| Mitch de Snoo | |
| Position: | Defense |
| Shoots: | Left |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 2 |
| Weight Lb: | 220 |
| Ncaa Team: | Drexel |
| Class: | 2015 |
| League: | MSL |
| Team: | Oakville Rock |
| Nll Team: | Toronto Rock |
| Former Nll Teams: | Buffalo Bandits |
| Nationality: | Canadian |
| Birth Date: | 22 October 1992 |
| Birth Place: | Oshawa, Ontario |
| Nll Draft: | 13th overall |
| Nll Draft Year: | 2015 |
| Nll Draft Team: | Calgary Roughnecks |
| Career Start: | 2016 |
| Career Highlights: |
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Mitchell "Mitch" de Snoo (born October 22, 1992) is a Canadian professional lacrosse player for the Toronto Rock of the National Lacrosse League and the Oakville Rock of Major Series Lacrosse. Hailing from Oshawa, Ontario, de Snoo attended Monsignor Paul Dwyer Catholic High School, where he played four years of lacrosse and ice hockey.
He played collegiality at Drexel University, where he earned a degree in biomedical engineering. de Snoo was key to Drexel lacrosse making their first NCAA tournament where they upset Penn in the first round. That season, de Snoo scored the game-winner with 46 seconds left in the third overtime beating Penn State 13–12 in a key Colonial Athletic Association game.[1]
de Snoo played junior lacrosse for the Clarington Green Gaels and the Whitby Warriors, with whom he won the Minto Cup in 2013.[2] He was in the third round (15th overall) in the 2014 MSL draft by the Oakville Rock.
de Snoo was drafted in the second round (13th overall) of the 2015 NLL Entry Draft by the Calgary Roughnecks, and was traded to the Buffalo Bandits on December 28, 2016, in exchange for Brandon Goodwin.[3] On July 6, 2020, de Snoo was traded to the Toronto Rock in exchange for Brock Sorensen, Alex Tulett, & conditional 2022 draft pick.[4]
de Snoo was named Defensive Player of the Year for the NLL's 2021–2022 season.[5] Heading into the 2023 NLL season, Inside Lacrosse named de Snoo the #2 best defender in the NLL.[6]
Off the floor, de Snoo earned a master's degree in laboratory medicine and pathobiology from the University of Toronto, having done research into genetic inheritable forms of Parkinson's. Currently, he is pursuing a medical degree at the University of Toronto.[7]
He resides in Toronto with his wife, Meg de Snoo, and their dog.[8]
NCAA [9]
| Regular Season | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | |||
| 2012 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2013 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| 2014 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 7 | ||||
| 2015 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 8 | ||||
| College Totals | 64 | 16 | 3 | 19 | ||||
NLL
| Regular Season | Playoffs | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | LB | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | LB | PIM | ||
| 2023 | Toronto | 11 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 102 | 13 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2022 | Toronto | 16 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 121 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 0 | ||
| 2021 | Toronto | 11 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 53 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 2 | ||
| 2020 | Buffalo | 11 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 86 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2019 | Buffalo | 17 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 131 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 14 | ||
| 2018 | Buffalo | 16 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 127 | 39 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2017 | Buffalo | 18 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 111 | 42 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2016 | Buffalo | 16 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 98 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 10 | ||
| NLL Totals | 144 | 64 | 76 | 140 | 911 | 88 | 25 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 142 | 6 | |||