Crotty '05 Wins Tewaaraton Award

Jessica Fiddes

Posted June 4

Duke senior attackman Ned Crotty '05 won the sport's highest award, The Terwaaraton Trophy, on June 3, 2010.

Ned shows off the distinctive bronze trophy, the 'Heisman trophy of lacrosse.'

The five Tewaaraton finalists on stage at Smithsonian Museum of the American Indian. And the winner is...

Ned Crotty! Ned was a runner up in 2009 -- nice to go home with the hardware in 2010.

The five top women's and men's lacrosse players in the country on stage at The Smithsonian, flanked by lacrosse officials.

The proud Crotty family joins Ned on stage.

Two Delbarton friends were there too: Taylor Price '04, center, and Mark Gately '04 on riight.

Here's a nice shot of the Crotty family with Taylor Price '04, Tim Curry '95, Chuck Ruebling '79 and Matt Kovachik...

...and here are Ned's Delbarton lax coaches, Wave Head Coach Chuck Ruebling '79, on left, and Assistant Coach Matt Kovachik on right. (Photos: Mark Gately '04)

Former Green Wave player and current Duke University senior attackman Ned Crotty '05 was named the recipient of the 2010 Tewaaraton Trophy as the nation's top men's lacrosse player. Crotty received the award at a banquet at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian on June 3, 2010. Maryland senior midfielder Caitlyn McFadden won the top women's award. Ned's former Delbarton coaches, Chuck Ruebling '79 and Matt Kovachik attended the banquet, together with several of Ned's Delbarton friends.

Ned was also a Tewaaraton finalist in 2009 and a three-time lacrosse All-American, including a two-time first team selection. Last weekend he helped lead Duke to the 2010 NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship, scoring a team-high 18 tournament points from 6 goals and 12 assists and landing the game-winning assist in the pivotal semi-final win over the University of Virginia.

Ned is among the most decorated players in Duke lacrosse history. He finished the 2010 season as the nation's leader in assists (63, a Duke single season record) and fourth in points. The Tewaaraton press release reports that "In 2009, Crotty was selected as the USILA Attackman of the Year as well as ACC Player of the Year after pacing the country in assists. For his career, he totaled 92 goals and 147 assists for 239 points. He ranks second all-time in Duke career history in assists and is fourth in overall points. Crotty also left his name in the NCAA records book, climbing to 18th in career assists."

While at Delbarton Ned also excelled on the ice and in March he and Derek Maguire '90 were inducted into the inaugural New Jersey High School Hockey Hall of Fame. Lacrosse prevented Ned from attending the induction ceremony, and Delbarton Varsity Hockey coach Bruce Shatel accepted the award on his behalf, commending Ned for his remarkable athletic skills and selflessness as a player.

Ned's lacrosse career continues: he is also the only collegiate player selected for the 2010 Men's National Lacrosse team which competes this summer in the Federation of International Lacrosse World Championship in Manchester, England, from July 14 to 24, 2010.

Congratulations to Ned Crotty on his outstanding sports achievements and for remaining, by all accounts, a decent and humble young man. Go Wave...Go Duke -- and Go Team USA!