Editing Travis Lemanski (section)

== Playing career ==

=== Early career ===

According to a 2023 interview with Paintball Nerd, Lemanski began playing paintball in 1984 and entered professional competition in 1992 with Detroit Fusion.

He subsequently played for Revolution and Image before joining Avalanche.[1]

His early career spanned the transition from woodland tournament competition to the professional ten-player and airball formats of the late 1990s.

=== Avalanche ===

By 2001, Lemanski was competing professionally with Avalanche, a team associated with [[Ed Poorman]] and [[Warped Sportz]].

The team's published 2001 [[National Professional Paintball League]] (NPPL) roster listed him alongside [[Chris LaSoya]], [[Rocky Cagnoni]], [[Steve Rabackoff]], [[Todd Martinez]] and [[Jon Richardson]].

His surname appeared as "Lemenski" in the 2001 roster, while the 2002 roster used the spelling Lemanski.[4][5]

Lemanski also competed internationally with Avalanche.

At the 2001 [[Millennium Series]] Joy Masters in Sweden, contemporary WARPIG coverage documented his involvement in a match against Enemy.[6]

Later in the season, Avalanche won the Millennium Series championship, although Lemanski was unable to compete at the final Mayhem Masters event after sustaining broken ribs.[7]

In 2002, he continued competing for Avalanche in both American and European tournaments.

At the Millennium Series Campaign Cup in England, he discussed Avalanche's tactical approach to a match against [[Russian Legion]] with WARPIG's tournament reporter.[8]

=== Miami Effect ===

In 2003, Lemanski joined Miami Effect, a professional franchise competing in the inaugural [[National Xball League]] (NXL).

The official roster for the 2003 Mardi Gras Open in New Orleans listed him as player number 19.

His teammates included Chris LaSoya, [[Brian Fow]], Jon Richardson, Rusty Glaze, Mark Knop and [[Davey Williamson]]. Steve Rabackoff was listed as coach.[9]

Miami Effect continued competing during the early 2004 season.

Following the PSP Orlando Open, several of the team's players left the NXL franchise to compete independently under the Infamous name.

The decision was associated with restrictions on NXL players competing in rival professional leagues.

In an interview published by WARPIG in July 2004, Lemanski explained that the players wanted greater freedom to compete at major tournaments and represent their sponsors.[10]

=== Formation of Infamous ===

Infamous entered the NPPL Super 7 competition in 2004.

At its first professional seven-player tournament, the NPPL Tampa Open, Infamous defeated [[San Diego Dynasty]] in consecutive final-round games to win the championship.[11]

The team followed this victory with another professional championship at the NPPL Denver Open in July 2004, defeating [[XSV]] in the final.[12]

Lemanski became one of the organisation's principal leaders, maintaining his association with Infamous through its subsequent participation in the NPPL, [[Paintball Sports Promotions]] (PSP) and NXL.