# Roy Colsey

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{{Short description|American lacrosse player}}
{{BLP sources|date=December 2015}}
{{Infobox lacrosse player
| position = Transition/Midfield
| shoots = Right
| height_ft = 6 
| height_in = 2
| weight_lb = 214
| former_nll_teams = [New York Titans](/source/New_York_Titans_(NLL))<br />[Buffalo Bandits](/source/Buffalo_Bandits)<br />[Anaheim Storm](/source/Anaheim_Storm)<br />[New Jersey Storm](/source/New_Jersey_Storm)<br />[New York Saints](/source/New_York_Saints)<br />[Rochester Knighthawks](/source/Rochester_Knighthawks)
| former _mll_team = [Bridgeport/Philadelphia Barrage](/source/Philadelphia_Barrage)
| nationality = American
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1973|7|29|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [Newark, New Jersey](/source/Newark%2C_New_Jersey), U.S.
| career_start = [1996](/source/1996_MILL_season)
| career_end = [2007](/source/2007_NLL_season)
| nickname = Big Colse
|profhof=2023}}
'''Roy Colsey''' (born July 29, 1973 in [Yorktown Heights, New York](/source/Yorktown_Heights%2C_New_York)) is a former professional lacrosse player who last played for the [Philadelphia Barrage](/source/Philadelphia_Barrage) in [Major League Lacrosse](/source/Major_League_Lacrosse).

==College career==
Roy attended [Syracuse University](/source/Syracuse_University), where he was a third-team All-American in 1992 and was a first-team All-American from 1993 to 1995. In 1995 he was awarded the Donald [McLaughlin Award](/source/McLaughlin_Award) for National Division 1 Men's Lacrosse Midfielder of the Year. He won two [national championships](/source/NCAA_Men's_Lacrosse_Championship) with the Orangemen ('93, '95). He graduated from Syracuse University in 1995.

==Professional career==

===MLL===
Colsey played for the Barrage his entire MLL career, and holds several franchise records, including goals, points and two-pointers. In [2004](/source/2004_MLL_season), [2006](/source/2006_MLL_season), and [2007](/source/2007_MLL_season),<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=majorleaguelacrosse.com: News |url=http://www.majorleaguelacrosse.com/news/index.html?article_id=1234 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081208194440/http://www.majorleaguelacrosse.com/news/index.html?article_id=1234 |archive-date=2008-12-08 |access-date= |website=majorleaguelacrosse.com}}</ref> Roy led the Barrage to [MLL championships](/source/Steinfeld_Cup). In 2006, he was selected to the Men's U.S National Lacrosse Team.

===NLL===
Before Colsey joined the MLL, he played in the [National Lacrosse League](/source/National_Lacrosse_League) (NLL) for nine seasons. He played for the [Rochester Knighthawks](/source/Rochester_Knighthawks), [New York Saints](/source/New_York_Saints), [New Jersey](/source/New_Jersey_Storm) / [Anaheim Storm](/source/Anaheim_Storm) and [Buffalo Bandits](/source/Buffalo_Bandits). After a two-year break, Colsey returned to the NLL briefly in [2007](/source/2007_NLL_season) with the expansion [New York Titans](/source/New_York_Titans_(lacrosse)).

==Personal==
Colsey currently coaches the varsity lacrosse team at [Ridgefield High School](/source/Ridgefield_High_School_(Ridgefield%2C_Connecticut)), where he helped capture the school's first ever FCIAC Championship in Lacrosse and second State Championship. He is the founder and head coach of Team Superstar. He is now a physical education teacher at [Robert E. Bell Middle School](/source/Chappaqua_Central_School_District) in [Chappaqua, New York](/source/Chappaqua%2C_New_York), where he has taught since 2003 and has coached extensively.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Murphy |first=Tim |date=2012-11-29 |title=Colsey inducted into lacrosse Hall of Fame |url=http://www.theridgefieldpress.com/11891/colsey-inducted-into-lacrosse-hall-of-fame/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130614100810/http://www.theridgefieldpress.com/11891/colsey-inducted-into-lacrosse-hall-of-fame/ |archive-date=2013-06-14 |access-date= |website=The Ridgefield Press}}</ref>

