Mitch Belisle

Mitch Belisle
Born November 9, 1985 (1985-11-09) (age 26)[1]
Position Defense
Height
 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
NCAA Team Cornell University
NLL Team
F. Teams		 Boston Blazers
New York Titans
MLL Team Boston Cannons
Nationality  United States
Pro Career 2007–present

Mitch Belisle (born November 9, 1985) is a professional lacrosse player for the Boston Blazers in the National Lacrosse League, and the Boston Cannons of Major League Lacrosse.

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Collegiate career

Belisle is a graduate of Cornell University. As a senior he was awarded the Schmeisser Award as the nation's top defender.[2] 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."[3] Belisle was elected to the Sphinx Head Society, the oldest senior society at Cornell.

Professional career

Belisle was selected by the Los Angeles Riptide as a second round selection (12th overall) in the 2007 Major League Lacrosse Collegiate Draft.[4]

The New York Titans drafted Belisle in the First Round (13th overall) in the 2007 National Lacrosse League Entry Draft.[3][5] 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.[6]

Belisle joined the Boston Blazers for their inaugural season during the 2009 NLL season. During the season, he was named a reserve to the All-Star game.[7]

Statistics

NLL

    Regular Season   Playoffs
Season Team GP G A Pts LB PIM GP G A Pts LB PIM
2008 New York 12 2 2 4 48 16 2 0 2 2 9 2
2009 Boston 16 3 4 7 104 14 1 0 1 1 4 0
NLL Totals 28 5 6 11 152 30 3 0 3 3 13 2

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 5.5 2 0 0 0 0 3 1
2008 Los Angeles 11 0 0 0 0 18 0.5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 Boston 12 0 0 0 0 12 0.5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLL Totals 32 0 0 0 0 44 6.5 4 0 0 0 0 3 1

Awards

Preceded by
Mike Culver		 William C. Schmeisser Award
NCAA Defenseman of the Year
2007		 Succeeded by
Nick O’Hara

References

  1. ^ "The Official Site of the Boston Blazers - Roster". BlazersLacrosse.com. http://www.blazerslacrosse.com/team/player/. Retrieved 2009-04-06. 
  2. ^ "US LAcrosse Division I Awards". USLacrosse.org. http://www.uslacrosse.org/museum/awards_list.phtml#mensdiv1. Retrieved 2008-02-27. 
  3. ^ a b "Mitch Belisle N.Y. Titans Bio". NYTitansLacrosse.com. Archived from the original on 2008-02-20. http://web.archive.org/web/20080220000628/http://www.nytitanslacrosse.com/bcw-player-database-details.php?id=77. Retrieved 2008-03-24. 
  4. ^ "Mitch Belisle L.A. Riptide Bio". LARiptide.com. http://lariptide.com/team/?id=1886. Retrieved 2008-03-24. 
  5. ^ "Q&A with New York Rookie, Mitch Belisle". NLLInsider.com. http://www.nllinsider.com/2008/03/19/qa-with-new-york-rookie-mitch-belisle/. Retrieved 2008-03-24. 
  6. ^ "Watson named Player of the Week". NLL.com. March 26, 2008. http://nll.com/article.php?id=3395. Retrieved 2008-03-26. 
  7. ^ "All-Star reserves announced". NLL.com. February 19, 2009. http://www.nll.com/article.php?id=3811. Retrieved 2009-03-05.