The Lt. Donald MacLaughlin Jr. Award — also known as the "Don MacLaughlin Award" — has been given annually since 1973 by the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) to the NCAA's most outstanding college lacrosse midfielder. The award is presented to the best midfielder in Division I, Division II, and — until recently — Division III.USILA Announces Player of the Year Awards for 2007 . Lacrosse News webpage. LaxPower. Retrieved 2010-02-14. The outstanding midfielder in Division III now receives the new "Fran McCall Award".2009 USILA Awards (box title is "2009 USILA Coaches of the Year Announced") and then scroll down to the lower box, entitled "2009 USILA Special Awards". The first regular award listed is: "Lt. j.g. Donald MacLaughlin Jr. Award - Outstanding Midfielder". USILA official website. Retrieved 2010-02-19. Also, the new "Long Pole Midfielder of the Year" award is given in Divisions II and III.
The award is named after LTJG Donald Clay MacLaughlin, Jr, USN, United States Naval Academy (USNA), Class of 1963, Catonsville High School, Class of 1959. An All-American midfielder for Navy, who died on a combat mission in South Vietnam in 1966.
MacLaughlin was a leading midfielder and scorer on three consecutive Division 1 National Championship Navy Lacrosse Teams ('61, '62, '63), and First Team All-American. He was also an All-American and Captain of the 1963 Navy Soccer team, leading Navy to its first appearance in the final NCAA Division-1 championship game. As USNA's best athlete, "Mac" was awarded the U.S. Naval Academy's most prestigious, athletic award, "The Sword", presented by the Naval Academy Athletic Association (NAAA). InsideLacrosse.com: Lacrosse Positional Awards: Who they're named for
Award winners by year (Division I) Year Player School 1973 Douglas M. Schreiber Maryland1974 Frank UrsoNational Lacrosse Hall of Fame Maryland1975 Douglas Radebaugh Maryland1976 Frank Urso Maryland1977 Mike PageMen's Division 1 – USILA Midfielder of the Year Penn 1978 Bob Hendrickson Cornell 1979 Dave HuntleyHarrison Earns USILA's Enners and McLaughlin Awards :: Midfielder is JHU's First National Player of the Year Since 1995 Johns Hopkins 1980 John Driscoll Virginia1981 Brendan M. SchneckNational Lacrosse Hall of Fame Johns Hopkins1982 Rick Giusto Virginia1983 Peter VoelkelLacrosse North Carolina 1984 Delverne DresselNational Lacrosse Hall of Fame Johns Hopkins 1985 Delverne Dressel Johns Hopkins1986 Glen Miles Navy1987 Todd Curry Syracuse 1988 Gary Gait Syracuse1989 Gary GaitPlayer Bio: Gary Gait :: Women's Lacrosse Syracuse1990 John Reese Yale1991 Rob Shek Towson 1992 Jim Buczek North Carolina1993 Ryan Wade North Carolina1994 Dom Fin Syracuse1995 Roy Colsey2006 U.S. Men's Team Bio: Roy Colsey Syracuse1996 Casey Powell2006 U.S. Men's Team Bio: Casey Powell Jason WadeCarolina Places 15 On ACC's Top 50 Men's Lacrosse List :: National Player of the Years Tom Sears, Tom Haus, Dennis Goldstein highlight UNC choices Syracuse North Carolina 1997 Jim Gonnella Duke1998 Josh SimsJosh Sims '00 first Princetonian ever to win NCAA Top VIII award – The Daily Princetonian Princeton1999 Jay Jalbert Virginia2000 Josh Sims Princeton2001 Doug Shanahan2006 U.S. Men's Team Bio: Doug Shanahan Hofstra 2002 Kevin CasseseDuke University | Biography of Kevin Cassese Duke2003 Chris Rotelli Virginia2004 Kyle Harrison2006 U.S. Men's Team Bio: Kyle Harrison Johns Hopkins2005 Kyle Harrison Johns Hopkins2006 Joe Boulukos Kyle DixonUnited States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association / News Reports Cornell Virginia 2007 Paul Rabil Johns Hopkins 2008 Steven Brooks Syracuse 2009 Max Seibald Cornell 2010 Joel White Syracuse 2011 Kevin Crowley Stony Brook 2012 C.J. Costabile Duke 2013 Tom SchreiberPrinceton 2014 Tom SchreiberPrinceton 2015 Myles JonesDuke 2016 Myles JonesDuke 2017 Trevor BaptisteDenver 2018 Trevor BaptisteDenver 2019 Zach GoodrichTowson 2020 None(Season canceled due to COVID-19 Pandemic) 2021 Jared ConnorsVirginia 2022 Sam HandleyPenn 2023 Thomas McConveyVirginia 2024 Shane KnoblochRutgers 2025 Aidan MaguireDuke 2026 Brady Wambach Evan Plunkett North Carolina Army
Number of awards by school (Division I) Rank School Awards1 Syracuse University 82 Johns Hopkins University 72 University of Virginia 74 Duke University 65 University of North Carolina 56 University of Maryland 46 Princeton University 48 Cornell University 38 University of Denver 28 Towson University 28 University of Pennsylvania 212 U.S. Naval Academy 112 Yale University 112 Hofstra University 1 12 Stony Brook University 1 12 Rutgers University 1
See also United States Navy Memorial#Other Navy memorials Jack Turnbull Award Lt. Raymond Enners Award Schmeisser Award
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