Ryan Boyle

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).

Boyle starred in both lacrosse and American football for Gilman School from 1996 to 2000.

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.

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 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.

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.

He attended high school at the prestigious Gilman School in Baltimore, graduating in 2000.

Boyle was the number one boys' lacrosse recruit in the nation as a senior.

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.

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.

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.

He attended college at Princeton University, graduating in 2004 where he was a four-time All-American, including being named First Team Attack twice.

He most recently played professional box lacrosse for the Philadelphia Wings of the National Lacrosse League (NLL) until his release in 2011.