National Lacrosse League Sportsmanship Award

The National Lacrosse League Sportsmanship Award is given annually to a National Lacrosse League (NLL) player. It "honors the combination of character and performance"[1] shown by a player.

Past winners
Season Winner Team Win # Other finalists
2023 Lyle Thompson[2] Georgia Swarm 5 Kyle Buchanan, Buffalo Bandits[3]
Tom Schreiber, Toronto Rock
2022 Lyle Thompson[4] Georgia Swarm 4 Keegan Bal, Vancouver Warriors[5]
Dan Dawson, Toronto Rock
2021 Season cancelled
2020 Lyle Thompson[6] Georgia Swarm 3 Kyle Buchanan, San Diego Seals
Curtis Knight, Rochester Knighthawks
2019 Lyle Thompson Georgia Swarm 2 Dan Dawson, San Diego Seals
Tom Schreiber, Toronto Rock
2018 Lyle Thompson Georgia Swarm 1 Jordan Gilles, Colorado Mammoth
John LaFontaine, New England Black Wolves
2017 Jordan Hall Georgia Swarm 2 Kyle Buchanan, New England Black Wolves
Dan MacRae, Calgary Roughnecks
2016 Ben McIntosh[7] Saskatchewan Rush 1 Karsen Leung, Calgary Roughnecks
Kiel Matisz, Georgia Swarm
2015 Kyle Buchanan[8] New England Black Wolves 1 Jordan Hall, Rochester Knighthawks
Curtis Hodgson, Vancouver Stealth
2014 Garrett Billings[9] Toronto Rock 2 Curtis Knight, Edmonton Rush
Shawn Williams, Buffalo Bandits
2013 Garrett Billings[10] Toronto Rock 1  
2012 Johnny Powless[11] Rochester Knighthawks 1  
2011 Jordan Hall[12] Rochester Knighthawks 1  
2010 Shawn Williams[13] Rochester Knighthawks 1  
2009 Dan Dawson[14] Boston Blazers 1  
2008 Dan Carey[15] Colorado Mammoth 1  
2007 Tracey Kelusky[16] Calgary Roughnecks 1  
2006 Sean Greenhalgh[1] Philadelphia Wings 1  
2005 Gary Gait Colorado Mammoth 2  
2004 (Tie) Gary Gait Colorado Mammoth 1  
Peter Lough Arizona Sting 1  
2003 Chris Driscoll Toronto Rock 1  
2002 Jim Veltman Toronto Rock 1  

References
  1. "Wings' Greenhalgh wins Sportsmanship Award". lacrosse-network.com. 2006-05-01. Archived from the original on 2007-03-02. Retrieved 2007-04-30.
  2. "Thompson wins fifth straight Sportsmanship Award, Dawson wins second Teammate Award". NLL.com. May 23, 2023. Retrieved May 23, 2023.
  3. "NATIONAL LACROSSE LEAGUE ANNOUNCES FINALISTS FOR 2022-23 NLL AWARDS". NLL.com. May 16, 2023. Retrieved May 23, 2023.
  4. "TRACEY KELUSKY, STEVE DIETRICH, JAMIE DAWICK, PAT GREGOIRE, LYLE & JEREMY THOMPSON NAB HONORS AS NATIONAL LACROSSE LEAGUE OPENS AWARD ANNOUNCEMENTS". NLL.com. June 28, 2022. Retrieved June 28, 2022.
  5. "NATIONAL LACROSSE LEAGUE ANNOUNCES FINALISTS FOR 2021-22 END OF SEASON AWARDS". NLL.com. June 22, 2022. Retrieved June 28, 2022.
  6. "NLL announces 2019-20 NLL award winners". NLL.com. June 30, 2020. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
  7. "2016 NLL Season Awards & Hall of Fame Ceremony". NLL.com. September 27, 2016. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
  8. "2015 NLL Season Awards & Hall Of Fame Ceremony". NLL.com. September 29, 2015. Retrieved September 30, 2015.
  9. "League announces 2014 Season Award winners". NLL.com. September 21, 2014. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
  10. "Rock's Billings wins 2013 NLL Sportsmanship Award". NLL.com. April 29, 2013. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
  11. "Knighthawks rookie Powless wins Sportsmanship Award". NLL.com. May 7, 2012. Archived from the original on June 14, 2012. Retrieved May 7, 2012.
  12. "Hall, Bailey Win First Two Awards of 2011". NLL.com. 2011-05-03. Retrieved 2011-05-03.
  13. "Stealth's Takata Named Executive of the Year". NLL.com. May 10, 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-11.
  14. "Dawson Wins Sportsmanship Award". NLL.com. May 5, 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-06.
  15. "Dan Carey and Chris McElroy Recognized". NLL.com. May 5, 2008. Retrieved 2009-05-06.
  16. "Kelusky wins Sportsmanship Award". nll.com. 2007-04-30. Retrieved 2007-04-30.

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