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.

Cockerton, a three time first-team All American, learned the game in Ontario playing box lacrosse for the famed Oshawa Green Gaels junior team.

Cockerton is currently the president of the Ontario Lacrosse Association and is the founder of the Heritage Cup.