Jeff Shattler was born on December 26,1984 and is an Iroquois professional box lacrosse player who currently plays with the Saskatchewan Rush of the National Lacrosse League.
15 Facts About Jeff Shattler
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Jeff Shattler has Ojibwe and Inuit roots and has competed internationally with the Iroquois Nationals, including with the World Indoor Lacrosse Championship silver medal winning teams in 2011 and 2015.
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Jeff Shattler was the 2011 NLL Most Valuable Player, 2011 NLL Transition Player of the Year, and the 2018 NLL Cup Most Valuable Player.
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Jeff Shattler played one game in 2006 for the Bandits before being traded to Calgary for the 2007 season.
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Jeff Shattler played 11 seasons with the Roughnecks, missing only one game.
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Jeff Shattler had a breakout year in 2011, when he was named both NLL MVP and Transition Player of the Year.
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Jeff Shattler has played for the Brampton Excelsiors and Six Nations Chiefs of Major Series Lacrosse and the Victoria Shamrocks and the Maple Ridge Burrards of the Western Lacrosse Association.
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Jeff Shattler was the Most Outstanding Player in the WLA in 2013.
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Jeff Shattler has competed internationally with the Iroquois Nationals, the national box lacrosse team of the Iroquois Confederacy.
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Jeff Shattler was named to the 2015 WLIC All World Team at the transition position.
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In February 2019, Jeff Shattler established the Jeff Shattler Lacrosse Academy, a privately owned elite lacrosse academy sanctioned by the Saskatchewan Lacrosse Association.
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Jeff Shattler's is involved in an effort to establish a nations cup between eight reserves in the Sanding Buffalo Dakota Nation and File Hills Qu'Appelle Tribal Council Treaty 4 area.
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Jeff Shattler dedicates time to clinics and programs that aim to expand opportunities for girls in lacrosse, including working once a month with Queens Lacrosse of Queen City Minor Box Lacrosse league, the first all-girls lacrosse team in Regina, Saskatchewan.
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Jeff Shattler is the second eldest of five siblings, having one older sister, three younger sisters.
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Jeff Shattler has called Cindy the most positive influence on him as a lacrosse player.