Duke Lacrosse Update - Duke University Athletics

Danowski mentored five All-Americas, two All-ACC honorees as well as the USILA's
pick for attackman of the year in 2009. The squad was also highly successful in the
classroom as 12 players earned a place on the All-ACC Academic Team. Twenty-eight
players overall achieved a 3.0 grade point average for the 2008-09 academic year to lead
all ACC lacrosse programs and Max Quinzani picked up his second career ESPN The
Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-America award.
In 2008, he guided the team to an 18-2 overall record, the ACC regular season and
tournament championships and the squad's second consecutive appearance in the national
semifinals. He coached nine All-Americas, including three first-team honorees, the
USILA Player of the Year as well as the USILA's picks for attackman and defenseman of
the year.
The Blue Devils achieved an equal amount of success in the classroom under Danowski's
watch as 15 players earned a spot on the ACC All-Academic Team and Quinzani
collected ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-America honors. Duke also
garnered the ACC Sportsmanship award during the 2008 season.
In his first year at the helm of the Blue Devil program, Danowski guided Duke to the
finest season in school history. The Blue Devils went 17-3, captured both the ACC and
regular season championships, earned the program's first number one seed in the NCAA
Tournament and advanced to the national title game.
For his efforts, he was named the ACC Coach of the Year as well as the Person of the
Year by US Lacrosse. The 2007 campaign yielded four first team All-America honorees
while attackman Matt Danowski was the consensus national player of the year.
A veteran coach entering his 25th season as a collegiate head coach in 2007, Danowski
spent 21 campaigns (1986-06) at Hofstra, compiling an overall record of 192-123 (.609)
with eight conference championships, eight NCAA Tournament bids and 17 final
national rankings among the top 20 teams in the nation.
Danowski's impact on the Duke program was immediate as the Blue Devils posted a
cumulative grade point average of 3.45 in his first semester at the helm. In addition, the
team provided over 500 hours of community service during the semester, continuing
Danowski's philosophy of college student-athletes taking advantage of the full
experience.
"The coach-player relationship lasts a lifetime - so much more than two hours every
afternoon," said Danowski, the 1993 NCAA Division I National Coach of the Year who
led Hofstra to eight conference championships. "It would be a disservice to the young
men in the Duke program if we didn't care about their futures. To take advantage of the
opportunity to teach life lessons is a goal of ours.