Mitch Wilde

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Mitch Wilde
Born (1991-06-21) June 21, 1991 (age 33)
Brooklin, Ontario, Canada
Height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight210 pounds (95 kg)
ShootsRight
PositionTransition
NLL draft15th overall, 2013
Buffalo Bandits
NLL team
Former teams
New York Riptide
Calgary Roughnecks
Buffalo Bandits
MSL team
Former teams
Brooklin Redmen
Kitchener-Waterloo Kodiaks
Pro career 2014

Mitchell "Mitch" Wilde (born June 21, 1991) is a Canadian professional lacrosse player for the New York Riptide of the National Lacrosse League and the Kitchener-Waterloo Kodiaks of Major Series Lacrosse. Hailing from Brooklin, Ontario, Wilde attended Donald A. Wilson Secondary School, where he was named MVP of his lacrosse team in 2008 and 2009. He played collegiality at Robert Morris University. [1]

Wilde began his junior career in 2009 with the Clarington Green Gaels of the Ontario Junior B Lacrosse League [2] and was traded to the Orillia Kings in 2010. He played for Junior A Whitby Warriors in 2011 and 2012, winning the Minto Cup in 2011, and was drafted 11th overall in the 2013 MSL draft by the Kodiaks. [3]

Wilde was drafted in the second round of the 2013 NLL Entry Draft by the Buffalo Bandits.

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References

  1. "Mitch Wilde – 2013 RMU Men's Lacrosse Biography" . Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  2. 2009 Clarington Green Gaels. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  3. Gregoire, Pat (16 September 2014). "Meet an NLL Prospect: Mitch Wilde" . Retrieved 8 March 2015.