Alex Crepinsek (born February 18, 1989) is a professional

lacrosse Lacrosse is a contact 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 w ...

player with the

Georgia Swarm The Georgia Swarm are an American professional box lacrosse team based in the Atlanta metropolitan area that competes in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). They have been playing at the 13,000-seat Gas South Arena since their 2016 season. Tea ...

of the

National Lacrosse League The National Lacrosse League (NLL) is a professional box lacrosse league in North America. The league comprises 14 teams8 in the United States and 6 in Canada. The NLL is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ...

and the

Oakville Rock The Oakville Rock are Senior "A" box lacrosse team from Oakville, Ontario. They play in the Major Series Lacrosse league where under the current format, they compete in 20 regular season games (10 at home) from May through July and playoffs begin ...

Major Series Lacrosse Major Series Lacrosse (MSL) is a Senior A box lacrosse league with 7 teams based in Ontario, Canada, sanctioned by the Ontario Lacrosse Association. The league championship team each year goes on to play against the champions of the Western Lac ...

. Hailing from

Oakville, Ontario Oakville is a town and List of municipalities in Ontario#Lower-tier municipalities, lower-tier municipality in Regional Municipality of Halton, Halton Region, Ontario, Canada. Generally seen as a commuter suburb of Toronto, it is located on Lake ...

, Crepinsek began his Canadian amateur career with the Jr. B

Oakville Buzz The Oakville Buzz are Canadian box lacrosse team from Oakville, Ontario, Canada that play in the Ontario Junior A Lacrosse League. The Buzz played in the OLA Junior B Lacrosse League from 2001-2018. The Buzz won the 2006 Founders Cup Canadian Ju ...

in 2006, with whom he won a

Founders Cup The Founders' Cup is the championship trophy of Canada's Junior "B" lacrosse leagues. The custodial duties of this trophy fall upon the Lacrosse Canada (LC). The national champions are determined through a round robin format with a play-down f ...

. He moved up to the Jr. A Burlington Chiefs in 2007, and played for the Chiefs through 2010. Crepinsek was drafted 23rd overall in the 2011 MSL Draft by the Ajax Rock, and made his debut for the Rock that summer. He moved on to play for the

Langley Thunder The Langley Thunder are a Senior A box lacrosse team, based in Langley, British Columbia, Canada. The team competes in the 7-team Western Lacrosse Association (WLA), playing their home games at the 5,276 capacity Langley Events Centre. The Th ...

of the

Western Lacrosse Association The Western Lacrosse Association (WLA) is a men's Senior A box lacrosse league with seven teams in British Columbia. The playoff championship team each season advances to the play against the Major Series Lacrosse champions for the Mann Cup. The ...

in 2013, and returned to the Rock, now based in Oakville, in 2014. Crepinsek attended St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Secondary School in Oakville, and went on to play lacrosse at the

Rochester Institute of Technology The Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) is a private university, private research university in Henrietta, New York, a suburb of Rochester, New York, Rochester. It was founded in 1829. It is one of only two institute of technology, institut ...

, with whom he won three conference championships. Crepinsek was drafted with the last pick in the first round of the 2012 NLL Draft, and played all 16 games during his rookie season, collecting a Swarm rookie record of 18 loose balls in the process. He was re-signed to a two-year contract extension after his rookie campaign.

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NLL stats at pointstreak.comMinnesota Swarm bioRIT athletics bio
1989 births Living people Lacrosse people from Ontario Sportspeople from Oakville, Ontario Minnesota Swarm players Georgia Swarm players Langley Thunder (lacrosse) players Rochester Institute of Technology alumni {{Canada-lacrosse-bio-stub