Brian Christopher (born June 16, 1987), of Springfield, Pennsylvania, was an All American

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player for

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in Division I

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. Christopher played for the Blue Jays from 2006 to 2009 helping the team to an

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in 2007, an NCAA Finals in 2008, and was named third team All American. Over the Blue Jays final four games in 2009 Christopher scored the game winning overtime goals in three of those games including Hopkins' 2009 quarterfinal overtime 12-11 win over Brown. The

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selected Christopher with the fourteenth pick of the 2009 MLL draft. He was subsequently picked up by Toronto Nationals in the 2011 supplemental draft.

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