Bayhawks Midfielder Kip Fulks Retires
August 27, 2004 - Major League Lacrosse (MLL)
Chesapeake Bayhawks News Release
Towson, Md. â Baltimore Bayhawks midfielder Kip Fulks has retired from playing for the Bayhawks and Major League Lacrosse following a four-year career in Baltimore, it has been announced by Baltimore General Manager Jay Pivec.
Fulks saw action in six games this past season, making three starts. He scored four goals, including a pair of two-point tallies, and added two assists.
A member of the Bayhawks since their inaugural 2001 season, Fulks was selected in the 10th round of the Inaugural Draft. He finished eighth on the team in scoring during the 2001 campaign with 11 goals and two assists. He scored the team's first-ever overtime goal on July 27 in a 12-11 victory over the Bridgeport Barrage and tallied three goals against the Rochester Rattlers.
During the 2002 championship season, the University of Maryland graduate appeared in 12 games during the regular season, scoring four goals with an assist. He scored a season-high two goals against New Jersey on June 29 in a 22-17 loss at Commerce Bank Ballpark.
Last year, Fulks appeared in just seven games, including all six home games. Against the Rattlers on August 9 at Homewood Field, he recorded his first-ever regular season two-point goal in the 19-14 win that clinched a playoff spot. In the Bayhawks' semifinal victory over New Jersey, Fulks scored his second career postseason two-pointer in the 15-13 win at Villanova Stadium. Until this season, he was the only Bayhawk to score a two-pointer in postseason play.
"Kip has been a mainstay of the Bayhawks since the inception of the team," Pivec said. "His leadership and most definitely his 100 mile per hour shot will be sorely missed. The owners, staff, and his teammates will certainly notice his absence."
The team has already announced plans to retire Fulks' jersey number 13 during one of its home games next season. Season tickets for the 2005 season are already on sale and can be purchased by calling 866-99-HAWKS.
The Baltimore Bayhawks, a charter member of Major League Lacrosse, was founded in 2000 by the following Baltimore businessmen and lacrosse enthusiasts: Dave Pivec, a former Notre Dame and Los Angeles Rams football player, and now President of Pivec Advertising and owner of Courtney's Café in Timonium, Maryland; Chris Hutchins, former University of North Carolina lacrosse player and owner of Bacharach Rasin, the oldest lacrosse equipment retailer in the world; Dr. Raymond Schulmeyer, former lacrosse player at Cornell University and owner of Schulmeyer Animal Hospital in Perry Hall Maryland; and Gordon Boone, former lacrosse player at Salisbury State College and now a commercial real estate broker with Ryan Commercial.
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