Mark Steenhuis
Born	December 3, 1980 (1980-12-03) (age 29), St. Catharines, Ontario, CAN
Position	Forward
Height Weight	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 185 pounds (84 kg)
MSL Team	St. Regis Indians
NLL Team F. Teams	Buffalo Bandits Columbus Landsharks
Nationality	Canada
Pro Career	2002 – present
Shoots	Right
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Mark Steenhuis (born December 3, 1980 in St. Catharines, Ontario) is a Canadian lacrosse player who plays for the Buffalo Bandits in the National Lacrosse League (NLL).

Contents 1 Introduction to Lacrosse 2 NLL career 3 Canadian Box career 3.1 Junior 3.2 Senior 4 Statistics 4.1 NLL 4.2 OLA 5 Awards 6 References

[edit] Introduction to Lacrosse

Steenhuis graduated from Governor Simcoe Secondary School in 1998. He did not start playing lacrosse until he was 17 years old, when he was introduced to the game by friend and future Buffalo Bandits teammate, Billy Dee Smith.

[edit] NLL career

Steenhuis made his NLL debut in 2002 with the Columbus Landsharks. After the 2002 season, he was traded to the Buffalo Bandits for goalie Ken Montour. Once in Buffalo, Steenhuis quickly became a fan favourite, due in part to his energetic style of play, goal-scoring ability, and athleticism, but also for his afro hair and bright orange shoes.^[1]

Steenhuis was named MVP of the 2004, 2007 and 2009 National Lacrosse League All-Star Games, becoming the first player in NLL history to be named MVP of multiple All-Star Games. He scored six times in 2004 and 2007 and seven times in 2009.^[2][3] In 2008, Steenhuis was named the NLL Transition Player of the Year.^[4] and the NLL Championship Game MVP.

On February 14, 2009, he set the league single-game records for assists (13) and points (17).^[5]

[edit] Canadian Box career

[edit] Junior

After having a surprisingly successful rookie season with the Spartan Warriors in 1999, Steenhuis played two successful years of Jr.A lacrosse with the St. Catharines Athletics, and helped lead the team to a Minto Cup National championship in 2001.

[edit] Senior

Steenhuis began his senior career with the St. Catharines Athletics of Major Series Lacrosse. During his first season, he recorded 20 goals and 50 points, and shared the "Gene Dopp Memorial Trophy" for Rookie of the Year with Mike Miron. The next year, Steenhuis had 54 points in 14 games, and was awarded the "Jim Murphy Trophy" for league Most Valuable Player.^[6] In 2004, Steenhuis would have a career high of 91 points in just 17 games, averaging 5.3 points per game. Steenhuis currently plays for the St. Regis Indians.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] NLL

			Regular Season							Playoffs
Season	Team		GP	G	A	Pts	LB	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	LB	PIM
2002	Columbus		12	11	19	30	85	11		--	--	--	--	--	--
2003	Buffalo		15	16	17	33	128	35		2	1	1	2	24	2
2004	Buffalo		16	27	17	44	129	20		3	7	4	11	36	2
2005	Buffalo		16	34	28	62	141	23		1	5	1	6	7	0
2006	Buffalo		15	34	23	57	144	22		3	5	3	8	17	0
2007	Buffalo		15	25	24	49	108	4		2	2	1	3	13	2
2008	Buffalo		15	34	41	75	121	27		3	12	5	17	23	6
2009	Buffalo		16	51	50	101	117	24		2	4	2	6	6	2
NLL Totals			120	232	219	451	973	166		16	36	17	53	126	14

[edit] OLA

				Regular Season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1999	Spartan Warriors	OLA Jr.B		21	11	15	26	20		11	9	3	12	25
1999	St. Catharines Athletics	OLA Jr.A		4	0	0	0	0		6	0	2	2	12
2000	St. Catharines Athletics	OLA Jr.A		17	22	19	41	14		15	9	12	21	18
2001	St. Catharines Athletics	OLA Jr.A		18	18	21	39	35		13	9	20	29	18
Minto Cup	St. Catharines Athletics	CLA		--	--	--	--	--		6	5	9	14	4
2002	St. Catharines Athletics	MSL		19	20	30	50	24		4	7	2	9	15
2003	St. Catharines Athletics	MSL		14	36	18	54	34		10	29	19	48	12
2004	St. Catharines Athletics	MSL		17	42	49	91	70		3	5	4	9	6
2005	Barrie Lakeshores	MSL		16	32	38	70	57		9	17	19	36	27
2006	Barrie Lakeshores	MSL		16	18	22	40	8		10	15	19	34	37
2007	Barrie Lakeshores	MSL		16	30	50	80	12		4	3	6	9	10
2008	St. Regis Indians	MSL		15	34	48	82	16		9	20	20	40	20
2009	St. Regis Indians	MSL		10	20	22	42	18		8	22	22	44	12
Junior A Totals				39	40	40	80	49		34	18	34	52	48
Junior B Totals				21	11	15	26	20		11	9	3	12	25
Minto Cup Totals				--	--	--	--	--		6	5	9	14	4
Senior A Totals				123	185	288	473	280		57	118	111	229	139

[edit] Awards

Preceded by Steve Toll	NLL Transition Player of the Year 2008	Succeeded by Brodie Merrill
Preceded by John Grant, Jr.	Champion's Cup MVP 2008	Succeeded by Josh Sanderson

[edit] References

Persondata
NAME	Steenhuis, Mark
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Lacrosse player
DATE OF BIRTH	December 3, 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH	Niagara Falls, Ontario
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH