Sean Thomson (born January 28, 1985) is a Canadian

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 who plays for 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 ...

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 ...

. Thomson played one season for the Philadelphia Wings before being traded to the Swarm in 2010 for Kevin Colleluori. Thomson was a member of the

Peterborough Lakers Peterborough Lakers may refer to: *Peterborough Lakers (MSL), a Senior A box lacrosse team from Peterborough, Ontario, Canada *Peterborough Lakers Jr. A The Peterborough Lakers are Junior "A" box lacrosse team from Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. ...

during their 2007 Mann Cup championship season. While attending

Guelph University , mottoeng = "to learn the reasons of realities" , established = May 8, 1964 ()As constituents: OAC: (1874) Macdonald Institute: (1903) OVC: (1922) , type = Public university , chancellor ...

, Thomson was a member of the Gryphons who won the 2008

Canadian University Field Lacrosse Association The Canadian University Field Lacrosse Association (CUFLA) is an association of men's field lacrosse teams connected with several universities in Ontario and Quebec. Teams compete in the fall with league playoffs typically in early November. Hist ...

championship. Though he did not play for the Gryphons in 2008, he is expected to play in 2009. He was also named 2008 Burlington Male Athlete of the Year Award. Thomson also played lacrosse at

Bellarmine University Bellarmine University (BU; ) is a private Catholic university in Louisville, Kentucky. It opened on October 3, 1950, as Bellarmine College, established by Archbishop John A. Floersh of the Archdiocese of Louisville and named after Saint Rober ...

before transferring to Guelph.

National Lacrosse League career

Thomson was selected with the first round (ninth overall) in the 2008 NLL Entry Draft. He made an immediate impact on the league, earning "Rookie of the Week" honors in Week 2 of the

2009 NLL season The 2009 National Lacrosse League season, the 23rd in the history of the NLL, began January 3, 2009 in Buffalo, Portland, and Sunrise, Florida, and concluded with the Calgary Roughnecks defeating the New York Titans 12—10 in the Champion's Cup ...

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References

1985 births Living people Bellarmine Knights men's lacrosse players Canadian lacrosse players Lacrosse people from Ontario Minnesota Swarm players Philadelphia Wings players Sportspeople from Burlington, Ontario {{Louisville-sport-stub