==Statistics==

===NLL===
{| BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0"
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! ALIGN="center" colspan="2" bgcolor="#ffffff" | &nbsp;
! ALIGN="center" rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | &nbsp;
! ALIGN="center" colspan="6" | Regular&nbsp;Season
! ALIGN="center" rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | &nbsp;
! ALIGN="center" colspan="6" | Playoffs
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! ALIGN="center" | Season
! ALIGN="center" | Team
! ALIGN="center" | GP
! ALIGN="center" | G
! ALIGN="center" | A
! ALIGN="center" | Pts
! ALIGN="center" | LB
! ALIGN="center" | PIM
! ALIGN="center" | GP
! ALIGN="center" | G
! ALIGN="center" | A
! ALIGN="center" | Pts
! ALIGN="center" | LB
! ALIGN="center" | PIM
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| ALIGN="center" | 1996
| ALIGN="center" | Rochester
| ALIGN="center" | 2
| ALIGN="center" | 1
| ALIGN="center" | 0
| ALIGN="center" | 1
| ALIGN="center" | 2
| ALIGN="center" | 0
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
|- ALIGN="center"
| ALIGN="center" | 1997
| ALIGN="center" | New York
| ALIGN="center" | 10
| ALIGN="center" | 13
| ALIGN="center" | 5
| ALIGN="center" | 18
| ALIGN="center" | 24
| ALIGN="center" | 27
| ALIGN="center" | 1
| ALIGN="center" | 2
| ALIGN="center" | 1
| ALIGN="center" | 3
| ALIGN="center" | 6
| ALIGN="center" | 0
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| ALIGN="center" | 1998
| ALIGN="center" | New York
| ALIGN="center" | 12
| ALIGN="center" | 10
| ALIGN="center" | 21
| ALIGN="center" | 31
| ALIGN="center" | 46
| ALIGN="center" | 25
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
|- ALIGN="center"
| ALIGN="center" | 1999
| ALIGN="center" | New York
| ALIGN="center" | 10
| ALIGN="center" | 10
| ALIGN="center" | 17
| ALIGN="center" | 27
| ALIGN="center" | 40
| ALIGN="center" | 8
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| ALIGN="center" | 2000
| ALIGN="center" | New York
| ALIGN="center" | 12
| ALIGN="center" | 37
| ALIGN="center" | 31
| ALIGN="center" | 68
| ALIGN="center" | 87
| ALIGN="center" | 18
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
|- ALIGN="center"
| ALIGN="center" | 2001
| ALIGN="center" | New York
| ALIGN="center" | 14
| ALIGN="center" | 51
| ALIGN="center" | 25
| ALIGN="center" | 76
| ALIGN="center" | 92
| ALIGN="center" | 52
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| ALIGN="center" rowspan="2" | 2002
| ALIGN="center" | New York
| ALIGN="center" | 11
| ALIGN="center" | 36
| ALIGN="center" | 21
| ALIGN="center" | 57
| ALIGN="center" | 61
| ALIGN="center" | 24
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| ALIGN="center" | Buffalo
| ALIGN="center" | 6
| ALIGN="center" | 11
| ALIGN="center" | 8
| ALIGN="center" | 19
| ALIGN="center" | 35
| ALIGN="center" | 4
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
|- ALIGN="center"
| ALIGN="center" | 2003
| ALIGN="center" | New Jersey
| ALIGN="center" | 16
| ALIGN="center" | 34
| ALIGN="center" | 30
| ALIGN="center" | 64
| ALIGN="center" | 71
| ALIGN="center" | 13
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| ALIGN="center" rowspan="2" | 2004
| ALIGN="center" | Anaheim
| ALIGN="center" | 8
| ALIGN="center" | 11
| ALIGN="center" | 9
| ALIGN="center" | 20
| ALIGN="center" | 30
| ALIGN="center" | 6
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| ALIGN="center" | Buffalo
| ALIGN="center" | 2
| ALIGN="center" | 1
| ALIGN="center" | 1
| ALIGN="center" | 2
| ALIGN="center" | 10
| ALIGN="center" | 2
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
|- ALIGN="center"
| ALIGN="center" | 2007
| ALIGN="center" | New York
| ALIGN="center" | 4
| ALIGN="center" | 1
| ALIGN="center" | 10
| ALIGN="center" | 11
| ALIGN="center" | 12
| ALIGN="center" | 2
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="2"    | NLL totals
! ALIGN="center" | 107
! ALIGN="center" | 216
! ALIGN="center" | 178
! ALIGN="center" | 394
! ALIGN="center" | 510
! ALIGN="center" | 181
! ALIGN="center" | 1
! ALIGN="center" | 2
! ALIGN="center" | 1
! ALIGN="center" | 3
! ALIGN="center" | 6
! ALIGN="center" | 0
|}

