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Lt. Ray Enners Award

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The Lt. Ray Enners Award is an annual award given to the outstanding high school lacrosse player in Suffolk County, New York. It is presented by the Suffolk County Boys Lacrosse Coaches Association to the player who best exemplifies courage, teamwork, skill and leadership. The award is named after Raymond Enners who was a United States military hero and champion high school lacrosse player. The initial award was presented in 1970, one season after his death.

This award in one of three that have been named after Lt. Enners. The others are the Lt. Raymond Enners Award which is awarded to the NCAA National Player of the Year in men's lacrosse, and The Lt. Enners-Chris Pettit Award which is given to the Army Offensive MVP each season.

Ray Enners played high school lacrosse at Half Hollow Hills High School which is in Suffolk County. He was voted into the 1963 All-Long Island lacrosse team and was inducted into the Suffolk County Hall of Fame in 2004. Enners continued to excel at lacrosse at the United States Military Academy until he graduated in 1967. In his senior year he was an NCAA All-American.

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