Position Defense Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Name Mitch Belisle | Weight 190 pounds (86 kg) | |
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Born November 9, 1985 (age 39) ( 1985-11-09 ) NLL teamF. Teams Georgia SwarmMinnesota SwarmBoston BlazersNew York Titans | ||
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Mitch Belisle (born November 9, 1985) is a professional lacrosse player for the Boston Cannons of Major League Lacrosse and for the Georgia Swarm in the National Lacrosse League. Belisle was named to the 2014 U.S. Men's National Lacrosse final 23-man roster for the FIL World Championship in July of the same year.
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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. He also received First-team All-American team honors, and was 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." 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.
The New York Titans drafted Belisle in the First Round (13th overall) in the 2007 National Lacrosse League Entry Draft. 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.
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.
He played in the 2012 and 2013 NLL seasons for the Minnesota Swarm. He was listed Inactive: Protected Player on December 7, 2013 and missed the 2014 NLL season. He returned to the Swarm for the 2015 and 2016 seasons.
In addition to his professional career as a player, Belisle serves as the Director of Marketing for Trilogy Lacrosse, a leading lacrosse education organization based in Brooklyn, New York.