Gavin Prout (born March 13, 1978, in Whitby, Ontario) is a Canadian professional lacrosse player who plays for the Colorado Mammoth in the National Lacrosse League, and formerly of the Hamilton Nationals in Major League Lacrosse. He was also a member of the Team Canada squad that won the gold medal during the 2006 World Lacrosse Championship.

Gavin Prout
Born (1978-03-13) March 13, 1978 (age 46)
Whitby, Ontario, Canada
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight188 pounds (85 kg)
ShootsRight
PositionForward
NCAA teamLoyola (2001)
NLL draft1st overall, 2001
New York Saints
NLL team
Former teams
Colorado Mammoth
Edmonton Rush
Rochester Knighthawks
New York Saints
MLL team
Former teams
Free Agent
Hamilton Nationals
Rochester Rattlers
Baltimore Bayhawks
Pro career20022013
Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame, 2023

Canadian Box career

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Junior

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Prout played for the Whitby Warriors of the OLA Junior A Lacrosse League. In 1997, Prout lead the Warriors to their first Minto Cup championship in 12 years. The following year, Prout was awarded the "Green Gael Trophy" for League M.V.P.,[1] scoring 49 goals and 125 points during the season. In 1999, Prout led the league in scoring with a career high 132 points, and led the Warriors to their second Minto Cup in three years. Prout was also given the "Dean McLeod Award" for Playoffs M.V.P. and the "B.W. Evans Award" for Top Graduating Player.[1]

Prout finished his junior career with an outstanding 676 points (regular season and playoffs combined), ranking him 25th all time in Canadian Junior A lacrosse history. Prout is also ranked 21st all time in combined assists with 396.[2]

Senior

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Prout finished his first season in the MSL with 73 points, and helped the Brooklin Redmen to their first Mann Cup in ten years. Prout was awarded the "Gene Dopp Memorial Trophy" as Rookie of the Year.[3]

College career

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Prout started his collegiate career in Erie, PA playing at Mercyhurst College as a freshman until they dropped Men's Lacrosse as a Division 1 sport and Gannon University as a sophomore, until they also dropped Men's Lacrosse as a division 1 sport. Prout played collegiate lacrosse at Loyola College in Maryland, where he was named to the First-team All-American team as a senior.

Professional career

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Prout was drafted first overall by the New York Saints in the 2001 National Lacrosse League entry draft.[4]

As a rookie, Prout was named to the All-Rookie team as a member of the Saints. Since joining the league, Prout has played in six NLL All-Star Games (2002, & 2004 - 2008).[4]

Prout joined the Mammoth in 2004, and was named the captain of the Mammoth prior to the 2006 season. He was named the Championship game MVP when the Mammoth won the NLL championship in 2006.[4]

In 2008, Prout led the National Lacrosse League in assists with 67, a career high.[5] During the 2009 NLL season, he was named a reserve to the All-Star game.[6]

In October 2009, Prout was traded along with Andrew Potter and two 2010 1st round draft selections to the Rochester Knighthawks for Ilija Gajic and their 2012 first round draft selection.[7] Just two weeks later, Prout was once again traded with Dean Hill to the Edmonton Rush for two draft picks.[8]

In March 2011, after playing a season and a half for Edmonton, Prout was traded back to the Mammoth.[9]

Statistics

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NCAA

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Season Team GP G A Pts
1998 Mercyhurst College 12 6 7 13
1999 Gannon University 15 47 40 87
2000 Loyola University 14 42 11 53
2001 Loyola University 14 37 21 58
Totals 55 132 79 211
    Regular Season   Playoffs
Season Team GP G 2ptG A Pts LB PIM GP G 2ptG A Pts LB PIM
2005 Baltimore 11 13 0 14 27 33 8 2 1 0 2 3 0 0
2007 Rochester 10 16 0 5 21 14 6.5 1 2 0 1 3 2 1
2008 Rochester 12 7 0 10 17 18 5 2 2 0 1 3 1 1
2009 Toronto 10 3 0 7 10 8 3 2 0 0 1 1 2 1.5
MLL Totals 43 39 0 36 75 73 22.5 7 5 0 5 10 5 3.5

Reference:[10]

Gavin Prout Regular Season Playoffs
Season Team GP G A Pts LB PIM Pts/GP LB/GP PIM/GP GP G A Pts LB PIM Pts/GP LB/GP PIM/GP

