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Lax Sports Network announced Wednesday nominees in 11 categories for the third-annual LSN Awards — a year-end special that will air Dec. 24 at 9 p.m. Eastern.

Lacrosse fans can watch the show and all Lax Sports Network programming free via the LSN app, which is free to download on iOS, Android, Apple TV, Xbox, Roku, Amazon Fire TV and Google Chromecast.

Men’s College Player of the Year

  • Trevor Baptiste (Denver)

  • Justin Guterding (Duke)

  • Connor Kelly (Maryland)

  • Ben Reeves (Yale)

  • Michael Sowers (Princeton

Women’s College Player of the Year

  • Sam Apuzzo (Boston College)

  • Kristen Gaudian (James Madison)

  • Marie McCool (North Carolina)

  • Kylie Ohlmiller (Stony Brook)

  • Megan Whittle (Maryland

Team of the Year

  • Team USA (men)

  • Yale (men)

  • James Madison (women)

  • Denver Outlaws (MLL)

  • Saskatchewan Rush (NLL)

Pro Outdoor Player of the Year

  • Michael Ehrhardt (Team USA/Charlotte Hounds)

  • Rob Pannell (Team USA/New York Lizards)

  • Will Manny (New York Lizards)

  • Kevin Rice (Atlanta Blaze)

  • Dillon Ward (Team Canada/Denver Outlaws)

Pro Indoor Player of the Year

  • Kevin Crowley (New England Black Wolves)

  • Shawn Evans (Peterborough Lakers)

  • Graeme Hossack (Rochester Knighthawks)

  • Mark Matthews (Saskatchewan Rush)

  • Matt Vinc (Rochester Knighthawks)

Breakthrough Player of the Year

  • Nakeie Montgomery (Duke)

  • Chris Cloutier (Denver Outlaws)

  • Chris Fake (Yale)

  • Tehoka Nanticoke (Albany)

  • Kristen Gaudian (James Madison)

Men’s Individual Performance of the Year

  • Ryan Brown (Team USA/25G in World Championship)

  • Morgan Cheek (Harvard/13PTS, OT GWG vs. BU)

  • Connor Fields (Albany/Playing on torn ACL)

  • Marcus Holman (Ohio Machine/11G vs. Lizards)

  • TD Ierlan (Albany/Perfect games vs. Stony Brook, Cornell, Vermont)

  • Matt Kavanagh (Denver Outlaws/4G, 5A in MLL final)

Women’s Individual Performance of the Year

  • Sam Apuzzo (Boston College/9G vs. Navy)

  • Maggie Nelson (St. Vincent/D-III record 19PTS vs. Chatham)

  • Kylie Ohlmiller (Stony Brook/8PTS vs. UMBC to set NCAA career record)

  • Haley Warden  (James Madison/9G in final four, 10DC in semifinal)

Coach of the Year

  • John Danowski (Team USA)

  • Derek Keenan (Saskatchewan Rush)

  • Shelley Klaes-Bawcombe (James Madison)

  • Andy Shay (Yale)

Moment of the Year

  • Noelle Lambert (UMass-Lowell) scores in first game back

  • Notre Dame Prep (Md.) snaps McDonogh (Md.) 198-game win streak

  • Tom Schreiber (Team USA) game-winning goal in world championship

  • Varello brothers hug after Syracuse/Navy crazy finish

Story of the Year

  • IOC recognizes FIL

  • PLL announced

  • NCAA men’s lacrosse gets a shot clock

  • Lacrosse emoji

  • Team USA beats Canada in controversial last-second finish