As Father’s Day takes place this weekend, there is some sad news to report among the Rutgers men’s lacrosse family. Former four-year player and two-year starter, Mike Schambach, passed away on June 14th after a year long battle with colon cancer. He was just 38 years old.
Shambach was a senior on the 2003 team that was ranked within the top ten nationally, as well as had wins over top five teams UMASS and Syracuse. This was the second to last Rutgers team to make the NCAA Tournament, where they lost to Georgetown in the first round.
He went on to have a successful career as a head coach after a long tenure as an assistant coach at FDU.