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Matt Danowski Duke University Two-time National Player of the Year honoree as the recipient of the USILA’s Lt. Raymond J. Enners Award in both 2007 and 2008 ... also received the Tewaaraton Trophy in 2007 ... NCAA’s all-time leading scorer with 353 career points on 170 goals and 183 assists in 80 career games ... ranks fourth in assists and 13th in goals on the NCAA’s career charts ... three-time finalist for the Tewaaraton Trophy (2005, 2007 & 2008) ... led the Blue Devils in scoring in five consecutive seasons (2004-08) ... paced the country in total scoring three times with 92 points in 2005, 96 in 2007 and 97 in 2008 ... three times led the country in assists with 42 in 2005, 52 in 2007 and 56 in 2008 ... one of two players in NCAA history to register multiple single-season scoring totals of 90+ points, joining Cornell’s Mike French, who accomplished the feat three times in 1974, 1975 and 1976 ... one of just three players in NCAA history to amass 150+ goals and 150+ assists in a career, joining Air Force’s Joe Vasta and Michael Powell of Syracuse ... recorded at least one point in 61 consecutive games to close his career ... scored at least one goal in 39 straight contests to close his career ... two-time choice for the USILA’s Lt. Col. J. I. (Jack) Turnbull Award in 2005 and 2007 as the nation’s top attackman ... three-time USILA First Team All-America selection in 2005, 2007 and 2008 ... only three-time first team All-America selections and one of just six two-time first team All-America honorees in Duke lacrosse history ... one of just eight three-time first team All-America picks in ACC history ... three-time ACC Player of the Year pick in 2005, 2007 and 2008 ... only three-time league player of the year in ACC history ... one of just three players in ACC history to earn both Rookie and Player of the Year honors, joining Joe Walters of Maryland and Michael Watson of Virginia ... along with Walters, is one of just two players in ACC history to receive the Rookie of the Year, Player of the Year and Tournament MVP awards ... started all 80 games in his Duke career ... helped Duke to a five-year ledger of 63-18 ... over the past four seasons, has guided the Blue Devils to a 58-10 overall ledger including 33 wins over nationally-ranked teams, an 17-2 record versus ACC opponents, three league regular season titles (2005, 2007 & 2008), two conference tournament crowns (2007 & 2008), two number one seeds in the NCAA Tournament (2007 & 2008), three berths in the national semifinals (2005, 2007 & 2008) and a pair of appearances in the NCAA championship game (2005 & 2007) ... registered at least one point in 78-of-80 career games, scoring at least one goal in 74-of-80 career games ... scored three or more goals in 25 career games ... finished with career per game averages of 2.13 goals, 2.29 assists and 4.42 points ... one of just nine players nationally to have played in the last 10 seasons (1999-08) to reach the 100+ goal, 100+ assist landmark ... only player in NCAA history to post three seasons with both 40+ goals and 40+ assists ... one of just five players in NCAA history to post 50+ goals and 40+ assists in a single season ... one of just four players in NCAA history to post 40+ goals and 50+ assists in a single season ... one of just four players in NCAA history to post two seasons with 50+ assists ... only player in NCAA history to have both one 50-goal, 40-assist season and one 40-goal, 50-assist season in a career ... with teammates Zack Greer and Max Quinzani, combined to form the third- highest scoring trio in NCAA history with 261 points in 2008 ... with teammates Dan Flannery and Greer, combined to form the sixth- highest scoring trio in NCAA history with 236 points in 2005 ... on the Duke career charts, ranks first in points, first in assists and second in goals ... on the ACC’s career charts, ranks first in points, first in assists and third in goals ... owns the Duke and ACC single-season records for points with 97 in 2008 ... registered 34 points on 17 goals and 17 assists in seven career ACC Tournament games as Duke compiled a 6-1 ledger and captured both the 2007 and 2008 titles ... four-time ACC All-Tournament selection in 2004, 2005, 2007 and 2008 ... named the 2007 ACC Tournament MVP ... one of just two four-time ACC All-Tournament picks in league history ... recorded 58 points on 26 goals and 32 assists in 11 career NCAA Tournament