Blue Devils Place 3 on Tewaaraton Trophy Nominee List

DURHAM, N.C.-Three members of the Duke University men's lacrosse team have been selected to the 2010 Tewaaraton candidate list as announced by the Greater Washington Sports Alliance on Wednesday. Seniors Ned Crotty, Parker McKee and Max Quinzani each earned a spot on the list for the award presented to the nation's top men and women's lacrosse player.

Of the 26 men's nominees, five will be named finalists will be named in the coming weeks. The Blue Devils' three selections were the second most in the ACC as each of the four teams was represented.

A 2009 Tewaaraton Trophy finalist, Crotty leads the ACC in assists with 38 and is second on the team in overall points with 49. He currently ranks second in career assists at Duke and has registered 11 multiple assist contests this season.

McKee helps anchor the defense and leads the team with 23 caused turnovers and 68 groundballs. An offensive threat as a longstick defenseman, the native of Old Greenwich, Conn., has contributed five goals and two assists this season.

Duke's top attacking threat, Quinzani is riding a nation's-best 59-game scoring streak. He has tallied at least three goals in 11 of 13 contests in 2010 to lead all Division I players and owns a league-best 45 goals and eight assists for 53 points.

Honoring the Native American heritage, the Tewaaraton Trophy symbolizes lacrosse's centuries-old roots in Native American history. 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 award will be presented on June 3rd, 2010 at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C. For additional information on the award or to purchase tickets please visit: www.tewaaratonaward.org.

The fifth-ranked Blue Devils will close out its ACC regular season schedule this weekend at top-ranked Virginia. Duke and the Cavaliers will face off at 8:30 p.m., at Klöckner Stadium. The game will be televised live on ESPNU.

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