Major League Lacrosse (MLL) was a professional men's field lacrosse league consisting of nine teams in the United States. Since the league's first season in 2001, the MLL gave several annual awards to players and coaches.
Most Valuable Player
Year Player Team Position 2001 Ryan Powell Rochester RattlersAttack2002 Greg Cattrano Baltimore Bayhawks Goaltender2003 Jay Jalbert Long Island Lizards Midfielder 2004 Conor Gill Boston CannonsAttack 2005 Gary Gait Baltimore Bayhawks Attack Mark Millon Boston Cannons Attack 2006 Ryan Powell San Francisco DragonsAttack2007 John Grant Jr. Rochester Rattlers Attack2008 John Grant Jr. Rochester Rattlers Attack2009 Paul Rabil Boston CannonsMidfielder2010 Matt Poskay Boston CannonsAttack2011 Paul Rabil Boston CannonsMidfielder2012 Brendan Mundorf Denver OutlawsAttack2013 Kevin Crowley Hamilton NationalsMidfielder2014 Casey Powell Florida LaunchAttack2015 Greg Gurenlian New York LizardsFace-off2016 Tom SchreiberOhio MachineMidfielder2017 Tom SchreiberOhio MachineMidfielder2018 Rob PannellNew York LizardsAttack2019 Lyle ThompsonChesapeake BayhawksAttack2020 Bryce WassermanBoston CannonsAttack Sources:
Offensive Player of the Year
Year Player Team Position 2001 John Grant, Jr. (1) Rochester RattlersAttack2002 Mark Millon (1) Baltimore BayhawksAttack2003 Mark Millon (2) Baltimore BayhawksAttack2004 Blake Miller Philadelphia BarrageMidfielder 2005 Casey Powell (1) Rochester Rattlers Attack2006 Ryan Powell San Francisco Dragons Attack2007 John Grant, Jr. (2) Rochester RattlersAttack2008 John Grant, Jr. (3) Rochester RattlersAttack2009 Paul Rabil (1) Boston CannonsMidfielder2010 Matt PoskayBoston CannonsAttack2011 Paul Rabil (2) Boston CannonsMidfielder2012 Paul Rabil (3) Boston CannonsMidfielder2013 Kevin CrowleyHamilton NationalsMidfielder2014 Casey Powell (2) Florida LaunchAttack2015 Jordan WolfRochester RattlersAttack2016 Rob Pannell (1) New York LizardsAttack2017 Eric Law Denver OutlawsAttack2018 Rob Pannell (2) New York LizardsAttack2019 Lyle ThompsonChesapeake BayhawksAttack Sources:
Defensive Player of the Year
Year Player Team2001 Rob Doerr Baltimore Bayhawks2002 Christian Cook New Jersey Pride2003 Ryan Curtis Boston Cannons 2004 Nicky Polanco Philadelphia Barrage2005 Nicky Polanco Long Island Lizards2006 Brodie Merrill Rochester Rattlers2007 Brodie Merrill Rochester Rattlers2008 Brodie Merrill Rochester Rattlers2009 Brodie Merrill Toronto Nationals2010 Brodie Merrill Toronto Nationals2011 Brodie Merrill Hamilton Nationals2012 Lee Zink Denver Outlaws2013 Lee Zink Denver Outlaws2014 Mike Manley Rochester Rattlers2015 Joe Fletcher New York Lizards2016 Mike Manley Rochester Rattlers Joel White Rochester Rattlers2017 Tucker Durkin Florida Launch2018 Matt DunnDallas Rattlers2019 Liam ByrnesAtlanta Blaze 2020 Zach Goodrich Boston Cannons Sources:
Goaltender of the Year
Year Player Team 2001 Greg Cattrano Baltimore Bayhawks2002 Greg Cattrano Baltimore Bayhawks2003 Brian Dougherty Long Island Lizards2004 Greg Cattrano Philadelphia Barrage 2005 Chris Garrity Boston Cannons 2006 Brian Dougherty Philadelphia Barrage2007 Brian Dougherty Philadelphia Barrage2008 Mickey Jarboe Los Angeles Riptide 2009 Jesse Schwartzman Denver Outlaws 2010 Kip Turner Boston Cannons 2011 Drew Adams Long Island Lizards 2012 Drew Adams Long Island Lizards2013 Jesse Schwartzman Denver Outlaws2014 John Galloway Rochester Rattlers2015 Drew Adams New York Lizards2016 John Galloway Rochester Rattlers2017 Jack Kelly Denver Outlaws2018 John Galloway Dallas Rattlers Niko Amato Chesapeake Bayhawks2019 Sean Sconone Dallas Rattlers2020 Sean Sconone Connecticut Hammerheads Sources:
Rookie of the Year
Year Player Team Position2001 Keith Cromwell Bridgeport BarrageAttack2002 Conor Gill Boston CannonsAttack2003 Adam Doneger Rochester RattlersMidfielder2004 Ryan Boyle Philadelphia BarrageAttack2005 Brodie Merrill Baltimore Bayhawks Defenseman2006 Matt WardBaltimore Bayhawks Attack2007 Alex Smith Rochester RattlersMidfielder2008 Kevin Huntley Los Angeles RiptideAttack2009 Dan HardyDenver OutlawsMidfielder2010 Ned Crotty Chicago MachineAttack2011 Jeremy Boltus Hamilton NationalsAttack2012 Matt GibsonLong Island LizardsAttack2013 Rob PannellNew York LizardsAttack2014 Kieran McArdleFlorida LaunchAttack2015 Joey SankeyCharlotte HoundsAttack2016 Jack KellyDenver OutlawsGoalie2017 Josh ByrneChesapeake BayhawksAttack2018 Chris CloutierDenver OutlawsAttack2019 Alex WoodallAtlanta BlazeFace-off2020 Daniel BucaroDenver OutlawsAttack Sources:
Coach of the Year
Year Coach Team2001 John DeTommaso Long Island Lizards2002 Scott Hiller Boston Cannons2003 Ted Georgalas New Jersey Pride2004 Sal LoCascio Philadelphia Barrage2005 Scott Hiller Boston Cannons2006 Tony Resch Philadelphia Barrage2007 John Tucker Los Angeles Riptide2008Tony Resch Philadelphia Barrage2009Brian Reese Denver Outlaws2010Jim Mule Long Island Lizards2011Bill Daye Boston Cannons2012Joe Spallina Long Island Lizards2013Jim Stagnitta Denver Outlaws2014Tim Soudan Rochester Rattlers2015John TuckerBoston Cannons2016Jim Stagnitta Charlotte Hounds2017Tom Mariano Florida Launch2018 Bill Warder Dallas Rattlers2019 Tony Seaman Denver Outlaws2020 Sean Quirk Boston Cannons Sources:
Man of the Year Award Year Player Team Position2018 Scott Ratliff Atlanta Blaze Defenseman2019 Nick Marrocco Boston Cannons Goalie
Named in honor of David Huntley, the former MLL coach for the Atlanta Blaze, Hamilton Nationals, Toronto Nationals, and Chesapeake Bayhawks, who died in December 2017, the award will be presented to the lacrosse athlete who has demonstrated, "sportsmanship and professionalism that are beyond reproach" and who "makes selfless, meaningful contributions to Major League Lacrosse, the game of lacrosse, and to his community."
Iron Lizard Award Year Player Team Position 2001 Joe Ghedina Long Island Lizards Midfielder2002 Paul Cantabene Baltimore Bayhawks Midfielder2003 Jon Hess New Jersey Pride Attack
Major League Lacrosse's SoBe Iron Lizard Award was given to the player who most embodied the traits of toughness, tenacity and determination regardless of pain or injury during season. The award was discontinued after 2003.
Sportsman of the Year
Year Player Team Position2004 Kevin Finneran Long Island Lizards Midfielder2005 Pat McCabe Long Island Lizards Defenseman2006 Michael Culver Chicago Machine Defenseman2007 Greg Bice Los Angeles Riptide Defenseman2008 Tom Zummo Boston Cannons Midfielder2009 Tim Goettelmann Long Island Lizards Attack2010 Tim Goettelmann Long Island Lizards Attack2011 Greg Bice Rochester Rattlers Defenseman Sources:
The Sportsman of the Year award was discontinued after 2011.
Most Improved Player of the Year
Year Player Team Position2005 Andrew Combs Rochester RattlersAttack2006 John Christmas Boston Cannons Attack2007 Spencer Ford Los Angeles Riptide Attack2008 Merrick Thomson New Jersey Pride Attack2009 Chris EckBoston CannonsMidfielder2010 Peet PoillonChesapeake Bayhawks Midfielder2011 Stephen PeyserLong Island LizardsMidfielder2012 Jeremy SievertsDenver OutlawsMidfielder2013 Drew Snider Denver OutlawsMidfielder2014 Justin Turri Rochester RattlersMidfielder2015 Davey Emala Boston CannonsMidfielder2016 Mike Chanenchuk Charlotte HoundsMidfielder2017 Kyle Bernlohr Ohio MachineGoalie Sources:
Discontinued after 2017.
Community Service Award
Year Player Team Position2005 Ryan McClay New Jersey Pride Defenseman
Major League Lacrosse's Starbucks Community Service Award. Awarded only in 2005.
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