Ryan Boyle
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Ryan J. Boyle is a lacrosse
player who plays professional field lacrosse
for the Boston Cannons
of Major League Lacrosse
(MLL). He most recently played professional box lacrosse
for the Philadelphia Wings
of the National Lacrosse League
(NLL) until his release in 2011. Boyle starred in both lacrosse and American football
for Gilman School
from 1996 to 2000. He starred as a member of the Princeton Tigers men's lacrosse
team from 2001 through 2004. Boyle was also a member of the Men's Lacrosse Team USA for the 2002
, 2006
and 2010 World Lacrosse Championship
s.
At Gilman, he was an All-American lacrosse player who was named All-city four times and All-metro three times (Player of the Year once), leading his team to two championships. He was a two-time All-metro quarterback who led his school through two consecutive undefeated championship seasons and set a Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association
record for pass completion percentage.
During his time at Princeton University
, the team qualified for the NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship
all four years, reached the championship game twice, won the championship game once and won four Ivy League
championships. He was a four-time All-American (twice first team) and four-time All-Ivy League selection (first team three times and second team once). He was Ivy League Player of the Year twice and Ivy League Rookie of the Year. He established numerous Ivy League records and won numerous NCAA statistical championships during his career. In addition to his All-American recognitions from the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association
(USILA), he was recognized by USILA as a Scholar All-American.
As a professional, he has earned four MLL championships, and has been rookie of the year in both the MLL and NLL. He has participated in five MLL All-Star games and two NLL All-star games. He is also a three-time Team USA representative and two-time gold medalist at the World Lacrosse Championship
.
in Baltimore, graduating in 2000. Boyle was the number one boy's lacrosse recruit in the nation as a senior. The Baltimore Sun selected him as their boy's lacrosse player of the year on the 2000 All-Metro boys lacrosse team as well as the 2000 All-Baltimore City/County boys lacrosse team. Boyle was a three-time All-Metro (1998, 1999, and 2000), four-time All-City (first team: 1998, 1999, and 2000; second team: 1997) attackman in lacrosse and two-time All-Metro quarterback
in football (1998 and 1999). He led the lacrosse team to two Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association
A Conference championships in lacrosse (1998 and 2000) and two in football (1998 and 1999) including a 21–0 undefeated streak, while carrying a 4.0 grade point average. As a starting quarterback, his record was 26–2. Boyle, who started calling his own plays as a junior, amassed career totals of 3,593 passing yards and 2,051 rushing yards. In lacrosse he totaled 258 points. Boyle also played basketball in high school and was co-winner of the Greater Baltimore Chapter National Football Foundation Hall of Fame scholar athlete award as a senior. Boyle intended to play both football and lacrosse at Princeton.
As a sophomore option offense
quarterback, he totaled 812 yards and five touchdowns rushing as well as 465 yards and four touchdowns passing. As a junior, he set the Maryland state high school single-season pass completion percentage record of 78 percent (surpassing 69.4 established by Ryan Fleetwood of Cambridge) on 117 of 150 passing for 1,908 yards and 20 touchdowns in addition to rushing for 535 yards and five touchdowns. As a senior, he went 76-for-107 passing (71 percent) for 1,220 yards and 14 touchdowns and 704 yards rushing with eight touchdowns as a senior. In the 1999 championship game 42–10 victory over McDonogh High School to cap a 10–0 season, Boyle rushed for 100 yards and completed 14 of 20 passes for 146 yards.
In lacrosse, as a freshman he made the second team of the 1997 All-Baltimore City/County boys lacrosse team. As a sophomore, he was All-Metro with 47 goals, 41 assists and 53 ground balls. in the 1998 championship game 16–12 victory over St. Paul's High School, he scored four goals and had an assist. As a junior he totaled 23 goals and 28 assists to go with 60 ground balls, even though he missed three games for a surgical procedure. The surgical procedure removed a hernia
. He was voted All-American as a junior. He totaled 36 goals and 44 assists as a senior in 2000. In the 2000 lacrosse championship game, he had four goals and assist in the 10–8 victory over Boys' Latin School of Maryland
.
, graduating in 2004 where he was a four-time All-American, including being named First Team Attack twice. Ryan led the Tigers to three NCAA Final Four appearances, two National title games and a National Championship in 2001
. He finished his career with 70 goals and 162 assists good for 232 total points.
He was a first team USILA All-American Team
selection in 2003 and 2004, a second team selection in 2002 and a third team selection in 2001. He was also first team All-Ivy League in 2002, 2003 and 2004 and a second team selection in 2001. He was the Ivy League Rookie of the Year in 2001 and the Ivy League Player of the Year in 2002 and 2004. He was the second player to be named Rookie of the Year as a freshman and Player of the Year as a sophomore. He was one of five finalists for the Tewaaraton Trophy
in 2004. He was a 2004 USILA Scholar All-American.
