Special Award Winners

USILA "HOWDY MYERS MAN OF THE YEAR AWARD"
Criteria for selecting nominee: Presented in honor of one of the sport's most outstanding coaches. Howdy Myers coached 17 championship teams at St. Paul's, Johns Hopkins, and Hofstra. Myers was elected to the Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 1971. The nominee for this award should have contributed to the game of lacrosse in a capacity over and above the normal efforts and in so doing, has shown unselfish and untiring devotion to the game.

HOWDY MYERS MAN OF THE YEAR:
1944- C. Gardner Mallonee
1945- Glen N. Thiel
1946- Victor Starzenski
1947- Glen N. Thiel
1948- Conrad J. Sutherland
1949- Ned Harkness
1950- Morris D. Gilmore
1951-Charles E. Masters
1952- Morris D. Gilmore
1953- W . Kelso Morrill
1954- Roy Taylor,
1955- C.J. O'Connor
1956- W.H. Dobbins
1957- F.M. Touchstone
1958- John F. Kelly,
1959- Ferris Thomsen
1960- Caleb Kelly
1961- Gaylord R. Auer
1962- Albert W. Twitchell
1963- William H. Moore III
1964- Albert A. Brisotti, Sr.
1965- Joseph J. Julien
1966- Don A. Loughlin
1967- Marshall S. Turner, Jr.
1968- Avery Blake
1969- William Stiles
1970- Bruce Allison
1971- Edward Athey
1972- Matthew Swerdloff
1973- Paul Hartman
1974- Tom Hayes
1975- Richard Moran
1976- Gil Gibbs
1977- Louis Roland,
1978- Bernard Ulman
1979- no winner
1980- Jay Elliott
1981- Robert Merrick
1982- Emil Budnitz and Elmer Wingate
1983- Howard Krongard
1984- Doyle Smith
1985- Fred Eisenbrandt
1986- Sid Jamieson
1987- Tom Hayes
1988- Bill McHenry
1989- Oren Lyons
1990- Dick Garber
1991- Nolan Rogers
1992- Bruce Allison
1993- Doyle Smith
1994- Hawley Waterman
1995- Robert Scott
1996- Sid Jamieson
1997- Don Leet,
1998- Fred Whitridge
1999- Carl Runk
2000- Bill Lawson
2001- Fred Acee
2002- Tom Gravante
2003- Jack Emmer
2004- Harvey Cohen
2005- James Stagnitta
2006- Dom Starsia
2007- Christopher Wakely
2008- Hank Janczyk
2009- Jack Kaley
2010- Dave Urick
2011- Warren Kimber
2012- Jim Berkman
2013- Walter Alessi
2014- John Danowski
2015- Bob Scalise
2016- Joe Amplo
2017- Bob Shillinglaw
2018 - Tony Seaman
2019 - Tom Abbott
2020 - No Award
2021 - Michael Caravana
2022 - Peter Lasagna

USILA "FRENCHY JULIEN SERVICE AWARD"
Criteria for selecting nominee: Presented in honor of former Chief Referee, Joseph R. "Frenchy" Julien for outstanding and continuous service to the sport. This individual should have rendered a lifetime of service, accomplishments, and contributions to the sport, over and above the normal efforts for the game

FRENCHY JULIEN SERVICE AWARD:
1968- Craig Taylor
1970- Albert A. Brisotti, Jr.
1971- Peck Auer
1972- Charles Rothstein and Lois Turner
1973- Glen N. Thiel
1974- Robert Shields
1975- Howdy Myers
1976- Roy Simmons and Joseph J. Julien
1977- Fr. Maurice Reidy and George Chandlee
1978- Bill Ritch and Bob Heaton
1979- Bill Duquette
1980- Peter Kohn
1981- Doyle Smith
1982- Charles Clark
1983- Ed Athey
1984- Jack Hantz
1985- Fran McCall
1986- Mike Hanna
1987- Richard Moran
1988- Fred Eisenbrandt
1989- Jim Garvey
1990- Tommy Thomsen and Mort LaPointe
1991- Jim Grube
1992- Jim Adams
1993- Bob Sandell
1994- Dick Garber
1995- William McHenry
1996- Gary Fallon
1997- Gene Corrigan
1998- Phil Buttafuoco
1999- Roy Simmons, Jr.
2000- Tom Hayes
2001- Jim Darcangelo
2002- Ted Bauer
2003- Renzie Lamb
2004- Richie Meade
2005- Sid Jamieson
2006- Warren Kimber
2007- Fred Acee
2008- Dave Webster
2009- Kevin Corrigan
2010- Dave Slokofsky
2011- Doug Reeland
2012- Dave Urick
2013- William Lawson
2014- Chuck Winters
2015- Ray Rostan
2016- Willie Scroggs
2017- Dom Starsia
2018 - Geoff Miller
2019 - Keith Bugbee
2020 - No Award
2021 - Tom Postel C.W. Post
2022 - Tom Gill

USILA "DOYLE SMITH SPORTS INFORMATION MEDIA AWARD"
Criteria for selecting nominee: This award is presented in honor of the career of outstanding service provided to lacrosse by longtime Virginia Assistant Sports Information Director Doyle Smith. Smith defined the game of collegiate lacrosse through his media releases and statistical and national poll coverage of the sport. His contributions to the former NCAA Lacrosse Rulebook and Guide paved the way for many of the sport's great media efforts today on TV, the Internet, and in print. The winner of this award can come from college sports information offices or from the media. The nominee has contributed greatly to the promtion and coverage of the sport.

DOYLE SMITH SPORTS INFORMATION/MEDIA AWARD:
1960- John Forbes
1970- Stan Lomax and Fred Neil
1973- Bill Tanton
1974- Jack Kelly
1975- Phil Langan
1977- Jim Jackson
1979- Cameron Snyder
1982- Norm Jollow
1983- Bob Clark
1984- Marshall Johnson
1985- Hurtt Deringer
1986- Cameron Snyder
1987- Mike Candel
1988- Scott Conroe
1989- Doug Brown
1990- Mike Kinney
1991- Jim Jackson
1992- Peter Schlehr
1993- Jamie Hunt
1994- Michael Black
1995- Bob Vlahakis
1996- Steve Ulrich & Marcy Dubroff
1997- Larry Kimball
1998- Rob Carpenter
1999- Marc Bouchard
2000- Norm Murray
2001- Quint Kessenich,
2002- Larry Feldman
2003- Brian Logue
2004- Eddie Timanus
2005 - Bob Carpender
2006 - Leif Elsmo
2007 - Mike Keegan
2008 - Christian Swezey
2009 - Michael Colley
2010 - Jerry Price
2011 - Stacie Michaud
2012 - John Vassallo
2013 - Leann Parker
2014 - John Jiloty
2015- John A. "Jac" Coyne
2016- Paul Carcaterra
2017- Jim Sheehan
2018 - John Stark
2019 - Matt Kinnear
2020 - No Award
2021 - Kevin McMahon (High Point University)
2022 - Ryan Eigenbrode (Loyola University Maryland)