Brodie Merrill (born November 5, 1981 in Orangeville, Ontario) is a professional lacrosse player. He currently plays in both National Lacrosse League and Major League Lacrosse. He played college lacrosse at Georgetown University where he was a two time All American in 2004 and 2005.

In 2006 he helped the Canadian national lacrosse team to an historic win at the World Lacrosse Championship in London, Ontario. He had an outstanding tournament, being named Best Defender and earning All-World honours.

He was also the first player taken overall in the 2005 National Lacrosse League Draft. Merrill plays for the Portland LumberJax, and in 2006 was named both the NLL's Rookie of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year.

He was the MLL Rookie of the Year in 2005 as a member of the Baltimore Bayhawks. Since 2006, he has played for the Rochester Rattlers. In 2006 and 2007, he was awarded back to back Major League Lacrosse Defensive Player of the Year Awards.^[1]

Brodie's brother Patrick is a member of the Boston Blazers. Both Brodie and Patrick are members of the Brampton Excelsiors in the Major Series Lacrosse.

Contents 1 Statistics 1.1 NLL 1.2 MLL 2 Awards 3 References

[edit] Statistics

[edit] NLL

			Regular Season							Playoffs
Season	Team		GP	G	A	Pts	LB	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	LB	PIM
2006	Portland		16	17	32	49	214	33		1	0	4	4	15	0
2007	Portland		15	4	19	23	196	49		-	-	-	-	-	-
NLL Totals			31	21	51	72	410	82		1	0	4	4	15	0

[edit] MLL

			Regular Season								Playoffs
Season	Team		GP	G	2ptG	A	Pts	LB	PIM		GP	G	2ptG	A	Pts	LB	PIM
2005	Baltimore		11	3	0	1	4	52	1		2	1	0	0	1	0	0
2006	Rochester		11	6	1	5	12	95	9		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2007	Rochester		12	5	0	9	14	101	4		1	0	0	2	2	9	0
MLL Totals			34	14	1	15	30	248	14		3	1	0	2	3	9	0

[edit] Awards

Preceded by Ryan Boyle	MLL Rookie of the Year 2005	Succeeded by Matt Ward
Preceded by Ryan Boyle	NLL Rookie of the Year 2006	Succeeded by Ryan Benesch
Preceded by Andrew Turner	NLL Defensive Player of the Year 2006	Succeeded by Ryan Cousins
Preceded by Nicky Polanco	MLL Defensive Player of the Year 2006 & 2007	Succeeded by Incumbent

[edit] References

Persondata
NAME	Merrill, Brodie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Lacrosse player
DATE OF BIRTH	November 5, 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH	Orangeville, Ontario
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH