Six Ivies Named to 2011 Tewaaraton Women's Watch List

Dartmouth's Kat Collins

Portions courtesy Greater Washington Sports Alliance

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Six Ivy League women's lacrosse players were included in the 2011 Tewaaraton Award watch list, as announced by the Greater Washington Sports Alliance Friday.

Penn's Erin Brennan and Giulia Giordano, Dartmouth's Kat Collins and Greta Meyer, Cornell's Jessi Steinberg and Princeton's Erin Tochihara were among the 48 Division I women's players included on the 2011 women's list.

This annual list is made up of the top lacrosse players across all three divisions of collegiate lacrosse and highlights the early hopefuls for the 2011 Tewaaraton Award honors. All watch list nominees are carefully screened and identified by two Selection Committees, one committee for the male athletes and another committee for the female athletes which are comprised of college coaches. The watch list will eventually be whittled down three more times until the top ten male and female Tewaaraton Award Finalists are named in May of 2011.

“We are thrilled to announce this year’s watch list just as the 2011 season is getting underway,” said Robert Sweeney, President of the Greater Washington Sports Alliance. “The selection committees have done an outstanding job at choosing the top contenders for the Tewaaraton Award across the country. This year’s list represents 47 different educational institutions from over 17 conferences and 48 of these athletes are repeat nominees from last year.”

The Tewaaraton Award was formally established in August of 2000 by The University Club of Washington, DC and is the pre-eminent lacrosse award, which is awarded annually to the NCAA male and female lacrosse players of the year. Tradition dictates that each year the Tewaaraton Award celebrates one of the six tribal nations of the Iroquois Confederacy: the Mohawk, Cayuga, Oneida, Onondaga, Seneca, and the Tuscarora. The 11th annual Tewaaraton Award event is set to recognize the Year of the Tuscarora.

The 11th annual Tewaaraton Award will be presented on June 2, 2011, at the historical Warner Theatre in Washington, D.C. Event details and ticket information can be found at TewaaratonAward.org. 

2011 Women's Watch List