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Mikey Powell
Mikey Powell, the youngest of the three Powell brothers, was a four-time First Team All-American at Syracuse, a level of sustained individual recognition across all four college seasons that neither of his older brothers matched during their own Syracuse careers. His behind-the-back passes and no-look finishes, captured on tape during Syracuse's early-2000s championship runs, circulated widely among lacrosse coaches and players well before highlight clips were standard viewing, and helped establish a more improvisational, basketball-influenced style of offensive play at the college level. After Syracuse, Powell played professionally for the Baltimore Bayhawks and Boston Cannons and represented the United States at the 2002 and 2006 World Lacrosse Championships, earning All-World Team honors on both occasions. Mikey Powell's combination of an unmatched four-time All-American college career and his internationally recognized playmaking style has made him the individual talent most frequently cited when discussing the Powell family's collective influence on the sport.
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Gary Gait
Gary Gait unveiled the "Air Gait" in the 1988 NCAA semifinal against Penn, leaping from behind the goal and dunking the ball over the crease for two goals — a move so effective the NCAA outlawed that type of shot shortly afterward. Gait anchored Syracuse to three straight national championships from 1988 to 1990. He finished his Syracuse career as the program's all-time leading goal-scorer with 192 goals, and his single-season mark of 70 goals stood as an NCAA record until 2008. He still holds NCAA tournament records for most goals in a game (9), most points in a game (12), and most career tournament goals (50). Gait's professional career spanned three different leagues across more than a decade: three National Lacrosse League indoor titles (1991, 1994-95), three Major League Lacrosse titles (2001-02, 2005), and three Mann Cups (1991, 1997, 1999) in Canadian box lacrosse, along with a 2006 world championship with Team Canada. Gait's combination of a rule-changing signature move and championship-level dominance across three professional leagues in two different lacrosse disciplines has made him the player most consistently cited as the greatest in the sport's history.
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