Lt. Raymond Enners Award

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Not to be confused with Lt. Ray Enners Award.

The Lt. Raymond Enners Award is an award given annually to the NCAA's most outstanding player in men's college lacrosse. The award is presented by the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) and is named after 1st Lt. Raymond J. Enners, who attended the United States Military Academy, class of 1967, and served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. While leading a platoon, he was killed in combat on September 18, 1968. Enners received the Distinguished Service Cross, the Bronze Star Medal, and the Purple Heart for extraordinary heroism in combat in South Vietnam. He was a member of the 1963 All-Long Island lacrosse team, a 1967 USILA Honorable Mention All-American, and was inducted into the Suffolk County Hall of Fame in 2004.[1] The award was first given in the season immediately after his death.[2] The Lt. Ray Enners Award, another award named after Lt. Enners, is presented annually by the Suffolk County Boys Lacrosse Coaches Association to the outstanding high school player in Suffolk County, New York. Frank Urso is the only athlete who has won both awards, in 1972 and 1975.[3] In 2016, Richard Enners authored the book "Heart of Gray", the story about his brother LT. Raymond J. Enners, Alpha Company, 1-20th Infantry, 11th Brigade and his courage and sacrifice in Vietnam.[4]

Award Winners by Year[]

Year Player School
1969 Joe Cowan Johns Hopkins
1970 Pete Cramblet Army
1971 Tom Cafaro Army
1972 Pete Eldredge Virginia
1973 Doug Schreiber Maryland
1974 Rick Kowalchuk Johns Hopkins
1975 Frank Urso Maryland
1976 Mike French Cornell
1977 Eamon McEneaney Cornell
1978 Mike O'Neill Johns Hopkins
1979 Mark Greenberg Johns Hopkins
1980 Brendan Schneck Johns Hopkins
1981 Jeff Cook Johns Hopkins
1982 Tom Sears North Carolina
1983 Brad Kotz Syracuse
1984 Larry Quinn Johns Hopkins
1985 Larry Quinn Johns Hopkins
1986 Tom Haus North Carolina
1987 Tim Goldstein Cornell
1988 Gary Gait Syracuse
1989 Dave Pietramala Johns Hopkins
1990 Gary Gait Syracuse
1991 Dennis Goldstein North Carolina
1992 Darren Lowe Brown
1993 David Morrow Princeton
1994 Scott Bacigalupo Princeton
1995 Terry Riordan Johns Hopkins
1996 Doug Knight Virginia
1997 Casey Powell Syracuse
1998 Casey Powell Syracuse
1999 John Grant Delaware
2000 Ryan Powell Syracuse
2001 Doug Shanahan Hofstra
2002 Steve Dusseau Georgetown
2003 Tillman Johnson Virginia
2004 Michael Powell Syracuse
2005 Kyle Harrison Johns Hopkins
2006 Matt Ward Virginia
2007 Matt Danowski Duke
2008 Matt Danowski Duke
2009 Max Seibald Cornell
2010 Kevin Crowley Stony Brook
2011 Rob Pannell Cornell
2012 Peter Baum Colgate
2013 Rob Pannell Cornell
2014 Lyle Thompson Albany
2015 Lyle Thompson Albany
2016 Dylan Molloy Brown
2017 Matt Rambo Maryland
2018 Ben Reeves Yale
2019 Pat Spencer Loyola University Maryland
2020 None (Season canceled due to COVID-19 Pandemic)
2021 Jared Bernhardt Maryland

Universities with Multiple Award Winners[]

School Number of Awards Winning Years
Johns Hopkins
11
 1969, 1974, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1989, 1995, 2005
Syracuse
7
 1983, 1988, 1990, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2004
Cornell
6
 1976, 1977, 1987, 2009, 2011, 2013
Maryland
4
 1973, 1975, 2017, 2021
Virginia
4
 1972, 1996, 2003, 2006
North Carolina
3
 1982, 1986, 1991
Army
2
 1970, 1971
Brown
2
 1992, 2016
Duke
2
 2007, 2008
Princeton
2
 1993, 1994
Albany
2
 2014, 2015

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Burns, Sean (July 23, 2012). "Lacrosse Positional Awards: Who they're named for". Inside Lacrosse. Retrieved October 24, 2017.
  2. ^ "In Memory of Raymond James Enners". Retrieved 2008-05-16.
  3. ^ Frank Urso
  4. ^ Heart of Gray

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