Nick Carlson

Nick Carlson is a Canadian former box lacrosse player, born on May 19, 1980, who played for the Colorado Mammoth in the National Lacrosse League. He was born in the small town of Lantzville, British Columbia, and grew up playing box lacrosse in the Nanaimo Minor Lacrosse Association, only meeting outdoor lacrosse in his junior year of high school. He played college lacrosse at Limestone University in Gaffney, South Carolina, where he helped the Saints win the 2000 NCAA Division II tournament and, as a sophomore in 2001, earned Deep South Conference Player of the Year honors after setting program records for points in a season (83) and goals in a game (10). As a freshman he was called up to the Canada men's junior national team for the 1999 Under-19 World Lacrosse Championships in Australia, winning silver when Canada lost to the United States in the final. In the 2009 NLL season he was named a reserve to the All-Star game.