Lyle Thompson

Lyle Thompson
— Lacrosse player —
Born	(1992-09-09) September 9, 1992
Position	Attack
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight	180 pounds (82 kg)
NCAA team	Albany
Career highlights
2014 and 2015 Tewaaraton Trophy 2014 and 2015 Lt. Raymond Enners Award 2013 and 2014 Division I Attackman of the Year

Lyle Thompson (born September 9, 1992) is an American professional lacrosse player for the Florida Launch of Major League Lacrosse. He holds the record for the most career points in Division I with 400 and the most career assists with 225.^[1] He won the Tewaaraton Trophy in 2014 (co-winner with his brother Miles) and 2015 as the most outstanding player in college lacrosse and is a two-time winner of the Turnbull Award for the top collegiate attackman.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Early life

Lyle grew up in the Onondaga Nation, NY, one of the five children of Doloris and Jerome Thompson. He began playing lacrosse from a very early age as lacrosse carries spiritual and cultural significance with the Onondaga. He attended LaFayette High School where he was an All-American and scored 66 goals and 54 assists in his senior season. His brother Jeremy played lacrosse at Syracuse University, while his brother Miles and cousin Ty were teammates at Albany.

College

Playing for coach Scott Marr at Albany, Lyle started at midfield in his freshman season in 2012, scoring 22 goals and 16 assists along with taking 32 face-off draws. That was his last collegiate season scoring less than 100 points. Moving to the attack position in his sophomore year, he scored 113 in 2013, 128 in 2014, and 121 in 2015. Lyle (along with his brother Miles) is the first Native American player to win the Tewaaraton Trophy; tewaaraton is the Mohawk term for the precursor of modern lacrosse.

As a player for the Iroquois Nationals in the 2014 World Lacrosse Championship, Lyle helped the Nationals place third, their best-ever result in international competition.

Florida Launch

Lyle Thompson had his rookie season in the MLL(Major League Lacrosse) in 2015. He played with his brother Miles for the Florida Launch. Lyle's first game was played against the Ohio Machines, he played a total of eight games for the Launch in the 2015. He was drafted as the top overall pick in the 2015 Collegiate Draft by the Florida Launch. He had 22 goals, and 16 assists in his first season in the MLL.

NLL and WILC

On September 28, 2015, Lyle was drafted first overall in the 2015 NLL Draft by the Georgia Swarm. Lyle will be playing alongside his brother Miles on the Swarm. In 2015, Lyle was selected to play for the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) in the WILC. The Iroquois won the silver medal against Canada on September 27, 2015.

Statistics


Season	GP	G	A	Pts	PPG
2015	19	52	69	121	6.37
2014	18	51	77	128 ^(a)	7.11
2013	17	50	63	113	6.65
2012	16	22	16	38	2.38

Totals	70	175	225 ^(b)	400 ^(c)	5.71

^(a) 1st in NCAA Division I single season points

^(b) 1st in career assists

^(c) 1st in NCAA Division I career points

References

↑ , ESPN
↑ , Albany Athletic Department Biography
↑ , Indian Country Today
↑ , Inside Lacrosse

External links

Tewaaraton Trophy

Men's Winner	2001: Shanahan 2002: Powell 2003: Rotelli 2004: Powell 2005: Harrison 2006: Ward 2007: Danowski 2008: Leveille 2009: Seibald 2010: Crotty 2011: Stanwick 2012: Baum 2013: Pannell 2014: L. Thompson & M. Thompson 2015: L. Thompson

Women's Winner	2001: Adams 2002: Elbe 2003: Becker 2004: Appelt 2005: Chrest 2006: Kjellman 2007: Kjellman 2008: Nielsen 2009: Nielsen 2010: McFadden 2011: Smith 2012: Schwarzmann 2013: Schwarzmann 2014: Cummings 2015: Cummings

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