PHILADELPHIA – The Tewaaraton Foundation has announced the 2020 Tewaaraton Award Watch List, and the University of Pennsylvania is represented on the men's side by sophomore Sam Handley. He is one of eight Ivy Leaguers on the list of 50 men's players.

Handley—who was a first-team USILA All-America last year as a freshman, and is fifth on Inside Lacrosse's preseason Tewaaraton Top 10—finished the 2019 season as the Inside Lacrosse National Freshman of the Year and was a unanimous selection as Ivy League Rookie of the Year as well as first-team All-Ivy. He set Penn freshman records for goals (35), assists (26) and points (61), ending the season second nationally among freshmen in points and third in assists.

The Tewaaraton Award watch lists include the top men's and women's players across all three divisions of NCAA lacrosse and highlight the early contenders for the 2020 Tewaaraton Award, which will be presented on May 28 in Washington, D.C.

Additions to the list will be announced on March 12 and April 2. On April 23, the field will be narrowed to 25 men's and 25 women's nominees. Five men's and five women's finalists will be announced on May 7, and they will be invited to D.C. for the presentation ceremony.

Penn, which is ranked sixth in both of this week's national polls, will open its season at No. 4/4 Maryland on Saturday at 1 p.m. The Quakers' home opener comes on Saturday, Feb. 29 when they host Penn State which is currently No. 1 in the Inside Lacrosse Maverik Media Poll and No. 2 in the USILA coaches' poll.
 
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 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.