Army West Point Athletics
Cramblet '70 to Earn Tewaaraton Legends Award
May 14, 2017 | Men's Lacrosse
WEST POINT– The Tewaaraton Foundation announced in January that Pete Cramblet was named one of two recipients of the Tewaaraton Legends Award and it will be given during the Tewaaraton Award Ceremony at The Smithsonian in Washington, D.C. on June 1.
The Tewaaraton Legends Award annually honors recipients who played college lacrosse prior to 2001, the first year in which the Tewaaraton Award was presented. Recipients are chosen on the basis that their collegiate performance would have earned them a Tewaaraton Trophy, had the award existed when they played. The previous five Legends Award winners are Syracuse's Jim Brown (2011), Cornell's Eamon McEneaney (2012), Johns Hopkins' Joe Cowan (2013), Navy's Jimmy Lewis (2014), Syracuse's Brad Kotz (2015), Maryland's Frank Urso (2016) and Penn State's Candace Finn Rocha (2016).
Cramblet graduated from Army as the lacrosse program's all-time leading scorer, having compiled 150 points. Cramblet became the first Army player ever to reach 100 career goals, finishing with a then-record 107 tallies. In Cramblet's junior year, he helped Army to a share of the 1969 national championship when the Black Knights finished 10-1. His senior year was the season that etched his name into the Academy's lacrosse lore. Cramblet, inducted into the U.S. Lacrosse National Hall of Fame in 1986, posted 33 goals and 19 assists, en route to earning the 1970 Jack Turnbull Award as the country's top attackman and the Lt. Ray Enners Award as the nation's most outstanding player.
"Prior to an Army-Navy game, we had a four-man rotation on attack: Marty Knorr, Tom Cafaro, Pete and Darby Boyle," said U.S. Lacrosse National Hall of Famer Ace Adams, who coached Cramblet at Army. "Darby was our captain and it was time for other three guys to start over Pete. I got the other three together and said, 'This is Darby's last game and I think he should start.' Without hesitation Cramblet put his hand up and said, 'I don't have to start, Coach.' At the start of the game Navy's coaches were running up and down the sideline saying, 'Where is No. Â 2?' Later in the first quarter, he went in and scored four goals in Army's victory. He was the top star and it has stuck with me that he so quickly gave his starting spot to Darby. He was very quick and could usually gain a step on his defender."
"We are absolutely thrilled for Pete and the whole Army lacrosse family," current Army head coach Joe Alberici said in January when it was announced. "To be given such a prestigious award that includes past honorees with the likes of Jim Brown and other college lacrosse greats speaks volumes to the type of player Pete was and what he meant to the Army lacrosse tradition."
The Tewaaraton Foundation will unveil the 2017 Tewaaraton Award Watch List live at a special fundraising reception in New York City on Feb. 28. Information can be found at https://www.501auctions.com/tewaaraton.
For more information on the Tewaaraton Legends Award or to attend these exciting events, visit tewaaraton.com. Like and follow The Tewaaraton Foundation at facebook.com/tewaaraton, twitter.com/tewaaraton and instagram.com/tewaaraton.
About The Tewaaraton Foundation
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.
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The Tewaaraton Legends Award annually honors recipients who played college lacrosse prior to 2001, the first year in which the Tewaaraton Award was presented. Recipients are chosen on the basis that their collegiate performance would have earned them a Tewaaraton Trophy, had the award existed when they played. The previous five Legends Award winners are Syracuse's Jim Brown (2011), Cornell's Eamon McEneaney (2012), Johns Hopkins' Joe Cowan (2013), Navy's Jimmy Lewis (2014), Syracuse's Brad Kotz (2015), Maryland's Frank Urso (2016) and Penn State's Candace Finn Rocha (2016).
Cramblet graduated from Army as the lacrosse program's all-time leading scorer, having compiled 150 points. Cramblet became the first Army player ever to reach 100 career goals, finishing with a then-record 107 tallies. In Cramblet's junior year, he helped Army to a share of the 1969 national championship when the Black Knights finished 10-1. His senior year was the season that etched his name into the Academy's lacrosse lore. Cramblet, inducted into the U.S. Lacrosse National Hall of Fame in 1986, posted 33 goals and 19 assists, en route to earning the 1970 Jack Turnbull Award as the country's top attackman and the Lt. Ray Enners Award as the nation's most outstanding player.
"Prior to an Army-Navy game, we had a four-man rotation on attack: Marty Knorr, Tom Cafaro, Pete and Darby Boyle," said U.S. Lacrosse National Hall of Famer Ace Adams, who coached Cramblet at Army. "Darby was our captain and it was time for other three guys to start over Pete. I got the other three together and said, 'This is Darby's last game and I think he should start.' Without hesitation Cramblet put his hand up and said, 'I don't have to start, Coach.' At the start of the game Navy's coaches were running up and down the sideline saying, 'Where is No. Â 2?' Later in the first quarter, he went in and scored four goals in Army's victory. He was the top star and it has stuck with me that he so quickly gave his starting spot to Darby. He was very quick and could usually gain a step on his defender."
"We are absolutely thrilled for Pete and the whole Army lacrosse family," current Army head coach Joe Alberici said in January when it was announced. "To be given such a prestigious award that includes past honorees with the likes of Jim Brown and other college lacrosse greats speaks volumes to the type of player Pete was and what he meant to the Army lacrosse tradition."
The Tewaaraton Foundation will unveil the 2017 Tewaaraton Award Watch List live at a special fundraising reception in New York City on Feb. 28. Information can be found at https://www.501auctions.com/tewaaraton.
For more information on the Tewaaraton Legends Award or to attend these exciting events, visit tewaaraton.com. Like and follow The Tewaaraton Foundation at facebook.com/tewaaraton, twitter.com/tewaaraton and instagram.com/tewaaraton.
About The Tewaaraton Foundation
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.
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