Andrew Bowman named league MVP as BCJALL major award winners, all-stars announced

by Andy Watson

The BC Junior A Lacrosse League has announced its 2025 BCJALL League Awards. Award selections are made based on contributions from management from each club. The all-star teams are listed as goalkeeper first then in last name alphabetical order, not ranking.

Andrew Bowman (24G, 36A, 60 PTS) from Nanaimo is the league MVP, winning the Henry 'Del' Delmonico Trophy. 

Coquitlam had major award winners with Ty Banks picking up the defensive player of the year trophy,  Jack Kask earning goalkeeper of the year honours, Nathan Chalmers (78 points in the regular season) winning the outstanding acheivement award, and Ryan Colsey winning the playoff MVP award. Cody Malawsky also picked up the graduating player award in his time with Langley and Coquitlam. 

Carter Quested of Victoria is the rookie of the year and Rowan Birell from Burnaby was named the league's the most inspirational player.

For non-playing personnel, Delta's bench staff of Logan Schuss, Jordan McBride and Curtis Hodgson won the coach of the year honours, while Schuss and Matt Hoegg were also named executives of the year for the Islanders.

2025 Major Award Winners

  • Henry “Del” Delmonico Trophy - Most Valuable Player: Andrew Bowman (Nanaimo)
  • The Reginald “Pop” Phillips Memorial Award - Best Defensive Player: Ty Banks (Coquitlam)
  • Marcolis Gilson Award Rookie of the Year: Carter Quested (Victoria)
  • Keith McEachren Trophy - Most Sportsmanlike Player: Andrew Cowan (Port Coquitlam)
  • John Urban Award - Graduating Player: Cody Malawsky (Langley/Coquitlam)
  • Doug Hazelwood Memorial Trophy - Coach of the Year: Logan Schuss, Jordan McBride and Curtis Hodgson (Delta)    
  • Al Boles Memorial Trophy - Most Inspirational: Rowan Birrell (Burnaby)
  • The Bob Reid Memorial Award - Outstanding Achievement: Nathan Chalmers (Coquitlam)
  • The Jack Crosby Award - Playoff MVP: Ryan Colsey (Coquitlam)
  • Executive(s) of the Year: Matt Hoegg and Logan Schuss (Delta)

2025 All-Star Teams

1st-Team All-Stars

  • Jack Kask (Coquitlam)     
  • Ty Banks (Coquitlam)
  • Nathan Chalmers (Coquitlam)    
  • Jaxon Dillon (Coquitlam)
  • Cody Malawsky (Langley/Coquitlam)    
  • Jared Maznik (Delta/Nanaimo)    

2nd-Team All-Stars

  • Caleb Khan (Langley)    
  • Andrew Bowman (Nanaimo)    
  • Ryan Colsey (Coquitlam)
  • Wren Glanville (New Westminster/Coquitlam)    
  • Josh Mills (Port Coquitlam)
  • Jordan Reed    Coquitlam    

All-Rookie All-Star Team

  • Jett Burns (Delta)  
  • Kyan Berar (Coquitlam)    
  • Ty Bikic (Delta)    
  • Koji Okuyama (Langley)    
  • Carter Quested (Victoria)    
  • Linkin Twamley (New Westminster)