Nick Carlson
Nick Carlson is a former lacrosse player for the Colorado Mammoth in the National Lacrosse League.
Carlson was born in the small town of Lantzville, British Columbia, and grew up playing box lacrosse in the Nanaimo Minor Lacrosse Association. He was not introduced to outdoor lacrosse until his junior year of high school.
Carlson played college lacrosse at Limestone University in Gaffney, South Carolina, where he helped the Saints win the 2000 NCAA Division II tournament. As a sophomore in 2001, he earned Deep South Conference Player of the Year honors after setting program records for points in a season and goals in a game.
During the 2009 NLL season, he was named a reserve to the All-Star game.