All this week, Canisius will introduce the four male nominees for the 2015-16 Athlete of the Year Award. After all four candidates for this award are posted on Monday and Tuesday, fans will have the chance to vote on who they think will win the award in an online poll which will run on GoGriffs.com through Wednesday evening. The 2015-16 Canisius Male Athlete of the Year will be officially introduced Thursday, June 30 at noon.
Canisius Male Athlete of the Year Nominee
Jeff Edwards
Canisius junior Jeff Edwards is the second nominee for the 2015-16 Canisius Male Athlete of the Year. A native of Jamesville, N.Y., Edwards led the Griffs men's lacrosse team in scoring during the 2016 campaign, helping the Griffs return to the MAAC Tournament.
Stats and Awards
• Edwards led the Griffs with 40 points, scoring 14 goals to go along with a team-best 26 assists.
• He finished as the fourth-highest scoring in the midfielder in the country with 3.33 points per game, while also ranking ninth overall among all players with 2.17 assists per game.
• Edwards led all players in the conference during MAAC play with 4.00 points per game and 2.67 assists per game.
• He was named to the All-MAAC First Team for the first time during his career.
• Recorded at least three points in eight-straight games from March 8 to April 19 – the longest streak by a Griff since Cort Knodel has a nine-game run in 1997.
