Peet Poillon (born May 21, 1987 in La Jolla, California) is a professional lacrosse player who played for the Chesapeake Bayhawks of Major League Lacrosse.

Peet Poillon
Born (1987-05-21) May 21, 1987 (age 37)
La Jolla, California
NationalityAmerican
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight165 pounds (75 kg)
ShootsRight
PositionMidfield
NLL draft37th overall, 2009
Philadelphia Wings
MLL team
Former teams
Chesapeake Bayhawks
Chesapeake Bayhawks
Denver Outlaws
Charlotte Hounds
NCAA teamOhio State University
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Pro career2009

Playing career overview

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Poillon was a two-time All-American for Ohio State University and University of Maryland, Baltimore County. 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 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 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.[1][2]

Poillon was selected 20th overall in the 2009 Major League Lacrosse 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.[3]

Coaching career overview

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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

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College

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Season GP G A Pts PPG
2006 (Howard Community College) -- -- -- 84 --
2007 (Howard Community College) -- -- -- 60 --
2008 (OSU) 17 32 9 41 --
2009 (UMBC) 16 26 22 48 --
Totals 33 58 31 89 * --
*233 total career points including junior college totals
    Regular Season   Playoffs
Season Team GP G 2ptG A Pts LB PIM GP G 2ptG A Pts LB PIM
2009 Washington Bayhawks 2 7 -- -- 7 16 - - - - - - - -
2010 Chesapeake Bayhawks 12 24 2 15 41 7 2 - - - - - -
2011 Denver Outlaws 12 20 1 4 25 1 1 - - - - - -
2012 Denver Outlaws 11 24 3 13 40 3 2 - - - - - -
2013 Charlotte Hounds 13 23 5 5 33 15 1 2 2 -- -- 2 2 --
MLL Totals 45 68 6 12 88 65 2.5 - - - - - - -

Accomplishments

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  • 2010 MLL Steinfeld Cup Champion (Chesapeake Bayhawks)
  • 2010 MLL Most Improved Player

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Peet Poillon's Road to the MLL". Inside Lacrosse August 2010 Issue.
  2. ^ "DO YOU KNOW WHO PEET POILLON IS? YOU SHOULD!". Major League Lacrosse News.
  3. ^ "Peet Poillon Bayhawks Player Bio". Washington Bayhawks Website. Retrieved 2007-03-27.