2019 NPL Season Awards!

by Stephen A. Smiff

December 17, 2019

It’s over! The 2019 regular season has come to a close! That means, like all industries, we get to put on our black ties, evening gowns, roll out the red carpet, and pat each other on the back for nominating and selecting ourselves for awards! Isn’t it fun? Here we go, folks!


2019 NPL Awards
The WILLIAM TELL Award
Given to the Most Accurate Player

Chris (Cannibals)66.4%

The HELEN KELLER Award
Given to the Least Accurate Player

Laci (Labeorphiles)43.6%

The OUT ON A LIMB Award
Given to the player with the most Lonesome Loser awards

Laci (Labeorphiles)5

The HATE TO SAY I TOLD YOU SO Award
Given to the player with the most Solo Soothsayer Awards

Jason (JeStErS)3

The MAD WORLD Award
Given to the player with the most Monday Madness awards

Berkenbile (Baboons)3

The I CAN’T BELIEVE THEY GET PAID FOR THIS Award
Given to the player with the most “Are You Smarter Than ESPN?” Awards

Berkenbile (Baboons)6

The JAY-Z Award
“It’s a hard-knock life.” Given to the player with the highest accuracy with a losing record

Joel (Juggernauts)6-8, 60.7%

The KARDASHIAN Award
“Success without any measurable skills.” Given to the player with the lowest accuracy and a winning record

Jerry (Jaws-of-Life)9-5, 57.9%

The HONEY, I’M WORKING LATE AT THE OFFICE Award
Given to the player with the most games decided by the Monday Madness Tiebreaker

DaVena (Ballerinas)7

The IMP Award
More dangerous than they look. Given to the player that has lost the most Monday Madness tiebreakers.

Brent (BB Cannons)4

Both Brent and Jason lost four Monday Madness tiebreakers – but Brent gets the nod here because he was 0-4 in those games, while Jason was 1-5.

The WILDERNESS GIRLS Award
Given to the player that has collected the most unique badges.

Berkenbile (Baboons)23

*Only includes badges that can be collected through luck or skill
Josh also collected 23 unique badges, but Berkenbile gets the award for being a bit more skillful – no ‘First’ badges, snagged a ‘Player of the Week’, and so on.

The GOLDEN ROCK LOBSTER Award
Given to the most deserving player to lose to the worst team

Cari (Bous)

Ended Ricky’s 8-game losing streak in Week 12

The BIPOLAR BEAR Award
Given to the player to have both the most correct in a week and the least correct in a week

Ethan (Evil Entities)

*Only for 10-pick submissions
Ethan had 10 correct in a week (Week 14) and 2 correct in a week (Week 9)

The HERE IT GOES AGAIN Award
Given to the player to resubmit their picks the most in a season

Joel (Juggernauts)

Joel resubmitted picks 7 times this season

The I LOVE GOOOOOLD Award
Given to the player with the most Quality Week Medal points (3 for Gold, 2 for Silver, 1 for Bronze)

Chris (Cannibals)21 pts

The LOSERS BRACKET Award
Given to the player that really should have a much better record

Vince (Vapulaters)4-10

Vince finished 4-10, but lost four games while getting 6+ picks correct in a week. Vince also failed to submit picks twice. All told, a couple tough breaks and a couple absent-minded pick failures kept Vince from a solid record and probably the post-season.

NPL Player of the Year Award
Top Player of the 2019 Season

Chris (Cannibals)

Chris topped the league in pick accuracy (66.43%), Quality Week Medals (12), matched the best record in the league (10-4), and closed out the season with a 9-1 record in the final 10 games of 2019

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