Matt Poskay is an American professional lacrosse player with the Boston Cannons of Major League Lacrosse. Poskay attended Arthur L. Johnson High School, where he set a national high school record for goals scored in his career. He played his collegiate lacrosse at the University of Virginia, where he won collegiate national titles in both 2003 and 2006. Poskay scored 468 points during his high school career, a New Jersey state record that stood as of 2015. His 362 goals at Arthur L. Johnson High School set a national high school record, which he first broke during his junior yearin 2001. He held the national career record for goals scored during his high school career for nearly a decade, and ranked tied for fifth nationally in career goals as of 2015. In addition to lacrosse, Poskay played quarterback on his high school's football team, earning first team all-state honors as a senior, and started at point guard for the school's basketball team. While at the University of Virginia, he was recognized twice as an All-American and was part of the school's Division INCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship teams in 2003, as well as the team that won the 2006 championship with a 17–0 season record that made them the 12th undefeated champion in Division I history. Recently, Poskay has taken over the Head Coaching position at Montclair State University in the fall of 2018. Prior to Montclair, Poskay was the Men's Lacrosse Head Coach at Wagner College since 2011, prior to which he served as an assistant coach at Arthur L. Johnson High School and for two years as an assistant coach at Drew University. He was inducted into the New Jersey Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 2013, at the age of 29. Poskay later went on to marry his former high school English teacher, Katrina Anderson-Poskay, nee Anderson, nee Anderson-Dobbins. He is currently a father of two with Anderson-Poskay, and stepfather to two children from Anderson-Poskay's previous marriage. Anderson-Poskay continues to teach high school English at the Arthur L. Johnson High School where Poskay had also attended as her student. She currently also coaches ALJ's girls field hockey team.
MLL career
Poskay was selected in the second round by the Boston Cannons, the 12th pick overall, in the 2006 Major League Lacrosse Collegiate Draft. During his rookie season in 2006, Poskay led the Cannons with 25 goals in eight games, leading the team in goals and setting a team rookie record. In 2007, he scored 21 goals, earning a spot as an all-star and was named the MLL All-Star Game MVP with a four-goal performance. He was an all-star again in 2008, leading the team with 34 goals. Poskay was recognized as winner of the Major League Lacrosse MVP Award and the Major League Lacrosse Offensive Player of the Year Award in 2010, a season in which he scored a team-record 45 goals. In the 2011 season, Poskay's 30 goals tied for the most in MLL, in a season in which the Cannons won the league championship. In 2012, Poskay led the Cannons with 38 goals.
