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
2022	Lyle Thompson^[2]	Georgia Swarm	4	Keegan Bal, Vancouver Warriors^[3] Dan Dawson, Toronto Rock
2021	Season cancelled
2020	Lyle Thompson^[4]	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^[5]	Saskatchewan Rush	1	Karsen Leung, Calgary Roughnecks Kiel Matisz, Georgia Swarm
2015	Kyle Buchanan^[6]	New England Black Wolves	1	Jordan Hall, Rochester Knighthawks Curtis Hodgson, Vancouver Stealth
2014	Garrett Billings^[7]	Toronto Rock	2	Curtis Knight, Edmonton Rush Shawn Williams, Buffalo Bandits
2013	Garrett Billings^[8]	Toronto Rock	1
2012	Johnny Powless^[9]	Rochester Knighthawks	1
2011	Jordan Hall^[10]	Rochester Knighthawks	1
2010	Shawn Williams^[11]	Rochester Knighthawks	1
2009	Dan Dawson^[12]	Boston Blazers	1
2008	Dan Carey^[13]	Colorado Mammoth	1
2007	Tracey Kelusky^[14]	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. . lacrosse-network.com. 2006-05-01. Archived from the original on 2007-03-02. Retrieved 2007-04-30.
2. "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.
3. "NATIONAL LACROSSE LEAGUE ANNOUNCES FINALISTS FOR 2021-22 END OF SEASON AWARDS". NLL.com. June 22, 2022. Retrieved June 28, 2022.
4. "NLL announces 2019-20 NLL award winners". NLL.com. June 30, 2020. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
5. "2016 NLL Season Awards & Hall of Fame Ceremony". NLL.com. September 27, 2016. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
6. "2015 NLL Season Awards & Hall Of Fame Ceremony". NLL.com. September 29, 2015. Retrieved September 30, 2015.
7. "League announces 2014 Season Award winners". NLL.com. September 21, 2014. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
8. "Rock's Billings wins 2013 NLL Sportsmanship Award". NLL.com. April 29, 2013. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
9. . NLL.com. May 7, 2012. Archived from the original on June 14, 2012. Retrieved May 7, 2012.
10. "Hall, Bailey Win First Two Awards of 2011". NLL.com. 2011-05-03. Retrieved 2011-05-03.
11. "Stealth's Takata Named Executive of the Year". NLL.com. May 10, 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-11.
12. "Dawson Wins Sportsmanship Award". NLL.com. May 5, 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-06.
13. "Dan Carey and Chris McElroy Recognized". NLL.com. May 5, 2008. Retrieved 2009-05-06.
14. "Kelusky wins Sportsmanship Award". nll.com. 2007-04-30. Retrieved 2007-04-30.

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