Mitchell "Mitch" de Snoo (born October 22, 1992) is a Canadian professional

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player for the

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of the

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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 ...

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. Hailing from

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, de Snoo attended Monsignor Paul Dwyer Catholic High School, where he played four years of lacrosse and

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College

He played collegiality at

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, where he earned a degree in biomedical engineering. de Snoo was key to Drexel lacrosse making their first NCAA tournament where they upset Penn in the first round. That season, de Snoo scored the game-winner with 46 seconds left in the third overtime beating Penn State 13–12 in a key Colonial Athletic Association game.

Pro Lacrosse

de Snoo played junior lacrosse for the Clarington Green Gaels and the

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, with whom he won the

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in 2013. He was in the third round (15th overall) in the 2014 MSL draft by the Oakville Rock. de Snoo was drafted in the second round (13th overall) of the 2015 NLL Entry Draft by the

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, and was traded to the

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on December 28, 2016, in exchange for Brandon Goodwin. On July 6, 2020, de Snoo was traded to the Toronto Rock in exchange for Brock Sorensen, Alex Tulett, & conditional 2022 draft pick. de Snoo was named Defensive Player of the Year for the NLL's 2021–2022 season. Heading into the

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, ''

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'' named de Snoo the #2 best defender in the NLL. Off the floor, de Snoo earned a master's degree in laboratory medicine and pathobiology from the

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, having done research into genetic inheritable forms of Parkinson's. Currently, he is pursuing a medical degree at the University of Toronto. He resides in Toronto with his wife, Meg de Snoo, and their dog.

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NLL stats at pointstreak.com
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College

Pro Lacrosse

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