Gregory Peyser

Infobox Lacrosse Player


image_size =
position = Midfield
shoots =
height_ft = 6
height_in = 1
weight_lb = 210
nll_team = New York Titans
former_nll_teams =
mll_team = New Jersey Pride
former_mll_teams = Philadelphia Barrage
league= NCAA
team= John Hopkins University
birth_date = Birth date and age|1983|9|7|mf=y
birth_place =
nationality = United States
career_start = 2006
nickname =

Gregory Peyser (born September 7 1983 in Lloyd Harbor, New York) is an American professional lacrosse player with the New Jersey Pride of Major League Lacrosse and the New York Titans. He played collegiate lacrosse at Johns Hopkins University. He plays midfield and is known as a face-off specialist.

Collegiate career

Peyser was a team captain as a senior while playing for the Johns Hopkins Blue Jays. In his junior season he was awarded USILA third team All-American honors, and helped his team win the 2005 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship game. He finished his career with the all-time leading face-off wins percentage in Blue Jays history. [cite web |url=http://hopkinssports.cstv.com/sports/m-lacros/mtt/peyser_greg00.html |title=Greg Peyser's JHU Player Bio |accessdate=2008-07-30 |author= |date= |work= |publisher=HopkinsSports.com]

In 2003, Peyser helped Team USA win its fifth consecutive Under-19 World Lacrosse Championships, and was honored with being named the tournaments Most Outstanding Midfielder. [cite web |url=http://www.uslacrosse.org/news/2003/u19recap0705.phtml |title=U.S. Sweeps Under-19 World Lacrosse Championships |accessdate=2008-07-30 |author= |date= |work= |publisher=USLacrosse.org]

Professional career

Peyser began his professional career with the Philadelphia Barrage in 2006. The Barrage drafted Peyser 9th overall in the second round of the 2006 MLL Collegiate Draft.cite web |url=http://www.newjerseypride.com/team/roster/index.html?player_id=37 |title=Greg Peyser's New Jersey Pride Player Bio |accessdate=2008-07-30 |author= |date= |work= |publisher=NewJerseyPride.com]

Peyser has been a member of the New Jersey Pride since the 2007 season, when he joined his brother Michael on a team that already shared a number of brothers as teammates, including the Donegers and the Molletts. The Pride acquired Peyser in exchange for the team's first round selection in the 2007 MLL Collegiate Draft (which turned out to be Navy's Bill Looney). [cite web |url=http://www.newjerseypride.com/news/recentpridenews/index.html?article_id=370 |title=Band of Brothers |accessdate=2008-07-30 |author=Ingram, Bobby |date=May 23, 2007 |work= |publisher=NewJerseyPride.com] During the 2008 MLL Collegiate Draft, the Pride selected Peyser's younger brother Stephen. 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. [cite web |url=http://www.majorleaguelacrosse.com/news/pressreleases/index.html?article_id=1026 |title= MLL News and Notes - Week 6 |accessdate=2008-07-30 |author= |date=June 19, 2008 |work= |publisher= |quote=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.]

Arena Football League

In 2007, when the 2008 National Lacrosse League season was cancelled, Peyser, who had played football in high school, competed for a roster spot during try-outs for the Arena Football League's New York Dragons. He was eventually cut from the team and played the 2008 lacrosse season with the New York Titans once the season was reinstated.cite web|url=http://www.nllinsider.com/2007/11/30/peyser-tries-his-hand-in-arena-football-league/|title=Peyser tries his hand in Arena Football League|last=Johnson|first=Craig |date=November 30, 2007|publisher=NLLInsider.com|accessdate=2008-07-30]

tatistics

=MLL=

=NLL=

References

Persondata
NAME=Peyser, Gregory
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Lacrosse player
DATE OF BIRTH=September 7 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH=
DATE OF DEATH=
PLACE OF DEATH=