2002 New York Saints 16 30 52 82 115 33 5.13 7.19 2.06
2003 New York Saints 15 28 44 72 131 29 4.80 8.73 1.93
2004 Colorado Mammoth 16 34 57 91 107 33 5.69 6.69 2.06 1 1 2 3 5 2 3.00 5.00 2.00
2005 Colorado Mammoth 16 28 50 78 80 32 4.88 5.00 2.00 1 1 1 2 7 0 2.00 7.00 0.00
2006 Colorado Mammoth 16 29 64 93 89 42 5.81 5.56 2.63 3 10 15 25 20 0 8.33 6.67 0.00
2007 Colorado Mammoth 16 30 59 89 85 32 5.56 5.31 2.00 1 1 3 4 6 2 4.00 6.00 2.00
2008 Colorado Mammoth 16 25 67 92 85 14 5.75 5.31 0.88 1 2 4 6 4 0 6.00 4.00 0.00
2009 Colorado Mammoth 16 26 48 74 96 14 4.63 6.00 0.88 1 2 3 5 6 2 5.00 6.00 2.00
2010 Edmonton Rush 16 27 40 67 72 29 4.19 4.50 1.81 2 4 6 10 7 4 5.00 3.50 2.00
2011 Edmonton Rush 10 11 26 37 41 16 3.70 4.10 1.60
2011 Colorado Mammoth 6 3 20 23 23 7 3.83 3.83 1.17 1 0 2 2 4 0 2.00 4.00 0.00
2012 Colorado Mammoth 14 22 61 83 49 26 5.93 3.50 1.86 1 1 3 4 4 2 4.00 4.00 2.00
2013 Colorado Mammoth 11 8 33 41 33 9 3.73 3.00 0.82
184 301 621 922 1,006 316 5.01 5.47 1.72 12 22 39 61 63 12 5.08 5.25 1.00
Career Total: 196 323 660 983 1,069 328 5.02 5.45 1.67

GP–Games played; G–Goals; A–Assists; Pts–Points; LB–Loose balls; PIM–Penalty minutes; Pts/GP–Points per games played; LB/GP–Loose balls per games played; PIM/GP–Penalty minutes per games played.

O.L.A. Jr.A

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    Regular Season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1995 Oshawa Green Gaels OLA Jr.B 2 4 2 6 10 0 0 0 0 0
1995 Whitby Warriors OLA Jr.A 16 18 15 33 39 10 3 6 9 33
1996 Whitby Warriors OLA Jr.A 18 32 51 83 16 12 16 26 42 36
1997 Whitby Warriors OLA Jr.A 18 44 53 97 50 17 23 31 54 41
Minto Cup Whitby Warriors CLA -- -- -- -- -- 6 4 11 15 20
1998 Whitby Warriors OLA Jr.A 20 49 76 125 44 12 24 27 51 20
1999 Whitby Warriors OLA Jr.A 20 49 82 132 44 13 25 35 60 50
Minto Cup Whitby Warriors CLA -- -- -- -- -- 5 7 18 25 14
Junior A Totals 92 192 277 469 193 64 91 125 216 180
Junior B Totals 2 4 2 6 10 0 0 0 0 0
Minto Cup Totals -- -- -- -- -- 11 11 29 40 34
    Regular Season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1997 Brooklin Redmen MSL 1 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 Brooklin Redmen MSL 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 9 17 30
2000 Brooklin Redmen MSL 18 26 47 73 40 11 12 31 43 15
Mann Cup Brooklin Redmen CLA -- -- -- -- -- 4 8 10 18 4
2003 Brooklin Redmen MSL 12 22 26 48 26 8 17 31 48 10
2004 Brooklin Redmen MSL 13 27 65 92 30 4 9 10 19 16
2006 Brooklin Redmen MSL 11 22 31 53 14 7 11 24 35 17
2007 Brooklin Redmen MSL 8 11 22 33 25 -- -- -- -- --
Senior A Totals 63 110 192 302 193 33 57 105 162 88
Mann Cup Totals -- -- -- -- -- 4 8 10 18 4

Awards

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Preceded by Champion's Cup MVP
2006
Succeeded by

References

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  1. ^ a b "O.L.A. Junior A Trophy Winners". wampsbibleoflacrosse.com.
  2. ^ "Top 100 Career Leaders For Goals, Assists, And Points In Canadian Junior A Lacrosse". wampsbibleoflacrosse.com.
  3. ^ "Trophy Winners in O.L.A. Major/Senior". wampsbibleoflacrosse.com.
  4. ^ a b c "Gavin Prout Bio from Colorado Mammoth". ColoradoMammoth.com. Retrieved 2008-05-02.
  5. ^ "Snider Breaks Loose Ball Record". NLL.com. April 29, 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-05-10. Retrieved 2008-05-01.
  6. ^ "All-Star reserves announced". NLL.com. February 19, 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-05.
  7. ^ "Mammoth & Knighthawks Make Big Trade". NLL.com. October 31, 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-31.
  8. ^ "Knighthawks Trade Prout to Rush". NLL.com. November 10, 2009. Retrieved 2009-11-10.
  9. ^ "Prout traded back to Colorado". NLL.com. March 15, 2011. Retrieved 2011-11-05.
  10. ^ "Player National Lacrosse League". NLL.com. Retrieved March 9, 2020.