Junior Powless was still minor age while playing his first season with the
Six Nations Jr.B Red Rebels for their inaugural season. He would then play for the
Six Nations Arrows for of the
OLA Junior A Lacrosse League for the remainder of his junior career. In 1998, Powless had a career high 122 points, finishing third in league scoring. That same year, he led the Arrows to their league championship, and was given the "Dean McLeod Award" for Playoffs M.V.P. Powless finished his junior career with 686 points (regular season and playoffs combined), ranking him 23rd all time in
Canadian Junior A lacrosse history. Powless is currently the Six Nations Arrows All-Time leading scorer.
College Powless played two years at
Herkimer County Community College and two at
Rutgers University. He was the
Scarlet Knights' leading scorer in 2003 and 2004. At Herkimer, he was a two-time All-American. At Rutgers, he was also a two time All-American. He received his bachelor's degree at
Bellevue University.
National Lacrosse League Powless was drafted first overall by the Buffalo Bandits in the
2004 entry draft. During his five years with the Bandits, Powless totaled 201 points and helped the Bandits to their first NLL championship in years in
2008.
Major League Lacrosse Powless played for the
Toronto Nationals in 2009 and 2010. Won a Major League Lacrosse Championship in 2009.
International Powless played on the
Iroquois Nationals indoor team in the inaugural
World Indoor Lacrosse Championship in
2003 and again in
2007. Both times the Iroquois earned silver medals. At the 2003 World Championships Powless was named to the All-World Team after leading the tournament in scoring. Powless played on the Iroquois Nationals U-19 team winning a bronze medal at the World Championships in Adelaide, Australia. He led the Iroquois team in scoring and was 4th in overall tournament scoring. Delby also played on the
Iroquois Nationals field lacrosse team in the
2002 World Lacrosse Championship (17 goals, 5 assists) and in
2006 (18 goals, 7 assists). The Iroquois finished in fourth place in each tournament, losing to Australia both times. ==Statistics==