Matt Danowski

Biography

One of the best players in Duke men’s lacrosse history, Matt Danowski enters his 12th season with the program. In his 11 seasons with the attackmen, Danowski has mentored some of Duke’s top scorers, including Jordan Wolf, Justin Guterding, Dyson Williams and Brennan O’Neill. In each of his years, the Blue Devils have featured one of the nation’s top offenses and some of the most prominent attackmen in the game with O’Neill quickly joining the ranks as the 2023 Tewaaraton Award winner. Duke averaged 15.41 goals per game to rank third in the ACC and fifth nationally in scoring offense in 2023. In the past 10 complete seasons, Duke has ranked in the top five in scoring offense in seven of them. In his 10th and 11th seasons, Danowski continued to manage the growth of O’Neill as the talented attackman joined the elite 200-point scorer ranks and is on pace to become the fourth Blue Devil to reach 300 career points. O’Neill garnered his third All-ACC honor was named the Raymand J. Enners Award winner as the nation’s top player along with the Tewaaraton Award. Additionally, Williams turned in his best season as a Blue Devil in 2023, leading Duke with 60 goals - one of six different Blue Devils to score 60 in a season. In 2022, Nakeie Montgomery also became the first midfielder since Myles Jones to be named to the All-America first team in consecutive seasons. Montgomery finished his career ranked 30th at Duke in career pionts. Danowski melded a collection of extremely talented player