Michael Peyser

Michael Peyser is an American professional lacrosse player who was born on January 7, 1981, in Lloyd Harbor, New York. He played collegiate lacrosse at Johns Hopkins University for the Blue Jays, where he was a long-stick defenseman and the leader of the defensive unit in his senior season. He earned USILA All-American recognition twice, an Honorable Mention in 2002 and Second Team honors in 2003, and he helped Johns Hopkins reach the 2003 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship game, which the team lost to the University of Virginia. Peyser began his professional career with the Boston Cannons of Major League Lacrosse in 2003, after being drafted eleventh overall in the second round, and he joined the New Jersey Pride in 2007 from the league's player pool. In 2008 he, his brother Gregory and his younger brother Stephen became the first trio of brothers to play on the same Major League Lacrosse team.