Princeton earned NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship
invitations each year of Boyle's four-year career and won the 2001 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship
tournament. They were Ivy League champion or co-champion each year of his career: The 2001 team was 6–0 undefeated outright champions; the 2002 team was 5–1 outright champions; the 2003 and 2004 teams were 5–1 co-champions.
The arrival of freshman Boyle necessitated that senior Matt Striebel
move from attack to midfield and the demotion of head coach
Bill Tierney
's son, Brendan, to the bench. Striebel had previously orchestrated the Princeton offense from behind the goal and both players had started in the 2000 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship
game, but on March 25, 2001, which was the first practice after the team lost 14–8 to Syracuse
, Tierney made the switch. Striebel and Boyle would later earn two golds medals and a silver medal together in World Lacrosse Championship play and three MLL Steinfeld Cup
s together with the Philadelphia Barrage
.
In the 2001 game against Dartmouth
to clinch the Ivy League championship, he scored three goals and had two assists as part of a 14-point 3-game stretch. In the 2001 NCAA championship tournament quarterfinal 8–7 victory over Loyola
, he had three assists including two that broke a 4–4 tie in the second half. He added two assists in the semifinal 12–11 victory over . In the 2001 NCAA championship game, Boyle assisted on B. J. Prager
's overtime
game-winning goal against Syracuse
from behind the net. It was one of a game-high three assists for Boyle in the 10–9 victory.
In the 2002 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship
tournament, he scored the game-winning goal in the quarterfinal game against Georgetown with four seconds left in regulation time. The goal came on a broken play after the designed play from the time-out with 13 seconds left did not work. On the day Boyle had two goals and three assists in the 14–13 victory. He added three assists in the semifinal 11–9 victory over Johns Hopkins. In the championship game against Syracuse, he scored two goals in the first quarter but was held scoreless for the rest of the 13–12 loss.
Boyle's 2003 tournament
performances were not notable. In the 2004 victory over Brown to earn a share of the Ivy League championship, he had four assists. In the 2004 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship
tournament opening round, he scored a career-high four goals as Princeton defeated Rutgers 12–4. In the quarterfinals, he had two late goals and assisted on Peter Trombino
's overtime game-winning goal against Maryland. He then had a goal (to tie the score at 5) and three assists in the 8–7 semifinals loss to Navy
. He made the All-tournament team.
Boyle holds several Ivy League
conference records: single-season assists (32, 2003), career assists (86, 2001–04) and career points (120, 2001–04). Note that the Ivy League records are for conference games only. Boyle (2003) tied Jon Hess
(1997) for the Princeton single-season assists record with 48. He was also a NCAA national statisitcal champion in several statistics: points per game (2003, 4.54), assists per game (2003, 3.77), assists per game (2004, 2.93), assists (2003, 49), assists (2004, 44).
(2005
–2006
), New York Titans
(2007
–2009
), and Orlando Titans
(2010
). He has also played field lacrosse in the MLL for the Philadelphia Barrage
(2004
–2008
) and Boston Cannons
(2009
–present). Boyle was selected 3rd overall by the Stealth in the 2004 National Lacrosse League entry draft
. In 2005
, he was named NLL Rookie of the Year. He won the rookie scoring title. He participated in the 2005 and 2007 National Lacrosse League All-Star Game
s. In the January 20, 2007 first box lacrosse game played at Madison Square Garden
, he scored two goals and two assists, but made more news off the field when he was photographed signing autographs for Cody Lohan and his picture appeared on Perez Hilton
's blog. He was picked 8th in the 2010 Orlando Titans dispersal draft by the Philadelphia Wings. Boyle also played box lacrosse
in the National Lacrosse League
(NLL) for seven years before being released by the Philadelphia Wings
in 2011.
, and he has helped lead the Philadelphia Barrage to win MLL Steinfeld Cup
Championships in 2004
, 2006
, and 2007
. In the 2004 championship game against the Boston Cannons
, he helped break a 6–6 tie with one of the goals giving Philadelphia an 8–6 halftime lead on the way to their 13–11 victory. In the 2006 MLL championship game, he assisted on an early goal by Justin Smith. He has made other MLL playoff appearances. In the 2008 MLL semifinals, Boyle scored two goals and had three assists in the Philadelphia Barrage 16–15 overtime loss to the Rochester Rattlers
. In the 2010 MLL semifinals, Boyle scored two goals for the Boston Cannons in the 13–9 loss to the Chesapeake Bayhawks. The following season, he helped lead the Cannons to their first league championship, while earning his fourth.
Boyle has appeared in five MLL All-Star games. During the 2006 Major League Lacrosse All-Star Game
weekend, Boyle won the skills competition for accuracy and then scored two goals and an assist for Team USA in the All-Star game. He was joined by Striebel on the team in 2007. In the 2010 All-Star game, he had four goals for Team USA.
in 2002, 2006 and 2010. The team won gold medals in 2002 and 2010 and a silver in 2006. In 2002, Boyle scored 23 points (14 goals and 9 assists), including two goals against Team Canada in the championship game and a hat trick
in a qualification game against them. He also had a hat trick against the Iroquois Nation
in a qualification game. He then had a goal and three assists against them in the semifinals. In 2006, he totaled five goals and eleven assists.
