Nick Carlson

{{Short description|Canadian lacrosse player}}

{{Infobox lacrosse player

| gender = m

| position = Forward

| shoots = Left

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 0

| weight_lb = 196

| nll_team =

| nationality = Canadian

| nll_draft = 5th overall

| nll_draft_year = 2002

| nll_draft_team = New York Saints

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|5|19|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Lantzville, British Columbia

| career_start = 2003-2012 and 2014

| nickname =

| former_nll_teams = Colorado Mammoth
New York Saints

}}

Nick Carlson (born May 19, 1980) 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.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-gaffney-ledger/159578767/|title=Saints' scoring ace likes pressure|first=Larry|last=Hilliard|work=The Gaffney Ledger|date=May 25, 2001|access-date=November 23, 2024|page=12|via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/nanaimo-daily-news/159580636/|title=National teamers|first=Michael|last=Rhode|work=Nanaimo Daily News|date=February 23, 1999|access-date=November 23, 2024|page=11|via=Newspapers.com}} 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.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-gaffney-ledger/159579469/|title=Limestone makes lacrosse history|work=The Gaffney Ledger|date=May 29, 2000|access-date=November 23, 2024|page=9|via=Newspapers.com}} As a sophomore in 2001, he earned Deep South Conference Player of the Year honors after setting program records for points in a season (83) and goals in a game (10).

During the 2009 NLL season, he was named a reserve to the All-Star game.{{cite web|url=http://www.nll.com/article.php?id=3811|title=All-Star reserves announced |date=February 19, 2009|publisher=NLL.com|accessdate=2009-03-05}}