Stephen Peyser

Stephen Peyser
Born July 28, 1986 (1986-07-28) (age 25)
Position Midfield
Height
 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
NCAA Team Johns Hopkins University
Former NLL Teams Orlando Titans
New York Titans
MLL Team Long Island Lizards
Nationality  United States
Pro Career 2008–present

Stephen Peyser (b. July 28, 1986 in Lloyd Harbor, New York) is an American professional lacrosse player with the Long Island Lizards of Major League Lacrosse. Peyser also played with the Orlando Titans and New York Titans of the National Lacrosse League. He plays the midfield position.

Contents

Collegiate career

Peyser won two national championships while playing with the Johns Hopkins Blue Jays. As a freshman he played in all sixteen games and helped the Blue Jays win the 2005 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship. In 2006, Peyser missed a significant part of the season due to a broken jaw suffered prior to the season. In his junior season he was awarded USILA third team All-American honors, and again helped his team win the national championship. Peyser was named to the 2007 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship All-tournament team for his efforts in the tournament.[1] As a senior, Peyser and the Blue Jays were again in the national championship game; however, this time they were defeated by the Syracuse Orange.

As collegiate lacrosse has developed more specialists, Peyser's abilities as both a face-off man and offensive and defensive midfielder is unique. His ability contributed to the Blue Jays success during his collegiate career.[2]

Professional career

Peyser began his professional career with the New Jersey Pride in 2008. The Pride drafted Peyser 5th overall in the first round of the 2008 MLL Collegiate Draft.[3][4] Peyser joined the New Jersey Pride which already featured his two older brothers, Michael and Gregory. During Week 6 of the 2008 MLL season, the Peyser brothers (Michael, Gregory, and Stephen) became the first trio of brothers to play on the same Major League Lacrosse team together.[5]

Peyser has had an immediate impact on the league, and was named Rookie of the Week for Week 11 of the 2008 season.[6]

He also joined his brother Greg as a member of the indoor lacrosse 2009 New York Titans. During the season, he was named to the All-Star Game as an injury replacement.[7]

Statistics

NLL

    Regular Season   Playoffs
Season Team GP G A Pts LB PIM GP G A Pts LB PIM
2009 New York 15 1 16 17 137 31 3 0 1 1 36 8
2010 Orlando 8 2 0 2 52 13 1 0 1 1 6 2
NLL Totals 23 3 16 19 189 44 4 0 2 2 42 10

References

  1. ^ "Stephen Peyser's JHU Player Bio". HopkinsSports.com. http://hopkinssports.cstv.com/sports/m-lacros/mtt/peyser_stephen00.html. Retrieved 2008-07-30. 
  2. ^ Snyder, Ron (April 24, 2007). "For Peyser, it’s about face". The Examiner. http://www.examiner.com/a-690983~For_Peyser__it_s_about_face.html. Retrieved 2008-07-30. 
  3. ^ "Paul Rabil selected with #1 Overall Pick". MajorLeagueLacrosse.com. May 28, 2008. http://www.majorleaguelacrosse.com/news/pressreleases/index.html?article_id=966. Retrieved 2008-06-10. 
  4. ^ "Stephen Peyser's New Jersey Pride Player Bio". NewJerseyPride.com. http://www.newjerseypride.com/team/roster/index.html?player_id=58. Retrieved 2008-07-30. 
  5. ^ "MLL News and Notes - Week 6". June 19, 2008. http://www.majorleaguelacrosse.com/news/pressreleases/index.html?article_id=1026. Retrieved 2008-07-30. "During their 16-12 victory over Rochester last week, the New Jersey Pride became the first team in MLL history to have three members of the same family playing in the same game on the same team." 
  6. ^ "GRANT, GURENLIAN, JARBOE, S. PEYSER EARN WEEK 11 HONORS". MajorLeagueLacrosse.com. July 28, 2008. http://www.majorleaguelacrosse.com/news/index.html?article_id=1142. Retrieved 2008-07-30. 
  7. ^ "All-Star reserves announced". NLL.com. February 19, 2009. http://www.nll.com/article.php?id=3811. Retrieved 2009-03-05.