TEWAARATON AWARD ANNOUNCES 2021 MEN’S AND WOMEN’S WATCH LISTS

WASHINGTON, DC, March 11 – The Tewaaraton Foundation has announced the 2021 Tewaaraton Award men’s and women’s watch lists. The lists include the top players across all three divisions of NCAA and highlight the early contenders for the 2021 Tewaaraton Award. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the award.

The Tewaaraton Award annually honors the top male and female player in the United States. The selection committees are made up of premier collegiate coaches and are appointed annually by The Tewaaraton Foundation.

As the schedules of most teams remain subject to state and school-specific COVID protocols, the selection committees proceeded on the assumption that all eligible and enrolled student-athletes will have some opportunity to compete this season.

The men’s and women’s watch list candidates, with school, year and position noted:

2021 MEN’S WATCH LIST Jared Bernhardt, - Grad. Student, Attack Reid Bowering, Drexel - Grad. Student, Attack Toby Burgdorf, Providence College - Sr., Goalie Matt Campbell, Villanova - Jr., Midfield Jake Carraway, Georgetown - Grad. Student, Attack Adam Charalambides, Rutgers - Grad. Student, Attack Zach Cole, Saint Joseph’s - Jr., Face-Off Jared Conners, - Sr., Defense Payton Cormier, Virginia - Soph., Attack Brendan Curry, Syracuse - Sr., Midfield Connor DeSimone, Johns Hopkins - Sr., Attack Tucker Dordevic, Syracuse - Soph., Midfield Joey Epstein, Johns Hopkins - Jr., Attack Tyler Gallagher, Lynchburg - Grad. Student, Defense JT Giles-Harris, Duke - Grad. Student, Defense Phil Goss, Brown - Sr., Goalie Chris Gray, North Carolina - Sr., Attack Sam Handley, Penn - Jr., Midfield Jack Hannah, - Sr., Midfield Marcus Hudgins, Army West Point - Jr., Defense Matt Hutchings, Le Moyne - 5th Year, Attack Jack Kielty, Notre Dame - Grad. Student, Defense Connor Kirst, Rutgers - Grad. Student, Attack Charlie Kitchen, Delaware - Grad. Student, Attack Jason Knox, Hobart College - Jr., Attack Ty Kostack, Cabrini - Sr., Attack Tre Leclaire, Ohio State - Grad. Student, Attack Kevin Lindley, Loyola - Sr., Attack Danny Logan, Denver - Grad. Student, SSDM Owen McElroy, Georgetown - Sr., Goalie Ryan McNulty, Loyola - Grad. Student, Longstick Midfield Nakeie Montgomery, Duke - Sr., Midfield Matt Moore, Virginia - Sr., Attack Jackson Morrill, Denver - Grad. Student, Attack Kieran Mullins, Rutgers - Grad. Student, Attack Tehoka Nanticoke, UAlbany - Sr., Attack Brendan Nichtern, Army West Point - Jr., Attack Asher Nolting, High Point - Sr., Attack Mac O’Keefe, Penn State - Grad. Student, Attack Joe Robertson, Duke - Sr., Attack Jack Rusbuldt, Richmond - Sr., Goalie Tommy Schelling, Lehigh - Jr., Attack Wyatt Schupler, Army West Point - Jr., Goalie Mike Sisselberger, Lehigh - Jr., Face-Off Gibson Smith, Georgetown - Sr., Defense Ryan Smith, Robert Morris - Grad. Student, Attack Koby Smith, Towson - Sr., Defense Michael Sowers, Duke - Grad. Student, Attack Jeff Teat, Cornell - Sr., Attack Ryan Terefenko, Ohio State - Grad. Student, Midfield Ryan Tierney, Hofstra - Sr., Attack Jeff Trainor, UMass - Grad. Student, Midfield Jamie Trimboli, Syracuse - Grad. Student, Midfield Ethan Walker, Denver - Grad. Student, Attack Logan Wisnauskas, Maryland - Sr., Attack 2021 WOMEN’S WATCH LIST Andie Aldave, Notre Dame - Sr., Midfield Ali Baiocco, Stanford - Sr., Attack Caroline Blalock, Louisville - Sr., Midfield Megan Carney, Syracuse - Jr., Attack Kasey Choma, Notre Dame - Soph., Midfield Lizzie Colson, Maryland - Grad. Student, Defense Sarah Cooper, Syracuse - Jr., Defense Aurora Cordingley, Johns Hopkins - Sr., Attack Bridget Deehan, Notre Dame - Sr., Goalie Kerry Defliese, Syracuse - Grad. Student, Defense Sondra Dickey, Lehigh - Grad. Student, Midfield Olivia Dirks, Penn State - Soph., Midfield Molly Dougherty, James Madison - Jr., Goalie Annie Dyson, Virginia - Jr., Midfield Sam Fiedler, Loyola - Sr., Midfield Molly Garrett, Michigan - Grad. Student, Midfield Sam Geiersbach, Richmond - RS Sr., Attack Lauren Gilbert, Northwestern - Sr., Attack Asa Goldstock, Syracuse - Grad. Student, Goalie Brindi Griffin, Maryland - Fifth Year, Attack Grace Griffin, Maryland - Sr., Midfield Scottie Rose Growney, North Carolina - Sr., Attack Karson Harris, Drexel - Sr., Midfield Liza Hernandez, Ohio State - Grad. Student, Attack Katie Hoeg, North Carolina - Sr., Attack Abby Hormes, High Point - Sr., Attack Maddie Jenner, Duke - Jr., Attack Emma Johnson, James Madison - Sr., Defense Shannon Kavanagh, Florida - Sr., Midfield Ally Kennedy , Stony Brook - Grad. Student, Midfield Molly Little, Denver - 5th Year Sr, Defense Ashlyn McGovern, Virginia - Jr., Attack Lindsay McKone, Northwestern - Grad. Student, Attack Taylor Moreno, North Carolina - Sr., Goalie Sammy Mueller, Northwestern - Grad. Student, Midfield Caitlin Muir, Michigan - Sr., Attack Charlotte North, College - Sr., Attack Taryn Ohlmiller , Stony Brook - Grad. Student, Attack Jamie Ortega, North Carolina - Sr., Attack Alyssa Parrella, Hofstra - Sr., Attack Blair Pearre, Towson - Soph., Midfield Paige Petty, Virginia Tech - Sr., Midfield Kole Pollock, Adelphi - Grad. Student, Attack Sarah Reznick, Florida - RS Fr., Goalie Kathleen Roe, Notre Dame - Grad. Student, Defense Gabby Rosenzweig, Duke - Grad. Student, Attack Livy Rosenzweig, Loyola - Sr., Attack Izzy Scane, Northwestern - Jr., Attack Cassidy Spilis, Rutgers - Soph., Midfield Taylor Suplee, Penn State - Soph., Goalie Emma Trenchard, North Carolina - Sr., Defense Cara Trombetta, Florida - Grad. Student, Defense Meaghan Tyrrell, Syracuse - Jr., Attack Cara Urbank, Boston College - Grad. Student, Attack Nicole Victory, Navy - Sr., Attack Mikaela Watson, Stanford - Grad. Student, Midfield Sydney Watson, UConn - Sr., Midfield

Players not named to this initial list will have opportunities to play their way into a spot as the season progresses. Watch list additions will be announced on April 2, before the field will be narrowed to 25 men’s and 25 women’s nominees on April 23. Nominees can be players from the watch lists or not from the watch lists, effectively allowing for a second round of additions.

Five men’s and five women’s finalists will be announced in early May. The Tewaaraton Award recipients will be chosen after the conclusion of the collegiate lacrosse season.

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About The Tewaaraton Foundation Founded at the University Club of Washington, DC and first presented in 2001, the Tewaaraton Award is recognized as the preeminent lacrosse award, annually honoring the top male and female college lacrosse player in the United States. Endorsed by the Mohawk Nation Council of Elders and U.S. Lacrosse, the Tewaaraton Award symbolizes lacrosse’s centuries-old roots in Native American heritage. The Tewaaraton Foundation ensures the integrity and advances the mission of this award. Each year, the Tewaaraton Award celebrates one of the six tribal nations of the Confederacy – the Mohawk, Cayuga, Oneida, Onondaga, Seneca and Tuscarora – and presents two scholarships to students of Native American descent. To learn more about The Tewaaraton Foundation, please visit www.tewaaraton.com.

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