Gibson On Tewaarton Award List
Junior Attackman Considered For Top Lax Honor
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Matt Gibson, a junior attackman on the Yale lacrosse team, has been included in the 2011 Tewaarton Award Watch List. The Greater Washington Sports Alliance just announced its list, made up of the top lacrosse players across all three divisions of collegiate lacrosse.
All watch list nominees are carefully screened and identified by a committees comprised of college coaches. The watch list will eventually be whittled down three more times until the top 10 male Tewaaraton Award Finalists are named in May of 2011.
Gibson, last year's New England Player of the Year and a 2010 second-team All-Ivy pick, had a goal and an assist in Yale's Feb. 26 season opener at St. John's. He sat out last week's two home games with an injury. He has 47 career goals and 77 points.
"We are thrilled to announce this year's watch list just as the 2011 season is getting underway," said Robert Sweeney, President of the Greater Washington Sports Alliance. "The selection committees have done an outstanding job at choosing the top contenders for the Tewaaraton Award across the country. This year's list represents 47 different educational institutions from over 17 conferences and 48 of these athletes are repeat nominees from last year."
The Tewaaraton Award was formally established in August of 2000 by The University Club of Washington, DC and is the pre-eminent lacrosse award, which is awarded annually to the NCAA male and female lacrosse players of the year. Tradition dictates that each year the Tewaaraton Award celebrates one of the six tribal nations of the Iroquois Confederacy: the Mohawk, Cayuga, Oneida, Onondaga, Seneca, and the Tuscarora. The 11th annual Tewaaraton Award event is set to recognize the Year of the Tuscarora.
The 11th annual Tewaaraton Award will be presented on June 2 at the historical Warner Theatre in Washington, D.C. Event details and ticket information can be found at www.TewaaratonAward.org.
Official Men's 2011 Tewaaraton Award Watch List
Stefan Bauer, Lafayette College
Peter Baum, Colgate University
Billy Bitter, University of North Carolina
Chris Bocklet, University of Virginia
Jeremy Boltus, United States Military Academy
Sam Bradman, Salisbury State University
Shamel Bratton, University of Virginia
Zach Brenneman, University of Notre Dame
Jay Card, Hofstra University
Grant Catalino, University of Maryland
Matt Chadderdon, Le Moyne College
Jake Clarke, Bucknell University
Tom Compitello, Stony Brook University
CJ Costabile, Duke University
Kevin Crowley, Stony Brook University
Jimmy Dailey, Stevenson University
Chris DeLuca, State University of New York Cortland
Jimmy Dunster, University of North Carolina
David Earl, University of Notre Dame
Barney Ehrmann, Georgetown University
Peter Fallon, Brown University
Brian Farrell, University of Maryland
Tyler Fiorito, Princeton University
Ryan Flanagan, University of North Carolina
John Galloway, Syracuse University
Dean Gibbons, Harvard University
Matt Gibson, Yale University
Bill Henderson, United States Military Academy
DJ Hessler, Tufts University
Dan Hostetler, Georgetown University
Zach Howell, Duke University
Brett Hughes, University of Pennsylvania
Brian Karalunas, Villanova University
Stephen Keogh, Syracuse University
John Lade, Syracuse University
Jamie Lincoln, Hofstra University
Matt Mackrides, Pennsylvania State University
Mark Manos, Drexel University
JoJo Marasco, Syracuse University
Kiel Matisz, Robert Morris University
Jack McBride, Princeton University
Jordan McBride, Stony Brook University
Peter Mezzanotte, Towson University
Rickey Mirabito, Georgetown University
Rob Pannell, Cornell University
Tom Perini, Lafayette College
Adam Rand, Stony Brook University
Kevin Ridgway, University of Notre Dame
Brett Schmidt, University of Maryland
Steele Stanwick, University of Virginia
Charlie Streep, Bucknell University
Jeremy Thompson, Syracuse University
Justin Tuma, Roanoke College
Justin Turri, Duke University
Chad Wiedmaier, Princeton University
Kyle Wharton, Johns Hopkins University
Joel White, Syracuse University
Ryan Young, University of Maryland
