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Ryan Tucker Wins Corum Players Choice Award

October 5, 2019 - Major League Lacrosse (MLL) News Release


Boston - Ryan Tucker of the Chesapeake Bayhawks has been awarded the Corum Players Choice Award at the 2019 MLL Honors at Union Station in Denver, CO. on Saturday. The award is given to the player who is considered to be "the best teammate in Major League Lacrosse" and is voted on by the players themselves.

The fifth year midfielder is being recognized as the winner of the Corum Players Choice Award as he demonstrated himself as being the ideal teammate and consistently put the team and others before himself. Tucker is the second winner of the Players Choice Award as Mitch Belisle formerly of the Boston Cannons won the award in its inaugural season last year.

Tucker was able to win the award over the other finalists for the who were Tommy Palasek of the Atlanta Blaze, Nick Marrocco of the Boston Cannons, Donny Moss of the Dallas Rattlers, Mikie Schlosser of the Denver Outlaws and Kevin Crowley of the New York Lizards. Each of these players were able to establish themselves as being leaders this season and continuously exemplified selfless play and dedication to their teams.

The second annual Players Choice Award winner is an alum of the University of Virginia and he was named as a USILA Third Team All-American and received two All-ACC Academic honors during his collegiate career. He was drafted with the fourth overall pick in the 2015 MLL Collegiate Draft by the Boston Cannons and joined the Atlanta Blaze for the 2016 season. During the 2017 offseason, he was traded from the Blaze to the Bayhawks where he would put up ten points (seven goals, three assists) and five ground balls in six games played during that season. Tucker was also part of the 2012 U19 USA team that won the gold medal at the 2012 FIL U19 World Championships.

"It goes without saying that Ryan has been such a huge part of our team this year," Bayhawks coach, Dave Cottle says. "He's embodied what a teammate should be since he's come into the league and it's always been a pleasure to have him be a part of our team."

The Chesapeake Bayhawks and the winner of the 2019 Players Choice Award Ryan Tucker will play the Denver Outlaws for the MLL Championship on Sunday at 1:00 P.M. EDT/ 11:00 MDT at Dick's Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, CO. The MLL Championship Game will air live on ESPN2.

Tickets are currently available on majorleaguelacrosse.com.

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