Brodie Merrill
| Brodie Merrill | |
|---|---|
| — Lacrosse player — | |
| Born |
November 5, 1981 Orangeville, ON, CAN |
| Position | Defense |
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Weight | 205 pounds (93 kg) |
| MSL team | Brampton Excelsiors |
|
NLL team F. Teams |
Toronto Rock Philadelphia Wings Edmonton Rush Portland LumberJax |
|
MLL Team F. Teams |
Boston Cannons Hamilton Nationals Rochester Rattlers Baltimore Bayhawks |
| Nationality | Canada |
| NLL Draft | 1st overall, 2005 Portland LumberJax |
| Pro career | 2006–present |
| Shoots | Left |
Brodie Merrill (born November 5, 1981 in Orangeville, Ontario) is a Canadian professional lacrosse player. He currently plays in the National Lacrosse League for the Toronto Rock and Major League Lacrosse for the Boston Cannons.
Merrill attended the Salisbury School in Connecticut. While attending Salisbury, he was a standout lacrosse player, and was named the New England Defensive Player of the Year, was selected to the All-New England team, and was selected as a First Team High School All-American.
Merrill attended Georgetown University from 2002 to 2005. During his final two years, he was a First-team All-American, and won the Schmeisser Award in his senior year for defensive player of the year.
Merrill was the first player taken overall in the 2005 National Lacrosse League Draft by the Portland LumberJax, and in 2006 was named both the NLL's Rookie of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year. During the 2009 NLL season, he was named a starter to the All-Star Game.
When the LumberJax left Portland at the end of the 2009 season, the league held a dispersal draft. Merrill was selected with the first overall pick in the draft by the Edmonton Rush.
On August 9, 2011, he was traded to the Philadelphia Wings, along with Rush forwards Dean Hill, Mike McLellan, and Edmonton's 41st selection in the 2011 entry draft, and the 4th round selection in 2013. In return, Philadelphia sent Athan Iannucci with teammates Alex Turner and Brodie McDonald, along with Philadelphia's first round draft picks in 2012, 2013 and 2014.
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