Gavin Prout

Gavin Prout

Born	(1978-03-13) March 13, 1978 (age 46) Whitby, Ontario, Canada
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight	188 pounds (85 kg)
Shoots	Right
Position	Forward
NCAA team	Loyola (2001)
NLL draft	1st overall, 2001 New York Saints
NLL team Former teams	Colorado Mammoth Edmonton Rush Rochester Knighthawks New York Saints
MLL team Former teams	Free Agent Hamilton Nationals Rochester Rattlers Baltimore Bayhawks
Pro career	2002–2013
Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame, 2023

Gavin Prout (born March 13, 1978, in Whitby, Ontario) is a Canadian professional lacrosse player who plays for the Colorado Mammoth in the National Lacrosse League, and formerly of the Hamilton Nationals in Major League Lacrosse. He was also a member of the Team Canada squad that won the gold medal during the 2006 World Lacrosse Championship.

Canadian Box career

Junior

Prout played for the Whitby Warriors of the OLA Junior A Lacrosse League. In 1997, Prout lead the Warriors to their first Minto Cup championship in 12 years. The following year, Prout was awarded the "Green Gael Trophy" for League M.V.P., ^[1] scoring 49 goals and 125 points during the season. In 1999, Prout led the league in scoring with a career high 132 points, and led the Warriors to their second Minto Cup in three years. Prout was also given the "Dean McLeod Award" for Playoffs M.V.P. and the "B.W. Evans Award" for Top Graduating Player. ^[1]

Prout finished his junior career with an outstanding 676 points (regular season and playoffs combined), ranking him 25th all time in Canadian Junior A lacrosse history. Prout is also ranked 21st all time in combined assists with 396. ^[2]

Senior

Prout finished his first season in the MSL with 73 points, and helped the Brooklin Redmen to their first Mann Cup in ten years. Prout was awarded the "Gene Dopp Memorial Trophy" as Rookie of the Year. ^[3]

College career

Prout started his collegiate career in Erie, PA playing at Mercyhurst College as a freshman until they dropped Men's Lacrosse as a Division 1 sport and Gannon University as a sophomore, until they also dropped Men's Lacrosse as a division 1 sport. Prout played collegiate lacrosse at Loyola College in Maryland, where he was named to the First-team All-American team as a senior.

Professional career

Prout was drafted first overall by the New York Saints in the 2001 National Lacrosse League entry draft. ^[4]

As a rookie, Prout was named to the All-Rookie team as a member of the Saints. Since joining the league, Prout has played in six NLL All-Star Games (2002, & 2004 - 2008). ^[4]

Prout joined the Mammoth in 2004, and was named the captain of the Mammoth prior to the 2006 season. He was named the Championship game MVP when the Mammoth won the NLL championship in 2006. ^[4]

In 2008, Prout led the National Lacrosse League in assists with 67, a career high. ^[5] During the 2009 NLL season, he was named a reserve to the All-Star game. ^[6]

In October 2009, Prout was traded along with Andrew Potter and two 2010 1st round draft selections to the Rochester Knighthawks for Ilija Gajic and their 2012 first round draft selection. ^[7] Just two weeks later, Prout was once again traded with Dean Hill to the Edmonton Rush for two draft picks. ^[8]

In March 2011, after playing a season and a half for Edmonton, Prout was traded back to the Mammoth. ^[9]

Statistics

NCAA

Season	Team	GP	G	A	Pts
1998	Mercyhurst College	12	6	7	13
1999	Gannon University	15	47	40	87
2000	Loyola University	14	42	11	53
2001	Loyola University	14	37	21	58
Totals		55	132	79	211

MLL

			Regular Season								Playoffs
Season	Team		GP	G	2ptG	A	Pts	LB	PIM		GP	G	2ptG	A	Pts	LB	PIM
2005	Baltimore		11	13	0	14	27	33	8		2	1	0	2	3	0	0
2007	Rochester		10	16	0	5	21	14	6.5		1	2	0	1	3	2	1
2008	Rochester		12	7	0	10	17	18	5		2	2	0	1	3	1	1
2009	Toronto		10	3	0	7	10	8	3		2	0	0	1	1	2	1.5
MLL Totals			43	39	0	36	75	73	22.5		7	5	0	5	10	5	3.5

NLL

Reference: ^[10]