===MLL===
{| BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0"		
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"		
! colspan="2" bgcolor="#ffffff" | &nbsp;		
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | &nbsp;			
! colspan="7" | Regular&nbsp;Season		
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | &nbsp;			
! colspan="7" | Playoffs	
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"	
! Season !! Team !! GP !! G !! 2ptG !! A !! Pts !! LB !! PIM !! GP !! G !! 2ptG !! A !! Pts !! LB !! PIM		
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
|	2001	||	Bridgeport	||	0	||	0	||	0	||	11	||	41	||	21	||	5	||	0	||	0	||	0	||	0	||	0	||	0	||	0
|- ALIGN="center"	
|	2002	||	Bridgeport	||	0      ||	0	||	0	||	4	||	37	||	36	||	5	||	0	||	0	||	0	||	0	||	0	||	0	||	0
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"		
|	2003	||	Bridgeport	||	0	||	0	||	0	||	7	||	33	||	37	||	9	||	0	||	0	||	0	||	0	||	0	||	0	||	0
|- ALIGN="center"
|	2004	||	Philadelphia	||	0	||	0	||	0	||	7	||	38	||	17	||	6	||	2	||	5	||	0	||	1	||	6	||	6	||	1
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"		
|	2005	||	Philadelphia	||	0	||	8	||	0	||	5	||	15	||	5	||	0	||	0	||	0	||	0	||	0	||	0	||	0	||	0
|- ALIGN="center"
|	2006	||	Philadelphia	||	0	||	27	||	0	||	12	||	45	||	15	||	5	||	2	||	10	||	2	||	3	||	15	||	3	||	1
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"		
|	2007	||	Philadelphia	||	0	||	27	||	0	||	8	||	36	||	24	||	2	||	2	||	7	||	1	||	1	||	9	||	4	||	2
|- ALIGN="center" 		
|	2008	||	Philadelphia 	||	7	||	13	||	0	||	9	||	23	||	13	||	2.5	||	1	||	3	||	0	||	3	||	6	||	2	||	1
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"		
! colspan="2" | MLL Totals				!!	85	!!	0	!!	33	!!	63	!!	268	!!	168	!!	34.5	!!	7	!!	25	!!	3	!!	6	!!	39	!!	17	!!	6
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Awards==

{{s-start}}
{{succession box | before = Dom Fin| title = [McLaughlin Award](/source/McLaughlin_Award)| years = 1995 | after = [Casey Powell](/source/Casey_Powell) & [Jason Wade](/source/Jason_Wade)}}
{{s-end}}

==See also==
* [Syracuse Orange men's lacrosse](/source/Syracuse_Orange_men's_lacrosse)

{{DEFAULTSORT:Colsey, Roy}}
Category:1973 births
Category:Living people
Category:Syracuse Orange men's lacrosse players
Category:National Lacrosse League All-Stars
Category:New York Titans (lacrosse) players
Category:Buffalo Bandits players
Category:Rochester Knighthawks players
Category:American lacrosse players
Category:Major League Lacrosse players
Category:People from Yorktown Heights, New York
Category:Sportspeople from Westchester County, New York

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