Matt Rambo
Born (1994-07-25) July 25, 1994 (age 29)
Glenside, Pennsylvania
NationalityAmerican
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight205[1] pounds (93 kg)
ShootsLeft
PositionAttack
NCAA teamMaryland (2017)
NLL draft46th overall, 2017
New England Black Wolves
NLL teamPhiladelphia Wings
MLL draft3rd overall, 2017
Charlotte Hounds
MLL teamsCharlotte Hounds
PLL teamWhipsnakes Lacrosse Club
Pro career2017–
Career highlights

NCAA:

PLL:

  • 2x PLL Champion (2019, 2020)
  • PLL Championship MVP (2019)
  • PLL Jim Brown MVP (2019)
  • PLL Eamon McAnaney Attackman of the Year (2019)
  • 2x PLL First Team All-Pro (2019, 2020)
  • PLL Second Team All-Pro (2022)
  • 3x PLL All-Star (2019, 2022, 2023)
  • 2x PLL Points Leader (2019, 2020)
Medal record
Representing  United States
Men's lacrosse
World Lacrosse Championship
Winner 2023 San Diego
Men's lacrosse
World Indoor Lacrosse Championship
Third place 2019 Langley

Matt Rambo (born July 25, 1994) is a professional lacrosse attackman for the Whipsnakes Lacrosse Club of the Premier Lacrosse League and the Philadelphia Wings of the National Lacrosse League. He played college lacrosse at Maryland.

College career

Rambo spent four years at the University of Maryland, where he only missed one start his entire career,[2] and reached the final four every year[3] and the championship game in his final three years.[4]

Freshman year

In Rambo's first game at Maryland, he scored four goals against the Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers. He ended the season with 30 goals and six assists.

Sophomore year

As a sophomore, Rambo played in the only game that he didn't not start in his entire college lacrosse career. He became the first Maryland player to score 40 goals in a season since Joe Walters in 2004. He also made First Team All Big Ten.

Junior year

Rambo became the first player in Maryland history to have 40 goals and 30 assists in one season after ending the year with 43 goals and 32 assists. These 75 points are third all-time in Maryland history. He helped Maryland win the Big Ten tournament[5] and won Big Ten Tournament MVP and USILA All-American. Maryland lost in the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship in a game that is considered a classic.[3][6]

Senior year

Rambo started the season with 19 points in the first three games, which is the most by a Maryland player in a three-game span since Mike Mollot.[2] In the final game of the season, on April 29, against Johns Hopkins, Rambo scored six points in the first 18 minutes, which broke the Maryland all-time points record.[7] Rambo helped lead Maryland to their first NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship in 42 years.[8] Rambo also won the Tewaaraton Award, the highest award for a college lacrosse player. He was the first player in Maryland history to win the award.[9]

Professional career

MLL career

Rambo was drafted third overall in the 2017 Major League Lacrosse draft by the Charlotte Hounds. He had nine goals and six assists in six games for the Hounds that year.[10]

NLL career

Rambo was drafted in the fifth round of the NLL draft by the New England Black Wolves, but decided to sit out the season and travel around doing clinics and camps instead of playing in the NLL.[11] The next year, Rambo returned home to Pennsylvania for the start of his box lacrosse career after being selected 11th overall in the 2018 National Lacrosse League expansion draft to play for the Philadelphia Wings.[12]

Rambo scored 26 goals and had 30 assists in 17 games in his first season in the NLL.[13]

PLL career

In 2018, Matt Rambo was announced as a member of Whipsnakes Lacrosse Club in the inaugural season of Paul Rabil’s new Premier Lacrosse League.[14] He was selected to the league's first All Star game in 2019, where he was a captain.[15] Rambo led the league in points and assists during the 2019 regular season.[16] He was named league MVP for the 2019 season during the awards show on Thursday, September 19.[17]

On Saturday, September 21, Rambo scored both the game-tying goal with under a minute left and the sudden-victory game-winner in overtime in the PLL championship game against the Redwoods. He was named MVP of the game.[18]

Rambo made first team all-pro for the 2019 PLL season.

International career

Rambo represented the United States at the 2019 World Indoor Lacrosse Championship, where he recorded nine points in four games as the US won the bronze medal.[19]

Personal life

Rambo was raised in Abington, Pennsylvania and attended La Salle College High School.[11]

He enjoys playing Golf at Marsh Landing Country Club and Sawgrass Country Club in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL near his home. He also plays in a competitive Pickleball group with Best Selling Author, Jon Gordon, Former PLL and MLL lacrosse star, Chris Bocklet, and Entrepreneur/Philanthropist, Scott Owen. He is the headline athlete for the electric bike company, TikiBikes.[citation needed]

NCAA career statistics

Team Season GP GS G A Pts GB CT
Maryland 2014 17 17 30 6 36 19 3
Maryland 2015 19 18 40 19 59 28 2
Maryland 2016 20 20 43 32 75 23 6
Maryland 2017 19 19 42 45 87 30 5
Career 75 74 155 102 257 100 16

Source:[20]

MLL career statistics

Matt Rambo Regular Season Playoffs
Season Team GP G 2PG A Pts Sh GB Pen PIM FOW FOA GP G 2PG A Pts Sh GB Pen PIM FOW FOA
2017 Charlotte Hounds 6 9 0 6 15 34 4 0 0 0 0 –––––––––––
2018 Charlotte Hounds 13 27 0 20 47 93 19 0 1 0 0 –––––––––––
19 36 0 26 62 127 23 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career Total: 19 36 0 26 62 127 23 0 1 0 0

