National Lacrosse League Announces Finalists for 2023-24 NLL Awards

PHILADELPHIA - May 8, 2024 - PRLog -- 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 honors.

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