Tom Borrelli Award

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The Tom Borrelli Award is presented by the National Lacrosse League to the league's "Media Person of the Year". The award was originally awarded to the Writer of the Year, but "was changed to Media Person of the Year in 2011 to allow for a wider range of media members to be considered for the award, including broadcasters." [1]

The award is named for Tom Borrelli (1957–2008), a writer for The Buffalo News who covered the Buffalo Bandits from the team's inception in 1992 to his death in 2008. [2] He was inducted into the National Lacrosse League Hall of Fame in 2007.

The award was created at the end of the 2005 season and, surprisingly, Borrelli was never a recipient. However, Tom Borrelli was the first sportswriter inducted into the NLL Hall of Fame.

In 2009, The Buffalo News began awarding a lacrosse scholarship and trophy named for Tom Borrelli to the top high school lacrosse player in Western New York. [3] The inaugural Tom Borrelli Memorial Award winner was Jeff Tundo of Orchard Park, [4] who played collegiately at Ohio State and Stony Brook.

Past winners

SeasonWinnerMedia OutletWin #Other finalists
2024 Adam Levi [5] Inside Lacrosse, NLLPA, and NLL.com, "Lacrosse Matrix" podcast1Teddy Jenner, TSN, "Off the CrosseBar" podcast [6]
Graeme Perrow, NLL Chatter
2023 Teddy Jenner [7] TSN 2Pat Gregoire, Halifax Thunderbirds [8]
Adam Levi, Inside Lacrosse, NLLPA, and NLL.com
2022 Pat Gregoire [9] Halifax Thunderbirds 1Jake Elliott, Vancouver Warriors [10]
Tyson Geick, Halifax Thunderbirds / Lacrosse Flash
2021Season cancelled
2020 Craig Rybczynski [11] Rochester Knighthawks1Jake Elliott
Teddy Jenner
2019 Tyson GeickLacrosse Flash1Bob Chavez
Barstool Jordie
2018 Stephen Stamp ILIndoor.com 2Jake Elliott
Teddy Jenner
2017 Jake Elliott [12] TSN 1410, Vancouver 2
2016 Teddy Jenner [13] ILIndoor.com 1
2015 Steve Ewen [14] The Province 1
2014 Bob Chavez ILIndoor.com 1
2013 Stephen Stamp [15] ILIndoor.com 1
2012 Jake Elliott [1] Minnesota Swarm 1
2011 Budd Bailey [16] The Buffalo News 1
2010 Paul Tutka [17] NLLInsider.com 3
2009 Paul Tutka [18] NLLInsider.com 2
2008 Paul Tutka [19] NLLInsider.com 1
2007 Ty Pilson [20] Calgary Sun 1
2006 Sal Maiorana [21] Rochester Democrat and Chronicle 1
2005 Mike Koreen [22] Toronto Sun 1

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References

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  2. ↑ "Buffalo Sportswriter Dies After Press Box Fall". Deadspin. November 20, 2008. Retrieved August 30, 2019.
  3. ↑ "Borrelli Award to go to lax's best". BuffaloNews.com. April 28, 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-21.
  4. ↑ "Tundo earns inaugural Borrelli Award". BuffaloNews.com. July 18, 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-21.
  5. ↑ "HALIFAX'S JOHN CATALANO SELECTED NLL EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR AS NATIONAL LACROSSE LEAGUE ANNOUNCED FIRST 2023-2024 AWARDS". NLL.com. May 13, 2024. Retrieved May 13, 2024.
  6. ↑ "NATIONAL LACROSSE LEAGUE ANNOUNCES FINALISTS FOR 2023-24 NLL AWARDS". NLL.com. May 8, 2024. Retrieved May 9, 2024.
  7. ↑ "TSN's Teddy Jenner wins second Tom Borrelli Award; Las Vegas CEO Mark Fine takes home Executive of the Year in inaugural season". NLL.com. May 23, 2023. Retrieved May 23, 2023.
  8. ↑ "NATIONAL LACROSSE LEAGUE ANNOUNCES FINALISTS FOR 2022-23 NLL AWARDS". NLL.com. May 16, 2023. Retrieved May 23, 2023.
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  13. ↑ "Teddy Jenner named 2016 NLL Media Person of the Year". NLL.com. July 11, 2016. Retrieved July 18, 2016.
  14. ↑ "Steve Ewen wins Tom Borelli Award". NLL.com. July 6, 2015. Retrieved January 9, 2016.
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  17. ↑ "Stealth's Takata Named Executive of the Year". NLL.com. May 10, 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-11.
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