text: ryan mollett ryan deforest mollett ( born november 3 , 1978 ) is a finance executive and a retired lacrosse defenseman who played professional field lacrosse in major league lacrosse ( mll ) . he starred as a member of the princeton tigers men 's lacrosse team from 1998 through 2001 , where he was the best ncaa lacrosse defenseman in the nation , the ivy league player of the year , a two - time united states intercollegiate lacrosse association ( usila ) all - american ( first team once ) , two - time all - ivy league first team selection and a member of two national champion teams . during his time at princeton , the team qualified for the ncaa men 's lacrosse championship all four years , reached the championship game three times , won the championship game twice and won four ivy league championships . he was a member of team usa at the 2002 world lacrosse championship . he was the first collegiate player ever drafted in the mll and became an mll all - star player . background in 1997 , mollett along with teammate john led his boys ' latin school of maryland lacrosse team to an undefeated season and the maryland interscholastic athletic association a conference championship . college career he served as co - captain of the 2001 team that won the 2001 ncaa division i men 's lacrosse championship . mollett won the 2001 schmeisser award as the best national collegiate athletic association ( ncaa ) lacrosse defenseman . he was the 2001 men 's ivy league player of the year . he was a first team usila all - american team selection in 2001 and an honorable mention selection in 2000 . he was a first team all - ivy league selection in 2000 and 2001 , when he was ivy league player of the year . during his four - year career , princeton went undefeated in ivy league conference play with consecutive 6 – 0 records . he was a 2001 usila scholar all - american . professional career in 2001 , the rochester rattlers selected mollett as the first player drafted in the first major league lacrosse collegiate draft . that same year , the new york saints of the box lacrosse national lacrosse league made mollett the 22nd overall selection in the second round of the 2001 nll draft . he played for the rattlers from 2001 to 2005 . then , he became a member of the chicago machine , but never appeared in a game for them . the machine had drafted him in the 2006 mll expansion draft , but he requested to be traded . in march 2006 , the machine traded mollett to the new jersey pride . he played with the pride from 2006 until 2007 . in 2003 , he was selected as an all - star . mollett represented the united states at the 2002 world lacrosse championship where they won the championship . after obtaining his m.b.a. in 2007 , he went to work as an associate for blackrock . personal mollet obtained a m.b.a. from yale school of management in 2007 . that year , his wedding to glamour magazine fashion editor samantha noelle was announced in the new york times . mollett is the son of dorothy mollett and richard c. mollett of taneytown , maryland .