.
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 who plays professional field lacrosse
Field lacrosse
Field lacrosse, sometimes referred to as the "fastest sport on two feet," is a full contact outdoor men's sport played with ten players on each team. The sport originated among Native Americans, and the modern rules of field lacrosse were initially codified by Canadian William George Beers in 1867....
for the Boston Cannons
Boston Cannons
The Boston Cannons are a Major League Lacrosse professional men's field lacrosse team based in Boston, Massachusetts. They have played in the MLL since the 2001 season. From 2006 to 2008, they were in the Eastern Conference. From the league's inception in 2001 through 2005, they were in the...
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 :...
(MLL). He most recently played professional box lacrosse
Box lacrosse
Box lacrosse, also known as indoor lacrosse and sometimes shortened to boxla, LAX or simply box, is an indoor version of lacrosse played mostly in North America. The game originated in Canada, where it is the most popular version of the game played in contrast to the traditional field lacrosse game...
for the Philadelphia Wings
Philadelphia Wings
The Philadelphia Wings are a member of the National Lacrosse League, a professional box lacrosse league in North America. They play at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania....
of the National Lacrosse League
National Lacrosse League
The National Lacrosse League is a men's professional indoor lacrosse league in North America. It currently has nine teams; three in Canada and six in the United States. Unlike other lacrosse leagues which play in the summer, the NLL plays its games in the winter and spring. Each year, the playoff...
(NLL) until his release in 2011. Boyle starred in both lacrosse and American football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
for Gilman School
Gilman School
Gilman School is a private preparatory school for boys located in the Roland Park neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1897 as the Country School for Boys, it was the first country day school in the United States. Gilman enrolls approximately 978 students, ranging from kindergarten to...
from 1996 to 2000. He starred as a member of the Princeton Tigers men's lacrosse
Princeton Tigers men's lacrosse
The Princeton Tigers men's lacrosse team represents Princeton University in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I men's lacrosse...
team from 2001 through 2004. Boyle was also a member of the Men's Lacrosse Team USA for the 2002
2002 World Lacrosse Championship
The 2002 FIL World Lacrosse Championship were held between 7–15 July 2010. The event was the premier international men's lacrosse tournament, and took place in Perth, Australia under the auspices of the International Lacrosse Federation. This was the second time that the tournament was held in...
, 2006
2006 World Lacrosse Championship
2006 Warrior World Lacrosse Championship, held in London, Ontario from 13–22 July 2006, was won by Team Canada and featured a record twenty-one competing nations...
and 2010 World Lacrosse Championship
2010 World Lacrosse Championship
The 2010 FIL World Lacrosse Championship was held between 15–24 July 2010. The premier international men's lacrosse tournament took place in Manchester, United Kingdom...
s.
At Gilman, he was an All-American lacrosse player who was named All-city four times and All-metro three times (Player of the Year once), leading his team to two championships. He was a two-time All-metro quarterback who led his school through two consecutive undefeated championship seasons and set a Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association
Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association
Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Associationor , is the association that oversees public high school sporting contests in the state of Maryland. Organized in 1946, MPSSAA is made up of public high schools from each of Maryland's 23 counties and Baltimore City...
record for pass completion percentage.
During his time at Princeton University
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
, the team qualified for the NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship
NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship
The annual NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship tournament determines the top men's field lacrosse team in the NCAA Division I, Division II, and Division III....
all four years, reached the championship game twice, won the championship game once and won four Ivy League
Ivy League
The Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. The conference name is also commonly used to refer to those eight schools as a group...
championships. He was a four-time All-American (twice first team) and four-time All-Ivy League selection (first team three times and second team once). He was Ivy League Player of the Year twice and Ivy League Rookie of the Year. He established numerous Ivy League records and won numerous NCAA statistical championships during his career. In addition to his All-American recognitions from the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association
United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association
The United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association is an association of institutions with varsity college lacrosse programs in all three NCAA divisions, founded in 1885.-Awards:...
(USILA), he was recognized by USILA as a Scholar All-American.
As a professional, he has earned four MLL championships, and has been rookie of the year in both the MLL and NLL. He has participated in five MLL All-Star games and two NLL All-star games. He is also a three-time Team USA representative and two-time gold medalist at the World Lacrosse Championship
World Lacrosse Championship
The World Lacrosse Championship is the world championship for international men's field lacrosse. From its inception in 1967 through the 2006 event, it was sanctioned by the International Lacrosse Federation...
.
