Dragons Acquire West Point's Wagner
February 24, 2006 - Major League Lacrosse (MLL)
San Francisco Dragons News Release
San Francisco, CA - The San Francisco Dragons of Major League Lacrosse (MLL) announced today that they have acquired Jim Wagner from the league's player pool. Wagner had a prolific scoring career at West Point and was selected to the honorable mention All America Team and was a 1st-Team All Patriot League selection after scoring 42 goals and adding 10 assists in 2005. He served as a team co-captain and was on the pre-season Tewaaraton Award Watch List. Wagner finished his Black Knight (Army) playing career as the 9th all-time leading scorer with 151 career points, and his 118 career goals place him 4th all-time at West Point. He became only the second player in the 86-year history of Army lacrosse to record back-to-back 40-goal seasons, and the first Army player to average 3 goals per game in a single season since 1978. Currently he is a commissioned Second Lieutenant in the US Army stationed at West Point and serves as a graduate assistant with the Black Knight lacrosse program.
"We were pleased to find a player of Jim's talent available to us at this point in the year. He is a tremendous player and a proven leader, and we are excited to have him join our team in San Francisco" said General Manager Doug Locker.
About the San Francisco Dragons
The San Francisco Dragons, Northern California's newest professional sports franchise, will begin its inaugural season in May of 2006 as a member of the 10-team Major League Lacrosse (MLL) league. The Dragons, based at historic Kezar Stadium's 9,044-seat track & field facility, will provide fun, affordable family entertainment showcasing America's "fastest growing team sport" in addition to becoming the foremost resource for the lacrosse community.
The Dragons play 12 games in the regular season, and its home opener is scheduled for 1:00 pm, Sunday May 28th at Kezar Stadium. Season and Group Tickets for the Dragons are now on sale. For more information, call 415-573-2525 or www.sanfranciscodragons.com.
About Major League Lacrosse
Major League Lacrosse, a ten-team professional outdoor lacrosse league, was founded in 1999 by fitness entrepreneur Jake Steinfeld, CEO of Body by Jake Global L.L.C., and founding partners Dave Morrow, a former champion lacrosse player and now CEO of Warrior Lacrosse, a leading global provider of innovative and high performance lacrosse equipment; and Timothy B. Robertson, former CEO of The Family Channel and the current chairman of Bay Shore Enterprises, L.L.C., an investment holding company with activities in international media and Internet technology ventures. The MLL commenced play in June of 2001. The MLL is comprised of two conferences. The Eastern Conference contains the original six teams, Baltimore, Boston, Long Island, New Jersey, Philadelphia and Rochester. The Western Conference debuts in the 2006 season with MLL expansion franchises Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles and San Francisco.
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