Mitch Belisle

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Born November 5, 1985 (1985-11-05) (age 22),
Position Defense
Height
Weight
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
190 pounds (86 kg)
NCAA Team Cornell University
NLL Team New York Titans
MLL Team Los Angeles Riptide
Nationality Flag of the United States United States
Pro Career 2007present

Mitch Belisle (b. November 9, 1985) is a professional lacrosse player for the New York Titans in the National Lacrosse League, and the Los Angeles Riptide of Major League Lacrosse.

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[edit] Collegiate career

Belisle is a graduate of Cornell University. As a senior he was awarded the Schmeisser Award as the nation's top defender.[1] He also received First-team All-American team honors, and named to his second All-Ivy League team while leading the Big Red to the 2007 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship Final Four. As a junior, he was awarded Cornell's "C.F. Morse Lacrosse Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award."[2]

[edit] Professional career

Belisle was selected by the Los Angeles Riptide as a second round selection (12th overall) in the 2007 MLL Draft Major League Lacrosse Collegiate Draft.[3]

The New York Titans drafted Belisle in the First Round (13th overall) in the 2007 National Lacrosse League Entry Draft. [2] [4] In Week 13 of the 2008 NLL season, Belisle scored his first and second career goals, and was awarded "Transition Player of the Week" honors.[5]

[edit] Statistics

[edit] MLL

    Regular Season   Playoffs
Season Team GP G 2ptG A Pts LB PIM GP G 2ptG A Pts LB PIM
2007 Los Angeles 9 0 0 0 0 14 5 2 0 0 0 0 3 1
MLL Totals 9 0 0 0 0 14 5 2 0 0 0 0 3 1

[edit] Awards

Preceded by
Mike Culver
William C. Schmeisser Award
NCAA Defenseman of the Year

2007
Succeeded by
Nick O’Hara

[edit] References

  1. ^ US LAcrosse Division I Awards. USLacrosse.org. Retrieved on 2008-02-27.
  2. ^ a b Mitch Belisle N.Y. Titans Bio. NYTitansLacrosse.com. Retrieved on 2008-03-24.
  3. ^ Mitch Belisle L.A. Riptide Bio. LARiptide.com. Retrieved on 2008-03-24.
  4. ^ Q&A with New York Rookie, Mitch Belisle. NLLInsider.com. Retrieved on 2008-03-24.
  5. ^ Watson named Player of the Week. NLL.com (March 26, 2008). Retrieved on 2008-03-26.


Persondata
NAME Belisle, Mitch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Lacrosse player
DATE OF BIRTH March 12, 1984
PLACE OF BIRTH
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH