Tewaaraton Award

It was great to see and hear all the passion and sportsmanship with the close-knit Lacrosse community at the Tewaaraton awards at the Warner Theater in DC.  Lacrosse is one of the oldest team sports played in North America and the award honors the Native American heritage of lacrosse in the name of its trophy, "Tewaaraton," the Mohawk name for their game. 

This was the first year of the Tewaaraton Legends Award, and professional football and lacrosse Hall of Famer Jim Brown was selected as the inaugural recipient.   It was great to hear all the old stories from his teammate and legendary coach Roy Simmons Jr.   I have enjoyed shooting this event the past few years and having Jim Brown receive this award was a bonus this year.   

Congratulations to Steele Stanwick and Shannon Smith as this years winners.  

Tewaaraton Award Banquet

This was my third year covering the The Tewaaraton Awards for Inside Lacrosse and I enjoy learning more about the history of the game and its roots with American Indian heritage. The Tewaaraton Award is recognized as the pre-eminent lacrosse award honoring the top female and male varsity collegiate lacrosse player in the United States (think Heisman Trophy, only for Lacrosse). 


I guess this also ends the official lacrosse season for me.   The sport is great with freezing early games to the 140 degree field last weekend at M&T Bank stadium for the NCAA finals.