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Via Major League Lacrosse and UVa Sports Information

Former UVa men’s lacrosse defenseman Michael Culver, currently with the Chicago Machine of Major League Lacrosse, has been honored as the recipient of the New Balance Sportsman of the Year award. The award was based on votes submitted by the General Manger and the Head Coach of each of the 10 MLL teams. Culver, along with other MLL honorees, will be acknowledged at the Awards Luncheon on Saturday, Aug. 26, during New Balance Championship Weekend.

The New Balance Sportsman of the Year recognizes a player who has consistently demonstrated sportsmanship through tenacity, determination and fair play on the field over the course of the regular season.

Tired of losing during the season, Culver made a guarantee that his winless Chicago team would defeat the Los Angeles Riptide on July 29, and as incentive, he promised to donate half of his season’s salary to charity if proven wrong. Even if Chicago had won, he made a promise to donate a game check.
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After completing a successful career at Rutgers University, Scottsville native Devon Britts was selected in the fifth round of the Major League Lacrosse draft (45th overall) by the Los Angeles Riptide. Before joining the team at Rutgers, Britts played for Monticello High School in Albemarle County. He is also is a veteran of several seasons in the Charlottesville Summer Lacrosse League.

Britts made his MLL debut for the Riptide at Chicago on June 24th, moving from midfield at Rutgers to attack in the MLL. He’s already contributing to the team, scoring his first goal in Denver on July 1st. The Riptide is one of the MLL’s new Western Division teams. Britts is joined in Los Angeles by former University of Virginia players Tillman Johnson (G) and Michael Watson (A).
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