John Glatzel

John Glatzel is an American lacrosse defenseman who was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on May 27, 1979, and went on to play professionally in Major League Lacrosse. He lived in Ellicott City, Maryland, graduated from the Boys' Latin School of Maryland and then attended Syracuse University, where he was a two-time captain and a three-time All-American between 2000 and 2002. Syracuse won the NCAA men's lacrosse championship in 2000 and 2002 with him on the team, and in 2002 he received the William C. Schmeisser Award as the nation's most outstanding college defenseman. That same year he played for the United States national team that won the gold medal. The Rochester Rattlers took him fifth overall in the first round of the 2002 Major League Lacrosse draft, and he played in the league's All-Star Game in 2003, 2004 and 2005 before being acquired by the Boston Cannons and later picked up by the New Jersey Pride, for whom he played two games before being waived. He was inducted into the Greater Baltimore Chapter Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 2014.