Tom Marechek

Tom Marechek

Born	(1968-08-25) August 25, 1968 (age 56) Victoria, British Columbia
Nationality	Canadian
NLL draft	6th overall, 1992 Buffalo Bandits
NLL teams	Philadelphia Wings
MLL teams	Washington Bayhawks
Former NCAA team	Syracuse University
Pro career	1994–2007
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.

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

Season			GP	G	A	Pts	PPG
1989			15	46	19	65	4.33
1990			13	36	26	62	4.77
1991			15	53	23	76	5.07
1992			15	47	8	55	3.67
Totals			58	182(a)	76	258	4.45

^(a) 10th in NCAA Men's Division I all-time Total Goals

NLL

			Regular Season							Playoffs
Season	Team		GP	G	A	Pts	LB	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	LB	PIM
1994	Philadelphia		7	14	19	33	32	8		2	2	6	8	4	2
1995	Philadelphia		8	17	18	35	42	10		2	4	5	9	7	0
1996	Philadelphia		10	27	28	55	61	8		2	1	11	12	16	2
1997	Philadelphia		10	28	22	50	65	19		1	2	4	6	2	0
1998	Philadelphia		12	31	30	61	50	12		3	6	11	17	19	0
1999	Philadelphia		12	39	19	58	50	34		1	0	2	2	4	0
2000	Philadelphia		12	41	26	67	71	18		1	2	2	4	7	0
2001	Philadelphia		13	48	31	79	62	14		2	5	2	7	14	6
2002	Philadelphia		16	45	53	98	87	20		1	1	3	4	7	0
2003	Philadelphia		15	42	45	87	58	8		--	--	--	--	--	--
2004	Philadelphia		15	27	43	70	51	15		--	--	--	--	--	--
2005	Philadelphia		16	40	40	80	69	12		--	--	--	--	--	--
Totals			146	399	374	773	698	178		15	23	46	69	80	10

MLL

			Regular Season								Playoffs
Season	Team		GP	G	2ptG	A	Pts	LB	PIM		GP	G	2ptG	A	Pts	LB	PIM
2001	Baltimore		14	39	0	11	50	17	5		2	4	0	2	6	5	0
2002	Baltimore		14	29	0	11	40	20	4		2	3	0	2	5	6	0.5
2003	Baltimore		11	24	0	9	33	21	5		2	4	0	3	7	8	0
2004	Baltimore		11	26	0	11	37	20	2		1	1	0	0	1	0	1
2005	Baltimore		12	33	0	21	54	10	2		2	6	0	3	9	0	1
2006	Baltimore		7	17	2	6	25	10	0		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007	Washington		10	19	0	13	32	11	1		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MLL Totals			79	187	2	82	271	109	19		9	18	0	10	28	19	2.5

Awards

Preceded by Derek Keenan (1992)

NLL Rookie of the Year 1994

Succeeded by Charlie Lockwood

See also

• Syracuse Orange men's lacrosse

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.

External links

• Syracuse Men's Lacrosse 1990 Statistics
• Syracuse Men's Lacrosse 1989 Statistics