awarded the Lt. Raymond Enners Award as national player of the year. Professional career Only a few days after Danowski was awarded the 2008 Enners award as the USILA player of the year, he was drafted second overall by the New Jersey Pride in the 2008 Major League Lacrosse Collegiate Draft. Danowski earned Rookie of the Week honors in Week 5 of the 2008 MLL season. He has scored 19 goals in 12 games with 3 two-point goals and 14 assists giving him a total of 36 points. In July 2009, Danowski was traded from the Colorado Mammoth to the New York Titans in exchange for Ryan Powell. Danowski becomes the fourth player in 2009 to play both for the Lizards of the MLL and the Titans of the NLL in the same season, joining Stephen Peyser, Matt Zash, and Keith Cromwell. In 2011, Danowski was traded from the Long Island Lizards to the Charlotte Hounds along with Stephen Berger and two other draft picks in exchange for the No.1 pick in the 2012 MLL Collegiate Draft Pick. The Hounds also gave up former Boston Canon MLL-All Star Max Quinzani whom Charlotte just picked up in the expansion draft. Danowski joined roughly 140 professional players leaving the MLL for the newly formed PLL in 2018. He was an important staple for the Chrome Lacrosse Club during the inaugural 2019 season, playing in all ten games. Danowski did not play during the shortened 2020 season bubble tournament during the COVID-19 pandemic, and on February 22, 2021, he announced his retirement from professional lacrosse. Family Matt Danowski's father, John Danowski, is the Duke men's lacrosse head coach since June 2006. Matt's grandfather, Ed Danowski, was as a quarterback for the New York Giants and led them to two championships in 1935 and 1938. Statistics Duke University (a) 6th in NCAA Division I career assists (b) 3rd in NCAA Division I career points MLL & PLL National Lacrosse League Awards Seven-time MLL All-Star (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014) Tewaaraton Trophy (2007) Four-time USILA All-American (2004, 2005, 2007, 2008) Lt. Raymond Enners Award (2007, 2008) Jack Turnbull Award (2005, 2007) Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year (2005) Atlantic Coast Conference Rookie of the Year (2004) See also NCAA Lacrosse Records References 1985 births Living people American lacrosse players Duke Blue Devils men's lacrosse players Major League Lacrosse players People from Farmingdale,