Duke Lacrosse Update - Duke University Athletics
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DUKE LACROSSE<br />
2007 – 2013<br />
ON FIELD ACCOLADES<br />
CLASSROOM ACCOMPLISHMENTS<br />
BLUE DEVILS IN THE COMMUNITY
DUKE LACROSSE ON THE FIELD ACCOLADES<br />
The <strong>Duke</strong> men’s lacrosse team began the 2013 season facing high expectations and<br />
ranked sixth nationally. The Blue Devils opened the season playing five contests in<br />
February, including two against top 10 opponents. The 2013 campaign kicked off with a<br />
doubleheader in Durham against the No. 9 Denver Pioneers and the Jacksonville<br />
Dolphins. <strong>Duke</strong> split the weekend, losing to Denver 14-12 before rebounding the<br />
following afternoon by beating Jacksonville 21-9. The next weekend the Blue Devils<br />
hosted another doubleheader against the then-No. 3 Notre Dame Fighting Irish and<br />
Mercer. Once again the Blue Devils went 1-1 for the weekend, dropping their first contest<br />
to Notre Dame by a score of 13-5, and recovering to even their record to 2-2 by cruising<br />
past the Bears 15-3. The Blue Devils rounded out the month of February with its first<br />
road to trip of the season against the <strong>University</strong> of Pennsylvania at historic Franklin<br />
Field. The Penn Quakers broke open a close game by outscoring the Blue Devils 5-1 in<br />
the fourth quarter to upset the then-No. 14 <strong>Duke</strong> squad 14-9.<br />
After starting the season 2-3, the Blue Devils played host to the top-ranked Maryland<br />
Terrapins who were 4-0 coming into the contest. The Blue Devils faced a 9-3 deficit at<br />
halftime and never overcame the slow start in the 16-7 setback. Sitting at 2-4, head coach<br />
John Danowski decided to make some personnel changes by starting Kyle Turri in goal<br />
and introducing some young faces to the lineup. The following weekend <strong>Duke</strong> welcomed<br />
defending national champion Loyola to Koskinen Stadium. The Blue Devils held the<br />
Greyhounds to eight goals behind Kyle Turri’s nine saves and outscored the Greyhounds<br />
by one to earn the 9-8 victory. <strong>Duke</strong> resumed its ACC schedule with the eight-mile trip<br />
down the road to Chapel Hill to face the sixth-ranked North Carolina Tar Heels. Brendan<br />
Fowler dominated the faceoff “X”, winning 17-of-23 faceoffs to lead the Blue Devils to<br />
an 11-8 victory. Arguably a turning point of the season, this victory marked the second<br />
victory over a top-10 team in a week and brought the Blue Devils’ record back to .500.<br />
With victories over the Greyhounds and Tar Heels under its belt, <strong>Duke</strong> started to roll as it
acked up wins over Towson, Marist and Georgetown by a combined score of 50-22.<br />
March ended with a road trip to Boston where the Blue Devils used a furious fourthquarter<br />
rally to beat a tough Harvard squad, 12-11.<br />
The Blue Devils, red-hot and riding a six-game win streak, started April ranked seventh<br />
in the country and ready to tangle with the High Point Panthers. Junior attackman Josh<br />
Dionne and senior midfielder David Lawson led the Blue Devils by scoring three goals<br />
each to guide <strong>Duke</strong> to a commanding 17-6 victory. <strong>Duke</strong> closed out its ACC regular<br />
season schedule with a much-anticipated game against the Virginia Cavilers at Koskinen<br />
Stadium. Once again Dionne led the charge with five goals. Jake Tripucka tallied a career<br />
high seven points, while Fowler dominated the “X” by winning 19-of-30 faceoffs to help<br />
secure a thrilling 19-16 victory at home. The Blue Devils hit the road again the following<br />
week to face Danowski’s alma mater, Rutgers. Jordan Wolf led the Blue Devils with five<br />
goals, while nine other players contributed to the 17-6 victory.<br />
2013 ACC Tournament<br />
The Blue Devils entered the ACC Tournament ranked fifth in the country and on a ninegame<br />
win streak. <strong>Duke</strong> was set to take on the equally hot No. 1 North Carolina Tar Heels<br />
in front of a hostile crowd in Chapel Hill, N.C. The Blue Devils started slow and entered<br />
halftime trailing 13-6 after a devastating second quarter where <strong>Duke</strong> was outscored 9-4.<br />
Trailing by as many as nine in the third quarter, the resilient Blue Devils never hung their<br />
heads and clawed their way into the lead before falling 18-17. <strong>Duke</strong> finished out the<br />
regular season schedule in Milwaukee, Wis., where it faced the Marquette Golden Eagles<br />
in front of 4,200 exuberant fans. <strong>Duke</strong> jumped out to a 10-1 lead in the first quarter and<br />
never looked back en route to a 19-3 victory.<br />
2013 NCAA Men’s <strong>Lacrosse</strong> Tournament.<br />
The Blue Devils earned the No. 7 seed in the tournament pool and once again were<br />
selected to host to the defending national champion Loyola squad. After a grueling 66<br />
minutes of lacrosse, freshman attackman Case Matheis scored with 1:40 remaining in the<br />
second overtime to propel seventh-seeded <strong>Duke</strong> to a 12-11 double overtime victory. The<br />
quarterfinal featured another rematch for the Blue Devils with the Notre Dame Fighting<br />
Irish on the horizon in its backyard of Indianapolis, Ind. Senior captain David Lawson put<br />
the team on his back and tallied a career-high five goals to lead <strong>Duke</strong> to a thrilling 12-11<br />
comeback victory over No. 2 seed Notre Dame in front of 7,749 fans at Lucas Oil<br />
Stadium. The win launched <strong>Duke</strong> to its seventh straight championship weekend<br />
appearance and ninth overall in program history. The championship weekend field was<br />
set and <strong>Duke</strong> was poised for its second NCAA Championship run. The Blue Devils were<br />
pitted against a high-scoring Cornell team that had outscored its opponents 32-16 in the<br />
NCAA Tournament. Sophomore goalkeeper Kyle Turri played arguably the best<br />
game of his life, making a career‐best 16 saves to help <strong>Duke</strong> land a spot in the NCAA<br />
Men’s <strong>Lacrosse</strong> championship game with a heart‐stopping 16‐14 victory over<br />
Cornell. The 2013 title game appearance marked the fourth in program history and<br />
third under head coach John Danowski.