High school career
Boyle is from . Some of his early lacrosse experiences were at the Cockeysville Rec program. He attended high school at the prestigious Gilman SchoolGilman School
Gilman School is a private preparatory school for boys located in the Roland Park neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1897 as the Country School for Boys, it was the first country day school in the United States. Gilman enrolls approximately 978 students, ranging from kindergarten to...
in Baltimore, graduating in 2000. Boyle was the number one boy's lacrosse recruit in the nation as a senior. The Baltimore Sun selected him as their boy's lacrosse player of the year on the 2000 All-Metro boys lacrosse team as well as the 2000 All-Baltimore City/County boys lacrosse team. Boyle was a three-time All-Metro (1998, 1999, and 2000), four-time All-City (first team: 1998, 1999, and 2000; second team: 1997) attackman in lacrosse and two-time All-Metro quarterback
Quarterback
Quarterback is a position in American and Canadian football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive team and line up directly behind the offensive line...
in football (1998 and 1999). He led the lacrosse team to two Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association
Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association
The Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association is a boys' sports conference for private high schools generally located in the Baltimore metropolitan area but extending to various other regions, including the state's mostly rural Eastern Shore. The MIAA has 27 member schools and offers...
A Conference championships in lacrosse (1998 and 2000) and two in football (1998 and 1999) including a 21–0 undefeated streak, while carrying a 4.0 grade point average. As a starting quarterback, his record was 26–2. Boyle, who started calling his own plays as a junior, amassed career totals of 3,593 passing yards and 2,051 rushing yards. In lacrosse he totaled 258 points. Boyle also played basketball in high school and was co-winner of the Greater Baltimore Chapter National Football Foundation Hall of Fame scholar athlete award as a senior. Boyle intended to play both football and lacrosse at Princeton.
As a sophomore option offense
Option offense
The option offense is a generic term that is used to describe a wide variety of offensive systems in American football. Option offenses are characterized as such due to the predominance of option running plays employed in these schemes. Option offenses have traditionally relied heavily upon running...
quarterback, he totaled 812 yards and five touchdowns rushing as well as 465 yards and four touchdowns passing. As a junior, he set the Maryland state high school single-season pass completion percentage record of 78 percent (surpassing 69.4 established by Ryan Fleetwood of Cambridge) on 117 of 150 passing for 1,908 yards and 20 touchdowns in addition to rushing for 535 yards and five touchdowns. As a senior, he went 76-for-107 passing (71 percent) for 1,220 yards and 14 touchdowns and 704 yards rushing with eight touchdowns as a senior. In the 1999 championship game 42–10 victory over McDonogh High School to cap a 10–0 season, Boyle rushed for 100 yards and completed 14 of 20 passes for 146 yards.
In lacrosse, as a freshman he made the second team of the 1997 All-Baltimore City/County boys lacrosse team. As a sophomore, he was All-Metro with 47 goals, 41 assists and 53 ground balls. in the 1998 championship game 16–12 victory over St. Paul's High School, he scored four goals and had an assist. As a junior he totaled 23 goals and 28 assists to go with 60 ground balls, even though he missed three games for a surgical procedure. The surgical procedure removed a hernia
Hernia
A hernia is the protrusion of an organ or the fascia of an organ through the wall of the cavity that normally contains it. A hiatal hernia occurs when the stomach protrudes into the mediastinum through the esophageal opening in the diaphragm....
. He was voted All-American as a junior. He totaled 36 goals and 44 assists as a senior in 2000. In the 2000 lacrosse championship game, he had four goals and assist in the 10–8 victory over Boys' Latin School of Maryland
Boys' Latin School of Maryland
Boys' Latin School of Maryland is an all-boys, college-preparatory school located in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1844, it is the oldest independent, non-sectarian secondary school in the state of Maryland. The school is divided into Lower, Middle and Upper Schools...
.
College career
He attended college at Princeton UniversityPrinceton Tigers men's lacrosse
The Princeton Tigers men's lacrosse team represents Princeton University in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I men's lacrosse...
, graduating in 2004 where he was a four-time All-American, including being named First Team Attack twice. Ryan led the Tigers to three NCAA Final Four appearances, two National title games and a National Championship in 2001
2001 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship
The 2001 NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship game was played at Rutgers Stadium in front of 24,135 fans. A Princeton goal with 41 seconds remaining in the first overtime period lifted second-seeded Tigers to a 10-9 victory against top-seeded Syracuse . With the victory, Princeton earned its sixth...
. He finished his career with 70 goals and 162 assists good for 232 total points.
He was a first team USILA All-American Team
USILA All-American Team
The USILA All-American Team is an honor given annually to the best American men's college lacrosse players at their respective positions by the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association. The term All-American is derived from the same practice in American college football, in which the...
selection in 2003 and 2004, a second team selection in 2002 and a third team selection in 2001. He was also first team All-Ivy League in 2002, 2003 and 2004 and a second team selection in 2001. He was the Ivy League Rookie of the Year in 2001 and the Ivy League Player of the Year in 2002 and 2004. He was the second player to be named Rookie of the Year as a freshman and Player of the Year as a sophomore. He was one of five finalists for the Tewaaraton Trophy
Tewaaraton Trophy
The Tewaaraton Trophy is an award given annually, since 2001, to the most outstanding American college lacrosse player. It is the lacrosse equivalent of football's Heisman Trophy. The trophy is presented by the Greater Washington Sports Alliance and the University Club of Washington, D.C...
in 2004. He was a 2004 USILA Scholar All-American.
