Hello everyone, and welcome to today's edition of NALL Profiles, featuring Kentucky Stickhorses draft pick Ricky Pages. In case you've missed it the past NALL Profiles have featured Shamrocks defenseman John Lade and Kentucky Stickhorses forward Brian Caufield. We continue with another Stickhorse (Insert Stickhorse Mania Joke Here).
Ricky Pages was drafted in the second round (9th pick overall) by the Kentucky Stickhorses in the past week's draft. Pages was one of the NALL draft picks with some prior professional lacrosse experience. Pages has played three seasons in the MLL with the Long Island Lizards as a long pole middie. He has played 23 games in the MLL totaling 5 goals. But the stats don't tell all the story. He has grabbed 59 loose balls in that span as well. Pages has developed into one of the best long pole middies in the MLL. In his first year in the league in 2008 Pages was named to the "Young Guns" All-star team in the MLL.
Pages had success in college at the Ohio State University. His senior year he was a preseason All-American honorable mention as well as a member of the pre-season All-GYLL team. He shared Ohio State's defensive MVP award in 2006 and 2007.
Pages will be interesting to watch in indoor lacrosse. He was on the Minnesota Swarm's roster at one point, but he never played for the team. He uses a D-pole in outdoors obviously, so it will be interesting to see him adapt to playing shorty again. One of the more interesting things to watch in the NALL is how defensemen adjust to playing with shorter sticks than they are used to.
Pages has said his favorite part about lacrosse is the aggression. At 6'2'', 175 pounds, Pages could be a physical menace in the NALL. Aggression is the name of the game when you translate to indoor, and I think Pages has that down already. What you'll need to watch out for is the possibility of a slight adjustment period, as I'm guessing he takes a more transition or forward role for the Stickhorses.
How do you feel about the possible success of a long pole middie or long pole defenseman adjusting to the Indoor game? Who would you like to see featured as the next NALL profile? Stickhorse fans, if you'd like to follow Ricky on Twitter his username is @RickyPages11. I'd like to welcome Ricky to the NALL, its really good to see some MLL players involved in the league. Remember I have my weekly show, Goods On Lacrosse, tonight at 6. My guests are both members of the Charlotte Copperheads. We start off with former Boston Blazer, defenseman Ryan Hotaling. Then we finish off the show with Copperhead and InLax writer Kevin Iwanusa talking about being drafted this past weekend. Hope you take a listen.
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