Championship Monday was set with the No. 7‐seeded Blue Devils prepared to face<br />
the top‐ranked Syracuse Orange. The Orange did nothing wrong in the first quarter<br />
to race out to a 5‐0 lead. Unfazed by the five‐goal deficit, the Blue Devils rode the<br />
play of Fowler at the faceoff “X” to 12 unanswered goals and a 16‐10 victory.<br />
Eventually named the NCAA Tournament MVP, Fowler won 20‐of‐28 faceoffs for the<br />
game, while Wolf led the scoring charge with four goals. With the appearance in<br />
Philadelphia, Danowski became the first coach to appear in seven consecutive<br />
championship weekends in his first seven seasons at the helm. Coach Danowski also<br />
joined an elite club of only five active coaches to have multiple NCAA<br />
championships.<br />
The 2012 <strong>Duke</strong> Blue Devils began the spring campaign ranked first nationally for the<br />
third time in school history. The team played four games in February, downing Rutgers,<br />
Penn and Jacksonville, while falling to a tough Notre Dame squad in South Bend. Next<br />
up was a tough two-game road stretch against ACC rival Maryland and eventual NCAA<br />
Champion Loyola. The Devils lost a pair of hard-fought games in row forcing Coach<br />
Danowski to again dig deep into his coaching repertoire as games against Harvard, North<br />
Carolina, Dartmouth, Georgetown, and Brown were on the horizon. <strong>Duke</strong> remained<br />
committed and started to hit its stride as it ran off five straight victories<br />
highlighted by a 13-11 home victory over ACC rival North Carolina.<br />
Next up was soon to be ACC rival and national power Syracuse in the<br />
Konica Minolta Big City Classic at the home of the NFL’s New York<br />
Giants and New York Jets. The Blue Devils gutted out a 12-10 win<br />
over the talented Orange. The fun continued when the Blue Devils<br />
traveled to Charlottesville to take on top-ranked Virginia on ESPN2.<br />
<strong>Duke</strong> jumped all over the Cavaliers and cruised to the 13-5 victory to
head into the ACC Tournament as the top seed. Rolling heading into the ACC<br />
tournament against Maryland, the Blue Devils edged the Terrapins 6-5 to advance to the<br />
ACC championship game for the fifth time in six years. North Carolina stood in the Blue<br />
Devils’ way of a fourth ACC title under Danowski. <strong>Duke</strong>, after falling behind early,<br />
rallied to beat the Tar Heels, 12-9 to take home the program’s seventh ACC Tournament<br />
Championship. The newly-crowned ACC Championships, the Devils earned the No. 3<br />
seed in the NCAA tournament and hosted 11-time national champion Syracuse. The<br />
game with the Orange was never in doubt as <strong>Duke</strong> beat Syracuse to advance to<br />
Philadelphia to face Patriot League power Colgate. After a shaky start with Colgate<br />
scoring at will early, the Blue Devils hit their stride in the second quarter and rattled off<br />
10 unanswered goals en route to a 17-6 victory and a sixth straight championship<br />
weekend.<br />
Topping the individual honors for the 2012 season was CJ<br />
Costabile and Robert Rotanz. Costabile, a four-year starter at<br />
long stick midfield, dominated the middle of the field and the<br />
faceoff game. CJ was selected as the ACC Defensive player of<br />
the year, a first team USILA All-American, the Lieutenant J.G.<br />
Donald MacLaughlin Jr. award recepient as the nation’s top<br />
midfielder and a finalist for the Tewaaraton Trophy. Rob was<br />
dominant as well, scoring 40 goals, the most all-time by a <strong>Duke</strong><br />
midfielder, as well as collecting All-ACC and USILA All-<br />
America first team accolades.
The reigning NCAA Champions started the 2011 season 1-2 with losses to Penn and<br />
Notre Dame, the Blue Devils had the daunting task of taking down a top-ranked<br />
Maryland squad to open the ACC schedule. Head coach John Danowski made subtle<br />
changes to the lineup that propelled <strong>Duke</strong> to a 9-8 overtime victory over the Terps. The<br />
Devils went on a seven-game tear, including a dramatic come-from-behind victory over a<br />
Georgetown team that led by five at halftime. <strong>Duke</strong> ended the regular season with a big<br />
win over eventual national champion Virginia. Just six days later, a rematch with the<br />
Cavaliers loomed in the ACC Tournament quarterfinal. It was the <strong>Duke</strong> seniors leading<br />
the way with an overwhelming effort as the Blue Devils downed Virginia 19-10. The<br />
NCAA tournament was next with a school-record sixth straight home playoff game. The<br />
Devils were not to be denied, fending off a feisty Delaware squad in a 15-14 shootout. In<br />
the NCAA quarterfinal, a rematch with the defensive stalwart Fighting Irish squad<br />
awaited the Blue Devils. Following a terrific week of practice, <strong>Duke</strong> defeated a senior<br />
laden Irish team 7-5, sending the 2011 <strong>Duke</strong> Blue devils to championship weekend for<br />
the fifth straight time.<br />
Topping the individual player list of accomplishments in 2011 was<br />
Zach Howell, a senior captain in his third year as a starter on<br />
<strong>Duke</strong>’s attack. The unquestioned leader of a young <strong>Duke</strong> offense<br />
that averaged over 12 goals per contest, Howell scored a last<br />
second goal against Maryland to help secure the regular season<br />
ACC Championship. He garnered USILA All-America Third<br />
Team honors, USILA Scholar All-America honors, ACC All-<br />
Tournament Team honors, and was on the Tewaaraton Watch List for the National Player<br />
of the Year award.
After receiving the No. 1 preseason ranking, the 2010 <strong>Duke</strong> Blue Devils started with a<br />
trip to the Walt Disney Resort to play an exhibition game against the eventual US<br />
National Team. <strong>Duke</strong>, in a shock to Team USA and lacrosse fans everywhere, was<br />
victorious that day, winning 9-8 on a last-minute goal from senior Max Quinzani. After<br />
fighting through early season stumbles the Blue Devils went on a nine-game win streak<br />
leading into the ACC Tournament. The Blue Devils fell to the Cavaliers in the ACC<br />
Tournament quarterfinal prior to heading into the NCAA Tournament. <strong>Duke</strong> was selected<br />
to host its fifth straight NCAA tournament game against perennial power Johns Hopkins.<br />
After dismantling the Blue Jays 18-5, it was on to the NCAA Quarterfinals in Princeton,<br />
NJ to face familiar foe North Carolina. The Blue Devils emerged victorious 17-9 and<br />
headed to the national semifinals for the fourth straight season to face a tough Virginia<br />
squad. In what will be remembered as one of the best NCAA Tournament games in<br />
recent years, the Blue Devils edged the Cavaliers 14-13 with a last-second goal from<br />
Quinzani. The 2010 campaign ended with <strong>Duke</strong>’s greatest triumph, a 6-5 overtime<br />
victory against Notre Dame, giving the Blue Devil’s their first NCAA Championship.
