Lt. Raymond Enners Award

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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]

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Award Winners by Year

YearPlayerPositionSchool
1969Joe CowanMidfield Johns Hopkins
1970Pete CrambletAttack Army
1971Tom CafaroAttackArmy
1972Pete EldredgeMidfield Virginia
1973Doug SchreiberMidfield Maryland
1974Rick KowalchukMidfieldJohns Hopkins
1975 Frank Urso MidfieldMaryland
1976 Mike French Attack Cornell
1977 Eamon McEneaney AttackCornell
1978 Mike O'Neill AttackJohns Hopkins
1979Mark GreenbergDefenseJohns Hopkins
1980Brendan SchneckMidfieldJohns Hopkins
1981 Jeff Cook AttackJohns Hopkins
1982Tom SearsGoalie North Carolina
1983 Brad Kotz Midfield Syracuse
1984 Larry Quinn GoalieJohns Hopkins
1985Larry QuinnGoalieJohns Hopkins
1986Tom HausDefenseNorth Carolina
1987Tim GoldsteinAttackCornell
1988 Gary Gait AttackSyracuse
1989 Dave Pietramala DefenseJohns Hopkins
1990 Gary Gait AttackSyracuse
1991Dennis GoldsteinAttackNorth Carolina
1992 Darren Lowe Attack Brown
1993 David Morrow Defense Princeton
1994 Scott Bacigalupo GoaliePrinceton
1995 Terry Riordan AttackJohns Hopkins
1996 Doug Knight AttackVirginia
1997 Casey Powell AttackSyracuse
1998 Casey Powell AttackSyracuse
1999 John Grant Attack Delaware
2000 Ryan Powell AttackSyracuse
2001 Doug Shanahan Midfield Hofstra
2002 Steve Dusseau Midfield Georgetown
2003Tillman JohnsonGoalieVirginia
2004 Michael Powell AttackSyracuse
2005 Kyle Harrison MidfieldJohns Hopkins
2006 Matt Ward AttackVirginia
2007 Matt Danowski Attack Duke
2008 Matt Danowski AttackDuke
2009 Max Seibald AttackCornell
2010 Kevin Crowley Midfield Stony Brook
2011 Rob Pannell AttackCornell
2012 Peter Baum Attack Colgate
2013 Rob Pannell AttackCornell
2014 Lyle Thompson Attack Albany
2015 Lyle Thompson Attack Albany
2016 Dylan Molloy AttackBrown
2017 Matt Rambo AttackMaryland
2018Ben ReevesAttack Yale
2019 Pat Spencer Attack Loyola
2020N/A (COVID-19 Pandemic)N/AN/A
2021 Jared Bernhardt AttackMaryland
2022Logan WisnauskasAttackMaryland
2023 Brennan O'Neill AttackDuke
2024Ajax ZappitelloDefenseMaryland

Universities with Multiple Award Winners

SchoolNumber of AwardsWinning 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
6
1973, 1975, 2017, 2021, 2022, 2024
Virginia
4
1972, 1996, 2003, 2006
North Carolina
3
1982, 1986, 1991
Duke
3
2007, 2008, 2023
Army
2
1970, 1971
Brown
2
1992, 2016
Princeton
2
1993, 1994
Albany
2
2014, 2015

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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