Moments of the Decade: Best of pro lacrosse from 2010

2010

Casey Powell becomes the first (and only still to this day) American to be named NLL MVP

Brodie Merrill wins his second consecutive NLL Transition Player of the Year award

Kyle Harrison and other players leave the MLL to start the touring event-based LXM Pro Tour

Bayhawks defeat rival Lizards to win their third MLL title. Kyle Hartzell is named MVP of the game and becomes first former Division III player to win the honor

Paul Rabil scores the overtime game-winner to send the Washington Stealth to their first NLL Championship

Read more about this moment in Teddy Jenner’s feature.

Hutton Jackson is a Northern Virginia native and co-founder / coordinating producer of Pro Lacrosse Talk. He is also an Emmy-winning producer whose work has appeared on MLB Network, NHL Network and The Action Network. Hutton played four years of college lacrosse at DeSales University where his highest lacrosse accolade was being named to Inside Lacrosse’s 2014 All-Name Team, an honor that didn’t require stepping on the field. When he’s not producing new video content, editing podcasts or writing on lacrosse, he can usually be found diving around the crease in your local men’s league and ranting about Baltimore and D.C. sports.

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