Topping the individual player list of<br />
accomplishments in 2010 was senior captain<br />
Ned Crotty. Crotty earned 1 st Team All<br />
America honors, as well as the Tewaaraton<br />
Trophy as the nation’s top player. Crotty joined<br />
Matt Danowski as <strong>Duke</strong>’s 2 nd recipient, and the<br />
3 rd coached by John Danowski.<br />
After being picked to finish last in the ACC, the 2009 Blue Devils won a share of the<br />
regular season title. The team added the ACC Tournament trophy to the case by defeating<br />
Virginia in the opening round and the host Tar Heels in the championship game. The<br />
Blue Devils took a 15-3 record into the NCAA Tournament first round against Navy.<br />
<strong>Duke</strong> cruised past the Midshipmen 14-5 to set up another meeting with rival North<br />
Carolina in the quarterfinals. <strong>Duke</strong> outplayed an excellent UNC squad 12-11 for a third<br />
straight trip to the national semifinals and would face eventual champion Syracuse. The<br />
2009 campaign finished with five top-10 wins, a top three strength of schedule, and a<br />
ranking of third in the coaches poll.
Topping the individual player list of<br />
accomplishments in 2009 was Ned<br />
Crotty, senior captain playing his first<br />
year at attack. Crotty was named ACC<br />
Player of the Year as well as Division I<br />
Attackman of the Year. He also received<br />
first team All-America honors and was a<br />
Tewaaraton Trophy Finalist.<br />
In the 2008 season, <strong>Duke</strong> won a NCAA record 18 wins, beating out the previous mark of<br />
17 wins, held by the 2005 and 2007 <strong>Duke</strong> squads, Hofstra in 2006, and Virginia in 2006.<br />
(The 2007 <strong>Duke</strong> and 2006 Hofstra teams also were coached by John Danowski.) Once<br />
again the Blue Devils won the ACC regular season and tournament championships,<br />
followed by their second consecutive NCAA semifinal appearance. <strong>Duke</strong> also was<br />
awarded the ACC Team Sportsmanship Award, which was voted on by all ACC teams.<br />
Throughout the 2008 season, 10 of the 20 Blue Devil games played were televised.
Topping the list of individual player<br />
accomplishments in 2008 were Dan Loftus<br />
finishing his career in goal with a 42-7 all<br />
time record (.857%); Zack Greer breaking<br />
the NCAA goal scoring mark with a<br />
career-high 206 goals, including a<br />
national-high 65 goals for the year; and<br />
Matt Danowski who broke the NCAA<br />
points record with 353 points and led the<br />
nation in both points with 97 and assists<br />
with 56. Danowski and Greer’s records<br />
made them the third consecutive leading<br />
point and goal scorers to be coached by<br />
John Danowski.<br />
In 2007, <strong>Duke</strong> posted an overall record of 17-3, captured both the ACC regular season<br />
and tournament championships, and earned the program’s first No. 1 seed in the NCAA<br />
Tournament. The Blue Devils finished the regular season with the top RPI and strength of<br />
schedule. <strong>Duke</strong> also posted a nation-best nine wins over opponents ranked in the top 10<br />
of the final USILA poll during the 2007 regular season.
<strong>Duke</strong>’s 2007 individual player accomplishments<br />
were highlighted by Matt Danowski becoming the<br />
<strong>University</strong>’s first National Player of the Year<br />
honoree for men’s lacrosse. The consensus choice<br />
as the recipient of the Tewaaraton Trophy and the<br />
USILA’s Lt. Raymond J. Enners Award,<br />
Danowski earned the honor after leading the<br />
nation in both total points and assists. This marks<br />
John Danowski’s second National Player of the<br />
Year award winner.
Breakdown of 2007-2013 Awards<br />
First Team All-America<br />
2007: Matt Danowski, Casey Carroll, Zack Greer, Nick O’Hara<br />
2008: Matt Danowski, Zack Greer, Nick O’Hara<br />
2009: Ned Crotty<br />
2010: Ned Crotty<br />
2012: CJ Costabile, Robert Rotanz<br />
2013: Brendan Fowler, David Lawson<br />
Second Team All-America<br />
2008: Ned Crotty, Tony McDevitt<br />
2009: Parker McKee<br />
2010: Parker McKee, Max Quinzani<br />
2012: Michael Manley, Jordan Wolf<br />
2013: Jordan Wolf<br />
Third Team All-America<br />
2007: Tony McDevitt, Dan Loftus<br />
2008: Dan Loftus, Max Quinzani, Brad Ross<br />
2009: Max Quinzani, Brad Ross<br />
2010: Michael Manley, CJ Costabile<br />
2011: Zach Howell, CJ Costabile<br />
2013: Josh Offit<br />
Honorable Mention All-America<br />
2007: Brad Ross<br />
2008: Parker McKee<br />
2009: CJ Costabile<br />
2012: Justin Turri<br />
2013: Josh Dionne, Will Haus, Jake Tripucka<br />
Tewaaraton Trophy National Player of the Year Nominee<br />
2007: Matt Danowski<br />
2008: Matt Danowski, Zack Greer, Tony McDevitt, Nick O’Hara<br />
2009: Ned Crotty<br />
2010: Ned Crotty, Max Quinzani, Parker McKee<br />
2011: Zach Howell<br />
2012: CJ Costabile<br />
2013: Jordan Wolf<br />
Tewaaraton Trophy National Player of the Year Finalists<br />
2007: Matt Danowski<br />
2008: Matt Danowski, Zack Greer<br />
2009: Ned Crotty
2010: Ned Crotty<br />
2012: CJ Costabile<br />
Tewaaraton Trophy National Player of the Year<br />
2007: Matt Danowski<br />
2010: Ned Crotty<br />
USILA Lt. Raymond J. Enners Award National Player of the Year<br />
2007: Matt Danowski<br />
2008: Matt Danowski<br />
USILA Attackman of the Year<br />
2007: Matt Danowski<br />
2008: Zack Greer<br />
2009: Ned Crotty<br />
USILA Defensemen of the Year<br />
2008: Nick O’Hara<br />
Lt. J.G. Donald MacLaughlin Jr. Award (Top Midfielder)<br />
2012: CJ Costabile<br />
NCAA All-Tournament<br />
2007: Ned Crotty, Matt Danowski, Zack Greer, Nick O’Hara<br />
2008: Zack Greer<br />
2010: Max Quinzani, CJ Costabile, Michael Manley, Zach Howell<br />
2013: Brendan Fowler, David Lawson, Jake Tripucka, Jordan Wolf<br />
