May 31, 2003

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Austin Garrison, a senior midfielder from New Canaan, Conn., and two-time All-America selection, won the Turnbull Trophy as the most valuable player on the 2003 University of North Carolina men's lacrosse team at the team's annual awards picnic Saturday afternoon in Chapel Hill. Garrison was one of seven seniors honored on the afternoon, joining classmates Andrew Larkin, Kyle Bell, Steven Will, Bowen White, Joe Hubbard and Peter Anselmo.

Garrison was just one of several award winners for the Tar Heels on Saturday. Sophomore goalkeeper Paul Spellman of Cokceysville, Md. won the Holmes Harden, Sr. Memorial Award for ground balls, becoming the first Tar Heel goalkeeper to win the award since 1982.

Freshmen Stephen McElduff, a defenseman from Yorktown, N.Y., won the Jay Gallagher/Class of 1979 Award given to the outstanding freshman player. The Dan Andrews/Class of 1986 Sportsmanship Award was awarded to Kyle Bell, a senior midfielder from Baltimore, Md.

The Colonel Bob Needham Unsung Hero Award was copped by red-shirt junior midfielder Johnny Seivold of Chapel Hill, N.C. Senior midfielder Peter Anselmo of Massapequa, N.Y. won the Kevin Reichardt Memorial Award as the squad's Most Improved Player.

Senior statisticians May Chrisman and Kasey Gore, who worked with the team the past three years, were awarded the Danny Fox Memorial Awards for Service to Carolina Lacrosse.