Marechek played college lacrosse at Syracuse University where he teamed with Paul and Gary Gait to form one of the great college lacrosse squads in history, winning national title games in 1989 and 1990. Marechek is the fifth leading college goal scorers in lacrosse history with 182 goals, a four-time All-American, three-time first-team All-American pick, had 76 assists and 258 career points, scored 53 goals during his junior season to lead NCAA Division I, and set a Syracuse freshman record by scoring 46 goals on just 82 shots (56.1 per cent). He is well known for scoring shots behind his back. He was inducted into both the NCAA Hall of Fame[1] and the US Lacrosse Hall of Fame[2] in 2008.
He formerly coached the Friends School of Baltimore's Men's Lacrosse team in Baltimore, Maryland and was the schools Physical Education Teacher. Tom founded and coaches for the Team 42 Lacrosse Club. He is also director of All Pro Lacrosse Club with camps held in Florida, Texas, Kansas, Pennsylvania and his flagship camp held at Notre Dame of Maryland University.
Statistics
Syracuse University
Season
GP
G
A
Pts
PPG
1989
15
46
19
65
4.33
1990
13
36
26
62
4.77
1991
15
53
23
76
5.07
1992
15
47
8
55
3.67
Totals
58
182(a)
76
258
4.45
(a) 10th in NCAA Men's Division I all-time Total Goals