NCAA Tournament MVP<br />
2013: Brendan Fowler<br />
ACC Player of the Year<br />
2007: Matt Danowski<br />
2008: Matt Danowski<br />
2009: Ned Crotty<br />
ACC Coach of the Year<br />
2007: John Danowski<br />
2011: John Danowski<br />
2012: John Danowski<br />
ACC Defensive Player of the Year<br />
2012: CJ Costabile*<br />
2013: Brendan Fowler<br />
*Co-Defensive Player of the Year<br />
All ACC
2007: Casey Carroll, Matt Danowski, Zack Greer, Nick O’Hara<br />
2008: Matt Danowski, Zack Greer, Max Quinzani, Tony McDevitt<br />
2009: Ned Crotty, Max Quinzani<br />
2010: Ned Crotty, Parker McKee, Max Quinzani<br />
2011: CJ Costabile, Jordan Wolf<br />
2012: CJ Costabile, Robert Rotanz, Jordan Wolf<br />
2013: Brendan Fowler, David Lawson, Jordan Wolf<br />
ACC All-Tournament<br />
2007: Bo Carrington, Casey Carroll, Matt Danowski, Zack Greer, Dan Loftus<br />
2008: Ned Crotty, Matt Danowski, Zack Greer, Dan Loftus, Tony McDevitt, Parker<br />
McKee, Nick O’Hara, Max Quinzani.<br />
2009: Mike Catalino, CJ Costabile, Ned Crotty, Zach Howell, Mike Manley, Max<br />
Quinzani, Steve Schoeffel<br />
2010: Max Quinzani<br />
2011: Zach Howell, CJ Costabile, Dave Lawson, Dan Wigrizer<br />
2013: Brendan Fowler, Jordan Wolf<br />
ACC Tournament MVP<br />
2007: Matt Danowski<br />
2008: Dan Loftus<br />
2009: CJ Costabile<br />
ACC Rookie of the Year<br />
2008: Mike Manley<br />
ACC Player of the Week:<br />
2007: Zack Greer (2/26), Matt Danowski (3/4), Ned Crotty (3/19), Brad Ross (4/16)<br />
2008: Zack Greer (2/19, 4/18), Sam Payton (3/4), Dan Loftus (3/18), Max Quinzani<br />
(4/15), Ned Crotty (4/22)<br />
2009: Justin Turri (3/15), Ned Crotty (4/12)<br />
2010: Zach Howell (2/15), CJ Costabile (4/18)<br />
2011: Defensive: Dan Wigrizer (3/8, 4/19); Offensive: Jordan Wolf (3/8, 3/20), Rob<br />
Rotanz (4/19)<br />
2013: Defensive: Brendan Fowler (2/11), Chris Hipps (3/12), Kyle Turri (3/19);<br />
Offensive: Jordan Wolf (3/12), Jake Tripucka (4/16)<br />
ACC Annual Leaders<br />
Total Points<br />
2007: Matt Danowski, 96<br />
2008: Matt Danowski, 97<br />
2009: Ned Crotty, 78<br />
2010: Ned Crotty, 86<br />
Goals<br />
2007: Zack Greer, 67<br />
2008: Zack Greer, 64<br />
2009: Max Quinzani, 46<br />
2010: Max Quinzani, 68<br />
Assists<br />
2007: Matt Danowski, 52<br />
2008: Matt Danowski, 56<br />
2009: Ned Crotty, 55<br />
2010: Ned Crotty, 63<br />
Saves<br />
2007: Dan Loftus, .614%
LOWES Senior Class Award<br />
2007: Tony McDevitt, Nominee<br />
2008: Brad Ross, Finalist<br />
2010: Max Quinzani, Finalist<br />
2011: Tom Montelli, Finalist<br />
2012: CJ Costabile, Winner<br />
<strong>Duke</strong> <strong>University</strong> Senior Student-Athlete of the Year<br />
2007: Matt Danowski<br />
2008: Zack Greer<br />
2010: Max Quinzani<br />
Blue Devil Weekly Blue Devil of the Year<br />
2007: Matt Danowski<br />
2008: Zack Greer<br />
Towerview Magazine Dukies of the Year<br />
2007: David Evans, Colin Finnerty, Reade Seligman<br />
ACC Scholar Athlete of the Year<br />
2010: Max Quinzani<br />
2012: CJ Costabile<br />
2013: Brendan Fowler<br />
ACC Male Athlete of the Year (McKelvin Award)<br />
2010: Ned Crotty
DUKE LACROSSE IN THE CLASSROOM<br />
ACC Honor Roll<br />
This award recognizes student-athletes who compile at least a 3.0 grade point average for<br />
the year. <strong>Duke</strong> <strong>University</strong> has had the most student-athletes on the ACC Honor Roll from<br />
2007-2012. The Blue Devils placed 25 men’s lacrosse student-athletes on the 2012 ACC<br />
Honor Roll, while 28 men’s lacrosse student-athletes earned recognition in 2011. In<br />
2010, 26 <strong>Duke</strong> Players earned their spot on the ACC Honor Roll. The Blue Devils placed<br />
30 student-athletes on the 2009 ACC Honor Roll, including the entire junior and graduate<br />
student classes. In 2008, 36 student-athletes represented <strong>Duke</strong> on the list. For the 2007<br />
year, the <strong>Duke</strong> men’s lacrosse team had 33 student-athletes selected for the Honor Roll.<br />
Since 2001, the Blue Devil lacrosse program has placed 325 student athletes on the list.<br />
Academic All-ACC Team<br />
To be eligible, student-athletes must have earned a 3.0 grade point average for the<br />
previous semester and maintained a 3.0 cumulative average during his academic career.<br />
In 2013, <strong>Duke</strong> student-athletes earned nine spots on the Academic All-ACC Team. The<br />
Blue Devils placed 12 or more on the squad for six consecutive years leading up to the<br />
2013 campaign. Fourteen <strong>Duke</strong> players received the award in 2012 and 2011,<br />
respectively. In 2010, <strong>Duke</strong> placed 15 players on the All-ACC Academic team, while the<br />
other three ACC schools combined for 14 spots overall. Max Quinzani earned his fourth<br />
straight honor, joining Michael Catalino ’09 as the only players at the time to accomplish<br />
the feat. The 2009 Blue Devils led the conference in All-ACC Academic picks with 12<br />
student-athletes. In 2008, <strong>Duke</strong> led the ACC with 13 selections. <strong>Duke</strong> was well
epresented on the 2007 Academic All-ACC squad with 15 selections while the three<br />
other league schools combined for 15 picks.<br />
Graduation Success Rate<br />
From 2007-2012, the Graduation Success Rate (GSR) for <strong>Duke</strong>’s men’s lacrosse team<br />
was 100%. <strong>Duke</strong> is the only ACC school to achieve 100% GSR for men’s lacrosse in the<br />
past six years.<br />
Academic All-America<br />
Josh Offit represented the Blue Devils squad on the USILA Academic All-America team<br />
in 2013. In 2012, CJ Costabile earned a spot on the CoSIDA Academic All-America<br />
Third Team while both Costabile and Robert Rotanz earned USILA Scholar All-America<br />
