| Position: | Forward |
| Shoots: | Left |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 1 |
| Weight Lb: | 205 |
| Nll Team: | Philadelphia Wings |
| Former Nll Teams: | Calgary Roughnecks |
| Birth Date: | October 19, 1983 |
| Birth Place: | West Hill, Ontario. Canada |
| Nll Draft: | 9th overall |
| Nll Draft Year: | 2006 |
| Nll Draft Team: | Calgary Roughnecks |
| Career Start: | 2007 |
Kyle Wailes (born October 19, 1983 in West Hill, Ontario) is the Chief Executive Officer and Board Member of value-based care company, Wellvana Health.[1] Wellvana provides tools, technologies, analytics, and resources for healthcare providers to successfully and seamlessly transition to value-based care. Wailes is known internationally as a Canadian indoor lacrosse player. Wailes played for the Philadelphia Wings of the National Lacrosse League, played collegiate lacrosse at Brown University, and was a junior hockey player in the Ontario Hockey League.
Wailes was a first-round draft pick (5th overall) by the Calgary Roughnecks in the 2006 NLL Entry Draft. Wailes was acquired by the Philadelphia Wings from Calgary on December 18, 2006 in exchange for the Wings’ first pick in the 2007 NLL Entry Draft. He was named the NLL's Rookie of the Week in both Week 3 and Week 8 of the 2007 season.[2]
After sitting out the 2008 NLL season due to work visa problems, Wailes will rejoin the Philadelphia Wings for the 2009 season after signing a four-year contract with the team.[3]
Wailes graduated from Brown University with a bachelor's degree in pre-medicine and neuroscience and holds an M.B.A. from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. As a junior at Brown University, he led the Bears collegiate lacrosse in scoring with 35 points (5 goals, 30 assists) and was named to the All-Ivy League Team.
In 2000, Wailes led the OLA Jr. B league in assists with the Clarington Green Gaels, who won the Founders Cup Championship.Wailes twice won the OLA Jr. A scoring title with the Toronto Beaches. In 2004, he was named league MVP, and was awarded the "Jim Veltman Award" for Most Outstanding Player and the "B.W. Evans Award" for Top Graduating Player.[4]
Wailes was selected first overall in the 2005 Major Series Lacrosse draft by the Brooklin Redmen. However, Wailes only played five games during his rookie season and has not played Senior lacrosse since.
Wailes played hockey in the Ontario Hockey League with the Barrie Colts and the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds. In the 1999-2000 season, he was a member of the OHL Champion Barrie Colts.[5]
| Regular Season | Playoffs | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | LB | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | LB | PIM | ||
| 2007 | Philadelphia | 11 | 16 | 21 | 37 | 41 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2009 | Philadelphia | 14 | 15 | 41 | 56 | 43 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NLL Totals | 25 | 31 | 62 | 93 | 84 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1999 | Clarington Green Gaels | OLA Jr.B | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2000 | Clarington Green Gaels | OLA Jr.B | 9 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 43 | 9 | 7 | 26 | 33 | 0 | ||
| 2001 | OLA Jr.A | 19 | 14 | 54 | 68 | 25 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 2 | |||
| 2002 | OLA Jr.A | 16 | 20 | 44 | 64 | 28 | 18 | 13 | 36 | 49 | 12 | |||
| 2003 | Toronto Beaches | OLA Jr.A | 18 | 30 | 65 | 95 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 42 | 60 | 6 | ||
| 2004 | Toronto Beaches | OLA Jr.A | 19 | 31 | 76 | 107 | 28 | 11 | 13 | 25 | 38 | 22 | ||
| 2005 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Junior A Totals | 173 | 95 | 239 | 334 | 89 | 56 | 54 | 114 | 168 | 42 | ||||
| Junior B Totals | 11 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 49 | 12 | 7 | 27 | 34 | 0 | ||||
| Senior A Totals | 5 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||