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 |
Colorado Mammoth Minnesota Swarm Saskatchewan Rush |
| 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 Colorado Mammoth 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.
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.
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. 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 and NCAA lacrosse goals record. Following the 2008 season, Greer was awarded the Jack Turnbull Award given to the USILA Attackman of the year.
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