David Mitchell (lacrosse)

David Mitchell is a Canadian lacrosse player, born on March 12, 1984, in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, who plays for the Philadelphia Wings in the National Lacrosse League. A graduate of Cornell University, he was named to the second All-American team as a senior and to the first All-Ivy League team while leading the Big Red to the 2007 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship Final Four. He turned professional in Major League Lacrosse, where the Boston Cannons took him as a first round selection, eighth overall, in the 2007 collegiate draft. On July 14, 2007 he scored a rookie season-high four goals against the Chicago Machine. He was traded to the San Francisco Dragons before the 2008 season and was picked up by the Chicago Machine in late July 2008 after the Dragons waived him. In the National Lacrosse League the Philadelphia Wings drafted him in the second round, 25th overall, of the 2007 Entry Draft.