Princeton earned NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship
NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship
The annual NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship tournament determines the top men's field lacrosse team in the NCAA Division I, Division II, and Division III....
invitations each year of Boyle's four-year career and won the 2001 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship
2001 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship
The 2001 NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship game was played at Rutgers Stadium in front of 24,135 fans. A Princeton goal with 41 seconds remaining in the first overtime period lifted second-seeded Tigers to a 10-9 victory against top-seeded Syracuse . With the victory, Princeton earned its sixth...
tournament. They were Ivy League champion or co-champion each year of his career: The 2001 team was 6–0 undefeated outright champions; the 2002 team was 5–1 outright champions; the 2003 and 2004 teams were 5–1 co-champions.
The arrival of freshman Boyle necessitated that senior Matt Striebel
Matt Striebel
Matt Striebel is a lacrosse midfielder who currently plays professional field lacrosse for the Rochester Rattlers of Major League Lacrosse . He has also played professional box lacrosse in the National Lacrosse League...
move from attack to midfield and the demotion of head coach
Head coach
A head coach, senior coach or manager is a professional at training and developing athletes. They typically hold a more public profile and are paid more than other coaches...
Bill Tierney
Bill Tierney
William "Bill" Tierney is a Hall of Fame lacrosse coach at the University of Denver.Tierney played collegiate lacrosse at Cortland State, where in 1973, he played on the USILA national championship team...
's son, Brendan, to the bench. Striebel had previously orchestrated the Princeton offense from behind the goal and both players had started in the 2000 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship
2000 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship
The 2000 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Tournament was the 30th annual Division I NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship tournament. Twelve NCAA Division I college men's lacrosse teams met after having played their way through a regular season, and for some, a conference tournament.The championship game...
game, but on March 25, 2001, which was the first practice after the team lost 14–8 to Syracuse
Syracuse Orange men's lacrosse
The Syracuse Orange men's lacrosse team represents Syracuse University in NCAA Division I men's college lacrosse. The Orange have won 10 NCAA championship titles, and currently competes as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference men's lacrosse conference...
, Tierney made the switch. Striebel and Boyle would later earn two golds medals and a silver medal together in World Lacrosse Championship play and three MLL Steinfeld Cup
Steinfeld Cup
The Steinfeld Cup is the trophy given annually to the winners ofthe New Balance Major League Lacrosse Championship. It is named after MLL founder Jake Steinfeld...
s together with the Philadelphia Barrage
Philadelphia Barrage
The Philadelphia Barrage were a Men's Field Lacrosse team that was based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from the 2004 season until the 2008 season when they became a traveling team. Since the 2001 season, they have played in Major League Lacrosse. They started playing in the American Division, but...
.
In the 2001 game against Dartmouth
Dartmouth Big Green men's lacrosse
The Dartmouth Big Green men's lacrosse team represents Dartmouth College in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I men's lacrosse. Dartmouth competes as a member of the Ivy League and plays its home games at Scully-Fahey Field in Hanover, New Hampshire.The Big Green secured the Ivy...
to clinch the Ivy League championship, he scored three goals and had two assists as part of a 14-point 3-game stretch. In the 2001 NCAA championship tournament quarterfinal 8–7 victory over Loyola
Loyola Greyhounds men's lacrosse
The Loyola University Greyhounds are the NCAA Division I men's collegiate lacrosse team that represents Loyola University Maryland in Baltimore, Maryland...
, he had three assists including two that broke a 4–4 tie in the second half. He added two assists in the semifinal 12–11 victory over . In the 2001 NCAA championship game, Boyle assisted on B. J. Prager
B. J. Prager
William J. "B. J." Prager is a retired professional lacrosse attackman who played professional field lacrosse in the Major League Lacrosse...
's overtime
Overtime (sports)
Overtime or extra time is an additional period of play specified under the rules of a sport to bring a game to a decision and avoid declaring the match a tie or draw. In most sports, this extra period is only played if the game is required to have a clear winner, as in single-elimination...
game-winning goal against Syracuse
Syracuse Orange men's lacrosse
The Syracuse Orange men's lacrosse team represents Syracuse University in NCAA Division I men's college lacrosse. The Orange have won 10 NCAA championship titles, and currently competes as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference men's lacrosse conference...
from behind the net. It was one of a game-high three assists for Boyle in the 10–9 victory.
In the 2002 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship
2002 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship
In the 2002 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse National Championship game, Syracuse defeated Princeton by a score of 13-12. The game was a rematch of the 2001 championship game, which was won by Princeton. This time, Syracuse was victorious, led by Michael Powell's four goals and three assists.-...
tournament, he scored the game-winning goal in the quarterfinal game against Georgetown with four seconds left in regulation time. The goal came on a broken play after the designed play from the time-out with 13 seconds left did not work. On the day Boyle had two goals and three assists in the 14–13 victory. He added three assists in the semifinal 11–9 victory over Johns Hopkins. In the championship game against Syracuse, he scored two goals in the first quarter but was held scoreless for the rest of the 13–12 loss.