GP–Games played; G–Goals; 2PG–2-point goals; A–Assists; Pts–Points; Sh–Shots; GB–Ground balls; Pen–Penalties; PIM–Penalty minutes; FOW–Faceoffs won; FOA–Faceoffs attempted

NLL career statistics

Matt Rambo Regular Season Playoffs
Season Team GP G A Pts LB PIM Pts/GP LB/GP PIM/GP GP G A Pts LB PIM Pts/GP LB/GP PIM/GP

2019 Philadelphia Wings 17 26 30 56 36 17 3.29 2.12 1.00 –––––––––
2020 Philadelphia Wings 14 22 34 56 42 0 4.00 3.00 0.00 –––––––––
2022 Philadelphia Wings 15 21 33 54 39 0 3.60 2.60 0.00 1 3 0 3 3 0 3.00 3.00 0.00
2023 Philadelphia Wings 11 10 28 38 33 2 3.45 3.00 0.18 –––––––––
57 79 125 204 150 19 3.58 2.63 0.33 1 3 0 3 3 0 3.00 3.00 0.00
Career Total: 58 82 125 207 153 19 3.57 2.64 0.33

GP–Games played; G–Goals; A–Assists; Pts–Points; LB–Loose balls; PIM–Penalty minutes; Pts/GP–Points per games played; LB/GP–Loose balls per games played; PIM/GP–Penalty minutes per games played.

PLL career statistics

Matt Rambo Regular Season Playoffs
Season Team GP G 2PG A Pts Sh GB Pen PIM FOW FOA GP G 2PG A Pts Sh GB Pen PIM FOW FOA
2019 Whipsnakes LC 10 19 0 23 42 66 9 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 3 7 11 3 0 0 0 0
2020 Whipsnakes LC 6 7 0 18 25 22 6 0 0 0 0 –––––––––––
2021 Whipsnakes LC 6 12 0 6 18 45 11 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 3 6 11 6 0 0 0 0
2022 Whipsnakes LC 10 21 0 11 32 76 15 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 8 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023 Whipsnakes LC 9 14 0 11 25 47 9 1 0.5 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 0
41 73 0 69 142 256 50 1 0.5 0 0 7 10 0 14 24 27 10 0 0 0 0
Career Total: 48 83 0 83 166 283 60 1 0.5 0 0

GP–Games played; G–Goals; 2PG–2-point goals; A–Assists; Pts–Points; Sh–Shots; GB–Ground balls; Pen–Penalties; PIM–Penalty minutes; FOW–Faceoffs won; FOA–Faceoffs attempted Source:[21]

External links

Premier Lacrosse League bio

References

  1. ^ "Matt Rambo". Philadelphia Wings. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Rambo, Matt". University of Maryland. Retrieved July 13, 2019.
  3. ^ a b Dan Aburn (May 2, 2017). "May Cover Story: Maryland's 1-2 Punch". Inside Lacrosse. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
  4. ^ Gary Lambrecht (May 19, 2017). "RAMBO'S RUN: MARYLAND'S HISTORIC ATTACKMAN AND HIS DOWN-TO-EARTH APPROACH". USLacrosse Magazine. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
  5. ^ "Matt Rambo, Maryland men's lacrosse claim first Big Ten tournament title". Washington Post. Retrieved July 14, 2019.
  6. ^ Dan Aburn (June 4, 2017). "A Champion's Legacy: On Matt Rambo, an All-Time Terp". Inside Lacrosse. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
  7. ^ Roman Stubbs (April 29, 2017). "Matt Rambo sets Maryland lacrosse scoring record in dominant win over Johns Hopkins". The Washington Post. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
  8. ^ "After breaking records, Matt Rambo wants to end Maryland lacrosse's 42-year title drought". The Diamondback. Retrieved July 14, 2019.
  9. ^ "Matt Rambo is the first Maryland men's lacrosse player to win the Tewaaraton Award". The Diamondback. Retrieved July 14, 2019.
  10. ^ "Matt Rambo". Charlotte Hounds. Retrieved July 14, 2019.
  11. ^ a b "WINGS FORWARD MATT RAMBO EXCITED TO BE PLAYING WITH HOMETOWN TEAM". National Lacrosse League. Retrieved July 14, 2019.
  12. ^ "Philadelphia Wings' Matt Rambo brings his lacrosse journey full circle". The Inquirer. Retrieved July 14, 2019.
  13. ^ "# 1 Matt Rambo". pointstreak.com. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
  14. ^ "Matt Rambo". Premier Lacrosse League. Retrieved July 13, 2019.
  15. ^ "2019 PLL All-Star Draft: Team Selections". Lacrosse Allstars. Retrieved July 14, 2019.
  16. ^ "PLL Stats". Premier Lacrosse League. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
  17. ^ Matt Dasilva (September 20, 2019). "RAMBO NAMED PLL MVP, GLICINI STEALS SHOW WITH REGAN TRIBUTE". USLacrosse Magazine.
  18. ^ Jack Goods (September 21, 2019). "RAMBO LEADS WHIPSNAKES TO DRAMATIC PLL CHAMPIONSHIP VICTORY". USLacrosse Magazine.
  19. ^ "Stats - 2019 World Indoor Lacrosse Championships". wilc.lacrosseshift.com. Retrieved 2021-07-14.
  20. ^ "Matt Rambo - Men's Lacrosse". University of Maryland Athletics. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
  21. ^ "Premier Lacrosse League Stats". Premier Lacrosse League Stats. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
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