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Cornell's Pannell Named the USILA's Men's Lacrosse Player of the Year
Courtesy of Cornell Athletic Communications
PRINCETON, N.J. -- Cornell junior Rob Pannell
has been named the USILA's Lt. Raymond Enners Award winner as the
Division I national player of the year and has repeated as the Jack
Turnbull Award winner as the Division I national attackman of the
year, as was announced this morning by the USILA. Pannell becomes
just the 11th repeat winner in the 65-year history of the Turnbull
Award and is the first-ever Cornellian to win the award twice in
his career.
Only four Cornell players in total have won the Turnbull Award, as
Pannell joins Eamon McEneaney '77, Mike
French '76, and Tim Goldstein '87, and he
is one of five Big Red players to be named the Enners Award winner,
along with French, McEneaney, Goldstein and Max
Seibald '09.
A 2011 Tewaaraton Trophy finalist, Pannell recently earned his
second consecutive first-team All-America honor when the teams were
announced yesterday morning. The junior attackman is the reigning
two-time Ivy League Player of the Year and currently leads the
nation in points per game (5.24), while ranking second overall in
assists per game (2.76), and 10th overall in goals per game (2.47).
He is also the first Big Red player since 2001 to lead Cornell in
points, goals and assists in the same season. Pannell also owns the
longest point-scoring streak in the nation, having registered at
least one point in each of his 52 career games, and he has the most
career assists (140) and career points (236) of any active player
in Division I men's lacrosse.
He finished the year ranked sixth overall in Cornell history for
single season assists (47) and seventh overall for single season
points (89). He also took a dramatic leap up the Big Red career
records lists, ending the 2011 campaign in second place overall for
career assists (140), third overall for career points (236) and
seventh overall for career goals (96).
The complete Division I USILA awards are below:
Lt. Raymond J. Enners
Award: Outstanding Player of the Year
Rob Pannell, Cornell
Lt. Col. J.L. (Jack)
Turnbull Award: Outstanding Attackman
Rob Pannell, Cornell
Lt. Donald McLaughlin,
Jr. Award: Outstanding Midfield Player
Kevin Crowley, Stony Brook
William C. Schmeisser
Award: Outstanding Defensive Player
John Lade, Syracuse
Ensign C. Markland
Kelly, Jr. Award: Outstanding Goalie
John Galloway, Syracuse