Gavin Prout		Regular Season									Playoffs
Season	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	LB	PIM	Pts/GP	LB/GP	PIM/GP	GP	G	A	Pts	LB	PIM	Pts/GP	LB/GP	PIM/GP
2002	New York Saints	16	30	52	82	115	33	5.13	7.19	2.06	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2003	New York Saints	15	28	44	72	131	29	4.80	8.73	1.93	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2004	Colorado Mammoth	16	34	57	91	107	33	5.69	6.69	2.06	1	1	2	3	5	2	3.00	5.00	2.00
2005	Colorado Mammoth	16	28	50	78	80	32	4.88	5.00	2.00	1	1	1	2	7	0	2.00	7.00	0.00
2006	Colorado Mammoth	16	29	64	93	89	42	5.81	5.56	2.63	3	10	15	25	20	0	8.33	6.67	0.00
2007	Colorado Mammoth	16	30	59	89	85	32	5.56	5.31	2.00	1	1	3	4	6	2	4.00	6.00	2.00
2008	Colorado Mammoth	16	25	67	92	85	14	5.75	5.31	0.88	1	2	4	6	4	0	6.00	4.00	0.00
2009	Colorado Mammoth	16	26	48	74	96	14	4.63	6.00	0.88	1	2	3	5	6	2	5.00	6.00	2.00
2010	Edmonton Rush	16	27	40	67	72	29	4.19	4.50	1.81	2	4	6	10	7	4	5.00	3.50	2.00
2011	Edmonton Rush	10	11	26	37	41	16	3.70	4.10	1.60	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2011	Colorado Mammoth	6	3	20	23	23	7	3.83	3.83	1.17	1	0	2	2	4	0	2.00	4.00	0.00
2012	Colorado Mammoth	14	22	61	83	49	26	5.93	3.50	1.86	1	1	3	4	4	2	4.00	4.00	2.00
2013	Colorado Mammoth	11	8	33	41	33	9	3.73	3.00	0.82	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
		184	301	621	922	1,006	316	5.01	5.47	1.72	12	22	39	61	63	12	5.08	5.25	1.00
Career Total:		196	323	660	983	1,069	328	5.02	5.45	1.67

GP–Games played; G–Goals; A–Assists; Pts–Points; LB–Loose balls; PIM–Penalty minutes; Pts/GP–Points per games played; LB/GP–Loose balls per games played; PIM/GP–Penalty minutes per games played.

O.L.A. Jr.A

				Regular Season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1995	Oshawa Green Gaels	OLA Jr.B		2	4	2	6	10		0	0	0	0	0
1995	Whitby Warriors	OLA Jr.A		16	18	15	33	39		10	3	6	9	33
1996	Whitby Warriors	OLA Jr.A		18	32	51	83	16		12	16	26	42	36
1997	Whitby Warriors	OLA Jr.A		18	44	53	97	50		17	23	31	54	41
Minto Cup	Whitby Warriors	CLA		--	--	--	--	--		6	4	11	15	20
1998	Whitby Warriors	OLA Jr.A		20	49	76	125	44		12	24	27	51	20
1999	Whitby Warriors	OLA Jr.A		20	49	82	132	44		13	25	35	60	50
Minto Cup	Whitby Warriors	CLA		--	--	--	--	--		5	7	18	25	14
Junior A Totals				92	192	277	469	193		64	91	125	216	180
Junior B Totals				2	4	2	6	10		0	0	0	0	0
Minto Cup Totals				--	--	--	--	--		11	11	29	40	34

MSL

				Regular Season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1997	Brooklin Redmen	MSL		1	2	1	3	0		0	0	0	0	0
1998	Brooklin Redmen	MSL		0	0	0	0	0		3	8	9	17	30
2000	Brooklin Redmen	MSL		18	26	47	73	40		11	12	31	43	15
Mann Cup	Brooklin Redmen	CLA		--	--	--	--	--		4	8	10	18	4
2003	Brooklin Redmen	MSL		12	22	26	48	26		8	17	31	48	10
2004	Brooklin Redmen	MSL		13	27	65	92	30		4	9	10	19	16
2006	Brooklin Redmen	MSL		11	22	31	53	14		7	11	24	35	17
2007	Brooklin Redmen	MSL		8	11	22	33	25		--	--	--	--	--
Senior A Totals				63	110	192	302	193		33	57	105	162	88
Mann Cup Totals				--	--	--	--	--		4	8	10	18	4

Awards

Preceded by Colin Doyle	Champion's Cup MVP 2006	Succeeded by John Grant, Jr.

References

1. "O.L.A. Junior A Trophy Winners". wampsbibleoflacrosse.com.
2. "Top 100 Career Leaders For Goals, Assists, And Points In Canadian Junior A Lacrosse". wampsbibleoflacrosse.com.
3. "Trophy Winners in O.L.A. Major/Senior". wampsbibleoflacrosse.com.
4. "Gavin Prout Bio from Colorado Mammoth". ColoradoMammoth.com. Retrieved 2008-05-02.
5. "Snider Breaks Loose Ball Record". NLL.com. April 29, 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-05-10. Retrieved 2008-05-01.
6. "All-Star reserves announced". NLL.com. February 19, 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-05.
7. "Mammoth & Knighthawks Make Big Trade". NLL.com. October 31, 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-31.
8. "Knighthawks Trade Prout to Rush". NLL.com. November 10, 2009. Retrieved 2009-11-10.
9. "Prout traded back to Colorado". NLL.com. March 15, 2011. Retrieved 2011-11-05.
10. "Player National Lacrosse League". NLL.com. Retrieved March 9, 2020.