National Lacrosse League Announces Finalists for 2023-24 NLL Awards
May 8, 2024 - National Lacrosse League (NLL) News Release
Toronto Rock goaltender Nick Rose
(Toronto Rock)
PHILADELPHIA - The National Lacrosse League (@NLL) today announced the finalists for its annual season-end awards honoring the best NLL players, coaches, and executives for the 2023-24 regular season.
Highlighting the major awards is the NLL Most Valuable Player honor, with two Buffalo Bandits - Josh Byrne and Dhane Smith -- joining the Toronto Rock's Nick Rose as finalists.
The award winners will be announced in advance of the 2024 NLL Finals.
Most Valuable Player
Josh Byrne - Forward - Buffalo Bandits
Nick Rose - Goaltender - Toronto Rock
Dhane Smith - Forward - Buffalo Bandits
Rookie of the Year
Owen Grant - Transition - Vancouver Warriors
Tye Kurtz - Forward - Albany FireWolves
Alex Simmons - Forward - Albany FireWolves
Goaltender of the Year
Doug Jamieson - Albany FireWolves
Chris Origlieri - San Diego Seals
Nick Rose - Toronto Rock
Offensive Player of the Year
Josh Byrne - Buffalo Bandits
Dhane Smith - Buffalo Bandits
Jeff Teat - New York Riptide
Transition Player of the Year
Ian MacKay - Buffalo Bandits
Shane Simpson - Calgary Roughnecks
Jake Withers - Halifax Thunderbirds
Defensive Player of the Year
Mitch de Snoo - Toronto Rock
Ryan Dilks - Vancouver Warriors
Brad Kri - Toronto Rock
Sportsmanship Award
Keegan Bal - Vancouver Warriors
Tom Schreiber - Toronto Rock
Lyle Thompson* - Georgia Swarm
Les Bartley Award (Head Coach of the Year)
Glenn Clark - Albany FireWolves
Curt Malawsky* - Vancouver Warriors
Matt Sawyer - Toronto Rock
General Manager of the Year
Glenn Clark - Albany FireWolves
Jamie Dawick - Toronto Rock
Curt Malawsky - Vancouver Warriors
Executive of the Year
John Catalano - President and Chief Executive Officer, Halifax Thunderbirds
Mike Hancock - Director of Communications and Lacrosse Operations, Toronto Rock
Oliver Marti - Chief Executive Officer, Albany FireWolves
Tom Borrelli Award (Media Person of the Year)
Teddy Jenner* - TSN play-by-play and co-host, "Off the Crosse Bar" podcast
Adam Levi - NLL.com, Inside Lacrosse, NLLPA contributing writer and host, "Lacrosse Matrix" podcast
Graeme Perrow - NLL Chatter
*denotes 2023 winner
Each NLL team had the opportunity to nominate and vote for each of the awards with the exception of Teammate of the Year, as each NLLPA Player Representative nominated a player from their team for this honor that was voted on by the NLLPA and its 15 Player Representatives. The Teammate of the Year will be announced with all awards' winners.
The League added Offensive Player of the Year to the lineup of awards this year to align with the other position-based honors: Defensive Player of the Year, Transition Player of the Year, and Goaltender of the Year.
Once nominations were finalized, each NLL team cast three ballots for each award and select media were eligible to vote for all awards except Teammate of the Year and Executive of the Year.
Voting members selected their top five choices for each award among all nominated persons. Points were distributed for each first through fifth place vote as follows:
1st Place - 10 points
2nd Place - 7 points
3rd Place - 5 points
4th Place - 3 points
5th Place - 1 point
The person that accumulated the most points will be announced as the winner, while the top three in each category are designated as the award finalists. The All-NLL and All-Rookie teams are determined by the top vote getters in each position-based award. The All-Rookie team will be made up of six rookies, regardless of position. The All-NLL First Team and All-NLL Second Team will be made up of six individuals - two forwards, one transition player, two defenseman, and one goaltender - per team.
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