Mitch Belisle

Mitch Belisle
Born	November 9, 1985 (1985-11-09) (age 26)[1]
Position	Defense
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
NCAA Team	Cornell University
NLL Team F. Teams	Boston Blazers New York Titans
MLL Team	Boston Cannons
Nationality	United States
Pro Career	2007–present

Mitch Belisle (born November 9, 1985) is a professional lacrosse player for the Boston Blazers in the National Lacrosse League, and the Boston Cannons of Major League Lacrosse.

Collegiate career

Belisle is a graduate of Cornell University. As a senior he was awarded the Schmeisser Award as the nation's top defender.^[2] He also received First-team All-American team honors, and 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."^[3] 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.^[4]

The New York Titans drafted Belisle in the First Round (13th overall) in the 2007 National Lacrosse League Entry Draft.^[3][5] 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.^[6]

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.^[7]

Statistics

NLL

			Regular Season							Playoffs
Season	Team		GP	G	A	Pts	LB	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	LB	PIM
2008	New York		12	2	2	4	48	16		2	0	2	2	9	2
2009	Boston		16	3	4	7	104	14		1	0	1	1	4	0
NLL Totals			28	5	6	11	152	30		3	0	3	3	13	2

MLL

			Regular Season								Playoffs
Season	Team		GP	G	2ptG	A	Pts	LB	PIM		GP	G	2ptG	A	Pts	LB	PIM
2007	Los Angeles		9	0	0	0	0	14	5.5		2	0	0	0	0	3	1
2008	Los Angeles		11	0	0	0	0	18	0.5		1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2009	Boston		12	0	0	0	0	12	0.5		1	0	0	0	0	0	0
MLL Totals			32	0	0	0	0	44	6.5		4	0	0	0	0	3	1

Awards

Preceded by Mike Culver

William C. Schmeisser Award NCAA Defenseman of the Year 2007

Succeeded by Nick O’Hara

References

1. ^ "The Official Site of the Boston Blazers - Roster". BlazersLacrosse.com. http://www.blazerslacrosse.com/team/player/. Retrieved 2009-04-06. 
2. ^ "US LAcrosse Division I Awards". USLacrosse.org. http://www.uslacrosse.org/museum/awards_list.phtml#mensdiv1. Retrieved 2008-02-27. 
3. ^ ^{a b} "Mitch Belisle N.Y. Titans Bio". NYTitansLacrosse.com. Archived from the original on 2008-02-20. http://web.archive.org/web/20080220000628/http://www.nytitanslacrosse.com/bcw-player-database-details.php?id=77. Retrieved 2008-03-24. 
4. ^ "Mitch Belisle L.A. Riptide Bio". LARiptide.com. http://lariptide.com/team/?id=1886. Retrieved 2008-03-24. 
5. ^ "Q&A with New York Rookie, Mitch Belisle". NLLInsider.com. http://www.nllinsider.com/2008/03/19/qa-with-new-york-rookie-mitch-belisle/. Retrieved 2008-03-24. 
6. ^ "Watson named Player of the Week". NLL.com. March 26, 2008. http://nll.com/article.php?id=3395. Retrieved 2008-03-26. 
7. ^ "All-Star reserves announced". NLL.com. February 19, 2009. http://www.nll.com/article.php?id=3811. Retrieved 2009-03-05. 

Persondata
Name	Belisle, Mitch
Alternative names
Short description	Lacrosse player
Date of birth	March 12, 1984
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death