# National Lacrosse League Rookie of the Year Award

The National Lacrosse League Rookie of the Year Award is given annually to the top rookie in the National Lacrosse League. The award winners are chosen by a vote of the leagues coaches, general managers, and executives.
In 2006, the award was sponsored by S.C. Johnson and was known as the "Edge Active Care Rookie of the Year Award".

## Past winners

| Season | Winner | Team | Other finalists |
| 2024 | Alex Simmons | Albany FireWolves | Owen Grant, Vancouver Warriors Tye Kurtz, Albany FireWolves |
| 2023 | Jonathan Donville | Panther City Lacrosse Club | Brett Dobson, Georgia Swarm Jack Hannah, Las Vegas Desert Dogs |
| 2022 | Jeff Teat | New York Riptide | Reid Bowering, Vancouver Warriors Patrick Dodds, Panther City Lacrosse Club |
| 2021 | Season cancelled | Season cancelled | Season cancelled |
| 2020 | Tyson Gibson | New York Riptide | Connor Fields, San Diego Seals Andrew Kew, New England Black Wolves |
| 2019 | Austin Staats | San Diego Seals | Ian MacKay, Buffalo Bandits Matt Rambo, Philadelphia Wings |
| 2018 | Jake Withers | Rochester Knighthawks | Zach Currier, Calgary Roughnecks Austin Shanks, Rochester Knighthawks |
| 2017 | Tom Schreiber | Toronto Rock | Kyle Jackson, Rochester Knighthawks Latrell Harris, Toronto Rock |
| 2016 | Randy Staats | Georgia Swarm | Wesley Berg, Calgary Roughnecks Jesse King, Georgia Swarm |
| 2015 | Ben McIntosh | Edmonton Rush | Jeremy Noble, Colorado Mammoth Miles Thompson, Minnesota Swarm |
| 2014 | Logan Schuss | Minnesota Swarm | Robert Church, Edmonton Rush Dillon Ward, Colorado Mammoth |
| 2013 | Mark Matthews | Edmonton Rush | |
| 2012 | Adam Jones | Colorado Mammoth | |
| 2011 | Curtis Dickson | Calgary Roughnecks | |
| 2010 | Stephan Leblanc | Toronto Rock | |
| 2009 | Rhys Duch | San Jose Stealth | |
| 2008 | Craig Point | Minnesota Swarm | |
| 2007 | Ryan Benesch | Toronto Rock | |
| 2006 | Brodie Merrill | Portland LumberJax | |
| 2005 | Ryan Boyle | San Jose Stealth | |
| 2004 | Taylor Wray | Calgary Roughnecks | |
| 2003 | Brian Langtry | Colorado Mammoth | |
| 2002 | Blaine Manning | Toronto Rock | |
| 2001 | Tracey Kelusky | Columbus Landsharks | |
| 2000 | John Grant, Jr. | Rochester Knighthawks | |
| 1999 | Jesse Hubbard | Baltimore Thunder | |
| 1998 | Colin Doyle | Ontario Raiders | |
| 1997 | Jeff Wilfong | Boston Blazers | |
| 1996 | Darren Fridge | Boston Blazers | |
| 1995 | Charlie Lockwood | New York Saints | |
| 1994 | Tom Marechek | Philadelphia Wings | |
| 1993 | No award given | No award given | No award given |
| 1992 | Derek Keenan | Buffalo Bandits | |
| 1991 | Gary Gait | Detroit Turbos | |

## Footnotes

* 1 2 "Merrill wins Edge Active Care Rookie of the Year". NLL website. 2006-05-09. Retrieved 2006-11-07.
* ↑ "ALBANY'S ALEX SIMMONS WINS 2023-24 NLL ROOKIE OF THE YEAR". NLL.com. May 17, 2024. Retrieved May 17, 2024.
* ↑ "NATIONAL LACROSSE LEAGUE ANNOUNCES FINALISTS FOR 2023-24 NLL AWARDS". NLL.com. May 8, 2024. Retrieved May 9, 2024.
* ↑ "Del Bianco becomes second goaltender to win MVP, Donville fourth straight number one overall selection to win Rookie of the Year". NLL.com. May 26, 2023. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
* ↑ "NATIONAL LACROSSE LEAGUE ANNOUNCES FINALISTS FOR 2022-23 NLL AWARDS". NLL.com. May 16, 2023. Retrieved May 23, 2023.
* ↑ "BANDITS' DHANE SMITH BECOMES FIFTH NATIONAL LACROSSE LEAGUE PLAYER TO WIN AT LEAST TWO MVPS; TEAT WINS ROOKIE OF THE YEAR; ALL-LEAGUE AND ROOKIE TEAMS ANNOUNCED". NLL.com. June 30, 2022. Retrieved June 30, 2022.
* ↑ "NATIONAL LACROSSE LEAGUE ANNOUNCES FINALISTS FOR 2021-22 END OF SEASON AWARDS". NLL.com. June 22, 2022. Retrieved June 28, 2022.
* ↑ "NLL announces 2019-20 NLL award winners". NLL.com. June 30, 2020. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
* ↑ "Rookie of the Year Announced". NLL.com. July 27, 2018. Retrieved August 4, 2018.
* ↑ "NLL Awards: No Surprise as Schreiber Named Rookie of the Year". IL Indoor. June 25, 2017. Retrieved June 25, 2017.
* ↑ "2016 NLL Season Awards & Hall of Fame Ceremony". NLL.com. September 27, 2016. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
* ↑ "2015 NLL Season Awards & Hall Of Fame Ceremony". NLL.com. September 29, 2015. Retrieved September 30, 2015.
* ↑ "League announces 2014 Season Award winners". NLL.com. September 21, 2014. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
* ↑ "Rush's Matthews wins Moe's Southwest Grill Rookie of the Year". NLL.com. May 8, 2013. Retrieved May 8, 2013.
* ↑ "Adam Jones wins Rookie of the Year Award, presented by Thunder Tribe". NLL.com. May 4, 2012. Retrieved May 4, 2012.
* ↑ "Calgary's Dickson Wins Rookie of the Year". NLL.com. 2011-05-10. Retrieved 2011-05-10.
* ↑ "Stephan LeBlanc Named NLL Rookie of the Year". TorontoRock.com. May 13, 2010. Archived from the original on January 16, 2011. Retrieved 2010-05-13.
* ↑ "Duch Wins Rookie of the Year Award". NLL.com. May 13, 2009. Retrieved 2010-05-14.
* ↑ "Point Named Rookie of the Year". NLL.com. May 13, 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
* ↑ "Benesch Named Rookie of the Year". NLL.com. May 8, 2007. Retrieved 2007-05-08.