Johnny Christmas

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Johnny Christmas
Born (1982-08-16) August 16, 1982 (age 41)
Ardmore, Pennsylvania
NationalityAmerican
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight200 pounds (91 kg)
ShootsBoth
PositionAttack
NLL draft49th overall, 2005
Philadelphia Wings
NLL team Philadelphia Wings
MLL team Chesapeake Bayhawks
NCAA team University of Virginia
Pro career 2006
Coach De La Salle High School
NicknameNOSOTROS

John Christmas (born August 16, 1982 in Ardmore, Pennsylvania) is an American retired lacrosse player. He played for the Philadelphia Wings of the National Lacrosse League and for the Boston Cannons of Major League Lacrosse.

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Christmas played at the University of Virginia from 2002 to 2005, where he was a two-time USILA All-American and two-time All-ACC selection, and helped lead the Cavaliers to the 2003 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship.

Christmas is the head lacrosse coach for the De La Salle high school boys' lacrosse program.

Professional career

Christmas was selected by the Philadelphia Wings in the fifth round (49th overall) of the 2005 Entry Draft. In his first season, he played sparingly, only appearing in two games. Beginning with the 2007 season, Christmas saw his playing time increase by being on the field during defensive situations in order to take advantage of his speed in the transition game. In Week 3 of the 2008 NLL season, Christmas was awarded "Transition Player of the Week" honors [1]

Christmas was selected by the Boston Cannons in the first round (5th overall) of the 2005 MLL Collegiate Draft. He won the MLL Most Improved Player honors in his second season in the league, and appeared in the 2006 MLL All-Star Game.

Christmas was named to Team USA in the 2007 World Indoor Lacrosse Championships. [2]

The Wings announced that John Christmas would not play the 2009 season, instead taking the year to focus on establishing a non-profit organization in Philadelphia called L.E.A.P.S. (Lacrosse, Education, Attitude, Perseverance, Success). [3]

Christmas has worked as a volunteer assistant coach at Penn. [4] He also runs 141 Lacrosse training to handle lacrosse camp counseling.

Statistics

University of Virginia

SeasonGPGAPtsPPGGB
2002152915442.9333
2003173612482.8234
2004121110211.7515
2005141920392.7921
Totals5895571522.62103

NLL

  Regular Season Playoffs
SeasonTeamGPGAPtsLBPIMGPGAPtsLBPIM
2006Philadelphia211230000000
2007Philadelphia144265110000000
2008Philadelphia13520256110000000
2010Philadelphia1189173410000000
NLL Totals4018324011520000000

MLL

  Regular Season Playoffs
SeasonTeamGPG2ptGAPtsLBPIMGPG2ptGAPtsLBPIM
2005Boston7503848.51000010
2006Boston1221016372211100100
2007Boston122411944121.5-------
2008Boston1113015282111100100
2009Boston75027311000000
2010Chesapeake320211100100
MLL Totals496815312452123100110

Personal life

Johnny Christmas is of Trinidadian descent.

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References

  1. "Zywicki named Player of the Week". NLL.com. January 16, 2008. Retrieved 2008-01-28.
  2. "Six Wings Named To Team USA Roster". Wingslax.com. March 21, 2007. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved 2008-01-28.
  3. "Christmas Decides to Not Play in 2009". Wingslax.com. December 5, 2008. Archived from the original on December 11, 2008.
  4. "PennAthletics Bio: John Christmas". pennathletics.com. Feb 1, 2010. Archived from the original on 2011-07-19.