Zack Greer
Encyclopedia
Zack Greer is a Canadian
lacrosse player who plays for the Long Island Lizards
in Major League Lacrosse
and the Edmonton Rush
of the National Lacrosse League
. Greer attended high school at All Saints Catholic Secondary School
in Whitby, and grew up playing box lacrosse
. Greer's brother, Bill, plays for the Edmonton Rush
in the National Lacrosse League. Greer's cousin Shawn Thornton
plays for the Boston Bruins
in the National Hockey League
.
with the Whitby Warriors
of the OLA Junior A Lacrosse League
. In 2003, he was awarded the "Joey Nieuwendyk Award
" for Rookie of the Year. He was also awarded the "Dean McLeod Award" for Playoffs M.V.P in 2004.
led the Duke Blue Devils
high powered attack to the 2007 NCAA Final Four
. Duke faced Johns Hopkins University
in the final, only to lose after mounting a strong comeback at the end of the game. In 2008, Greer led Division I in goals scored, helping to lead Duke to the Final Four once again. However, Duke fell short, losing to Johns Hopkins in the semi-finals.
Greer was a first team All-American
at Duke, and was ranked 9th on the Tewaaraton Trophy
watch list by Inside Lacrosse Magazine. He holds the all-time Duke and NCAA lacrosse goals record. Following the 2008 season, Greer was awarded the Jack Turnbull Award
given to the USILA Attackman of the year.
Resulting from "unusual circumstance," the NCAA granted 33 Duke Lacrosse players, including Greer, a rare fifth year of eligibility. which was granted to many players of the Duke lacrosse team in return for their season being cancelled in 2006 because of the Duke University lacrosse team scandal
in the fall of 2008 where he played under former Duke head coach, Mike Pressler
. In 2009, Bryant University, a former Division II school, played Division I college lacrosse
for the first time. At the end of Bryant
's 2009 NCAA Division 1 Season, Greer netted 42 Goals and 26 Assists combining for 68 points.
selected Greer with the third pick overall in the 2009 MLL draft.
by the Minnesota Swarm
.
Greer finished his rookie season with 10 goals and 23 points.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
lacrosse player who plays for the Long Island Lizards
Long Island Lizards
The Long Island Lizards are a Major League Lacrosse professional men's field lacrosse team based in Hempstead, New York, USA, located on Long Island. They are original members of the MLL and lost in the league's inaugural game on June 7, 2001 to the Baltimore Bayhawks , 16-13...
in Major League Lacrosse
Major League Lacrosse
Major League Lacrosse, or MLL, is a professional men's field lacrosse league that is made up of five teams in the United States and one team in Canada.- History :...
and the Edmonton Rush
Edmonton Rush
The Edmonton Rush is a professional lacrosse team in the National Lacrosse League that started playing in the 2006 NLL season.The NLL announced that Edmonton, Alberta, Canada would receive an NLL franchise on May 5, 2005. They play their home games at Rexall Place...
of the National Lacrosse League
National Lacrosse League
The National Lacrosse League is a men's professional indoor lacrosse league in North America. It currently has nine teams; three in Canada and six in the United States. Unlike other lacrosse leagues which play in the summer, the NLL plays its games in the winter and spring. Each year, the playoff...
. Greer attended high school at All Saints Catholic Secondary School
All Saints Catholic Secondary School
All Saints Catholic Secondary School is a secondary school located in Whitby, Ontario, Canada open for students in grades 9-12. It offers a broad range of academic programs including Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program , Cooperative Education , Specialist High Skills Major , Advanced Placement ,...
in Whitby, and grew up playing box lacrosse
Box lacrosse
Box lacrosse, also known as indoor lacrosse and sometimes shortened to boxla, LAX or simply box, is an indoor version of lacrosse played mostly in North America. The game originated in Canada, where it is the most popular version of the game played in contrast to the traditional field lacrosse game...
. Greer's brother, Bill, plays for the Edmonton Rush
Edmonton Rush
The Edmonton Rush is a professional lacrosse team in the National Lacrosse League that started playing in the 2006 NLL season.The NLL announced that Edmonton, Alberta, Canada would receive an NLL franchise on May 5, 2005. They play their home games at Rexall Place...
in the National Lacrosse League. Greer's cousin Shawn Thornton
Shawn Thornton
Shawn Thornton is a Canadian professional hockey forward for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League. He is known to be an enforcer.-Playing career:...
plays for the Boston Bruins
Boston Bruins
The Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The team has been in existence since 1924, and is the league's third-oldest team and its oldest in the...
in the National Hockey League
National Hockey League
The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...
