David Mitchell (born March 12, 1984 in

Moose Jaw Moose Jaw is the fourth largest city in Saskatchewan, Canada. Lying on the Moose Jaw River in the south-central part of the province, it is situated on the Trans-Canada Highway, west of Regina. Residents of Moose Jaw are known as Moose Javians ...

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) is a

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lacrosse player who plays for the Philadelphia Wings in 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 ...

College career

Mitchell is a graduate of

Cornell University Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. It is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell was founded with the intention to teach an ...

. As a senior he was awarded with second All-American team honors, and named to the first All-Ivy League team while leading the Big Red to the

2007 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship The 2007 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament was held from May 12 through May 28, 2007. This was the 37th annual Division I NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship tournament. Sixteen NCAA Division I college lacrosse, college men's lacrosse teams ...

Final Four.

Professional career

Major League Lacrosse

Mitchell was selected by the

Boston Cannons The Cannons Lacrosse Club are a professional men's field lacrosse team in the Premier Lacrosse League (PLL) . Formerly based in Boston, Massachusetts, they played in Major League Lacrosse (MLL) as the Boston Cannons from their inaugural 2001 sea ...

as a first round selection (8th overall) in the 2007 MLL Draft

Major League Lacrosse Major League Lacrosse (MLL) was a men's field lacrosse league in the United States. The league's inaugural season was in 2001. Teams played anywhere from ten to 16 games in a summertime regular season. This was followed by a four-team playoff f ...

Collegiate Draft. On July 14, 2007, he netted a rookie season-high four goals against the Chicago Machine. Prior to the

2008 MLL season The 2008 Major League Lacrosse season was the eighth season of the league. The season began on May 17, 2008, and concluded with the championship game on August 24, 2008. Milestones and events Pre-season * Following the 2007 MLL season, the ...

, Mitchell was traded to the

San Francisco Dragons The San Francisco Dragons were a professional field lacrosse team based in San Francisco and San Jose, California. From 2006–2008, they played in Major League Lacrosse and they ceased operations before the 2009 season due to the economic situati ...

. He was picked up in late July 2008 by the

Chicago Machine The Chicago Machine were a Major League Lacrosse franchise from 2006 until 2010. The Machine, a men's professional field lacrosse team, played in Toyota Park from 2007 until 2009. Chicago played all its "home" games at various stadiums across t ...

after being waived by the Dragons.

National Lacrosse League

The Philadelphia Wings drafted Mitchell in the Second Round (25th overall) in the 2007 National Lacrosse League Entry Draft.

Statistics

MLL

NLL

NCAA

References

1984 births Canadian expatriate lacrosse people in the United States Canadian lacrosse players Cornell Big Red men's lacrosse players Lacrosse forwards Living people Major League Lacrosse players Philadelphia Wings players Sportspeople from Moose Jaw {{canada-lacrosse-bio-stub