Cornwall said he'd been well-prepared for the draft in his conversations with Adanac management.
"I was a little bit nervous, but I knew what to expect," the 21-year-old said. "I had a good idea that I was going to be drafted by Coquitlam in my conversations with [Coquitlam head coach] Bob Salt. Getting up in front of a lot of people and having your picture taken, that was the nervous part.
"I'd much rather be playing lacrosse in front of the crowd than standing there."
Local boxla fans will get the opportunity to see Cornwall do just that come May, when the WLA season kicks off. Cornwall is currently playing alongside fellow senior Adanacs Dane Dobbie, Daryl Veltman, Cory Conway and Jon Harnett with the National Lacrosse League's Calgary Roughnecks.
Decker, who was a trade deadline pickup by the junior Adanacs last summer, was chosen second overall by the Burnaby Lakers.
Cornwall was a rare five-year member of the junior A organization, playing pivotal roles during the past three seasons that saw the club advance to the Minto Cup championship - including the 2010 victory.
In his final season, Cornwall doubled his best offensive year with 42 goals and 64 assists in 20 regular season games, putting him third overall in league scoring. In the B.C. playoffs, he led all shooters with eight goals and 24 assists in eight games.
A year earlier, the Simon Fraser University student cashed in 20 goals and 33 assists while playing a defence-heavy role.
Delmonico, who was celebrating a birthday Monday, said Cornwall adds skill and size that the team sorely lacked last year.
"He's not filled out entirely, but when you stand next to him he's a very big guy," said Delmonico of the 210-pound player. "He's smart, he's super fast and he does everything. He'll just slide right into the lineup."
Under former junior Adanac coach Curt Malawsky, the strapping transition player honed his game at both ends of the floor. Those two seasons were instrumental in developing a must-win attitude, an attribute that he said will be put to use as part of the WLA team.
"As far as a rebuilding phase, I don't think 'rebuilding' is what we're doing in Coquitlam at all. We're building right now in the draft with some great players so we should be ready to go, ready to win," said Cornwall.
Coquitlam added more size in the second round, when they tabbed New Westminster right-handed defender Travis Irving - a six-foot-four native of Maple Ridge. Irving, like Cornwall, is playing in the NLL this winter with Buffalo.
"I don't like playing against Irving so it's good to have him on the team. He'll frustrate some guys on the other teams so I look forward to getting to know him as a teammate," noted Cornwall.
In the third round, Coquitlam returned to the junior Adanacs and selected six-foot-two runner Ryan Johnson - another right-sided stick.
"I took the drive out from Chilliwack and I didn't have any clue where I was going to go today," said Johnson. "I'm just lucky to get drafted by a great team in Coquitlam and happy to stay there. I've got speed, quickness and size, I can bring all three of those."
The team addressed its right-side concerns with picks Daniel McQuade of New Westminster, Jaxson Lee of Burnaby, Coquitlam's Clay Miller and New West's Patrick Spencer.
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