MAY MADNESS MEN


Wahoo Wunderkind


James Pannell doesn’t have a little-brother complex, but he does have plenty of stock in Virginia’s resurgence


By Will Cleveland S


eated in the west stands for half of the game at Cornell’s Schoellkopf Field, and then on the crescent side the following half, Rob Pannell found himself in a strange, new, unfamiliar and unsettling position. For the fi rst time in his life, Pannell, the Cornell legend and the all-time leading scorer in NCAA Division I men’s lacrosse history, was a spectator in the Schoellkopf stands. And he was torn. He could root for his alma mater or for his younger brother, James Pannell, a sophomore attackman for the Big Red’s opponent that day, Virginia. Rob Pannell watched a half from each side of the stadium and wore neutral colors — no red or orange — to show his split allegiance. “Family comes before everything,” he said.


48 LACROSSE MAGAZINE May 2014>>


James Pannell fi nished the Schoellkopf showdown with two goals, but the unheralded Big Red stormed past the Cavaliers for a 12-9 win. James Pannell also found himself in an unfamiliar position


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