Boyle's 2003 tournament
2003 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship
The 2003 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Tournament was the 33rd annual Division I NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship tournament. Sixteen NCAA Division I college men's lacrosse teams met after having played their way through a regular season, and for some, a conference tournament...
performances were not notable. In the 2004 victory over Brown to earn a share of the Ivy League championship, he had four assists. In the 2004 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship
2004 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship
The 2004 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Tournament was the 34th annual Division I NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship tournament. Sixteen NCAA Division I college men's lacrosse teams met after having played their way through a regular season, and for some, a conference tournament.The championship game...
tournament opening round, he scored a career-high four goals as Princeton defeated Rutgers 12–4. In the quarterfinals, he had two late goals and assisted on Peter Trombino
Peter Trombino
Peter Trombino is a retired lacrosse attackman who played professional field lacrosse in the Major League Lacrosse from 2007 to 2008. He starred as a member of the Princeton Tigers men's lacrosse team from 2004 through 2007...
's overtime game-winning goal against Maryland. He then had a goal (to tie the score at 5) and three assists in the 8–7 semifinals loss to Navy
Navy Midshipmen men's lacrosse
The Navy Midshipmen men's lacrosse team represents the United States Naval Academy in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I men's lacrosse. Navy currently competes as a member of the Patriot League and play their home games at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Maryland...
. He made the All-tournament team.
Boyle holds several Ivy League
Ivy League
The Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. The conference name is also commonly used to refer to those eight schools as a group...
conference records: single-season assists (32, 2003), career assists (86, 2001–04) and career points (120, 2001–04). Note that the Ivy League records are for conference games only. Boyle (2003) tied Jon Hess
Jon Hess (lacrosse)
Jonathan A. "Jon" Hess is a retired lacrosse attackman who played professional box lacrosse in the National Lacrosse League and professional field lacrosse in Major League Lacrosse...
(1997) for the Princeton single-season assists record with 48. He was also a NCAA national statisitcal champion in several statistics: points per game (2003, 4.54), assists per game (2003, 3.77), assists per game (2004, 2.93), assists (2003, 49), assists (2004, 44).
NLL
Boyle played box lacrosse in the NLL for the San Jose StealthSan Jose Stealth
The San Jose Stealth were a member of the National Lacrosse League, the professional box lacrosse league of North America from 2004 until 2009. They played at the HP Pavilion at San Jose, which is also the home of the NHL's San Jose Sharks and the AFL's San Jose SaberCats. They relocated to San...
(2005
2005 NLL season
The 2005 National Lacrosse League season began on January 1, 2005 and concluded with the championship game on May 14. The Toronto Rock won their fifth NLL championship, defeating the Arizona Sting 19-13 in Toronto....
–2006
2006 NLL season
-All-Star game:The 2006 All-Star Game was held at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario on February 25, 2006. The West Division defeated the East Division 14-13. The MVP of the game was Lewis Ratcliff of the Calgary Roughnecks, who scored 4 goals, including the game winner...
), New York Titans
New York Titans
New York Titans may refer to:*New York Titans , the former name of the National Football League's New York Jets* New York Titans , a National Lacrosse League team now known as the Orlando Titans...
(2007
2007 NLL season
The Knighthawks had the overall top seed in the playoffs, but were unable to host the Championship game due to a scheduling conflict at the Blue Cross Arena.-Team Movement:...
–2009
2009 NLL season
-Pre-season:* August 19, 2008: The NLL announced that the Minnesota Swarm would be moving from the East division to the West division, giving the West six teams to the East's seven....
), and Orlando Titans
Orlando Titans
The Orlando Titans were a professional lacrosse team in the National Lacrosse League that played in the 2010 season. The Titans began as the New York Titans, and played for three seasons in New York before announcing the move to Orlando on August 10, 2009....
(2010
2010 NLL season
The 2010 National Lacrosse League season, the 24th in the history of the NLL, began on January 8, 2010 and ended with the Championship game on May 15.-Team movement:...
). He has also played field lacrosse in the MLL for the Philadelphia Barrage
Philadelphia Barrage
The Philadelphia Barrage were a Men's Field Lacrosse team that was based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from the 2004 season until the 2008 season when they became a traveling team. Since the 2001 season, they have played in Major League Lacrosse. They started playing in the American Division, but...
(2004
2004 MLL season
2004 Major League Lacrosse season was the 4th season of the league. The season began on May 22 and concluded with the championship game on August 22, 2004.-General information:...
–2008
2008 MLL season
The 2008 Major League Lacrosse season was the 8th season of the league. The season began on May 17, 2008 and concluded with the championship game on August 24, 2008.-Pre-season:...
