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Sport
  
Lacrosse

Name
  
Marcus Holman

High school
  
The Gilman School

Jersey number
  
1

Career
  
2010–present

Weight
  
84 kg

Position
  
Attackman

Height
  
1.70 m


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College
  
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Born
  
May 2, 1991 (age 32) Baltimore, Maryland, United States (
1991-05-02
)

Education
  
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Conference
  
Atlantic Coast Conference

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Marcus Holman (born May 2, 1991, Baltimore, Maryland, United States) is an American professional lacrosse player for the Ohio Machine. Holman was an attackman for the University of North Carolina Tar Heels and had started in 52 of UNC's 62 games (84%) in the last four years. He was UNC's all-time leading scorer until Joey Sankey surpassed him during the 2015 season.

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Holman's father, Brian, coaches UNC's goalkeepers, runs the substitution box and helps coordinate the defense. He joined head coach Joe Breschi in his first year at Chapel Hill in 2009. Marcus' older brother, Matthew, was a goalkeeper for the Tar Heels in 2011 and 2012. His mother is the Director of Operations for the North Carolina Tar Heels women's lacrosse team, which his sister Sydney has played for since 2014 lacrosse season.

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Early years

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Holman attended Gilman School in Baltimore and the lacrosse team he played on was ranked No. 1 by Inside Lacrosse in 2009 in Holman's senior year, when he was the team's MVP and captain. He was also a captain of his high school football team in his senior year.

College career

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2013 ACC coaches named Holman to the 2013 All-ACC team on 24 April 2013. The 2013 season was Holman's second consecutive year on the All-ACC team. Holman became the Tar Heels' all-time leading scorer on 28 April 2013 when he surpassed the previous school record of 204 set by Bruce Ledwith (1970–73).

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2012 Holman's teammates voted him UNC's most valuable player in 2011 and 2012 and he was a second-team All-American in 2012.

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2011 Holman switched from attack to midfield as a sophomore.

2010 Holman was the ACC Freshman of the Year in 2010.

Tewaaraton Award

Holman was a nominee for the Tewaaraton Award in 2012 and 2013. There were 13 other attackmen on the nominee list in 2013, including the winner from the previous year, attackman Peter Baum from Colgate, and a repeat finalist, Mike Sawyer, an attackman from Loyola University.

Major League Lacrosse (MLL)

Major League Lacrosse (MLL) currently has eight teams. The 2013 season starts at the end of April and ends in August. The Ohio Machine selected Holman in the second round of the last MLL draft.

References

Marcus Holman Wikipedia