Stan Cockerton (born May 19, 1955) is a former All-American lacrosse player for the NC State Wolfpack men's lacrosse team from 1977 to 1980, leading the Wolfpack to its only NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship tournament appearance in 1979.
Career Cockerton is among the all-time career goal scorers with 193 and is second in points per game at 6.36. He led the Wolfpack to 30 wins from 1977 to 1980, with two second-place finishes in the Atlantic Coast Conference. North Carolina State cancelled the varsity lacrosse program in 1983. Stan once scored 11 goals in one game, against Salisbury State in 1979.
Cockerton, a three time first-team All American, learned the game in Ontario playing box lacrosse for the famed Oshawa Green Gaels junior team. He also teamed with Mike French for the 1978 Canadian National Team upset over a heavily favored U.S. team, scoring the overtime winning goal. Cockerton also played for the Brooklin Redmen in Major Series Lacrosse, while he was going to school at North Carolina State, scoring over 200 points for the Redmen.
Cockerton is currently the president of the Ontario Lacrosse Association and is the founder of the Heritage Cup. He was formerly the president of the Federation of International Lacrosse. Stan was inducted into the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 2003 and the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 2014.
Stan is the father of Mark and Matt Cockerton, two highly touted players from the OLA Junior A Lacrosse League, who played college lacrosse at the University of Virginia.
Statistics North Carolina State University Season GP G A Pts PPG 1977 11 52 20 72 6.55 1978 11 45 27 72 6.36 1979 12 51 25 76 6.33 1980 11 45 15 60 5.55 Totals 44 193 87 280 6.32
1st in Division I career goals per game 3rd in Division I career points per game
OLA Jr A and MSL Regular Season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM1970Oshawa Green GaelsOLA Jr A1--------202201971Oshawa Green GaelsOLA Jr A2514122646500021972Oshawa Green GaelsOLA Jr A284333768617232649281973Oshawa Green GaelsOLA Jr A285672128109----------1973Brooklin RedmenMSL11120----------1974Oshawa Green GaelsOLA Jr A2251551069112183654551975Oshawa Green GaelsOLA Jr A28686213010229514161976Oshawa Green GaelsOLA Jr A268781168676162137201977Brooklin RedmenMSL1656369236471219141978Brooklin RedmenMSL1127224931353821979Brooklin RedmenMSL122544691041392261980Brooklin RedmenMSL812820491--------Junior A Totals158319315634501446690153121SENIOR TOTALS481211112321261225234922
See also Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame NC State Athletic Hall of Fame NC State Wolfpack men's lacrosse Oshawa Green Gaels
References The Vault: Stan Cockerton, NC State (April 1979) | USA Lacrosse Canadian Lacrosse Hall Of Fame entry Heritage Cup website 1978 USILA Men’s All-Americans Atlantic Coast Conference Men’s Lacrosse records Bible of Lacrosse Canadian Box Lacrosse Stats National Lacrosse Hall of Fame Welcomes Class of 2014 When The Wolfpack Roamed the Lacrosse Field Lacrosse Bucket