Gavin Prout (born March 13, 1978, in Whitby, Ontario) is a Canadian former professional box lacrosse player. He was inducted into the Canadian Lacrosse hall of fame in 2023.
He is the current general manager of the Brooklin Lacrosse Club of Major Series Lacrosse. He was also a member of the Team Canada squad that won the gold medal during the 2006 World Lacrosse Championship.
Canadian Box career Junior Prout played for the Whitby Warriors of the OLA Junior A Lacrosse League. In 1997, Prout lead the Warriors to their first Minto Cup championship in 12 years. The following year, Prout was awarded the "Green Gael Trophy" for League M.V.P., scoring 49 goals and 125 points during the season. In 1999, Prout led the league in scoring with a career high 132 points, and led the Warriors to their second Minto Cup in three years. Prout was also given the "Dean McLeod Award" for Playoffs M.V.P. and the "B.W. Evans Award" for Top Graduating Player.
Prout finished his junior career with an outstanding 676 points (regular season and playoffs combined), ranking him 25th all time in Canadian Junior A lacrosse history. Prout is also ranked 21st all time in combined assists with 396.
Senior Prout finished his first season in the MSL with 73 points, and helped the Brooklin Redmen to their first Mann Cup in ten years. Prout was awarded the "Gene Dopp Memorial Trophy" as Rookie of the Year.
College career Prout started his collegiate career in Erie, PA playing at Mercyhurst College as a freshman until they dropped Men's Lacrosse as a Division 1 sport and Gannon University as a sophomore, until they also dropped Men's Lacrosse as a division 1 sport. Prout played collegiate lacrosse at Loyola College in Maryland, where he was named to the First-team All-American team as a senior.
Professional career Prout was drafted first overall by the New York Saints in the 2001 National Lacrosse League entry draft.
As a rookie, Prout was named to the All-Rookie team as a member of the Saints. Since joining the league, Prout has played in six NLL All-Star Games (2002, & 2004 - 2008).
Prout joined the Mammoth in 2004, and was named the captain of the Mammoth prior to the 2006 season. He was named the Championship game MVP when the Mammoth won the NLL championship in 2006.
In 2008, Prout led the National Lacrosse League in assists with 67, a career high. During the 2009 NLL season, he was named a reserve to the All-Star game.
In October 2009, Prout was traded along with Andrew Potter and two 2010 1st round draft selections to the Rochester Knighthawks for Ilija Gajic and their 2012 first round draft selection. Just two weeks later, Prout was once again traded with Dean Hill to the Edmonton Rush for two draft picks.
In March 2011, after playing a season and a half for Edmonton, Prout was traded back to the Mammoth.
Statistics NCAA Season Team GP G A Pts 1998 Mercyhurst College 12 6 7 13 1999 Gannon University 15 47 40 87 2000 Loyola University 14 42 11 53 2001 Loyola University 14 37 21 58 Totals 55 132 79 211
MLL Regular Season Playoffs Season Team GP G 2ptG A Pts LB PIM GP G 2ptG A Pts LB PIM2005 Baltimore 11130142733821023002007 Rochester 10160521146.512013212008 Rochester 1270101718522013112009 Toronto 1030710832001121.5 MLL Totals4339036757322.575051053.5
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O.L.A. Jr.A Regular Season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1995 Oshawa Green Gaels OLA Jr.B 2 4 2 6 10 0 0 0 0 0 1995 Whitby Warriors OLA Jr.A 16 18 15 33 39 10 3 6 9 33 1996 Whitby Warriors OLA Jr.A 18 32 51 83 16 12 16 26 42 36 1997 Whitby Warriors OLA Jr.A 18 44 53 97 50 17 23 31 54 41 Minto Cup Whitby Warriors CLA -- -- -- -- -- 6 4 11 15 20 1998 Whitby Warriors OLA Jr.A 20 49 76 125 44 12 24 27 51 20 1999 Whitby Warriors OLA Jr.A 20 49 82 132 44 13 25 35 60 50 Minto Cup Whitby Warriors CLA -- -- -- -- -- 5 7 18 25 14Junior A Totals921922774691936491125216180Junior B Totals24261000000Minto Cup Totals----------1111294034
MSL Regular Season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1997 Brooklin Redmen MSL 1 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1998 Brooklin Redmen MSL 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 9 17 30 2000 Brooklin Redmen MSL 18 26 47 73 40 11 12 31 43 15 Mann Cup Brooklin Redmen CLA -- -- -- -- -- 4 8 10 18 4 2003 Brooklin Redmen MSL 12 22 26 48 26 8 17 31 48 10 2004 Brooklin Redmen MSL 13 27 65 92 30 4 9 10 19 16 2006 Brooklin Redmen MSL 11 22 31 53 14 7 11 24 35 17 2007 Brooklin Redmen MSL 8 11 22 33 25 -- -- -- -- --Senior A Totals63110192302193335710516288Mann Cup Totals----------4810184
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