) and Boston Cannons
Boston Cannons
The Boston Cannons are a Major League Lacrosse professional men's field lacrosse team based in Boston, Massachusetts. They have played in the MLL since the 2001 season. From 2006 to 2008, they were in the Eastern Conference. From the league's inception in 2001 through 2005, they were in the...
(2009
2009 MLL season
The 2009 Major League Lacrosse season was the 9th season of the league. The season began on May 15, 2009 and concluded with the championship game on August 23, 2009.-Rule changes:...
–present). Boyle was selected 3rd overall by the Stealth in the 2004 National Lacrosse League entry draft
National Lacrosse League entry draft
The National Lacrosse League entry draft is an annual event where the general managers of National Lacrosse League teams choose eligible players for their rosters from US college programs and Canada's junior lacrosse system....
. In 2005
2005 NLL season
The 2005 National Lacrosse League season began on January 1, 2005 and concluded with the championship game on May 14. The Toronto Rock won their fifth NLL championship, defeating the Arizona Sting 19-13 in Toronto....
, he was named NLL Rookie of the Year. He won the rookie scoring title. He participated in the 2005 and 2007 National Lacrosse League All-Star Game
National Lacrosse League All-Star Game
National Lacrosse League All Star Game is a lacrosse game played each year between two teams representing the two divisions of the National Lacrosse League .-1991 :...
s. In the January 20, 2007 first box lacrosse game played at Madison Square Garden
Madison Square Garden
Madison Square Garden, often abbreviated as MSG and known colloquially as The Garden, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the New York City borough of Manhattan and located at 8th Avenue, between 31st and 33rd Streets, situated on top of Pennsylvania Station.Opened on February 11, 1968, it is the...
, he scored two goals and two assists, but made more news off the field when he was photographed signing autographs for Cody Lohan and his picture appeared on Perez Hilton
Perez Hilton
Mario Armando Lavandeira, Jr. , better known as Perez Hilton , is an American blogger and television personality. His blog, Perezhilton.com , is known for posts covering gossip items about celebrities...
's blog. He was picked 8th in the 2010 Orlando Titans dispersal draft by the Philadelphia Wings. Boyle also played box lacrosse
Box lacrosse
Box lacrosse, also known as indoor lacrosse and sometimes shortened to boxla, LAX or simply box, is an indoor version of lacrosse played mostly in North America. The game originated in Canada, where it is the most popular version of the game played in contrast to the traditional field lacrosse game...
in the National Lacrosse League
National Lacrosse League
The National Lacrosse League is a men's professional indoor lacrosse league in North America. It currently has nine teams; three in Canada and six in the United States. Unlike other lacrosse leagues which play in the summer, the NLL plays its games in the winter and spring. Each year, the playoff...
(NLL) for seven years before being released by the Philadelphia Wings
Philadelphia Wings
The Philadelphia Wings are a member of the National Lacrosse League, a professional box lacrosse league in North America. They play at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania....
in 2011.
MLL
Boyle was named 2004 Major League Lacrosse Rookie of the YearMajor League Lacrosse Rookie of the Year Award
The Cascade Major League Lacrosse Rookie of the Year Award is given annually to the top first-time athlete of the season.Cascade began sponsorship of the award in 2003....
, and he has helped lead the Philadelphia Barrage to win MLL Steinfeld Cup
Steinfeld Cup
The Steinfeld Cup is the trophy given annually to the winners ofthe New Balance Major League Lacrosse Championship. It is named after MLL founder Jake Steinfeld...
Championships in 2004
2004 MLL season
2004 Major League Lacrosse season was the 4th season of the league. The season began on May 22 and concluded with the championship game on August 22, 2004.-General information:...
, 2006
2006 MLL season
2006 Major League Lacrosse season was the 6th season of the league. The season began on May 20 and concluded with the championship game on August 27, 2006.-General information:...
, and 2007
2007 MLL season
2007 Major League Lacrosse season was the 7th season of the league. The season began on May 12 and concluded with the championship game on August 26, 2007.-General information:...
. In the 2004 championship game against the Boston Cannons
Boston Cannons
The Boston Cannons are a Major League Lacrosse professional men's field lacrosse team based in Boston, Massachusetts. They have played in the MLL since the 2001 season. From 2006 to 2008, they were in the Eastern Conference. From the league's inception in 2001 through 2005, they were in the...
, he helped break a 6–6 tie with one of the goals giving Philadelphia an 8–6 halftime lead on the way to their 13–11 victory. In the 2006 MLL championship game, he assisted on an early goal by Justin Smith. He has made other MLL playoff appearances. In the 2008 MLL semifinals, Boyle scored two goals and had three assists in the Philadelphia Barrage 16–15 overtime loss to the Rochester Rattlers
Rochester Rattlers
The Rochester Rattlers are a Major League Lacrosse professional men's field lacrosse team based in Rochester, New York. They are a charter member of the MLL. From their inaugural season in 2001 to 2005, they were in the National Division. From 2006 to 2008, they were a member of the Eastern...
