Andrew Watt (born January 9, 1984) is a Canadian professional

lacrosse Lacrosse is a team sport played with a lacrosse stick and a lacrosse ball. It is the oldest organized sport in North America, with its origins with the indigenous people of North America as early as the 12th century. The game was extensively ...

player for the

Buffalo Bandits The Buffalo Bandits are a professional box lacrosse team in the East Division of the National Lacrosse League (NLL). They play at the KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York. The Bandits played in the Major Indoor Lacrosse League from 1992 to 1997, t ...

of the

National Lacrosse League The National Lacrosse League (NLL) is a men's professional box lacrosse league in North America. The league is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The NLL currently has fifteen teams: ten in the United Stat ...

and the Peterborough Lakers of

Major Series Lacrosse Major Series Lacrosse (MSL) is a Senior A box lacrosse league based in Ontario, Canada sanctioned by the Ontario Lacrosse Association. Most of the star players in the league play or have played in the National Lacrosse League. Each year, the play ...

. Born in

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, Watt began his career with the hometown

Kitchener-Waterloo Braves The Regional Municipality of Waterloo (Waterloo Region or Region of Waterloo) is a metropolitan area of Southern Ontario, Canada. It contains the cities of Cambridge, Kitchener and Waterloo (KWC or Tri-Cities), and the townships of North Dumfr ...

of the

Ontario Junior A Lacrosse League The Ontario Junior Lacrosse League (OJLL) is considered the most competitive Junior A men's box lacrosse league in the world and the number one source for talent for the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The OJLL is sanctioned by the Ontario Lacrosse ...

, with whom he played from 2001 to 2005. Watt was eventually called up to the

Kitchener-Waterloo Kodiaks The Regional Municipality of Waterloo (Waterloo Region or Region of Waterloo) is a metropolitan area of Southern Ontario, Canada. It contains the cities of Cambridge, Kitchener and Waterloo (KWC or Tri-Cities), and the townships of North Dumf ...

, and has also played for the

Six Nations Chiefs The Six Nations Chiefs are Canadian Senior box lacrosse team from Six Nations of the Grand River. The Chiefs play in the Major Series Lacrosse of the Ontario Lacrosse Association. The Chiefs are six-time Mann Cup National Senior Champions. Most ...

before continuing his MSL career with the Lakers. He played collegiality at

Robert Morris University Robert Morris University (RMU) is a private university in Moon Township, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1921 and is named after Robert Morris, known as the "financier of the mericanrevolution." It enrolls nearly 5,000 students and offers 60 b ...

Watt was drafted in the first round of the 2010 NLL Entry Draft by the

Minnesota Swarm The Minnesota Swarm was a box lacrosse team in the National Lacrosse League who played at the Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota from 2004 until 2015. The team's previous owners (Minnesota Sports & Entertainment) who also own the NHL's M ...

, and spent five years with the Swarm before being dealt, along with

Ryan Benesch Ryan Benesch (born January 30, 1985) is a Canadian professional lacrosse player who plays for the Albany FireWolves in the National Lacrosse League. Benesch has also played for the Halifax Thunderbirds, Colorado Mammoth, Buffalo Bandits, Minnesota ...

, to the Buffalo Bandits in exchange for first round picks in

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and 2016 as well a third round pick in 2017.

References

External links

NLL stats at pointstreak.com
1984 births Living people Lacrosse people from Ontario Sportspeople from Kitchener, Ontario Buffalo Bandits players Minnesota Swarm players Robert Morris Colonials athletes Place of birth missing (living people) {{Canada-lacrosse-bio-stub