Sean Greenhalgh

Infobox Lacrosse Player


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league= NCAA
team= Cornell University
nll_team=Buffalo Bandits
former_nll_teams = Philadelphia Wings
mll_team = Los Angeles Riptide
msl_team = Barrie Lakeshores
nationality = Canada
nationality_2 = Scotland
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birth_place = St. Catharines, Ontario, CA
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Sean Greenhalgh (b. July 15, 1982 in St. Catharines, Ontario) is a lacrosse player for the Buffalo Bandits in the National Lacrosse League. Sean is a cousin to Charlie Mulgrew, a Scottish footballer, who plays for Aberdeen FC.

High School Career

Greenhalgh was a five year starter playing high school lacrosse at Holy Cross Catholic Secondary School, where along with fellow National Lacrosse League players Craig Conn, Matt Vinc, Kyle Neufeld, and Billy Dee Smith, won 2 OFSAA championships, and created a dynasty at the school for lacrosse for many more years.

College career

After high school, Greenhalgh played for Cornell University, where he was named 2005 Ivy League Player of the Year. He is second in career goals scored (136) and fourth in career points (169) at Cornell.

Professional career

Greenhalgh was drafted in the first round of the 2005 NLL entry draft by the Philadelphia Wings. He would have an impressive rookie season:
* he led the Wings in goals (31)cite web|url=http://nll.com/article.php?id=409|work=NLL web site|title=Greenhalgh Presented Sportsmanship Award|date=May 30, 2006|accessdate=2007-01-05]
* he was tied with Dan Marohl for the lead in points (73)
* he won Overall Player of the Week twice, Offensive Player of the Week once, and Rookie of the Week five times
* he was named Rookie of the Month for January, and
* he was given the 2006 National Lacrosse League Sportsmanship Award

In July 2007, Greenhalgh was traded to the Buffalo Bandits in a three-team blockbuster trade, [cite web|url=http://www.nll.com/article.php?id=3021|title=Three Team Blockbuster Trade Announced|work=NLL.com|date=July 24, 2007|accessdate=2007-07-24] but tore a knee ligament before the season began and missed the entire 2008 season (the same season in which the Bandits won the Champion's Cup. [cite web|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=doc&p_docid=11ED8F2C779FA3A8&p_docnum=1|work=The Buffalo News|author=Borrelli, Tom|date=February 15, 2008|accessdate=2008-02-25|title=Bandits Depleted By Injury]

Greenhalgh was also selected by the Los Angeles Riptide in the 2nd round (19th overall) in the 2008 MLL Supplemental Draft.

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NLL

Trivia

* He also participated in the 2007 World Indoor Lacrosse Championships, representing Scotland (Greenhalgh has dual citizenship through his father).

Awards

External links

* [http://cornellbigred.cstv.com/sports/m-lacros/mtt/greenhalgh_sean00.html Bio from Cornell University web site]

References

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