Joe Marra is a professional lacrosse

Lacrosse

Lacrosse is a team sport of Native American origin played using a small rubber ball and a long-handled stick called a crosse or lacrosse stick, mainly played in the United States and Canada. It is a contact sport which requires padding. The head of the lacrosse stick is strung with loose mesh...

 player with the Hamilton Nationals of Major League Lacrosse

Major League Lacrosse

Major League Lacrosse, or MLL, is a professional men's field lacrosse league that is made up of five teams in the United States and one team in Canada.- History :...

. Marra was selected to participate in the 2011 MLL All-Star Games.

Professional career

Marra was selected in the seventh round (37th overall) in the 2010 Major League Lacrosse Collegiate Draft by the Chicago Machine. Marra made his professional debut on May 19, 2011 against PPoP Pirates

Collegiate career

Marra attended Fairfield University

Fairfield University

Fairfield University is a private, co-educational undergraduate and master's level teaching-oriented university located in Fairfield, Connecticut, in the New England region of the United States. It was founded by the Society of Jesus in 1942, and today is one of 28 member institutions of the...

where he started all 14 games in net for the Stags in 2010 and finished with a career-best 150 saves, the 10th most in a single-season in Fairfield program history. His .597 save percentage on the year ranked him second in the nation and his 7.90 goals-against average ranked him fifth in the nation. Marra was a First Team All-ECAC Selection and was selected to play in the NEILA North-South Game.

High school career

Marra attended Smithtown High School where he was named a 2005 High School All-American and Inside Lacrosee Young Gun.

External links

• Hamilton Nationals Profile