The Lt. Donald MacLaughlin Jr. Award — also known as the "Don MacLaughlin Award" — has been given annually since 1973 by the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) to the NCAA's most outstanding college lacrosse midfielder. The award is presented to the best midfielder in Division I, Division II, and — until recently — Division III.[1] The outstanding midfielder in Division III now receives the new "Fran McCall Award".[2] Also, the new "Long Pole Midfielder of the Year" award is given in Divisions II and III.[2]
The award is named after LTJG Donald Clay MacLaughlin, Jr, USN, United States Naval Academy (USNA), Class of 1963, Catonsville High School, Class of 1959.[3]AnAll-American midfielder for Navy, who died on a combat mission in South Vietnam in 1966.[4]
MacLaughlin was a leading midfielder and scorer on three consecutive Division 1 National Championship Navy Lacrosse Teams ('61, '62, '63), and First Team All-American. He was also an All-American and Captain of the 1963 Navy Soccer team, leading Navy to its first appearance in the final NCAA Division-1 championship game. As USNA's best athlete, "Mac" was awarded the U.S. Naval Academy's most prestigious, athletic award, "The Sword", presented by the Naval Academy Athletic Association (NAAA).[5]
| Year | Player | School |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Douglas M. Schreiber[6] | Maryland |
| 1974 | Frank Urso[7] | Maryland |
| 1975 | Douglas Radebaugh[8] | Maryland |
| 1976 | Frank Urso | Maryland |
| 1977 | Mike Page[9] | Penn |
| 1978 | Bob Hendrickson[9] | Cornell |
| 1979 | Dave Huntley[10] | Johns Hopkins |
| 1980 | John Driscoll[9] | Virginia |
| 1981 | Brendan M. Schneck[11] | Johns Hopkins |
| 1982 | Rick Giusto[9] | Virginia |
| 1983 | Peter Voelkel[12] | North Carolina |
| 1984 | Delverne Dressel[13] | Johns Hopkins |
| 1985 | Delverne Dressel[13] | Johns Hopkins |
| 1986 | Glen Miles[9] | Navy |
| 1987 | Todd Curry[9] | Syracuse |
| 1988 | Gary Gait[9] | Syracuse |
| 1989 | Gary Gait[14] | Syracuse |
| 1990 | John Reese[9] | Yale |
| 1991 | Rob Shek[9] | Towson |
| 1992 | Jim Buczek[12] | North Carolina |
| 1993 | Ryan Wade[9] | North Carolina |
| 1994 | Dom Fin[9] | Syracuse |
| 1995 | Roy Colsey[15] | Syracuse |
| 1996 | Casey Powell[16] Jason Wade[17] |
Syracuse North Carolina |
| 1997 | Jim Gonnella[12] | Duke |
| 1998 | Josh Sims[18] | Princeton |
| 1999 | Jay Jalbert[12] | Virginia |
| 2000 | Josh Sims | Princeton |
| 2001 | Doug Shanahan[19] | Hofstra |
| 2002 | Kevin Cassese[20] | Duke |
| 2003 | Chris Rotelli[9] | Virginia |
| 2004 | Kyle Harrison[21] | Johns Hopkins |
| 2005 | Kyle Harrison | Johns Hopkins |
| 2006 | Joe Boulukos Kyle Dixon[22] |
Cornell Virginia |
| 2007 | Paul Rabil | Johns Hopkins |
| 2008 | Steven Brooks[23] | Syracuse |
| 2009 | Max Seibald[24] | Cornell |
| 2010 | Joel White | Syracuse |
| 2011 | Kevin Crowley[25] | Stony Brook |
| 2012 | C.J. Costabile[26] | Duke |
| 2013 | Tom Schreiber | Princeton |
| 2014 | Tom Schreiber | Princeton |
| 2015 | Myles Jones | Duke |
| 2016 | Myles Jones | Duke |
| 2017 | Trevor Baptiste | Denver |
| 2018 | Trevor Baptiste | Denver |
| 2019 | Zach Goodrich | Towson |
| 2020 | None | (Season canceled due to COVID-19 Pandemic) |
| 2021 | Jared Connors | Virginia |
| 2022 | Sam Handley | Penn |
| 2023 | Thomas McConvey | Virginia |
| 2024 | Shane Knobloch | Rutgers |
| Rank | School | Awards |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Syracuse University | 8 |
| 2 | Johns Hopkins University | 7 |
| 2 | University of Virginia | 7 |
| 4 | Duke University | 5 |
| 5 | University of Maryland | 4 |
| 5 | University of North Carolina | 4 |
| 7 | Cornell University | 3 |
| 8 | Princeton University | 4 |
| 8 | University of Denver | 2 |
| 8 | Towson University | 2 |
| 8 | University of Pennsylvania | 2 |
| 12 | U.S. Naval Academy | 1 |
| 12 | Yale University | 1 |
| 12 | Hofstra University | 1 |
| 12 | Stony Brook University | 1 |
| 12 | Rutgers University | 1 |
Since 1973, the best college lacrosse midfielder in the country has been presented with the MacLaughlin Award.
Yesterday, we discussed the MacLaughlin Award - awarded to the top Midfielder in Division I each year. The award is named after Navy All American midfielder, Donald MacLaughlin Jr '63. Navy has only had one MacLaughlin Award winner since the award's inception (1973). Which Navy midfielder won the MacLaughlin Award?
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