Zack Greer
Born	February 12, 1986 (1986-02-12) (age 23), Whitby, Ontario, Canada
Position	Attack
Height Weight	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 pounds (86 kg)
NCAA Team	Bryant University Duke University
NLL Team	Minnesota Swarm
MLL Team	Long Island Lizards
Nationality	Canada
Shoots	Left
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Zack Greer (born February 12, 1986 in Whitby, Ontario) is a Canadian lacrosse player for the Long Island Lizards in Major League Lacrosse and the Minnesota Swarm of the National Lacrosse League. Greer attended high school at All Saints Catholic Secondary School in Whitby, and grew up playing box lacrosse. Greer is left-handed, and like many box lacrosse players, rarely uses his offhand. Greer's brother, Bill, plays for the Orlando Titans in the National Lacrosse League.

Contents 1 Junior carrer 2 College career 2.1 Duke University 2.2 Bryant University 3 MLL 4 NLL 5 Statistics 5.1 NCAA 5.2 MLL 5.3 OLA 6 See also 7 References 8 Awards

[edit] Junior carrer

Greer played junior box lacrosse 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.^[1]

[edit] College career

[edit] Duke University

In 2006, Zack Greer and his teammate Matt Danowski 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 ^[2]. In 2008, Greer led the league 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. Greer averaged 4.71 goals a game in 2007.^[3] He holds the all-time Duke^[4] and NCAA lacrosse goals record.^[5] Following the 2008 season, Greer was awarded the Jack Turnbull Award given to the USILA Attackman of the year.^[6]

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^[7]

[edit] Bryant University

Greer used his fifth year of eligibility to pursue a graduate business degree at Bryant University 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.^[8]

[edit] MLL

The Long Island Lizards selected Greer with the third pick overall in the 2009 MLL draft.^[9]

[edit] NLL

On September 9, 2009, Greer was drafted 3rd overall in the 2009 NLL entry draft by the Minnesota Swarm. ^[10]

[edit] Statistics

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] OLA

				Regular Season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2001	Whitby Warriors	OLA Jr.A		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	MSL		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

[edit] See also

NCAA Men's Division I Lacrosse Records

[edit] References

[edit] Awards

Preceded by Matt Danowski

Jack Turnbull Award 2008

Succeeded by Incumbent

Persondata
NAME	Greer, Zack
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Lacrosse player
DATE OF BIRTH	February 12, 1986
PLACE OF BIRTH	Whitby, Ontario, Canada
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH