2012 Lacrosse Awards Finalists
SAINT PAUL, Minn. - The Minnesota Minute Men today announced the finalists for the third annual Mr. & Ms. Lacrosse awards presented by the Minnesota Swarm. The winners will be revealed during an awards banquet at 12 p.m. on Sunday, June 3 at the Crowne Plaze Riverfront Hotel in Saint Paul.
The Mr. & Ms. Lacrosse awards are given to two outstanding senior high school lacrosse players in Minnesota and are selected by a panel of Minnesota lacrosse community members. A total of 14 boys and girls have been named finalists for the 2012 Mr. & Ms. Lacrosse award.
Finalists for Mr. Lacrosse: Matt Blaeser (Champlin Park), Ryan Brown (Mahtomedi), Simon Gondeck (Benilde-St. Margaret’s), Alex Guyette (Holy Angels), Jake Heppner (Eastview), Teddy O’Reilly (Minnetonka) and Matt Weller (Rosemount).
Finalists for Ms. Lacrosse: Meghan Bauer (The Blake School), Christine Easton (Eden Prairie), Simone Haugen (Eagan), Chloe Kinsel (Cretin-Derham Hall), Hannah Segar (Apple Valley), Taylor Smith (Visitation-Saint Paul Academy) and Kara Wendell (Champlin Park).
The selection panel has also selected two boys and girls goalkeepers to determine the Mr. & Ms. Goalie of the Year award. Finalists for Mr. Goalie are Thomas Gilligan (Benilde-St. Margaret’s) and Calder Sutton (The Blake School), and finalists for Ms. Goalie are Bailey Dunning (The Blake School) and Allie Morese (Park Cottage Grove).
The 2011 Mr. & Ms. Lacrosse awards banquet presented by the Minnesota Swarm is open to the entire lacrosse community as well as the general public. Tickets can be purchased for $35.00 online at minnesotaminutemen.com. Become a fan of the Mr. Lacrosse Award or Ms. Lacrosse Award on Facebook or follow the Mr. Lacrosse Award or Ms. Lacrosse Award on Twitter.
Past Winners:
2011 Mr. Lacrosse – George Ordway (The Blake School), Ms. Lacrosse – Hillary Duda (Minnetonka), Mr. Goalie – Grant Dressen (The Blake School), Ms. Goalie – Brooke Jones (Edina).
2010: Mr. Lacrosse - Baily Dodds (Benilde-St. Margaret’s), Mr. Goalie - Lowell Fluke (The Blake School).
*2010 marked the first year of the Ms. Lacrosse Awards.
About The Minute Men
The Minute Men were organized in 1954 when the city, business, sports and civic leaders decided that in order to attract major league baseball, and football a stadium should be built in Bloomington, Minnesota. The purpose of the Minute Men is to assist and promote professional sports in the Twin Cities Area, to sell tickets, advertise and promote special events and to honor and pay tribute to individuals or teams, who through professional achievement have brought unusual and significant publicity to themselves and the citizens of the Twin Cities. The broadened scope of the Minute Men activities includes amateur sports and charitable donations to other worthy organizations.
2012 Mr Hockey Winners
JUSTIN KLOOS NAMED 2012 MR. HOCKEY AWARD WINNER
MICHAEL BITZER WINS FRANK BRIMSEK AWARD AS STATE’S TOP GOALTENDER
March 12th, 2012
SAINT PAUL/MINNEAPOLIS – The Minnesota Minute Men announced Justin Kloos, from Lakeville South High School as the recipient of the 28th Annual Mr. Hockey Award. The honorable award is given to the most outstanding senior boys' high school hockey player in the state of Minnesota.
Other award recipients include: Michael Bitzer from Moorhead High, who received The Frank Brimsek Award, in recognition of Minnesota’s top senior goaltender; Ken Pauly (Benilde-St. Margaret’s School) and Bruce Plante (Hermantown High School) who each received The John Mariucci Award, given to the Class AA and Class A high school coaches of the year; Bart Larson (Edina East/West High Schools) who received The Cliff Thompson Award, presented to the “Old timer Coach” of the year.
An annual banquet was held at the St. Paul River Center Sunday afternoon, for finalists and award winners to celebrate their honors.
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