Chris Cameron (lacrosse) explained

Chris Cameron
Position:Attack
Shoots:Left
Height Ft:6
Height In:4
Weight Lb:200
League:NCAA
Former Nll Teams:Boston Blazers
Nationality:American
Birth Place:Long Island, New York
Career Start:1992
Career End:1994
Career Highlights:
  • Among all-time Division I Career Points with 308
  • 1989 Division I All American, Honorable Mention

Chris Cameron was an All-American lacrosse player at Lehigh University from 1986 to 1989 who twice led the nation in scoring.

Playing career

Cameron is among the all-time leaders in Division I scoring with 122 goal and 186 assists for 308 career points.[1]

Cameron played his prep ball at Walt Whitman on Long Island before being recruited to Lehigh.

Chris's top season was 1986 when he scored 40 goals and handed out 53 assists for 93 total point in 14 games while leading the nation in scoring that season. Cameron's senior season, he was voted All-American and was selected to play in the North-South All-Star Classic. He led the Engineers to an 8–6 record in 1986 and 9–5 in 1987, and was also inducted into the Lehigh University Hall of Fame. Cameron was the 4th player in NCAA Division I to surpass 300 career points.[2]

Cameron also excelled at soccer where he helped lead Lehigh to a 13-5-2 record in his senior season while serving as captain and being named a Regional All-American. Cameron played professional lacrosse for the National Lacrosse League's Boston Blazers from 1992 to 1994, tallying a total of 11 goals and 22 assists in 19 games.[3]

Coaching career

Cameron is currently the lacrosse coach at Bishop Guertin High School in New Hampshire.[4] Bishop Guertin won the New Hampshire Division 1 state titles in 2005 and 2008. Bishop Guertin also reached the state finals in 2009, losing the title game 9–8, while finishing the season with an 18–3 record. In 2010, Bishop Guertin again won the state finals with a 15 to 10 defeat of Exeter High School finishing with a 19 and 2 overall record. Most recently, he led his team to a 2012 championship victory against Hanover and 2013 victory against Pinkerton Academy. In 2014, Bishop Guertin won their fifth straight NH 1 state title.

In twelve seasons under Cameron, Bishop Guertin has a record of 198 wins and 48 losses.[3] [5]

Cameron is the father of Kristin, Brian, and Sean.

Statistics

Lehigh University

    
Season GP G A Pts PPG
1986 14 40 53 93 6.64
1987 14 33 45 78 5.57
1988 13 27 48 75 5.77
1989 14 22 40 62 4.43
Totals 55 122 186 (a) 308 (b) 5.60 (c)

(a) 9th in NCAA career assists

(b) 14th in NCAA career points

(c) 12th in NCAA career points-per-game____________________________________________

NLL

  Regular Season Playoffs
Season Team GP G A Pts LB PIM GP G A Pts LB PIM
1992 Boston 8 3 9 12 36 01 0 0 0 4 2
1993 Boston 5 5 3 8 18 02 1 5 6 9 0
1994 Boston 6 3 10 13 40 0-- -- -- -- -- --
NLL Totals 19 11 22 33 94 03 1 5 6 13 2
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See also

External References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: NCAA Men's & Women's Record Book . NCAA . 2008-06-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080528110616/http://www.ncaa.org/library/records/lacrosse/lacrosse_records_book/2007/2007_m_w_lacrosse_records.pdf . 2008-05-28 . dead .
  2. Web site: Lehigh Sports Hall of Fame: Christopher K. "Chris" Cameron . LehighSports.com . 2008-06-06 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070927235920/http://history.lehighsports.com/hof/player.asp?PlayerID=1563&SeasonYear=1986&CatID=11 . September 27, 2007 .
  3. Web site: BG coach Chris Cameron has taken boys lacrosse team to new heights. Fitz. Gary. June 1, 2008. Nashua Telegraph. 2008-06-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20080608215054/http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080601/SPORTS01/953297983/0/COLUMNISTS03. 2008-06-08. dead.
  4. Web site: Boys' HS State Champions . Laxpower.com . 2013-12-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131228153410/http://www.laxpower.com/hschamps/champs.php?year=2008&gender=B . dead .
  5. Web site: Life after Guertin lacrosse . Pathak . Sapna . May 29, 2008 . Boston Globe . 2008-06-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121020024502/http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/05/29/life_after_guertin_lacrosse/ . 2012-10-20 . dead .