We are excited to celebrate the Fourth Annual Tewaaraton Outstanding Native American High School Awards and University Club Foundation Scholarship at the Tewaaraton Awards Banquet on May 28, 2009. The female and male 2009 Native American winners will join previous winners Emmett Printup, Corinne Abrams, Mia McKie, Alexander Jimerson, Justin Gill and Lindsey Steeprock in the tradition and honor of the award. This award will go to one Native male and one Native female high school lacrosse player. The two winners will be invited to the Tewaaraton Banquet to accept their award and be part of the celebration in Washington, DC.
We are counting on each of you, as lacrosse coaches of high school athletes, to nominate your most outstanding players. The Player of the Year will be awarded based on the following criteria:
Nominee must prove Tribal heritage. Player can self-identify with written support from a Tribal official or other enrollment evidence (e.g., Tribal enrollment certificate or card, Bureau of Indians Affairs card, etc). Considerations will be made for other special circumstances.
Nominee must be enrolled in secondary school and be in good academic standing. Please provide a copy of nominee's trascript.
Nominee should exude a very high level of lacrosse skills, good sportsmanship and leadership on and off the field.
Additionally, nominees are asked to articulate, in an essay, what lacrosse means to them as a Native American player. Since one of the primary goals of the Tewaaraton Award Foundation is to honor the sport’s Native American roots, the selection committee will weigh this aspect of the application very heavily.
A male and a female selection committee have been assembled. Their task will be to review the nominees and name a winner. The selection committees are composed of past Tewaaraton Trophy winners, retired college lacrosse coaches, Native coaches and others.
Please consider nominating one of your players for this year’s Tewaaraton Native High School Player of the Year Award. The nomination form is below. Please fill out the form and return to me along with your nominee’s personal statement/piece etc. by Tuesday, April 28th, 2009. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.
All the best,
Liz Terry
Executive Director
Tewaaraton Award Foundation
1135 16th St NW
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 256-6450
liz@tewaaraton.com
NOMINATION FORM
Coach’s name:
Phone Number:
Team:
Nominee’s name:
Nominee’s tribal affiliation:
Nominee’s contact info:
Nominee’s high school:
Please list the lacrosse related awards and honors:
Please confirm that your nominee is in good academic standing and list academic awards or honors that may have been given to your nominee:
Please speak to the leadership and sportsmanship of your nominee on and off the lacrosse field:
