Billy Bitter

Billy Bitter, born William Benz Bitter on 10 June 1988, is an American lacrosse player who is now retired from professional play. He starred at the University of North Carolina, where he won the Jay Gallagher Award as the most valuable freshman, was named to the All-ACC team three times, earned first team All-American honours as a sophomore and junior and second team honours as a senior, and was the Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year in his junior season. The Denver Outlaws chose him third overall in the 2011 Major League Lacrosse collegiate draft, and he was traded to the Charlotte Hounds in a 2012 expansion deal. He played outdoor Major League Lacrosse for the Outlaws and Hounds from 2011 to 2013 and chose not to play the indoor game, although the Buffalo Bandits of the National Lacrosse League had selected him in the fourth round of their 2011 draft. He comes from a lacrosse family, since his father Ward Bitter II is in the Boston College Hall of Fame and all six of the children played the sport in college.