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Zack Greer
Zack Greer
  • Height:
    6-2
  • Weight:
    190
  • Year:
    Gr.
  • Hometown:
    Whitby, Ontario
  • High School:
    All Saints Catholic/Duke University
  • Position:
    A
  • Number:
    88

Bio

Preseason First Team All-America selection ... National Player of the Year candidate ... Three-time All-American ... NCAA's all-time leader in career goals scored (206 in 67 career contests) ... 2008 Tewaaraton Trophy finalist ... Nation's leading scorer in 2005, 2007 and 2008 ... Two-time NCAA all-tournament team selection ... 2008 Turnbull Award winner ... Led Duke to a pair of national championship appearances.

2008: USILA First Team All-America selection ... Lt. Col. J.I. Turnbull Award winner as the nation's top attackman ... All-ACC pick ... ACC all-tournament team choice ... NCAA All-tournament team honoree ... Paced the nation in goals scored with 65 ... Led Duke in goals scored for fourth-consecutive season ... Scored at least one goal in all 19 game appearances ... Scored at least three goals in 12-of-19 contests ... Notched five or more tallies in five tilts ... Paired with Danowski, eclipsed 2007 numbers as the most prolific scoring tandem to combine for 192 points, breaking their ACC record set in 2007 and coming one point shy of the NCAA record ... Nationally, was ranked first in goals (65) and goals per game (3.42) ... Ranked second in country in points per game (5.0) and 21st in assists per game (1.58) ... Became only player in ACC history to record 50+ goals in three seasons ... Career point total of 283 sits tied for 10th on the NCAA all-time list ... Two-time ACC Player of the Week ... Matched career-high seven goals against both Dartmouth (3/29) and St. John's (5/4) ... Recorded a career-high 11 points (6 goals, 5 assists) against Ohio State in the NCAA tournament quarterfinals, falling just one point shy of the NCAA tournament record ... Recorded a team-best five game-winning tallies and tied a team-high with 96 points ... Second on the team in assists with 30 ... Credited with 50 ground balls.

2007: USILA First Team All-America selection ... All-ACC choice ... ACC all-tournament pick ... NCAA all-tournament team selection ... Paced the country in goals with an ACC single-season record 67 tallies, marking the third-highest single-season total in NCAA history ... Registerd 94 points for third-best in league history and 17th-best in NCAA history ... Became just the second player in ACC history to record two seasons with 50+ goals ... Ranked first in goals (67), goals per game (3.35) and game-winning goals (6) in the league ... Ranked second in ACC in points per game (4.70) and assists (27), and sixth in assists per game (1.35) ... Nationally, ranked first in goals and goals per game, was tied for eighth in assists and was 31st in assists per game ... Led Blue Devils in scoring for third-consecutive campaign ... Compiled 20 points in four NCAA tournament games to match seventh-best single-tournament total in NCAA history ... Paired with Matt Danowski, registered 44 combined points in NCAA tournament to set new tournament record ... Second-highest scoring trio paired with Danowski and Ned Crotty (56 points) ... Paired with Danowski to become the most prolific scoring tandem with a combined 190 points, also establishing new ACC record (ranks second in NCAA history) ... Scored at least one goal in 18-of-20 games ... Carded at least three goals in 12 contests ... Tossed in five or more goals in eight tilts ... Named ACC Player of the Week after guiding Duke to season-opening wins over Dartmouth (2/24) and Denver (2/25) with a two-game total of eight goals and five assists ... Logged the game-winning goal in both ACC tournament wins (vs. UNC and UVA) ... Matched career-high seven goals versus both St. Joseph's (3/6) and North Carolina (5/20) ... Capped off a four-goal outing with the game-winning tally with just three seconds remaining to defeat top-ranked and undefeated Cornell (5/26) in national semifinals ... Credited with 59 ground balls.

2006: Started all eight games while leading Duke in goals scored for the second-straight season with 17 ... Was tied for second on squad with 24 total points ... Scored a season-best four goals against Villanova (2/25) ... Credited with the game-winner against Bellarmine (2/8) ... Had at least two points in all eight contests ... Picked up 25 ground balls.

2005: USILA Third Team All-America pick after establishing an NCAA freshman record with 57 goals scored ... Led the nation in goals scored ... National Rookie of the Year choice by Inside Lacrosse magazine ... Unanimous pick for ACC Rookie of the Year honors ... Just the second player in ACC history to lead the conference in goals scored while winning the Rookie of the Year award ... Lone freshman chosed to the All-ACC unit ... Earned a spot on the ACC all-tournament team ... His 57 goals established school and ACC single-season records and stands as the 11th highest total in NCAA history ... Closed the year on 72 total points off 57 goals and 25 assists ... Ranked tied for third nationally in total points ... In the ACC, ranked first in goals per game (2.85) and fourth in points per game (3.60) ... His 57 goals came off just 116 shots for an impressive .491 shooting percentage ... Started in all 20 games ... Scored a career-high seven goals in his third career game, a win over VMI (3/1) ... Had a five-goal performance against Penn State (3/8) ... Enjoyed the NCAA tournament with 10 goals and four assists, including a four-goal outing against Maryland (5/28) in the national semifinals ... Helped a Duke offense that paced the country in scoring (averaging 13.4 goals per game) while setting a new NCAA tournament scoring record with 60 goals ... Had 12 games with three or more goals ... Produced gamewinners over VMI (3/1), Maryland (3/5), UNC (4/29) and Cornell (5/22) ... Collected 44 ground balls.

2003 ILF U-19 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: In the summer of 2003, Greer led Canada to the championship game at the International Lacrosse Federation Under-19 World Championships in Baltimore ... Scored three goals in the finals ... In six games, scored 16 tallies and added one assists to earn a spot on the IFL All-World team.

Prep: In 40 games with the Whitby Warriors of the Ontario Lacrosse Association, scored 72 goals with 72 assists ... Named team MVP ... Also earned league's playoff MVP honor ... Drafted by the Oshawa Generals of the Ontario Hockey League.

Personal: Born February 12, 1986 ... Son of Irene and the late Dan Greer ... Has one brother, Bill, who plays with the NLL's Rochester Knighthawks ... Bill helped Rochester capture the NLL Championship on May 12, 2007 ... Sister, Kalley, played hockey and lacrosse at Hamilton College.