Kyle Fiat

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Kyle Fiat
Born (1983-03-14) March 14, 1983 (age 38)
Salt Lake City, UT
NationalityAmerican
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight175 pounds (79 kg)
ShootsLeft
PositionMidfield/Attack
NLL team Philadelphia Wings
MLL team Washington Bayhawks
NCAA team Towson University
Pro career 2007

Kyle Fiat (born March 14, 1983 in Salt Lake City, UT) is professional lacrosse player who plays for the Philadelphia Wings in the National Lacrosse League and the Washington Bayhawks in Major League Lacrosse. Outside of lacrosse, Fiat is a physical education teacher at Dulaney High School near Baltimore, Maryland . He extravagantly dominates plyometrics and spreads his knowledge of the activity with his many weight training students.

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Collegiate career

Fiat attended the Towson University where he played under Defensive Coach and fellow Philadelphia Wings player, Shawn Nadelen. Fiat started college at Utah State University where he played club lacrosse before transferring to Towson University for two years and making the team as a walk-on. [1]

Professional career

Fiat signed with the Wings as a free agent on November 14, 2006. [2] His first NLL goal came in dramatic fashion, scoring the game-winner on March 24, 2007, with 40 seconds remaining in a Wings come from behind victory over the Chicago Shamrox.

He was drafted by the Washington Bayhawks in Round Two (12th overall) of the 2007 MLL Supplemental Draft. [3]

Fiat was named to Team USA for the 2007 World Indoor Lacrosse Championships. [4]

Fiat also teaches Physical Education at Dulaney High School in Timonium, MD.

Statistics

NLL

  Regular Season Playoffs
SeasonTeamGPGAPtsLBPIMGPGAPtsLBPIM
2007Philadelphia141894513------
NLL Totals141894513------

MLL

  Regular Season Playoffs
SeasonTeamGPG2ptGAPtsLBPIMGPG2ptGAPtsLBPIM
2007Washington7001171-------
MLL Totals7001171-------

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References

  1. Kyle Fiat's "My Lacrosse Experience"
  2. "Wings finalize roster". Archived from the original on 2007-05-10. Retrieved 2007-02-21.
  3. 2007 MLL Supplemental Draft
  4. Six Wings Named To Team USA Roster Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine