Thomas Michaelsen

Thomas Michaelsen is an American lacrosse player and entrepreneur, born on 14 September 1985 and raised in Bethpage on Long Island, New York. A multi-sport schoolboy who earned all-county honors in soccer, wrestling and lacrosse and all-American recognition in lacrosse, he played collegiate lacrosse at St. John's University on a full scholarship and finished with 71 goals and 46 assists for 117 points, which ranks him among the program's career leaders. He was the first St. John's player to be drafted professionally in both Major League Lacrosse and the National Lacrosse League, going 42nd overall in the 2008 MLL Collegiate Draft to the San Francisco Dragons and 24th overall in the NLL Entry Draft to the Minnesota Swarm. He ended his professional career after playing for the New York Lizards in the MLL and for the Swarm in 2009. Afterward he founded 365Lax, a lacrosse training company, and co-founded College Bound Laxers and the US Academy of Lacrosse on Long Island.