Tom Marechek

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Tom Marechek
Born (1968-08-25) August 25, 1968 (age 56)
Victoria, British Columbia
NationalityCanadian
NLL draft6th overall, 1992
Buffalo Bandits
NLL teams Philadelphia Wings
MLL teams Washington Bayhawks
Former NCAA team Syracuse University
Pro career1994–2007
U.S. Lacrosse Hall of Fame, 2008
NLL Hall of Fame, 2007

Tom "Hollywood" Marechek (born August 25, 1968, in Victoria, British Columbia) is a retired professional lacrosse player.

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College career

Marechek played college lacrosse at Syracuse University where he teamed with Paul and Gary Gait to form one of the great college lacrosse squads in history, winning national title games in 1989 and 1990. Marechek is the fifth leading college goal scorers in lacrosse history with 182 goals, a four-time All-American, three-time first-team All-American pick, had 76 assists and 258 career points, scored 53 goals during his junior season to lead NCAA Division I, and set a Syracuse freshman record by scoring 46 goals on just 82 shots (56.1 per cent). He is well known for scoring shots behind his back. He was inducted into both the NCAA Hall of Fame [1] and the US Lacrosse Hall of Fame [2] in 2008.

Professional career

NLL

He also played indoor lacrosse in the National Lacrosse League, where he played 12 seasons with the Philadelphia Wings. He retired from the NLL after the 2005 season. His number 42 was retired by the Wings and now hangs from the rafters at the Wells Fargo Center. Marechek was inducted into the National Lacrosse League Hall of Fame in 2007 and the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 2012. [3]

Post-professional career

He formerly coached the Friends School of Baltimore's Men's Lacrosse team in Baltimore, Maryland and was the schools Physical Education Teacher. Tom founded and coaches for the Team 42 Lacrosse Club. He is also director of All Pro Lacrosse Club with camps held in Florida, Texas, Kansas, Pennsylvania and his flagship camp held at Notre Dame of Maryland University.

Statistics

Syracuse University

   
SeasonGPGAPtsPPG
1989154619654.33
1990133626624.77
1991155323765.07
199215478553.67
Totals58182(a)762584.45
(a) 10th in NCAA Men's Division I all-time Total Goals

NLL

  Regular Season Playoffs
SeasonTeamGPGAPtsLBPIMGPGAPtsLBPIM
1994Philadelphia7141933328226842
1995Philadelphia81718354210245970
1996Philadelphia10272855618211112162
1997Philadelphia102822506519124620
1998Philadelphia123130615012361117190
1999Philadelphia123919585034102240
2000Philadelphia124126677118122470
2001

Philadelphia

1348317962142527146
2002Philadelphia164553988720113470
2003Philadelphia15424587588------------
2004Philadelphia152743705115------------
2005Philadelphia164040806912------------
Totals 146399374773698178152346698010

MLL

  Regular Season Playoffs
SeasonTeamGPG2ptGAPtsLBPIMGPG2ptGAPtsLBPIM
2001Baltimore1439011501752402650
2002Baltimore1429011402042302560.5
2003Baltimore112409332152403780
2004Baltimore1126011372021100101
2005Baltimore1233021541022603901
2006Baltimore7172625100-------
2007Washington101901332111-------
MLL Totals791872822711091991801028192.5

Awards

Preceded by NLL Rookie of the Year
1994
Succeeded by
Charlie Lockwood

See also

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References

  1. "NCAA Hall of Fame Class of 2008". Laxpower.
  2. "Marechek Inducted into US Lax Hall of Fame". NLL.com. November 9, 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-09.
  3. "NLL Inducts Second Class to Hall of Fame". NLL.com. February 16, 2007. Retrieved 2007-02-18.