Michael Watson (lacrosse)

Michael Watson is an American lacrosse attackman, born on 24 October 1974 and a native of Baltimore. He was a high school All-American at St. Paul's School in Maryland and then played NCAA Division I lacrosse for the University of Virginia from 1994 to 1997, where he was a four-time All-American and in 1996 won the Lt. Col. Jack Turnbull Award as Division I attackman of the year. He ranks second in career goals at Virginia with 142, and with teammate Doug Knight he is credited with popularizing the dive shot, which the NCAA banned in 1998. He was selected for the 1998 United States national team for the World Lacrosse Championship in Baltimore. As a professional he played in Major League Lacrosse for the Boston Cannons from 2001 to 2004 and for the Los Angeles Riptide from 2006 to 2008, and he was inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 2013.