games as Duke went 8-3 in those contests ... two-time selection to the NCAA All-Tournament team in 2005 and 2007 ... holds Duke career record for points in NCAA Tournament action ... holds NCAA Tournament record for most points by two teammates with a combined total of 44 points with Zack Greer in 2007 ... posted the third-highest single-event total with 24 points in the 2007 NCAA Tournament ... posted the sixth-highest single-event total with 21 points in the 2005 NCAA Tournament ... helped Duke to the top three winning streaks in school history — an 11-game run in 2005, a 12-game stretch in 2007 and a 10-game streak in 2008 ... led the Blue Devils to a nation’s-best 58 victories over the past four seasons ... in 2008, guided Duke to an NCAA single-season record 18 victories, bettering the previous mark of 17 held by Duke (2005 & 2007), Hofstra (2006) and Virginia (2006) ... along with teammates Nick O’Hara and Michael Ward, shares NCAA record for most wins participated in with 63 ... graduated from Duke on May 13, 2007 with a degree in history ... helped Duke to its first number one national ranking in the USILA poll (2007) as well as the program’s first number one seed in the NCAA Tournament (2007) ... has twice finished in the top three of the balloting for the ACC’s McKevlin Award, an honor presented annually to the top male student-athlete in the league (2nd in 2005 & 3rd in 2007) ... father, John, was named Duke’s head lacrosse coach on July 21, 2006 ... is one of eight players in NCAA history to participate in the NCAA Tournament with his father as the team’s head coach ... pairs with his father to form the only father-son tandem in NCAA history to each post 50+ assists in a single-season with the elder Danowski registering 54 for Rutgers in 1973 and the younger with 52 in 2007 and 54 in 2008 ... currently pursuing a master’s degree in liberal studies. 2008: National Player of the Year honoree as the recipient of the USILA’s Lt. Raymond J. Enners Award ... one of five finalists for the 2008 Tewaaraton Trophy along with teammate Zack Greer, Ben Rubeor of Virginia, Paul Rabil of Johns Hopkins and Mike Leveille of Syracuse ... USILA First Team All-America choice ... team captain for the second straight year ... All-ACC pick ... ACC All-Tournament honoree ... paced the nation in points (97) and assists (56) ... point total matches the 13th-best single-season total in NCAA history and established a new ACC single-season mark ... assist total sits 18th on the NCAA’s single-season chart ... with a two-goal, five-assist effort in Duke’s NCAA Tournament opening round win over Loyola (510), became the NCAA’s all-time leader in total points, breaking the previous mark of 343 points set by Air Force’s Joe Vasta from 1983-86 ... the record-breaking 344th point came on an assist to Max Quinzani’s goal with 15 seconds remaining in the second period ... became the ACC’s all-time leader in points on March 8 against Loyola with a six-point day to snap former N.C. State standout Stan Cockerton’s 28-year old record of 280 points ... with three goals and three assists against Harvard (3/25), became just the third player in NCAA history to amass 150+ goals and 150+ assists in a career ... recorded a season-high eight points on four goals and four assists in Duke’s win over Dartmouth (3/29) ... had seven-point outings versus both Bucknell (2/16) and Johns Hopkins (4/3) ... had a season-best six assists against Johns Hopkins (4/3) ... scored at least one goal in all 19 games played with eight multi-goal performances ... combined with Zack Greer to form the nation’s most prolific scoring tandem with a combined average of 10.11 points per contest ... paired with Greer to post a combined 192 points, establishing a new new ACC record, surpassing the previous mark held by the same tandem (190 in 2007), and ranking second in NCAA history behind the record of 193 points recorded by Cornell’s Mike French and Eamon McEneaney in 1975 ... became the first player in ACC history to lead the conference in assists in four seasons ... became just the third player in ACC history to lead the league in points in three campaigns, a feat only accomplished by Maryland’s Ray Altman (1961-62-63) and Duke’s Steve Sachs (1967-68-69) ... helped Duke to an overall record of 18-2 including the ACC regular season championship, the ACC Tournament title, a national ranking of number one in the USILA poll and the NCAA Tournament’s number one overall seed ..