Zack Greer

Zack Greer
— Lacrosse player —
Born	February 12, 1986 Whitby, ON, CAN
Position	Attack
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight	190 pounds (86 kg)
NCAA team	Bryant University Duke University
NLL team F. Teams	Saskatchewan Rush Minnesota Swarm
MLL Team	Denver Outlaws
Nationality	Canada
NLL Draft	3rd overall, 2009 Minnesota Swarm
Pro career	2009–present
Shoots	Left

Zack Greer (born February 12, 1986 in Whitby, Ontario) is a Canadian professional lacrosse player who plays for the Denver Outlaws in Major League Lacrosse and the Saskatchewan 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 Toronto Rock in the National Lacrosse League. Greer's cousin Shawn Thornton plays for the Florida Panthers in the National Hockey League.

Junior career

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]

College career

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 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 four-time All-American including two times on the first team at Duke, who holds the all-time Duke ^[3] and NCAA lacrosse goals record.^[4] Following the 2008 season, Greer was awarded the Jack Turnbull Award given to the USILA Attackman of the year.^[5]

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^[6]

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. At the end of Bryant's 2009 NCAA Division 1 Season, Greer netted 42 Goals and 26 Assists combining for 68 points. Since Bryant was transitioning to Division I that season, Greer's statistics for 2009 do not count toward official NCAA Division I records. ^[7]

MLL career

The Long Island Lizards selected Greer with the third pick overall in the 2009 MLL draft.^[8]

The Long Island Lizards traded Greer in the 2012-2013 offseason to the Denver Outlaws in exchange for Midfielder Collin Briggs.^[9]

NLL

On September 9, 2009, Greer was drafted 3rd overall in the 2009 NLL entry draft by the Minnesota Swarm. ^[10] Greer finished his rookie season with 10 goals and 23 points.

Statistics

NLL

Reference:^[11]

Zack Greer		Regular Season									Playoffs
Season	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	LB	PIM	Pts/GP	LB/GP	PIM/GP	GP	G	A	Pts	LB	PIM	Pts/GP	LB/GP	PIM/GP
2010	Minnesota Swarm	13	10	13	23	45	14	1.77	3.46	1.08	1	1	1	2	1	0	2.00	1.00	0.00
2011	Minnesota Swarm	7	9	10	19	33	4	2.71	4.71	0.57	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2011	Edmonton Rush	4	5	5	10	6	4	2.50	1.50	1.00	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2012	Edmonton Rush	15	31	12	43	56	7	2.87	3.73	0.47	3	6	7	13	7	2	4.33	2.33	0.67
2013	Edmonton Rush	15	28	25	53	46	2	3.53	3.07	0.13	1	0	0	0	3	2	0.00	3.00	2.00
2014	Edmonton Rush	17	30	22	52	57	6	3.06	3.35	0.35	3	5	2	7	11	0	2.33	3.67	0.00
2015	Edmonton Rush	18	44	36	80	54	21	4.44	3.00	1.17	5	8	6	14	9	6	2.80	1.80	1.20
2016	Saskatchewan Rush	16	42	28	70	76	16	4.38	4.75	1.00	4	8	5	13	14	0	3.25	3.50	0.00
		105	199	151	350	373	74	3.33	3.55	0.70	17	28	21	49	45	10	2.88	2.65	0.59
Career Total:		122	227	172	399	418	84	3.27	3.43	0.69

GP–Games played;G–Goals;A–Assists;Pts–Points;LB–Loose balls;PIM–Penalty minutes;Pts/GP–Points per games played;LB/GP–Loose balls per games played;PIM/GP–Penalty minutes per games played;

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 Career Goals (Greer's career goals of 248 are not officially recognized in the NCAA record books, because Greer was granted a fifth season of eligibility and Bryant was considered a reclassifying institution that season. The NCAA lists Greer's career goals record as 206 goals)

^(b) 12th in NCAA Men's Division I Career Points (Greer's career points mark of 353 points is not officially recognized in the NCAA record books, because Greer was granted a fifth season of eligibility and Bryant was considered a reclassifying institution that season. The NCAA lists Greer's official career points as 285)

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
2010	Long Island		10	17	0	3	20	8	7	59		2	2	6	0	0	6	1	10
2012	Long Island		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2013	Denver		1	4	0	4	1	0	0	6		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MLL totals			16	33	0	5	38	8	16	93		3	6	0	0	6	4	6	23

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

See also

• Duke Blue Devils men's lacrosse
• NCAA Men's Division I Lacrosse Records

References

1. "O.L.A. JUNIOR A TROPHY WINNERS". wampsbibleoflacrosse.com.
2. "Johns Hopkins 12, Duke 11". NCAA Sports.com. Retrieved 2007-07-18.
3. Taylor, Jeff (March 15, 2008). "Duke's Greer sets school record in rout of UNC". InsideLacrosse.com. Archived from the original on 2008-03-20. Retrieved 2008-03-17.
4. "Greer sets sets NCAA goals record in Duke's win over St. Johns". InsideLacrosse.com. May 4, 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-05-07. Retrieved 2008-05-06.
5. Burns, Sean (May 28, 2008). "USILA announces major award winners". InsideLacrosse.com. Archived from the original on 2008-05-29. Retrieved 2008-05-27.
6. "NCAA to allow Duke players to reclaim lost season". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2007-05-31.
7. Kessenich, Quint (August 11, 2008). "Former Duke star Zack Greer to attend Bryant". Inside Lacrosse. Retrieved 2008-08-12.
8. "GREER SELECTED THIRD OVERALL IN 2009 MLL DRAFT". bryantbulldogs.com. May 28, 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
9. "Lizards Land Briggs, Trade Greer to Outlaws". http://insidelacrosse.com. Oct 5, 2012. Retrieved 2013-05-11. External link in |work= (help)
10. "Minnesota Swarm Select Zack Greer Third Overall". oursportscentral.com. September 10, 2009. Retrieved 2009-09-10.
11. "National Lacrosse League Pointstreak Stats". NLL.com. Retrieved June 6, 2016.