Great Western Lacrosse League

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Great Western Lacrosse League

The Great Western Lacrosse League, also known as the GWLL, is a NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse-only college athletic conference. The conference was created when the NCAA Lacrosse tournament instituted Automatic Qualifiers; in so doing, it eliminated the "western region" bid.

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[edit] History

The original members were Air Force, Butler, Denver, Notre Dame, and Ohio State. However, the NCAA requires a conference to have six members for an Automatic Qualifier. Fairfield was added as a 6th member. Fairfield later left the conference and Quinnipiac joined as the new 6th member.

Bellarmine University created a men's lacrosse team in 2006, and joined the GWLL in 2007.

Butler University exited the GWLL when the Butler Athletics Department decided to drop several sports programs including men's lacrosse in January of 2007. [1]

In 2008, the GWLL held its first championship tournament. Notre Dame won the championship with a 9-2 victory over Ohio State, earning an automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship.[2] In addition to Notre Dame making the national championship tournament, Ohio State and University of Denver received "at-large" bids.[3]

[edit] Current Members

[edit] Annual Awards

Player of the Year

Year Player Team
2008 Kevin Buchanan Ohio State University[4]

Newcomer of the Year

Year Player Team
2008 Jamie Lincoln University of Denver[4]

Coach of the Year

Year Player Team
2008 Eric Fekete Quinnipiac University[4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Butler University Announces Changes to Athletic Program. ButlerSports.com (January 26, 2007). Retrieved on 2008-05-05.
  2. ^ Notre Dame plays outstanding defense in 9-2 GWLL finals win over Ohio State. InsideLacrosse.com (May 4, 2008). Retrieved on 2008-05-05.
  3. ^ D-I Men's Lacrosse Selections Announced. NCAA.com (May 4, 2008). Retrieved on 2008-05-05.
  4. ^ a b c 2008 GWLL All-League Selections and Annual Awards (.pdf). GWLL.com (May 1, 2008). Retrieved on 2008-05-05.

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Great Western Lacrosse League

Air Force (Falcons) • Bellarmine (Knights) • Denver (Pioneers) • Notre Dame (Fighting Irish) • Ohio State (Buckeyes) • Quinnipiac (Bobcats)
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