awards. From 2008 to 2010, Max Quinzani earned First Team Academic All-America<br />
accolades awarded by CoSIDA. Ed Douglas earned Second Team ESPN The Magazine<br />
Academic All-America accolades for his efforts in the 2007 season. USILA Academic<br />
All-Americans for the 2011 season included Zach Howell and Tom Montelli, while the<br />
2010 season included Max Quinzani and Parker McKee. The 2009 season included Blue<br />
Devils Brad Ross and Ryan McFadyen. Brad Ross also received the award in 2008. Tony<br />
McDevitt and Nick O’Hara received the USILA award in 2007.<br />
NCAA Elite 88 Award<br />
The NCAA Elite 88 Award recognizes the student-athlete with the highest cumulative<br />
grade point average participating at the final championship site for each of the NCAA's<br />
88 championships. In 2010, <strong>Duke</strong>’s Matt Anderson received the award after achieving a<br />
final GPA of 3.818.<br />
Spring 2013<br />
Team GPA 3.061 26 players earned a 3.0 GPA or better (55%)<br />
Team Cum 3.107<br />
Senior GPA 3.098<br />
11 players graduated, 2 graduate students finished first year<br />
of Fuqua Business School<br />
Fall 2012<br />
Team GPA 3.063 30 players earned a 3.0 GPA or better (64%)<br />
Team Cum 3.105<br />
Spring 2012<br />
Team GPA 3.075 28 players earned a 3.0 GPA or better (68%)<br />
Team Cum 3.148<br />
Senior GPA 3.24<br />
7 player graduated, 3 graduate students completed MMS<br />
program, 1 graduate student finished first year graduate<br />
school<br />
Fall 2011<br />
Team GPA 3.189 27 players earned a 3.0 GPA or better (66%)<br />
Team Cum 3.167
Spring 2011<br />
Team GPA 3.118 28 players earned a 3.0 GPA or better (60%)<br />
Team Cum 3.131<br />
13 players graduated, 2 players delayed graduation for<br />
Senior GPA 2.981<br />
double majors<br />
1 graduate student completed MMS program *<br />
1 graduate student completed 1 st year of MMS program<br />
*MMS – Master of Management Studies in Fuqua School of Business<br />
Fall 2010<br />
Team GPA 3.143 30/43 players earned a 3.0 GPA or better (70%)<br />
Team Cum<br />
Spring 2010<br />
Team GPA 3.131<br />
Team Cum 3.187<br />
Seniors Cum GPA 3.45<br />
Includes 9 Undergraduate degrees and 1 graduate degree<br />
Fall 2009<br />
Team GPA 3.241<br />
Spring 2009<br />
Team GPA 3.264 30 out of 44 players earned a 3.0 GPA or better (68%)<br />
Team Cum 3.187<br />
Seniors Cum GPA 3.279<br />
6 out of 9 seniors graduated. *3 student-athletes delayed<br />
graduation to become a double major in 2009-2010.<br />
Graduate Student GPA 3.456 5 Graduate Students – 4 Masters of Liberal Studies, 1<br />
Fuqua Business School<br />
Fall 2008<br />
Team GPA 3.187 33 out of 44 players earned a 3.0 GPA or better (75%)<br />
Team Cum 3.013<br />
Spring 2008<br />
Team GPA 3.301 35 out of 45 players earned a 3.0 GPA or better (78%).<br />
Team Cum 3.210<br />
Seniors Cum GPA 3.148<br />
11 out of 12 seniors graduated. *1 student-athlete delayed<br />
graduation to become a double major in 2008-2009.<br />
Graduate Student GPA 3.323 5 Graduate Students – 4 Masters of Liberal Studies,<br />
1 Fuqua Business School<br />
Fall 2007<br />
Team GPA 3.190 34 out of 45 players earned a 3.0 GPA or better (76%).<br />
Team Cumulative 3.090
Spring 2007<br />
Team GPA 3.279 32 out of 40 players earned a 3.0 GPA or better (80%).<br />
Team Cumulative 3.210<br />
Seniors Cum GPA 3.1935 10 out of 10 seniors graduated.<br />
Graduate Student GPA 3.588 1 Graduate Student – Masters of Liberal Studies<br />
Fall 2006<br />
Team GPA 3.436 34 out of 39 players earned a 3.0 GPA or better (87%).<br />
Team Cumulative 3.213
COMMUNITY SERVICE<br />
The 2010-2011 <strong>Duke</strong> men’s lacrosse team generously donated 400+ hours of its time to<br />
the greater Durham community. The Durham Ronald McDonald House again received<br />
the majority of its efforts, enjoying home cooked meals and conversation with the players<br />
on a regular basis during the fall semester. The Durham Bulls Haunted House and <strong>Duke</strong><br />
Children’s Hospital Radiothon are now regular staples in the community service calendar<br />
for the men’s lacrosse team. Both events bring a lot of smiles and laughter to both<br />
participants and teammates. Highlighting this year’s effort was the Project Homeless<br />
Connect event. This event served as a one-stop shop aimed to fulfill the needs of<br />
homeless families. Many county agencies and services were onsite and provided food<br />
stamps, social security, Medicaid, unemployment benefits, employment, health and<br />
vision screenings, haircuts and other services. The team also enjoyed spending time with<br />
youth baseball players at the Miracle League of the Triangle games.<br />
The 2009 – 2010 season brought another opportunity for the Blue Devils to reach out to<br />
the greater Durham community. Once again, the majority of the team’s 400+ hours was<br />
spent with families in need at the Ronald McDonald House. Players spent countless hours<br />
preparing meals, visiting with families and sick children, and assisting in fundraisers for<br />
the local Durham house. The annual Durham Bulls Haunted House and <strong>Duke</strong> Children’s<br />
Hospital Radiothon also benefited from the Blue Devils outreach. The players continued<br />
to expand the game of lacrosse through the local youth by reaching out to the Durham<br />
Eagles Football program. On a rainy day in September, approximately 65 elementary to<br />
middle school aged football players attended a free clinic at <strong>Duke</strong>. The boys enjoyed an<br />
instruction led by 5 th -year senior Devon Sherwood. Other <strong>Duke</strong> players provided<br />
individualized instruction on lacrosse basics before bringing the group to a BBQ lunch<br />
and the <strong>Duke</strong> vs. North Carolina Central football game.
