National Lacrosse League Sportsmanship Award
Appearance
The National Lacrosse League Sportsmanship Award is given annually to a National Lacrosse League (NLL) player. It "honors the combination of character and performance"[1] shown by a player.
Past winners
[edit]Season | Winner | Team | Win # | Other finalists |
---|---|---|---|---|
2023 | Lyle Thompson[2] | Georgia Swarm | 5 | Kyle Buchanan, Buffalo Bandits[3] Tom Schreiber, Toronto Rock |
2022 | Lyle Thompson[4] | Georgia Swarm | 4 | Keegan Bal, Vancouver Warriors[5] Dan Dawson, Toronto Rock |
2021 | Season cancelled | |||
2020 | Lyle Thompson[6] | Georgia Swarm | 3 | Kyle Buchanan, San Diego Seals Curtis Knight, Rochester Knighthawks |
2019 | Lyle Thompson | Georgia Swarm | 2 | Dan Dawson, San Diego Seals Tom Schreiber, Toronto Rock |
2018 | Lyle Thompson | Georgia Swarm | 1 | Jordan Gilles, Colorado Mammoth John LaFontaine, New England Black Wolves |
2017 | Jordan Hall | Georgia Swarm | 2 | Kyle Buchanan, New England Black Wolves Dan MacRae, Calgary Roughnecks |
2016 | Ben McIntosh[7] | Saskatchewan Rush | 1 | Karsen Leung, Calgary Roughnecks Kiel Matisz, Georgia Swarm |
2015 | Kyle Buchanan[8] | New England Black Wolves | 1 | Jordan Hall, Rochester Knighthawks Curtis Hodgson, Vancouver Stealth |
2014 | Garrett Billings[9] | Toronto Rock | 2 | Curtis Knight, Edmonton Rush Shawn Williams, Buffalo Bandits |
2013 | Garrett Billings[10] | Toronto Rock | 1 | |
2012 | Johnny Powless[11] | Rochester Knighthawks | 1 | |
2011 | Jordan Hall[12] | Rochester Knighthawks | 1 | |
2010 | Shawn Williams[13] | Rochester Knighthawks | 1 | |
2009 | Dan Dawson[14] | Boston Blazers | 1 | |
2008 | Dan Carey[15] | Colorado Mammoth | 1 | |
2007 | Tracey Kelusky[16] | Calgary Roughnecks | 1 | |
2006 | Sean Greenhalgh[1] | Philadelphia Wings | 1 | |
2005 | Gary Gait | Colorado Mammoth | 2 | |
2004 (Tie) | Gary Gait | Colorado Mammoth | 1 | |
Peter Lough | Arizona Sting | 1 | ||
2003 | Chris Driscoll | Toronto Rock | 1 | |
2002 | Jim Veltman | Toronto Rock | 1 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Wings' Greenhalgh wins Sportsmanship Award". lacrosse-network.com. 2006-05-01. Archived from the original on 2007-03-02. Retrieved 2007-04-30.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Thompson wins fifth straight Sportsmanship Award, Dawson wins second Teammate Award". NLL.com. May 23, 2023. Retrieved May 23, 2023.
- ^ "NATIONAL LACROSSE LEAGUE ANNOUNCES FINALISTS FOR 2022-23 NLL AWARDS". NLL.com. May 16, 2023. Retrieved May 23, 2023.
- ^ "TRACEY KELUSKY, STEVE DIETRICH, JAMIE DAWICK, PAT GREGOIRE, LYLE & JEREMY THOMPSON NAB HONORS AS NATIONAL LACROSSE LEAGUE OPENS AWARD ANNOUNCEMENTS". NLL.com. June 28, 2022. Retrieved June 28, 2022.
- ^ "NATIONAL LACROSSE LEAGUE ANNOUNCES FINALISTS FOR 2021-22 END OF SEASON AWARDS". NLL.com. June 22, 2022. Retrieved June 28, 2022.
- ^ "NLL announces 2019-20 NLL award winners". NLL.com. June 30, 2020. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
- ^ "2016 NLL Season Awards & Hall of Fame Ceremony". NLL.com. September 27, 2016. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
- ^ "2015 NLL Season Awards & Hall Of Fame Ceremony". NLL.com. September 29, 2015. Retrieved September 30, 2015.
- ^ "League announces 2014 Season Award winners". NLL.com. September 21, 2014. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
- ^ "Rock's Billings wins 2013 NLL Sportsmanship Award". NLL.com. April 29, 2013. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
- ^ "Knighthawks rookie Powless wins Sportsmanship Award". NLL.com. May 7, 2012. Archived from the original on June 14, 2012. Retrieved May 7, 2012.
- ^ "Hall, Bailey Win First Two Awards of 2011". NLL.com. 2011-05-03. Retrieved 2011-05-03.
- ^ "Stealth's Takata Named Executive of the Year". NLL.com. May 10, 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-11.
- ^ "Dawson Wins Sportsmanship Award". NLL.com. May 5, 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-06.
- ^ "Dan Carey and Chris McElroy Recognized". NLL.com. May 5, 2008. Retrieved 2009-05-06.
- ^ "Kelusky wins Sportsmanship Award". nll.com. 2007-04-30. Retrieved 2007-04-30.