Sean Paul Morris (born September 10, 1983, in

Marshfield, Massachusetts Marshfield is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States, on Massachusetts's South Shore (Massachusetts), South Shore. The population was 25,825 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It includes the census-designated places ...

) is a professional

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player with the

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of the

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, and the

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in the

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. He founded Laxachusetts, Legacy Lacrosse, BostonLax.net and has recently launched TheLocker.com.

Amateur career

Morris played collegiate lacrosse at

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. Morris initially enrolled at

Rutgers University Rutgers University ( ), officially Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a Public university, public land-grant research university consisting of three campuses in New Jersey. Chartered in 1766, Rutgers was originally called Queen's C ...

, but transferred and played his four years of eligibility at UMass. Morris lead the Minuteman to the NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship game in 2006. He was awarded with back to back

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Player of the Year, and named New England Player of the Year in 2005 and 2006. Morris was also named as one of the five finalist for the

Tewaaraton Trophy The Tewaaraton Award is an annual award for the most outstanding American college lacrosse men's and women's players, since 2001. It is the lacrosse equivalent of football's Heisman Trophy. The award is presented by The Tewaaraton Foundation and ...

, awarded to the awarded "Most Outstanding" collegiate lacrosse player in the United States, in 2005 & 2006. In his Senior year, Sean was chosen for Faces in the Crowd by Sports Illustrated for leading the country in points per game. In high school, Morris was a star

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. Morris was also recognized with the "Al Bundy Award" in 1999 Scoring 5 Touchdowns in one High School Game.

Professional career

Major League Lacrosse

Morris was drafted in the First Round (3rd overall) in the 2006 MLL Collegiate Draft by the

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. He played with the Machine during the

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and

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

seasons. He was selected to the MLL All Star Team in 2006. In

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

, Morris was traded to his hometown

National Lacrosse League

Morris was selected by the

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in the 2007 National Lacrosse League entry draft. Following the 2008 NLL expansion draft, Morris was traded with Casey Cittadino to the

for

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. However, before the

2008 NLL season The 2008 National Lacrosse League season, the 22nd in the history of the NLL, began on December 29, 2007, and concluded with the Buffalo Bandits winning the championship game over the Portland LumberJax on May 17, 2008. In an odd coincidence, a ...

began, the Blazers announced that they would not play in the 2008 season. A

dispersal draft A dispersal draft is a process in professional sports for assigning players to a new team when an existing team folds or is merged into another team. Like most other sports drafts, most dispersal drafts are conducted in closed leagues and are in ...

was held, and Morris was chosen in the second round by the

San Jose Stealth The San Jose Stealth were a member of the National Lacrosse League, the professional box lacrosse league of North America from 2004 until 2009. They played at the HP Pavilion at San Jose, which is also the home of the NHL's San Jose Sharks and th ...

. In his Stealth debut, Morris recorded four points (2 goals, 2 assists), and was awarded "Rookie of the Week" honors.

Team USA

Morris was selected by the Team USA Indoor in the 2011 for World Games in Prague, Czech Republic. Finished 3rd on the Team in points while earning a bronze medal. Morris was selected by the Team USA Outdoor in the 2007 to play reigning National Champion Duke Blue Devils at Disney Wild World of Sports.

Awards

* 2005 & 2006

Player of the Year * 2005 & 2006 New England Player of the Year * 2005 & 2006

Finalist

Statistics

University of Massachusetts

External links

Sean Morris Lacrosse Academy

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Morris, Sean 1982 births Living people American lacrosse players Boston Blazers players Major League Lacrosse players People from Marshfield, Massachusetts Rutgers University alumni San Jose Stealth players Sportspeople from Plymouth County, Massachusetts UMass Minutemen lacrosse players Lacrosse players from Massachusetts