Lt. Raymond 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

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Year Player Position School
1969 Joe Cowan Midfield Johns Hopkins
1970 Pete Cramblet Attack Army
1971 Tom Cafaro Attack Army
1972 Pete Eldredge Midfield Virginia
1973 Doug Schreiber Midfield Maryland
1974 Rick Kowalchuk Midfield Johns Hopkins
1975 Frank Urso Midfield Maryland
1976 Mike French Attack Cornell
1977 Eamon McEneaney Attack Cornell
1978 Mike O'Neill Attack Johns Hopkins
1979 Mark Greenberg Defense Johns Hopkins
1980 Brendan Schneck Midfield Johns Hopkins
1981 Jeff Cook Attack Johns Hopkins
1982 Tom Sears Goalie North Carolina
1983 Brad Kotz Midfield Syracuse
1984 Larry Quinn Goalie Johns Hopkins
1985 Larry Quinn Goalie Johns Hopkins
1986 Tom Haus Defense North Carolina
1987 Tim Goldstein Attack Cornell
1988 Gary Gait Attack Syracuse
1989 Dave Pietramala Defense Johns Hopkins
1990 Gary Gait Attack Syracuse
1991 Dennis Goldstein Attack North Carolina
1992 Darren Lowe Attack Brown
1993 David Morrow Defense Princeton
1994 Scott Bacigalupo Goalie Princeton
1995 Terry Riordan Attack Johns Hopkins
1996 Doug Knight Attack Virginia
1997 Casey Powell Attack Syracuse
1998 Casey Powell Attack Syracuse
1999 John Grant Attack Delaware
2000 Ryan Powell Attack Syracuse
2001 Doug Shanahan Midfield Hofstra
2002 Steve Dusseau Midfield Georgetown
2003 Tillman Johnson Goalie Virginia
2004 Michael Powell Attack Syracuse
2005 Kyle Harrison Midfield Johns Hopkins
2006 Matt Ward Attack Virginia
2007 Matt Danowski Attack Duke
2008 Matt Danowski Attack Duke
2009 Max Seibald Attack Cornell
2010 Kevin Crowley Midfield Stony Brook
2011 Rob Pannell Attack Cornell
2012 Peter Baum Attack Colgate
2013 Rob Pannell Attack Cornell
2014 Lyle Thompson Attack Albany
2015 Lyle Thompson Attack Albany
2016 Dylan Molloy Attack Brown
2017 Matt Rambo Attack Maryland
2018 Ben Reeves Attack Yale
2019 Pat Spencer Attack Loyola
2020 N/A (COVID-19 Pandemic) N/A N/A
2021 Jared Bernhardt Attack Maryland
2022 Logan Wisnauskas Attack Maryland
2023 Brennan O'Neill Attack Duke
2024 Ajax Zappitello Defense Maryland

Universities with Multiple Award Winners

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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
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

See also

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References

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  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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