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Brother to current teammate Kevin Leveille, Mike is a big body (6'2", 200 pounds) Attackman who attended Syracuse University...Leveille was drafted by New Jersey in 2008 and hours later traded to Chicago to play with his brother Kevin...As the two reunite again, Rochester's hopes are high as team chemistry should not be an issue with these two. PROFESSIONAL CAREER
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY
Senior Year (2008): Tewaaraton Trophy winner as the college lacrosse’s national player of the year … USILA All-America First Team … Named the NCAA Championship’s Most Outstanding Player and was selected the to the NCAA Championship All-Tournament Team after scoring 11 goals and 19 points in SU’s four postseason wins … Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award winner for men’s lacrosse (Most Outstanding Senior Student-Athlete) … Voted the ESPN The Magazine University Division At-Large Academic All-American of the Year … Selected to the ESPN The Magazine At-Large Academic All-America First Team and the ESPN The Magazine At-Large Academic All-America District I First Team … First Syracuse men’s lacrosse player to be chosen as a first-team Academic All-American … Soladay Award winner (SU award for athletic and academic excellence) … SU’s Male Athlete of the Year … USILA Scholar All-American … Team captain … Started all 18 games on attack … Ranked third nationally in points per game (4.61), seventh in goals per game (2.72), and seventh in assists per game (1.89) … Led SU in points (83), goals (49) and assists (34) … Multiple points in every game, including at least six points eight times … Had at least three goals 11 times … Scored at least one goal in 17-of-18 games … Tallied three game-winning goals … Collected 48 ground balls … Tied his career best with seven points, and matched his personal high with five goals, in SU’s comeback win against Virginia in the NCAA semifinals ... He scored the game-winner with 1:43 left in the second overtime ... Also tied his career best with five goals at Cornell and had an assist against the Big Red … Six points on two goals and four assists in the season-opener versus Villanova … Notched four goals, including the game-winner, and had two assists against Army on his way to being named Paul Carcaterra’s (CSTV.com) Offensive Player of the Week (Feb. 26) … Two goals, one assist versus Virginia at the Konica Minolta Face-Off Classic … Scored once and dished out two helpers in a double-OT win against Georgetown … Three goals and three assists in a come-from-behind win at Johns Hopkins … Five points (4g, 1a) against Binghamton, including the game-winner … Became the 27th player in SU history to score 100 goals with three tallies at Hobart … Also notched an assist against the Statesmen … Five points (3g, 2a) and a season-high six ground balls versus Loyola … Passed out two assists against Princeton … Three goals, three assists at Rutgers … Scored three goals against Albany … Six points (3g, 3a) against Massachusetts … Two goals and one assist in SU’s regular-season finale at Colgate … Tallied four goals and two assists in SU’s first-round NCAA Tournament win against Canisius … Three points (1g, 2a) against Notre Dame in the NCAA quarterfinals and versus Johns Hopkins in the NCAA title game … Named to the SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in the fall.
Junior Year (2007): USILA Honorable Mention All-American … Named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District I At-Large Second Team … One of five players to start all 13 games … Led SU in points (39) and assists (17) … Tied for the team lead in goals scored (22) … Averaged 3.0 points per game and 1.69 goals per outing … Three hat tricks … Had at least one point in every game and scored a goal in 10 out of 13 contests … Tallied a career-high seven points on a personal-best five goals and two assists against Albany … Scored two goals, including the game-winner, and dished out an assist versus Hobart … One goal, two assists against Army … Two helpers versus Virginia … Scored once and handed out two assists at Georgetown … One goal and a season-best three assists against Johns Hopkins … Had three goals and an assist against Binghamton … Five points (4g, 1a) at Loyola … Scored one goal at Princeton … Credited with an assist against Cornell … Scored twice and registered an assist versus Rutgers … Two goals at Massachusetts … Had an assist versus Colgate … Member of the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in the fall and spring.
Sophomore Year (2006): USILA Honorable Mention All-American … ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District At-Large Second Team … One of six players to start all 15 games … Second on the team in scoring with 52 points (31g, 21a) … Averaged 3.47 points per game (15th in the nation) … Finished 22nd in the country in goals per game (2.07) and assists per contest (1.4) … Led the team with 21 assists … Had at least one goal in 14-of-15 games … Registered at least two points in every game … Tallied a career high five assists and six points (1g, 5a) versus Albany … Scored five points at Virginia (3g, 2a), at Colgate (3g, 2a) and versus Johns Hopkins in the NCAA quarterfinals (4g, 1a) … Scored a season-best four goals versus Loyola and matched it with four scores against Hopkins in the NCAA Tournament … Recorded a hat trick at Johns Hopkins in the regular season … Also had a hat trick, including the game-winning goal versus Harvard in the NCAA Tournament … Netted two goals and an assist, including the game-winner at Rutgers … Scooped up a season-best seven ground balls against Loyola … Had one goal and two assists versus Army … Scored two goals versus Georgetown … One goal, two assists versus Hobart … One goal, two assists at Princeton … Scored twice at Cornell … Registered a goal and an assist versus Massachusetts … Tallied two assists against Virginia in the NCAA semifinals … Member of the Fall and Spring Athletic Director’s Honor Rolls. Freshman Year (2005): USILA Honorable Mention All-American … Finished the season ranked No. 19 in the nation in goals per game (2.31) … Started all 13 games at attack … Finished tied for second on the team in points (41) … Posted 30 goals and 11 assists … Registered the 11th-best single-season point total by a first-year player at SU since 1971 … Recorded a career-high five goals against No. 1-ranked Johns Hopkins … It was the most goals by an SU rookie since Michael Springer scored five goals at Princeton in 2000 … Finished the season with five hat tricks … Averaged 4.4 points per game in SU’s last five outings of the year … Had two goals and two assists in the NCAA playoff game against Massachusetts … Both of his goals were scored in the fourth quarter and pulled SU to within a goal of the Minutemen (14-13) with 9:02 remaining … Tallied a goal and four assists in the regular-season game at Massachusetts … Scored three goals against Princeton and Loyola … Put four goals past Cornell and Rutgers … Had the best shooting percentage on the team at 47.6 percent (30 goals on 63 shots) … Scored a goal in every game but one – vs. Virginia on March 5 … Had nine games with at least two goals … Three games with four goals … Named to both the Fall and Spring Athletic Director’s Honor Rolls. |
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