Shawn Nadelen

Shawn Nadelen is a retired professional lacrosse player, born on April 16, 1979, who went on to become head men's lacrosse coach at Towson University. A long stick midfielder at Johns Hopkins University, he reached the NCAA Tournament Final Four twice with the Blue Jays. Selected fifteenth overall by the Bayhawks in the 2001 Major League Lacrosse Collegiate Draft, he spent his whole field lacrosse career with that organization, helped win MLL championships in 2002 and 2005, and was named to the 2006 MLL All-Star Team. In box lacrosse he played in the National Lacrosse League for the Philadelphia Wings, Minnesota Swarm and New Jersey Storm from 2002 to 2011, and he represented the United States at the 2004 Heritage Cup and on the 2007 World Indoor Lacrosse Championships team. He retired in 2011 on being named Towson's head coach.