Ryan Boyle

American lacrosse player

World Lacrosse Championship
2002 World Lacrosse Championship 2002 Perth
Silver medal – 2006 World Lacrosse Championsh 2006 London (Ontario)]]
2010 World Lacrosse Championship 2010 Manchester

Ryan J. Boyle (born November 22, 1981, in Hunt Valley, Maryland) is a former lacrosse player who last played 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 Championships. 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 Interscholastic 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.

Boyle is from Hunt Valley, Maryland. Some of his early lacrosse experiences were at the Cockeysville Rec program. The Baltimore Sun selected him as their boys' 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. As a starting quarterback, his record was 26–2. Boyle intended to play both football and lacrosse at Princeton. 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. He was also first team All Ivy League in 2002, 2003 and 2004 and a second team selection in 2001. 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 Cups together with the Philadelphia Barrage. 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 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 an NCAA national statistical 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).

Boyle played box lacrosse in the NLL for the San Jose Stealth (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 Games. 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.

Boyle was named 2004 Major League Lacrosse Rookie of the Year, 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.

Boyle has been named to Team USA for the World Lacrosse Championship 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.

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 Georgetown.

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