In the 2008 – 2009 season, the <strong>Duke</strong> Blue Devils completed 360 hours of community<br />
service. The majority of the team’s efforts focused on the Ronald McDonald House of<br />
Durham, spending close to 200 hours at the<br />
house where they cooked and served several<br />
meals and participated in various fundraising<br />
activities to help support the house. The <strong>Duke</strong><br />
Children’s Hospital Radio-thon and the<br />
Durham Bulls Park Haunted House also saw<br />
help from the <strong>Duke</strong> men’s lacrosse team in<br />
2008-2009. The <strong>Duke</strong> Blue Devils proudly<br />
welcomed 7-year old Cameron Jackson as a<br />
new team member in 2009. The Friends of<br />
Jaclyn foundation paired Cameron with the<br />
team for support as he continues to recover<br />
from brain cancer. (www.friendsofjaclyn.org) The Friends of Jaclyn Foundation was<br />
inspired by 14-year-old Jaclyn Murphy, who was diagnosed with a medulloblastoma in<br />
March 2004 at age 11.The program organized by her parents matches a child with a<br />
college or high school sports team based on geographic location.<br />
Throughout the<br />
2007-2008 season,<br />
the <strong>Duke</strong> team<br />
completed close to<br />
400 hours of<br />
community service.<br />
In the fall of 2007,<br />
the Blue Devils<br />
participated in<br />
cooking and serving<br />
meals at the<br />
Durham-based<br />
Ronald McDonald<br />
House and Urban<br />
Ministries Soup Kitchen, took part in a 5K run that benefitted the <strong>Duke</strong> Physical Therapy<br />
Program and spent numerous hours coaching lacrosse at various local youth clinics.<br />
Other volunteer efforts included tutoring, answering phones during the <strong>Duke</strong> Children’s<br />
Hospital Phone-a-thon, and spending time with local nursing home residents. The Blue<br />
Devil’s efforts were recognized in a New York Times article, printed on 5/18/08.<br />
(http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/18/sports/othersports/18duke.html?_r=1&ref=sports&<br />
oref=slogin) The <strong>Duke</strong> squad also sponsored a U.S. Army unit in Iraq through America<br />
Supporting Americans (www.asa-usa.org). The sponsored unit was Headquarters &<br />
Headquarters Company, 3 rd Battalion, 8 th Cavalry Regiment, 3 rd Brigade Combat Team,<br />
1 st Cavalry Division in Anaconda, Iraq.
Cemented as one of the top coaches in college lacrosse, John<br />
Danowski has helped lead the <strong>Duke</strong> men's lacrosse team to<br />
unprecedented success during his seven-year tenure. Danowski<br />
was introduced as <strong>Duke</strong>'s eighth head men's lacrosse coach on<br />
July 21, 2006 and quickly led the Blue Devils to some of the<br />
most successful lacrosse seasons in school history and to a pair<br />
of NCAA Championships in four seasons.<br />
In Danowski's seven years at the helm of the Blue Devil<br />
lacrosse program, he has compiled an impressive 111-29<br />
record in leading <strong>Duke</strong> to six ACC regular season titles and<br />
four ACC tournament titles, seven appearances in the national semifinals, three in the<br />
NCAA title match and ultimately to the 2010 and 2013 national titles. A winner of 80<br />
percent of his games at <strong>Duke</strong>, the individual awards Blue Devil players have garnered is<br />
equally impressive. In only seven seasons, Danowski helped mentor 44 All-America<br />
selections, 22 All-ACC choices, two Tewaaraton Trophy winners, two USILA<br />
Attackman of the Year award recipients, a USILA Defenseman of the Year, a USILA<br />
Midfielder of the Year and 11 USILA Scholar All-America picks.<br />
Danowski, second among active coaches with 330 career victories, etched his name in the<br />
NCAA lacrosse records book in 2013 as he became the 11th head coach to win multiple<br />
national titles after he guide the Blue Devils to the NCAA crown with a 16-10 win over<br />
top-seeded Syracuse.<br />
<strong>Duke</strong> finished 2013 with a 16-5 record and a share of the ACC regular season title after<br />
starting the year 2-4 and falling out of the rankings. Under Danowski's expertise, the Blue<br />
Devils righted the ship and won 14 of its final 15 games of the season. The longtime head<br />
coach also became the first coach to lead his team to seven consecutive championship<br />
weekend appearances in his first seven seasons at the helm after <strong>Duke</strong> upended Notre<br />
Dame, 12-11.<br />
<strong>Duke</strong> landed seven players on the USILA All-America squads with Brendan Fowler and<br />
David Lawson leading the way with first team honors. Fowler also garnered the ACC<br />
Defensive Player of the Year award after leading the ACC in faceoffs and ground balls,<br />
while Lawson and Jordan Wolf joined him on the All-ACC squad. It marked the second<br />
straight season <strong>Duke</strong> had won the Defensive Player of the Year honor.<br />
After starting the year 2-4 and with reigning NCAA Champion Loyola and perennial<br />
power North Carolina on the horizon, the Blue Devils won nine straight to move back<br />
into the top 20 en route to taking home the ultimate prize. <strong>Duke</strong> won 14 of its final 15<br />
games of the season with the lone loss coming to No. 1 North Carolina.<br />
Following one-goal victories over Loyola and Notre Dame, the Blue Devils held off a<br />
feisty Cornell squad to earn a chance to play on Memorial Day for the third time under<br />
Danowski. After getting off to a slow start against top-seeded Syracuse, Fowler took over<br />
at the faceoff X, winning 13 straight draws to spark a 13-2 run that put <strong>Duke</strong> ahead 13-7.