.
Junior career
Greer played junior box lacrosseBox lacrosse
Box lacrosse, also known as indoor lacrosse and sometimes shortened to boxla, LAX or simply box, is an indoor version of lacrosse played mostly in North America. The game originated in Canada, where it is the most popular version of the game played in contrast to the traditional field lacrosse game...
with the Whitby Warriors
Whitby Warriors
The Whitby Warriors are a Junior "A" box lacrosse team from Whitby, Ontario, Canada. The Warriors play in the OLA Junior A Lacrosse League.-History:The Warriors have won the Minto Cup in 1980 and in 1985, 1997, 1999 and 2011...
of the OLA Junior A Lacrosse League
OLA Junior A Lacrosse League
The Ontario Junior A Lacrosse League is a box lacrosse league in Ontario, Canada sanctioned by the Ontario Lacrosse Association. The playoff champion moves on to compete for the National Championship—the Minto Cup.-The teams:-Playoff Champions:...
. In 2003, he was awarded the "Joey Nieuwendyk Award
Joe Nieuwendyk
Joseph Nieuwendyk is the general manager of the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League and a retired Canadian ice hockey player...
" for Rookie of the Year. He was also awarded the "Dean McLeod Award" for Playoffs M.V.P in 2004.
Duke University
In 2006, Zack Greer and his teammate Matt DanowskiMatt Danowski
Matt Danowski is a professional lacrosse player for the Long Island Lizards of Major League Lacrosse. He also plays professional indoor lacrosse in the National Lacrosse League for the Rochester Knighthawks...
led the Duke Blue Devils
Duke Blue Devils
Duke University's 26 varsity sports teams, known as the Blue Devils, compete in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The name comes from the French "les Diables Bleus" or "the Blue Devils," which was the nickname given during World War I to the Chasseurs Alpins, the French Alpine light infantry...
high powered attack to the 2007 NCAA Final Four
2007 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship
The 2007 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Tournament was held from May 12 through May 28, 2007. This was the 37th annual Division I NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship tournament...
. Duke faced Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University
The Johns Hopkins University, commonly referred to as Johns Hopkins, JHU, or simply Hopkins, is a private research university based in Baltimore, Maryland, United States...
in the final, only to lose after mounting a strong comeback at the end of the game. In 2008, Greer led Division I in goals scored, helping to lead Duke to the Final Four once again. However, Duke fell short, losing to Johns Hopkins in the semi-finals.
Greer was a first team All-American
USILA All-American Team
The USILA All-American Team is an honor given annually to the best American men's college lacrosse players at their respective positions by the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association. The term All-American is derived from the same practice in American college football, in which the...
at Duke, and was ranked 9th on the Tewaaraton Trophy
Tewaaraton Trophy
The Tewaaraton Trophy is an award given annually, since 2001, to the most outstanding American college lacrosse player. It is the lacrosse equivalent of football's Heisman Trophy. The trophy is presented by the Greater Washington Sports Alliance and the University Club of Washington, D.C...
watch list by Inside Lacrosse Magazine. He holds the all-time Duke and NCAA lacrosse goals record. Following the 2008 season, Greer was awarded the Jack Turnbull Award
Jack Turnbull Award
The "Lt. Col. J. I. Turnbull Award" — also known as the Jack Turnbull Award — is an award given to the United States' top collegiate attackman in lacrosse, named after National Lacrosse Hall of Fame alumnus Jack Turnbull. The award is given to a player in Division I, Division II, and Division...
given to the USILA Attackman of the year.
Resulting from "unusual circumstance," the NCAA granted 33 Duke Lacrosse players, including Greer, a rare fifth year of eligibility. which was granted to many players of the Duke lacrosse team in return for their season being cancelled in 2006 because of the Duke University lacrosse team scandal
Bryant University
Greer used his fifth year of eligibility to pursue a graduate business degree at Bryant UniversityBryant University
Bryant University is a private university located in Smithfield, Rhode Island, U.S., that grants the degrees of bachelor of arts, bachelor of science, and master's degrees in business, taxation and accounting. Until August 2004, it was known as Bryant College...
in the fall of 2008 where he played under former Duke head coach, Mike Pressler
Mike Pressler
Mike Pressler is an American lacrosse coach. He is currently the head coach of the Bryant University Bulldogs as well as the 2010 United States national lacrosse team. He served as the head coach of the Duke Blue Devils for 16 seasons until he was fired during the 2006 Duke University lacrosse...
