SBU's Crowley wins Enners Award as top Division I player
Stony Brook junior midfielder Kevin Crowley, left, won the Enners Award as the nation's most outstanding Division I men's lacrosse player. (May 4, 2010) Credit: Frank Koester
Kevin Crowley is on a tear. The Stony Brook men's lacrosse team's high-scoring junior midfielder has earned a major national honor for the second consecutive day.
Crowley, who set the Seawolves' single-season record with 51 goals and also had 26 assists, on Friday was named this year's recipient of the USILA Enners Award, given to the nation's most outstanding Division I player. On Thursday, he was named first-team All-American, a first for the Stony Brook men's lacrosse program.
The award is named after Raymond Enners, who attended West Point, served in the Army during the Vietnam War and was killed in service on Sept. 18, 1968.
"It's a huge honor to be chosen for the Enners Award," the 6-4, 200-pound Crowley said. "I wouldn't be named to this award if it weren't for my teammates making great plays around me. 2010 was a great season."
The Seawolves earned their first trip to the NCAA Tournament quarterfinals, hosting No. 1 Virginia last Sunday. Though they lost, 10-9, with Crowley picking up two goals and an assist, they more than held their own against one of the nation's elite lacrosse powers and drew a school-record crowd of 10,024 to LaValle Stadium.
"This is a tremendous honor for Kevin," Stony Brook coach Rick Sowell said. "I really couldn't be more proud of him. This honor is just icing on the cake for our program."
Crowley - only the fourth junior since 1995 to earn the Enners Award - can complete a hat trick of sorts. He is one of five finalists for lacrosse's most prestigious honor, the Tewaaraton Award, the equivalent of football's Heisman Trophy. The winner will be announced early next week.
