Peet Poillon (born May 21, 1987 in
La Jolla
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,
California
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) is a professional
lacrosse
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player who played for the
Chesapeake Bayhawks
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of
Major League Lacrosse
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.
Playing Career Overview
Poillon was a two-time
All-American for
Ohio State University
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and
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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. In 2009, he was selected a Second Team All-American for UMBC and in 2008 he led Ohio State to a 15 to 7 first-round upset of Cornell.
Poillon attended
Seneca Valley High School
Seneca Valley High School (SVHS) is a U.S. public high school (grades 9-12) in Germantown, Maryland. It is part of the Montgomery County Public Schools system. Its enrollment for the 2019–2020 school year was 1,226 students. The new building ...
north of Pittsburgh, where he was an All-American in lacrosse and where Poillon and his father started up lacrosse as a varsity sport. Poillon's father attended school board meetings and Peet collected signatures to make the lacrosse program happen at Seneca Valley. Poillon set the Western Pennsylvania Scholastic Lacrosse Association's scoring record with 410 career goals. Unfortunately these achievements did not get him much attention and so Poillon attended
Howard Community College
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for two years in hopes of getting noticed by Division I coaches. As a two-time NJCAA All-American, Poillon scored over 140 points as well as finally got the Division I notice he wanted and headed to Ohio State in 2007.
Poillon was selected 20th overall in the 2009
Major League Lacrosse
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Collegiate Draft by the
Boston Cannons. He never saw any playing time with the Cannons and was claimed by the Bayhawks in the MLL Player Pool. Poillon was named the MLL most improved player for 2010 as he helped Washington to the 2010 MLL Championship.
Coaching Career Overview
In 2011, Poillon took over the head coach position at his alma mater, Seneca Valley High, leading to the Western Pennsylvania playoffs in what amounted to a turnaround season for the club. In December 2012, it was announced that Poillon had taken a position with the University of Delaware as volunteer assistant. In 2014, he accepted the role of assistant coach and offensive coordinator at Hobart College.
In 2019, Poillon was named associate head coach and offensive coordinator at Marquette.
Statistics
College
: *233 total career points including junior college totals
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MLL
Accomplishments
*''2010 MLL Steinfeld Cup Champion (Chesapeake Bayhawks)
*''2010 MLL Most Improved Player
See also
*
UMBC Retrievers men's lacrosse
The UMBC Retrievers men's lacrosse team represents the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men's college lacrosse competition. The Retrievers play their home games at UMBC ...
*
Lacrosse in Pennsylvania Lacrosse has been played in Pennsylvania since the 19th century. There are many respected amateur programs at the club, college, and high school level, as well as several respected past and present professional teams in the National Lacrosse League ...
External References
Seneca Valley lacrosse at Laxpower
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Poillon, Peet
1987 births
Living people
American lacrosse players
Major League Lacrosse players
Ohio State Buckeyes men's lacrosse players
Sportspeople from San Diego
UMBC Retrievers men's lacrosse players
Howard Community College alumni
Ohio State University alumni
University of Maryland, Baltimore County alumni