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
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 Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...

indoor lacrosse Box lacrosse, also known as boxla, box, or indoor lacrosse, is an indoor version of lacrosse played mostly in North America. The game originated in Canada in the 1930s, where it is more popular than field lacrosse. Lacrosse is Canada's official ...

player. Wailes played for the Philadelphia Wings 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 ...

, played collegiate lacrosse at

Brown University Brown University is a private research university in Providence, Rhode Island. Brown is the seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, founded in 1764 as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providenc ...

, and was a junior hockey player in the

Ontario Hockey League The Ontario Hockey League (OHL; french: Ligue de hockey de l'Ontario (LHO)) is one of the three major junior ice hockey leagues which constitute the Canadian Hockey League. The league is for players aged 16–19. There are exceptions for overag ...

National Lacrosse League career

Wailes was a first-round draft pick (5th overall) by the

Calgary Roughnecks The Calgary Roughnecks are a professional box lacrosse team based in Calgary, Alberta. They are members of the Western Division of the National Lacrosse League (NLL) and play their home games on WestJet Field at Scotiabank Saddledome. The t ...

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. After sitting out the

2008 NLL season The 2008 National Lacrosse League season, the 22nd in the history of the NLL, began on December 29, 2007, and concluded with the Buffalo Bandits winning the championship game over the Portland LumberJax on May 17, 2008. In an odd coincidence, all ...

due to work visa problems, Wailes will rejoin the Philadelphia Wings for the 2009 season after signing a four-year contract with the team.

College career

Wailes graduated from

with a bachelor's degree in pre-medicine and neuroscience and holds an M.B.A. from the

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at Northwestern University. As a junior at Brown University, he led the

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collegiate lacrosse in scoring with 35 points (5 goals, 30 assists) and was named to the All-

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Team.

Canadian Box career

Junior

In 2000, Wailes led the OLA Jr. B league in assists with the

Clarington Green Gaels The Green Gaels are a Junior "B" box lacrosse team based in Clarington, Ontario, Canada, that plays out of the Garnet B. Rickard Recreation Complex in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada. The Gaels play in the OLA Junior B Lacrosse League. History The ...

, who won the

Founders Cup The Founders' Cup is the championship trophy of Canada's Junior "B" lacrosse leagues. The custodial duties of this trophy fall upon the Canadian Lacrosse Association. The national champions are determined through a round robin format with a play ...

Championship. Wailes twice won the OLA Jr. A scoring title with the

Toronto Beaches The Toronto Beaches are a Junior "A" box lacrosse team from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Beaches formally played in the OLA Junior A Lacrosse League. They are named after The Beaches The Beaches (also known as "The Beach") is a neighbourhood ...

. 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.

Senior

Wailes was selected first overall in the 2005

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 ...

draft by the

Brooklin Redmen The Brooklin Lacrosse Club is a box lacrosse team from Brooklin, Ontario. Brooklin plays in the Major Series Lacrosse (MSL) league (formerly known as Senior "A"). The MSL, and its counterpart, the Western Lacrosse Association, represent the highes ...

. However, Wailes only played five games during his rookie season and has not played Senior lacrosse since.

Hockey career

Wailes played hockey in the

with the

Barrie Colts The Barrie Colts are a junior ice hockey team in Ontario Hockey League, based in Barrie, Ontario, Canada. Pre-OHL history There were two previous Barrie Colts teams which played Junior A & B hockey in the Ontario Hockey Association, one from 1 ...

and the

Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds The Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (often shortened to Soo Greyhounds) are a Junior ice hockey#Major junior, major junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League. The Greyhounds play home games at the GFL Memorial Gardens. The present team was ...

. In the 1999-2000 season, he was a member of the OHL Champion

Career statistics

NLL

OLA

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wailes, Kyle 1983 births Living people Brown University alumni Canadian lacrosse players Lacrosse people from Ontario Philadelphia Wings players Lacrosse players from Toronto