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084. How To Be The BEST When It Means The MOST - MARK GLICINI

November 25, 2020

Mark graduated from North Jersey’s Mahwah High School where he was selected as North Jersey High School Boys Lacrosse Player of the Year. As a senior, he was a First Team All-State attackman and following graduation, he was a First Team All-Decade North Jersey High School Boys Lacrosse selection. Before Yale, he completed a post-graduate year at Deerfield Academy in Massachusetts, where he was selected as a First Team All-New England two-way lacrosse midfielder and was the starting point guard on the basketball team. He was also awarded the Benjamin C. Haviland Trophy, which is given each year to the “lacrosse player who has by his constant striving contributed most to both the improvement of himself and of his team.”In 2016, as a Yale Senior, he was selected First Team All-Ivy League, First Team All-New England and earned All-American status as one of the top-three short-stick defensive midfielders in the country. During his career at Yale, he won 3 Ivy League Championships and was the recipient of several Yale Men’s Lacrosse awards including the Donald J. Reape Award for “character, spirit, dedication, hard work and enthusiasm”, the Christian Prince Memorial Jersey for “best teammate” (as voted by the team), the Dan Casman Award for the “underclassman who has contributed most to team spirit and morale” and he was twice the recipient of the prestigious Winthrop A. Smith Award for “inspiring teammates with superior conditioning and team play”. Due to his strength and conditioning, recovery, and nutrition habits, he played in every game throughout his four years in New Haven.Now, he is a five-year professional lacrosse player, a captain of the Chaos Lacrosse Club in the Premier Lacrosse League (PLL), and a member of the San Diego Seals in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). In the PLL's inaugural season, he was selected to the All-Star Team, was nominated for the George Boiardi Hard Hat Award for Best Short-Stick Defensive Midfielder in the league and received the Jimmy Regan Teammate of the Year Award. In 2019, he joined the United States Men's National Lacrosse Training Team.In addition to being a Professional Athlete, he holds nationally-recognized certifications as a Physical Fitness Trainer, Nutritionist and Mental Performance Coach.Mark currently collaborates, coaches and teaches with Dr. Robert Gilbert. He is the Founder & CEO of Mark Glicini Peak Performance, which offers elite, holistic training to committed high-school student-athletes, college players and teams, professional athletes and Olympians, as well as adult professionals.Education:Bachelor of Arts, Economics, Yale (2016)Doctoral Student – Sport & Performance Psychology, San Diego University for Integrative Studies (Present)