WASHINGTON D.C. - Maryland attackman
Logan Wisnauskas was named the 2022 Tewaaraton Award winner, the organization announced Thursday night.
Wisnauskas earns the most prestigious award in college lacrosse after a 61 goal, 42 assist, 103 point season that ended with an NCAA Championship. The leader of a historic Maryland offense, Wisnauskas averaged over 5.7 points per game throughout a season that featured 14 hat tricks. He has a Maryland-record 40 in his career.Â
Wisnauskas rocketed up the record books this season. He became the record-holder for points in a season (103), goals in a career (205), and points in a career (340). He finishes his career fourth all-time in career goals and 11th all-time in career points among all NCAA Division 1 men's lacrosse players.Â
The Sykesville, Maryland, native becomes the second-straight, and third overall, Tewaaraton winner for Maryland. He follows
Jared Bernhardt (2021) and Matt Rambo (2017). Maryland becomes the second school to ever have two consecutive Tewaaraton winners, following 2014-15 Albany (Lyle Thompson/Miles Thompson.)
The top-pick in the 2022 PLL Draft, Wisnauskas was a First Team All-American by every major outlet. He was named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year and Lt. Raymond J. Enners Outstanding Player of the Year by the USILA.Â
He is now an eight-time Big Ten offensive player after earning three more this season. He has 12 overall Big Ten Weekly honors. More importantly, he earned his third Big Ten regular season title and second Big Ten Tournament title.Â
Wisnauskas earns the honor over Chris Gray (North Carolina), Brendan Nichtern (Army), Connor Shellenberger (Virginia), and Sam Handley (Pennsylvania).Â
Maryland has had a Tewaaraton Finalist for six straight seasons. Wisnauskas is just the fifth Maryland player in history to be selected as a finalist, joiningÂ
Jared Bernhardt (2019, 2021),Â
Connor Kelly (2018), Matt Rambo (2017) and Joe Walters (2006).Â
About The Tewaaraton Foundation
Founded at the University Club of Washington, DC and first presented in 2001, the Tewaaraton Award is recognized as the preeminent lacrosse award, annually honoring the top male and female college lacrosse player in the United States. Endorsed by the Mohawk Nation Council of Elders and U.S. Lacrosse, the Tewaaraton Award symbolizes lacrosse's centuries-old roots in Native American heritage. The Tewaaraton Foundation ensures the integrity and advances the mission of this award. Each year, the Tewaaraton Award celebrates one of the six tribal nations of the Iroquois Confederacy – the Mohawk, Cayuga, Oneida, Onondaga, Seneca and Tuscarora – and presents two scholarships to students of Native American descent. To learn more about The Tewaaraton Foundation, please visit www.tewaaraton.com.