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Ladner's Clare a multi-winner at Maple Leaf Awards night

Ladner lacrosse standout Sam Clare was a multi-award winner at the annual Maple Leaf Awards night. Each year, the Maple Leaf Awards celebrate Canada's national sport by supporting youth and collegiate field lacrosse in BC.
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Ladner’s Sam Clare was recognized for his outstanding work on and off the field during his sophomore season with Simon Fraser University at the recent Maple Leaf Awards night.

Ladner lacrosse standout Sam Clare was a multi-award winner at the annual Maple Leaf Awards night.

Each year, the Maple Leaf Awards celebrate Canada's national sport by supporting youth and collegiate field lacrosse in BC.

The first event of its kind in Canada, the awards dinner and silent auction ushers in the collegiate season by recognizing Simon Fraser University lacrosse team's graduating seniors, introducing the incoming freshman class, and celebrating SFU award winners, PNCLL All-Conference and MCLA All-American league honors recipients.

Clare was named SFU's Outstanding Offensive Player of the year after earlier earning Pacific Northwest Collegiate Lacrosse League first team all-star honours and being named a Men's Collegiate Lacrosse League All-American.

The 20-year-old also was the inaugural winner of the Ken Clark Memorial Award in recognition of players giving back to the game of lacrosse. Clare works as an official and coaches at Centennial in Coquitlam which is a short commute from the Burnaby Mountain campus. He also work's at SFU's annual summer camp.

Clare has just begun his junior season with SFU. He hopes to be playing for Team England at this summer's World Field Lacrosse Championships in Denver and will also be suiting up for the Delta Islanders in the upcoming B.C. Junior "A" Lacrosse League season.

In addition to recognizing the SFU lacrosse team, the Maple Leaf Awards also acknowledge the Scholar Athletes and individual player awards for the summer and fall rosters of the Burnaby Mountain Selects Elite Touring Teams.