Ohio Machine to Retire Bice’s No. 44 Saturday
6/2/2016 12:00:00 AM | Men's Lacrosse
June 2, 2016
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Greg Bice, a two-time All-American for the Ohio State men’s lacrosse team, will have his No. 44 retired by the Ohio Machine of Major League Lacrosse Saturday. Bice spent 11 years playing in the MLL, including the last three with the Machine.
The Machine hosts the Florida Launch at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Panther Stadium in Columbus, with the celebration of Bice’s career pregame. Discount tickets to the game and jersey retirement ceremony can be purchased at the following link: https://groupmatics.events/Bice44. His will be the first number retired by the Machine.
Bice was a USILA Second Team All-American for the Buckeyes in 2004 after garnering honorable mention honors in 2003. The 2004 Great Western Lacrosse League co-Player of the Year, he was a three-time first team all-conference selection. A two-time team MVP, he was a member of the Buckeyes’ first NCAA tournament teams in 2003 and ’04 and two GWLL championship teams.
In his professional career, Bice, who retired in in 2014, was a four-time Major League Lacrosse All-Star (2007, 2010-12) and received the league’s New Balance Sportsman of the Year award in both 2007 and ’11. He was a five-time team captain, played in 97 regular season games and four playoff games and had 226 groundballs, scored 14 goals (two two-point goals) and picked up eight assists for 24 points. He was drafted by the Philadelphia Barrage in 2004 and then selected by the Los Angeles Riptide in the 2006 MLL Supplemental Draft. He spent three years with LA, played two years with Chicago and spent a season in Rochester before joining the Machine.
Bice lives in the Columbus area with his family. He is the co-owner of Resolute Lacrosse and serves as head coach of the boys lacrosse team at Columbus Academy. He is a member of the advisory committee of Lacrosse the Nations.
