Mitch Belisle Explained

Position:Defense
Height Ft:5
Height In:10
Weight Lb:190
Mll Team:Boston Cannons
Nll Team:Georgia Swarm
Former Nll Teams:Minnesota Swarm
Boston Blazers
New York Titans
League:NCAA
Birth Date:November 9, 1985[1]
Nationality:American
Nll Draft:13th overall
Nll Draft Year:2007
Nll Draft Team:New York Titans
Career Start:2007
Career End:2018

Mitchell Dye Belisle (born November 9, 1985) is an American former professional lacrosse player for the Boston Cannons of Major League Lacrosse and former player for the Georgia Swarm in the National Lacrosse League.[2] Belisle represented the United States in the 2014 FIL World Championship[3] and the 2011 FIL World Indoor Championship.

Collegiate career

Belisle is a graduate of Cornell University and a member of the Cornell Athletics Hall of Fame.[4] As a senior he was awarded the Schmeisser Award as the nation's top defender.[5] He also received First-team All-American team honors, and was 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." 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.[6]

The New York Titans drafted Belisle in the First Round (13th overall) in the 2007 National Lacrosse League Entry Draft.[7] [8] 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.[9]

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.[10]

He played in the 2012 and 2013 NLL seasons for the Minnesota Swarm. He was listed Inactive: Protected Player on December 7, 2013 and missed the 2014 NLL season.[11] He returned to the Swarm for the 2015 and 2016 seasons.[12]

In addition to his professional career as a player, Belisle serves as the Director of Marketing for Trilogy Lacrosse, a leading lacrosse education organization based in Brooklyn, New York.[13]

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 92
2009 Boston 16 3 4 7 104 14 1 0 1 1 40
2010 Boston 16 2 5 7 101 12 1 0 1 1 120
2011 Boston 16 2 2 4 70 30 1 0 1 1 54
2012 Minnesota 15 0 4 4 57 28 1 0 0 0 40
2013 Minnesota 16 1 10 11 60 10 2 0 0 0 134
2015 Minnesota 17 2 3 5 66 25 -- -- -- -- ----
2016 Georgia 18 1 2 3 62 21 1 0 0 0 20
2017 Georgia 16 2 1 3 34 18 4 0 0 0 102
NLL Totals 142 15 33 48 602 174 13 0 5 5 5912

MLL

  Regular Season Playoffs
Season Team GP G 2ptG A Pts LB PIM GP G 2ptG A Pts LB PIM
2007Los Angeles 90000145.52000031
2008Los Angeles 110000180.51000000
2009Boston 120000120.51000000
2010Boston 1210011241000000
2011Boston 1000001822000020
2012Boston 1100002041000010
2013Boston 120000222.5--------------
2014Boston 131001246--------------
2015Boston 110000142.51000030
2016Boston 111001154.5--------------
2017Boston 60000131.5--------------
2018Boston 140000311.5--------------
MLL Totals1323003213359000091

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Official Site of the Boston Blazers - Roster. 2009-04-06. BlazersLacrosse.com.
  2. News: Belisle on NLL Retirement: 'That Was Fun'. 2017-11-04.
  3. Web site: Team USA Names 23-Man Roster for FIL World Championship. 2014-07-01 . laxpower.com .
  4. Web site: Eleven Greats To Join Athletics Hall of Fame In 2017. Cornell University. en. 2017-11-04.
  5. Web site: US Lacrosse Division I Awards . 2008-02-27 . USLacrosse.org . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080509094922/http://www.uslacrosse.org/museum/awards_list.phtml . 2008-05-09 .
  6. Web site: Mitch Belisle L.A. Riptide Bio . 2008-03-24 . LARiptide.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080528144255/http://lariptide.com/team/?id=1886 . 2008-05-28 .
  7. Web site: Mitch Belisle N.Y. Titans Bio . 2008-03-24 . NYTitansLacrosse.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20080220000628/http://www.nytitanslacrosse.com/bcw-player-database-details.php?id=77 . 2008-02-20 . dead .
  8. Web site: Q&A with New York Rookie, Mitch Belisle . 2008-03-24 . NLLInsider.com .
  9. Web site: Watson named Player of the Week. NLL.com. March 26, 2008. 2008-03-26.
  10. Web site: All-Star reserves announced . February 19, 2009. NLL.com. 2009-03-05.
  11. Web site: Mitch Belisle Player Profile . 2014-04-05.
  12. Web site: Swarm announce final 20-man roster . 2014-12-21.
  13. Web site: Mitch Belisle - Trilogy Lacrosse . 2014-04-08.