Fowler won 20-of-28 faceoffs overall and was named to NCAA Championship's Most<br />
Outstanding Player. Wolf, Jake Tripucka and Lawson joined Fowler on the All-<br />
Tournament Team.<br />
Danowski's efforts were recognized nationally as he was picked as one of five nominees<br />
for the 2013 ESPY Coach of the Year. <strong>Duke</strong>'s 111 wins since 2007 are the most by any<br />
program in that span. In addition, Danowski is just one of five active coaches to have<br />
won at least two NCAA titles in his career.<br />
The 2012 campaign was a memorable one for many reasons. The year saw <strong>Duke</strong> capture<br />
its fourth ACC Tournament title in six years, advance to the NCAA semifinal for the<br />
sixth consecutive season and Danowski win his third ACC Coach of the Year honor.<br />
The Blue Devils finished the season with a 15-5 record and earned both the ACC regular<br />
season and tournament crowns. Despite starting the season 3-3, <strong>Duke</strong> went 10-1 in the<br />
months of March and April to enter the NCAA Tournament as the No. 3 seed.<br />
<strong>Duke</strong> upened perennial power Syracuse in the opening round before cruising past Colgate<br />
in the quarterfinal to earn a berth in the NCAA semifinals for the ninth time in program<br />
history and making Danowski just the second NCAA Division I men's lacrosse coach in<br />
history to advance to championship weekend in each his first six seasons at the helm of a<br />
program.<br />
The individual accolades flowed in for the Blue Devils as well in 2012 as CJ Costabile<br />
catpured a myriad of ACC and national awards. The long stick midfielder was named the<br />
ACC Co-Defensive Player of the Year, captured the Lt. j.g. Donald MacLaughlin Jr.<br />
Award as the nation's top midfielder and became <strong>Duke</strong>'s first winner of the Lowe's Senior<br />
CLASS Award.<br />
Senior Robert Rotanz etched his name in the <strong>Duke</strong> records book, becoming the first<br />
midfielder in program history to register 40 goals en route to earning USILA All-<br />
America first team honors. In addition, Jordan Wolf joined Costabile and Rotanz on the<br />
All-ACC team to become the first <strong>Duke</strong> player to garner All-ACC honors in his first two<br />
seasons.<br />
Overall, <strong>Duke</strong> landed five players on the All-America squads, while Costabile and<br />
Rotanz both earned Scholar All-America recognition. Always excelling in the classroom,<br />
<strong>Duke</strong> led the ACC once again with 14 All-ACC Academic selections.<br />
Under the keen eye of Danowski in 2011, the Blue Devils advanced to their fifth straight<br />
and seventh overall national semifinals and finished with a 14-6 overall record. <strong>Duke</strong><br />
captured the ACC regular season title, going 3-0, which included a win over future<br />
NCAA Champion Virginia. The Blue Devils defeated Notre Dame, 7-5, to move into the<br />
NCAA Semifinal against Maryland.
He was named the ACC Coach of the Year for the second time in his career after<br />
capturing the regular season crown. Danowski mentored two All-ACC selections in<br />
Costabile and Jordan Wolf, while six Blue Devils captured All-America recognition.<br />
Justin Turri earned second team honors and Costabile, Zach Howell and Tom Montelli<br />
garnered third team accolades. Wolf and Robert Rotanz both brought in honorable<br />
mention nods.<br />
Off the field, <strong>Duke</strong> once again was the leader in the ACC. The Blue Devils led all squads<br />
with 14 players on the All-ACC Academic Team. Overall 27 players were named to the<br />
ACC Academic Honor Roll, nearly twice as many as the next closest ACC men's lacrosse<br />
program. Howell and Montelli both were selected as USILA Scholar All-Americans,<br />
marking the fifth straight year <strong>Duke</strong> has had at least one recipient of the award.<br />
In 2010, Danowski and the Blue Devils etched their names in the NCAA record book<br />
when they captured the program's first NCAA Championship with a 6-5 overtime victory<br />
over Notre Dame. With the departure of many top players, <strong>Duke</strong> followed 2010 with a<br />
thrilling 2011 season.<br />
The preseason No. 1 pick in 2010, <strong>Duke</strong> finished with a 16-4 overall record, winning 14<br />
of its final 15 games. Under Danowski's leadership in the NCAA Tournament, the Blue<br />
Devils outscored their opponents 55-32 and outlasted both Virginia and Notre Dame in<br />
heart-stopping one-goal victories on championship weekend.<br />
Much as he had done the previous three seasons, Danowski masterfully guided the 2010<br />
squad through the ups and downs of a season and tutored some of the top players in<br />
Division I lacrosse. Under his watchful eye, senior attackman Ned Crotty cemented<br />
himself as one of the top Blue Devil players in program history en route to winning the<br />
2010 Tewaaraton Trophy, the top prize in college lacrosse, and being selected No. 1 in<br />
the Major League <strong>Lacrosse</strong> draft.<br />
In all, Danowski coached five All-America selections in 2010 with Crotty taking home<br />
first team honors for the second straight seasons. The Blue Devils landed three players on<br />
the All-ACC squad and five on the NCAA All-Tournament Team under the longtime<br />
coach's tutelage. In the annual Major League <strong>Lacrosse</strong> draft, <strong>Duke</strong> set a benchmark with<br />
three players going among the top four picks as Crotty went No. 1, Max Quinzani at No.<br />
3 and Parker McKee in the No. 4 spot.<br />
Arguably, one of Danowski's best coaching performances came in the 2009 season after<br />
the departure of the NCAA leading scoring duo of Matt Danowski and Zack Greer. The<br />
Blue Devils surprised some as they ran their way to a 15-4 record, an ACC title and a bid<br />
to the NCAA Semifinals.<br />
Under the guidance of Danowski, Crotty introduced himself as one of the top attackers in<br />
the country as he garnered the USILA's Attackman of the Year award as well as the ACC<br />
Player of the Year honor.
