VILLANOVA, Pa. – Reid Colwell has earned the prestigious honor of being named to the Tewaaraton Award Watch List for the 2024 season.

The Tewaaraton Award is the highest individual honor in college lacrosse. Colwell becomes the 17^th Wildcat and the third defenseman to be named to the watch list in the beginning of the season and seven Villanova greats have been named as a finalist for the award.

The selection committee for The Tewaaraton Award is comprised of premier collegiate coaches who are appointed annually by The Tewaaraton Foundation. On two occasions during the season (March 7 and March 28) the selection committee will consider additions to the Watch List, which will later be pared down to 25 nominees for the trophy on April 18.

About The Tewaaraton Foundation
Founded at the University Club of Washington, DC and 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 nations of the Haudenosaunee/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.