob Pannell was voted the NCAA's Outstanding Player of the Year in Men's Lacrosse in both 2011 and 2013 when he was awarded the Lt.
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Rob Pannell won the MLL championship in 2015 and won the MLL MVP in 2018.
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Rob Pannell has consistently been a PLL All-Star since 2021.
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Rob Pannell was a member of the mens Team USA lacrosse team thrice consecutively in 2014,2018 and 2023, named to the All-World team in 2014 and 2018.
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Rob Pannell is widely regarded as one of the greatest attackmen of his generation.
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Rob Pannell played on the varsity lacrosse team for three years and led Long Island in scoring his senior year with a school record 130 points.
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Rob Pannell was named offensive MVP of the team that season and earned a place on Newsday's All-Long Island second team.
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Rob Pannell played football, basketball, and golf, earning Academic All-Division honors for football in his senior year.
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Rob Pannell set a Deerfield lacrosse record for points in a single season with 99.
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Rob Pannell was the Ivy League Rookie of the Year and set the Cornell rookie record for points in a season, finishing with a team-high 67 points.
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Rob Pannell earned third-team All-American honors after his first college season and was named first-team All-Ivy League.
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Rob Pannell led the team in postseason scoring with 16 points over four games, including a six-point effort against the University of Virginia in the semifinals.
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Rob Pannell was voted the National Player of the Year by the coaches of the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association and presented with the Lt.
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Rob Pannell was nominated for a 2011 ESPY for Best Male College Athlete.
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Rob Pannell was one of five finalists in the category for 2011 and the only lacrosse player ever to be nominated.
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Rob Pannell scored 16 points in the first two games of his senior season, but he broke his left foot in the second game against Army.
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Rob Pannell attempted to rehabilitate his foot in time for the NCAA tournament, but he re-injured the foot in the month before the tournament.
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Rob Pannell applied to the Ivy League for a fifth year of eligibility as he did not graduate after the spring semester in 2013 due to taking an incomplete credit in one of his classes.
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Rob Pannell returned to Cornell University for the spring semester in 2013 and was eligible to participate in the 2013 lacrosse season.
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Rob Pannell led Cornell in scoring for the fourth time in five years and finished second in the NCAA with 102 points.
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Rob Pannell set the record of 354 all-time career NCAA points in the game, passing Matt Danowski.
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Rob Pannell again was voted the National Player of the Year by the coaches of the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association and received his second Lt.
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Rob Pannell was the Ivy League's first ever three-time Player of the Year award winner.
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Rob Pannell was a finalist in 2011, but lost to Steele Stanwick.
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Rob Pannell ranked second in overall points, second in goals, and fourth in assists in the league among rookies.
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Rob Pannell was selected to his first MLL All-Star game in 2013 and was named the 2013 Cascade Lacrosse Rookie of the Year.
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Rob Pannell led the Lizards in points with 33 goals and 23 assists.
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Rob Pannell led the league in scoring with 68 points, 38 goals and 30 assists, only the third player in MLL history to have at least 30 goals and 30 assists in a season.
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Rob Pannell led the Lizards offensive attack all the way to the MLL Championship game.
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Rob Pannell scored four goals and one assist in that game with the Lizards defeating the Rochester Rattlers for the 2015 MLL Championship.
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Rob Pannell was inducted into the Suffolk Sports Hall of Fame on Long Island, New York, in the Lacrosse Category with the Class of 2015.
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Rob Pannell was named the Warrior Offensive Player of the Year.
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Rob Pannell broke the single season points record with 74 points on the way to his second consecutive scoring title.
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Rob Pannell led the league in points with 42 goals and 32 assists, becoming the second player in MLL history to record at least 30 goals and 30 assists in two or more seasons.
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Rob Pannell is the first player to score 40+ goals and have 30+ assists in a single season.
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Rob Pannell recorded a career high eight goals and nine points versus the Charlotte Hounds.
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Rob Pannell was named to his fourth consecutive All-Star team and third consecutive MLL All-Pro team.
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Rob Pannell played in 11 games with the New York Lizards.
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Rob Pannell was named an MLL All Star, finishing the season with 49 points, 23 goals and 26 assists.
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Rob Pannell missed three games due to a thumb injury that required surgery midway through the season.
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Rob Pannell played in 13 games with the New York Lizards, breaking his own single season scoring record with 78 points on 43 goals and 35 assists.
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Rob Pannell was named Coca-Cola MVP, Warrior Offensive MVP and an MLL-All Star for the sixth time.
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Rob Pannell returned for his seventh season with the New York Lizards.
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On March 9,2020, Rob Pannell announced that he would join the Premier Lacrosse League.
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Rob Pannell was a member of 2014 Team USA that won silver at the World Championships in Denver.
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Rob Pannell was named the World's Most Outstanding Attackman and he was named to the All-World team.
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Rob Pannell led the World Championships in scoring with 17 goals and 15 assists for a total of 32 points.
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Rob Pannell had seven goals in USA's game against the Iroquois, good for second all-time for most goals scored in a game by a member of Team USA.
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Rob Pannell tallied 10 goals and 11 assists for 21 points during the games and was named to the All-World Team for the second time.
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Rob Pannell is the middle child of Susan and Bob Rob Pannell.
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Rob Pannell has an older sister, Genevieve, and a younger brother, James, who plays for the Atlas Lacrosse Club in the PLL.
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Rob Pannell's uncle, Jim Metzger, is a former Half Hollow Hills High School and Hofstra University All-American lacrosse player for whom the Men's and Women's Lacrosse offices at Hofstra are named.