. In 2009, Bryant University, a former Division II school, played Division I college lacrosse
College lacrosse
College lacrosse refers to lacrosse played by student athletes at colleges and universities in the United States and Canada. In both countries, men's field lacrosse and women's lacrosse are played in both the varsity and club levels...
for the first time. At the end of Bryant
Bryant
- Places :In the United States:* Bryant, Alabama* Bryant, Arkansas* Bryant, California * Bryant, Illinois* Bryant, Indiana* Bryant, Iowa* Bryant, Michigan* Bryant, Minneapolis, Minnesota* Bryant Township, Logan County, North Dakota...
's 2009 NCAA Division 1 Season, Greer netted 42 Goals and 26 Assists combining for 68 points.
MLL
The Long Island LizardsLong Island Lizards
The Long Island Lizards are a Major League Lacrosse professional men's field lacrosse team based in Hempstead, New York, USA, located on Long Island. They are original members of the MLL and lost in the league's inaugural game on June 7, 2001 to the Baltimore Bayhawks , 16-13...
selected Greer with the third pick overall in the 2009 MLL draft.
NLL
On September 9, 2009, Greer was drafted 3rd overall in the 2009 NLL entry draftNational Lacrosse League entry draft
The National Lacrosse League entry draft is an annual event where the general managers of National Lacrosse League teams choose eligible players for their rosters from US college programs and Canada's junior lacrosse system....
by the Minnesota Swarm
Minnesota Swarm
Minnesota Swarm is a box lacrosse team in the National Lacrosse League. The team plays on Treasure Island Field at Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota....
.
Greer finished his rookie season with 10 goals and 23 points.
NCAA
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PPG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Duke | 20 | 57 | 15 | 72 | 3.60 | |
| 2006 | Duke | 8 | 17 | 7 | 24 | 3.13 | |
| 2007 | Duke | 20 | 67 | 27 | 94 | 4.70 | |
| 2008 | Duke | 19 | 65 | 30 | 95 | 5.00 | |
| 2009 | Bryant | 15 | 42 | 26 | 68 | 4.65 | |
| Totals | 82 | 248 (a) | 105 | 353 (b) | 4.25 | ||
- (a) 1st in NCAA Men's Division I Total Goals
- (b) 1st in NCAA Men's Division I Total Points
MLL
| Regular Season | Playoffs | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | GP | G | 2ptG | A | Pts | PIM | GB | S | GP | G | 2ptG | A | Pts | PIM | GB | S | ||
| 2009 | Long Island | 5 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
| MLL totals | 5 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |||
OLA
| Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2001 | Whitby Warriors Whitby Warriors The Whitby Warriors are a Junior "A" box lacrosse team from Whitby, Ontario, Canada. The Warriors play in the OLA Junior A Lacrosse League.-History:The Warriors have won the Minto Cup in 1980 and in 1985, 1997, 1999 and 2011... |
OLA Jr.A OLA Junior A Lacrosse League The Ontario Junior A Lacrosse League is a box lacrosse league in Ontario, Canada sanctioned by the Ontario Lacrosse Association. The playoff champion moves on to compete for the National Championship—the Minto Cup.-The teams:-Playoff Champions:... |
7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2002 | Whitby Warriors | OLA Jr.A | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2003 | Whitby Warriors | OLA Jr.A | 13 | 21 | 18 | 39 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 10 | ||
| 2004 | Whitby Warriors | OLA Jr.A | 20 | 35 | 41 | 76 | 23 | 20 | 37 | 31 | 68 | 13 | ||
| 2005 | Whitby Warriors | OLA Jr.A | 4 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 7 | ||
| 2006 | Whitby Warriors | OLA Jr.A | 6 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 6 | ||
| 2007 | Whitby Warriors | OLA Jr.A | 11 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 30 | ||
| 2007 | Brooklin Redmen Brooklin Redmen The Brooklin Redmen are a box lacrosse team from Whitby, Ontario. The Redmen play in the Major Series Lacrosse league . The MSL, and its counterpart, the Western Lacrosse Association, represent the highest level of competitive box lacrosse in Canada... |
MSL Major Series Lacrosse Major Series Lacrosse is a Senior A box lacrosse league based out of Ontario, Canada sanctioned by the Ontario Lacrosse Association. Most of the players in the league play or have played in the National Lacrosse League. Each year, the playoff teams battle for the right to compete against the... |
2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2008 | Brooklin Redmen | MSL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Junior A Totals | 67 | 92 | 94 | 186 | 69 | 56 | 66 | 90 | 156 | 66 | ||||
| Senior A Totals | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||