Danowski mentored five All-Americas, two All-ACC honorees as well as the USILA's<br />
pick for attackman of the year in 2009. The squad was also highly successful in the<br />
classroom as 12 players earned a place on the All-ACC Academic Team. Twenty-eight<br />
players overall achieved a 3.0 grade point average for the 2008-09 academic year to lead<br />
all ACC lacrosse programs and Max Quinzani picked up his second career ESPN The<br />
Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-America award.<br />
In 2008, he guided the team to an 18-2 overall record, the ACC regular season and<br />
tournament championships and the squad's second consecutive appearance in the national<br />
semifinals. He coached nine All-Americas, including three first-team honorees, the<br />
USILA Player of the Year as well as the USILA's picks for attackman and defenseman of<br />
the year.<br />
The Blue Devils achieved an equal amount of success in the classroom under Danowski's<br />
watch as 15 players earned a spot on the ACC All-Academic Team and Quinzani<br />
collected ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-America honors. <strong>Duke</strong> also<br />
garnered the ACC Sportsmanship award during the 2008 season.<br />
In his first year at the helm of the Blue Devil program, Danowski guided <strong>Duke</strong> to the<br />
finest season in school history. The Blue Devils went 17-3, captured both the ACC and<br />
regular season championships, earned the program's first number one seed in the NCAA<br />
Tournament and advanced to the national title game.<br />
For his efforts, he was named the ACC Coach of the Year as well as the Person of the<br />
Year by US <strong>Lacrosse</strong>. The 2007 campaign yielded four first team All-America honorees<br />
while attackman Matt Danowski was the consensus national player of the year.<br />
A veteran coach entering his 25th season as a collegiate head coach in 2007, Danowski<br />
spent 21 campaigns (1986-06) at Hofstra, compiling an overall record of 192-123 (.609)<br />
with eight conference championships, eight NCAA Tournament bids and 17 final<br />
national rankings among the top 20 teams in the nation.<br />
Danowski's impact on the <strong>Duke</strong> program was immediate as the Blue Devils posted a<br />
cumulative grade point average of 3.45 in his first semester at the helm. In addition, the<br />
team provided over 500 hours of community service during the semester, continuing<br />
Danowski's philosophy of college student-athletes taking advantage of the full<br />
experience.<br />
"The coach-player relationship lasts a lifetime - so much more than two hours every<br />
afternoon," said Danowski, the 1993 NCAA Division I National Coach of the Year who<br />
led Hofstra to eight conference championships. "It would be a disservice to the young<br />
men in the <strong>Duke</strong> program if we didn't care about their futures. To take advantage of the<br />
opportunity to teach life lessons is a goal of ours.
"I have learned the importance of adapting to the talent you have on the field," Danowski<br />
said. "You can't put a square peg into a round hole. I am a firm believer in taking what<br />
you have and finding the best way to be efficient with that group."<br />
The 2006 season marked Danowski's best in a successful tenure at Hofstra as the Pride<br />
matched an NCAA single-season record with 17 victories against just two defeats. In<br />
addition, Danowski's squad captured the Colonial Athletic Association championship,<br />
finished the regular season ranked number two in the national poll and advanced to the<br />
NCAA Tournament quarterfinals. The 17 wins and .895 winning percentage also set<br />
Hofstra single-season team records.<br />
Danowski guided the Pride to East Coast Conference crowns in 1988 and 1989, and he<br />
was honored as the NCAA Division I National Coach of the Year in 1993 after leading<br />
Hofstra to the national tournament for the first time since 1978. The 1995 and 1996<br />
seasons yielded North Atlantic Conference titles for Hofstra, and Danowski then led the<br />
Pride to America East Conference championships in 1997, 1998 and 2000.<br />
Having directed the Pride to a record of 71-16 in regular season conference games with<br />
nine league MVPs and 90 all-conference picks, Danowski is the only lacrosse coach in<br />
Hofstra history to win an NCAA Tournament game (4-8 record), including a 2001 first<br />
round contest in which the Pride rallied from an 11-7 deficit with seven goals in the<br />
fourth quarter against Virginia en route to a 15-14 overtime win over the Cavaliers.<br />
Hofstra's first tourney win was in come-from-behind fashion as well as the Pride<br />
outscored Massachusetts 6-3 in the second half for a 9-8 victory in 1993.<br />
The Danowski Era at Hofstra produced 34 USILA All-America selections including first<br />
team choices Brian Spallina (2000), Doug Shanahan (2001), Nicky Polanco (2002), Brett<br />
Moyer (2006) and Chris Unterstein (2006). In addition, Shanahan was the recipient of the<br />
Tewaraaton Trophy as the nation's top player in 2001. As well, Hofstra has sent 30<br />
players to the annual North-South All-Star Game since 1986, with Shanahan (2001) and<br />
Moyer (2006) earning game MVP honors. Former Hofstra standout Blake Miller, a<br />
member of the 1998 United States squad that captured the world title and the 2004 MLL<br />
Offensive Player of the Year, Polanco and Shanahan are currently playing for the United<br />
States squad at the International <strong>Lacrosse</strong> Federation World Championships in Ontario,<br />
Canada. Polanco is a two-time MLL Defensive Player of the Year (2004 & 2005) while<br />
Shanahan was the MVP of the 2002 ILF World Championships in Perth, Australia.<br />
Prior to his stint at Hofstra, Danowski spent three seasons as the head coach at Long<br />
Island <strong>University</strong>-C.W. Post, helping the Pioneers to a 27-16 (.628) ledger from 1983-85.<br />
He received his start in coaching in 1982 as an assistant coach at LIU-C.W. Post in 1982.<br />
With four conference coach of the year awards to his credit, Danowski was inducted into<br />
the Long Island <strong>Lacrosse</strong> Hall of Fame in 2001. He is a three-time winner of the Joseph<br />
"Frenchy" Julien Sportsmanship Award (1988, 1989 & 1994) presented by the<br />
Metropolitan New York Officials Association and received the James Adams
Sportsmanship Award from the National Intercollegiate <strong>Lacrosse</strong> Officials Association in<br />
1994.<br />
A 1976 graduate of Rutgers <strong>University</strong> where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in<br />
environmental science/education, Danowski was a four-year letterman in lacrosse and<br />
continues to hold several Scarlet Knight records. He established school single-game<br />
records for assists (13 vs. Penn State, 1973) and total points (14 vs. Penn State, 1974) and<br />
a single-season standard for assists with 54 in 1973. He currently ranks second on<br />
Rutgers' all-time list for assists (120) and is eighth in total points (177). Danowski, who<br />
helped the Scarlet Knights to NCAA Tournament appearances in 1973 and 1974, was a<br />
three-time recipient of the program's Sasser Award, an honor presented annually to the<br />
team's leader in assists.<br />
Born March 12, 1954 in Bronxville, N.Y., Danowski went on to earn a master's degree in<br />
counseling/college student development from LIU-C.W. Post in 1978.<br />
Danowski's father, Ed, was an All-America halfback on the gridiron at Fordham in 1932<br />
and 1933 who later starred for the New York Giants in the National Football League. The<br />
elder Danowski led the NFL in passing in 1935 and 1938, earning All-NFL honors in<br />
both of those seasons, and guided the Giants to league championships in 1934 and 1938.<br />
He later served as the head football coach at his alma mater from 1946-54.<br />
Danowski and his wife, Patricia, have two children, Kate, a former lacrosse letterwinner<br />
and 2005 graduate of Quinnipiac <strong>University</strong>, and Matt, a 2008 <strong>Duke</strong> graduate, a former<br />
captain of the lacrosse program and current assistant coach for the Blue Devils.