Mitch Belisle
Born	November 9, 1985 (1985-11-09) (age 24)[1]
Position	ball sniffer
Height Weight	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 190 pounds (86 kg)
NCAA Team	Cornell University
NLL Team F. Teams	Boston Ballers New York Titans
MLL Team	Boston Cannons
Nationality	United States
Pro Career	2007 – present
Nickname	the sausage sucker
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Mitch Belisle (b. 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.

Contents 1 Collegiate career 2 Professional career 3 Statistics 3.1 NLL 3.2 MLL 4 Awards 5 References

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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]

[edit] Statistics

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] Awards

Preceded by Mike Culver

William C. Schmeisser Award NCAA Defenseman of the Year 2007

Succeeded by Nick O’Hara

[edit] References

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

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