. In the 2010 MLL semifinals, Boyle scored two goals for the Boston Cannons in the 13–9 loss to the Chesapeake Bayhawks. The following season, he helped lead the Cannons to their first league championship, while earning his fourth.
Boyle has appeared in five MLL All-Star games. During the 2006 Major League Lacrosse All-Star Game
Major League Lacrosse All-Star Game
Major League Lacrosse All-Star Game is the all-star game of the MLL.The inaugural 2001 All-Star Game, was not called the "All-Star Game"; instead it was titled the Major League Lacrosse LacrosseStar Game. From 2001–2003, the All-Star Game had the National Division playing the American Division...
weekend, Boyle won the skills competition for accuracy and then scored two goals and an assist for Team USA in the All-Star game. He was joined by Striebel on the team in 2007. In the 2010 All-Star game, he had four goals for Team USA.
International
Boyle has been named to Team USA for the World Lacrosse ChampionshipWorld Lacrosse Championship
The World Lacrosse Championship is the world championship for international men's field lacrosse. From its inception in 1967 through the 2006 event, it was sanctioned by the International Lacrosse Federation...
in 2002, 2006 and 2010. The team won gold medals in 2002 and 2010 and a silver in 2006. In 2002, Boyle scored 23 points (14 goals and 9 assists), including two goals against Team Canada in the championship game and a hat trick
Hat Trick
Hat trick, hat-trick or hattrick may refer to:* hat-trick — in various sports, achieving three goals, wickets, etc. in a single match* Hattrick — online football management game** Hattrick Limited — producers of this game...
in a qualification game against them. He also had a hat trick against the Iroquois Nation
Iroquois
The Iroquois , also known as the Haudenosaunee or the "People of the Longhouse", are an association of several tribes of indigenous people of North America...
in a qualification game. He then had a goal and three assists against them in the semifinals. In 2006, he totaled five goals and eleven assists.
Other
Ryan's passion for lacrosse and youth education is exemplified by his involvement with Trilogy Lacrosse a leader in lacrosse education. He runs lacrosse camps through Trilogy as do many other successful Lacrosse players and coaches through their own various companies.Personal
Boyle is from a self-described middle class family with six children. Boyle's father, Darby, played attack for in the late 1960s and his older brother Michael played lacrosse for GeorgetownGeorgetown Hoyas women's lacrosse
The Georgetown Hoyas women's lacrosse team competes in the NCAA Big East, a Division 1-A Conference. The first team was formed in 1977.-Current Team:The current Head Coach is Ricky Freid, who took over after Kim Simons retired following the 2004 season...
.
NLL
| Regular Season | Playoffs | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | LB | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | LB | PIM | ||
| 2005 | San Jose | 16 | 22 | 42 | 64 | 95 | 12 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2006 | San Jose | 16 | 16 | 28 | 44 | 46 | 4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2007 | New York | 16 | 29 | 53 | 82 | 77 | 11 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2008 | New York | 16 | 17 | 45 | 62 | 65 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 2009 | New York | 16 | 14 | 40 | 54 | 70 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 0 | ||
| 2010 | Orlando | 16 | 21 | 39 | 60 | 40 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2011 | Philadelphia | 16 | 12 | 31 | 43 | 45 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| NLL Totals | 112 | 131 | 278 | 409 | 438 | 37 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 25 | 32 | 0 | |||
MLL
| Regular Season | Playoffs | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | GP | G | 2ptG | A | Pts | LB | PIM | GP | G | 2ptG | A | Pts | LB | PIM | ||
| 2004 | Philadelphia | 8 | 17 | 0 | 28 | 45 | -- | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2005 | Philadelphia | 12 | 28 | 0 | 24 | 52 | 22 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2006 | Philadelphia | 7 | 17 | 0 | 25 | 42 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2007 | Philadelphia | 12 | 26 | 1 | 31 | 58 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | ||
| 2008 | Barrage | 12 | 21 | 1 | 22 | 44 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2009 | Boston | 9 | 12 | 0 | 23 | 35 | 17 | 2.5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| MLL Totals | 60 | 121 | 2 | 163 | 170 | 110 | 5.5 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 18 | 22 | 7 | 0 | |||
Princeton University
| Regular Season | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | GP | G | A | Pts | PPG | ||||
| 2004 | 15 | 23 | 44 | 67 | -- | ||||
| 2003 | 13 | 10 | 49 | 59 | -- | ||||
| 2002 | 15 | 22 | 31 | 53 | -- | ||||
| 2001 | 15 | 16 | 37 | 53 | -- | ||||
| Totals | 58 | 71 | 161 | 232 | -- | ||||
External links
- archive at Baltimore Sun
- US Lacrosse Bio
- Team USA recordbook for World Lacrosse ChampionshipWorld Lacrosse ChampionshipThe World Lacrosse Championship is the world championship for international men's field lacrosse. From its inception in 1967 through the 2006 event, it was sanctioned by the International Lacrosse Federation...