Athan Iannucci
Born	April 15, 1982 (1982-04-15) (age 27), New Westminster, British Columbia
Position	Forward
Height Weight	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 pounds (91 kg)
MSL Team	St. Regis Indians
NLL Team	Philadelphia Wings
MLL Team F. Teams	Toronto Nationals Chicago Machine
Nationality	Canada
Pro Career	2007 – present
Shoots	Right
Nickname	Nooch
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Jonathan "Athan" Iannucci (b. April 15, 1982 in New Westminster, British Columbia) is a professional lacrosse player. He played collegiate lacrosse at Hofstra University. Iannucci plays professional lacrosse for the Philadelphia Wings of the National Lacrosse League and the Toronto Nationals of Major League Lacrosse. He is also a member of the St. Regis Indians of the Ontario Lacrosse Association's Senior-A Major Series Lacrosse.

Contents 1 Professional career 1.1 NLL 1.2 MLL 2 WLA/OLA career 3 College career 4 Statistics 4.1 NLL 4.2 MLL 4.3 Junior "A" 4.4 Senior "A" 4.5 Hofstra University 5 Awards 6 References

[edit] Professional career

[edit] NLL

Iannucci was a First Round Draft pick (8th Overall) by the Philadelphia Wings of the National Lacrosse League in the 2007 NLL Entry Draft.^[1] He was awarded Rookie of the Week Honors in Week 5 and Week 15 of the 2007 season,^[2][3] and was also named to the 2007 All-Rookie team.^[4] As a rookie, he led the Wings in goals scored.

Iannucci's second season in the league was record-setting. On April 12, 2008, Iannucci scored three goals and broke Gary Gait's National Lacrosse League record of 61 goals in a season.^[5][6][7]

During 2008, Iannucci was awarded Player of the Month honours in both January^[8] and February, the first time since 1996 that a player has been Player of the Month in back-to-back months.^[9] He was also named player of the month for April,^[10] giving him three of the four player of the month awards in the 2008 season. He led the league in goals, points, and shots on goal,^[11] was named Offensive and Overall Player of the Week in week 16, was named to both the starting All-Star team and the First All-Pro team. His stellar season was capped off when he was named 2008 NLL Most Valuable Player, the first Wings player to do so since Gary Gait in 1997.

In June 2008, Iannucci suffered two meniscal tears in his knee, and underwent successful knee surgery in July.^[12] He didn't play again until Philadelphia's third game of the 2009 season,^[13] but left that game after only playing a few minutes.

[edit] MLL

The Chicago Machine selected Iannucci first Overall in the 2007 Major League Lacrosse Supplemental Draft,^[14] though he played sparingly with the team in 2007.

He recently signed with the Toronto Nationals expansion team in 2009, but played just two games with the team before being released.

[edit] WLA/OLA career

In 2007, Iannucci won the Denny Huddleston Memorial Trophy in the Western Lacrosse Association as the leagues top scorer with the New Westminster Salmonbellies. In 1999, he won the Joe Nieuwendyk Award as the top rookie in the OLA Junior A Lacrosse League.^[15] In 2008, he played for St. Regis Indians of the Ontario Lacrosse Association's Senior-A Major Series Lacrosse until he injured his knee. The knee was successfully repaired by surgery and Iannucci is expected to rehabilitate for approximately 6 months, in time for the next NLL season.

[edit] College career

Iannucci attended Hofstra University. In 2006, he tied with teammate Chris Unterstein for leading scorer the nation with 80 points (62G, 18A) in 19 games. Iannucci has recovered from injuries to continue playing. While at Hofstra, Iannucci had back surgery to repair a disc herniation.^[16]

Iannucci played only three years at Hofstra, after his NCAA eligibility waiver for a fourth year was denied due to his prior playing career in the Canadian summer box lacrosse leagues.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] NLL

			Regular Season							Playoffs
Season	Team		GP	G	A	Pts	LB	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	LB	PIM
2007	Philadelphia		15	30	24	54	123	16		-	-	-	-	-	-
2008	Philadelphia		16	71	29	100	138	35		1	4	1	5	6	0
2009	Philadelphia		10	23	14	37	38	10		-	-	-	-	-	-
NLL Totals			41	124	67	191	299	61		1	4	1	5	6	0

[edit] MLL

			Regular Season								Playoffs
Season	Team		GP	G	2ptG	A	Pts	LB	PIM		GP	G	2ptG	A	Pts	LB	PIM
2007	Chicago		4	16	1	3	20	18	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2009	Toronto		2	3	0	1	4	2	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MLL Totals			6	19	1	4	24	20	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0

[edit] Junior "A"

				Regular Season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2000	Coquitlam	BCLA Jr A		5	10	9	19	2		0	0	0	0	0
2001	Coquitlam	BCLA Jr A		20	42	25	67	27		2	0	4	4	4
2002	St. Catharines Athletics	OLA Jr A		20	26	36	62	16		18	20	24	44	16
Minto Cup	St. Catharines Athletics	CLA		--	--	--	--	--		6	3	5	8	10
2003	Coquitlam Adanacs	BCLA Jr A		24	48	47	95	51		6	10	14	24	2
Junior A Totals				69	126	117	243	96		26	30	42	72	22
Minto Cup totals				--	--	--	--	--		6	3	5	8	10

[edit] Senior "A"

				Regular Season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2002	St. Catharines Athletics	MSL		2	0	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0
2003	Coquitlam Adanacs	WLA		1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0
2004	New Westminster Salmonbellies	WLA		10	8	11	19	2		0	0	0	0	0
2005	New Westminster Salmonbellies	WLA		15	12	34	46	12		6	5	11	16	0
2006	New Westminster Salmonbellies	WLA		17	44	31	75	10		10	17	13	30	14
2007	New Westminster Salmonbellies	WLA		17	51	44	95	45		9	17	23	40	10
2008	St. Regis Indians	MSL		5	10	9	19	2		0	0	0	0	0
2009	St. Regis Indians	MSL		17	29	27	56	0		7	12	6	18	4
Senior A Totals				92	164	167	331	73		32	51	53	104	28

[edit] Hofstra University

Season	Team			GP	G	A	Pts	GB
2004	Hofsta University			14	16	11	27	32
2005	Hofsta University			15	27	13	40	39
2006	Hofsta University			19	62	18	80	37
Totals				48	105	42	147	108

[edit] Awards

Preceded by John Grant, Jr.

NLL Most Valuable Player 2008

Succeeded by Dan Dawson

[edit] References

Persondata
NAME	Iannucci, Jonathan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Lacrosse player
DATE OF BIRTH	April 15, 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH	New Westminster, British Columbia
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH