Chris Gray is one of five Tewaaraton Award finalists.
How the Player Possession Efficiency System Predicted the 2021 Men s Tewaaraton Winner
Fri Jun 4 2021 | Justin Feil | College
PPE has become paramount in healthcare settings over the last 20 months in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.
Another PPE acronym has started to gain traction in lacrosse circles over roughly the same period.
The Player Possession Efficiency system developed by GAV Lacrosse Analytics uses 20 different metrics to measure how positively or negatively a player impacts his or her team.
The Lehigh men’s team used it early in the 2021 season. It has been used to scout college matchups. And now Justin Heckler and Brandon Woronoff’s senior project is using it to predict the Tewaaraton Award winner in the same way they used it to score their own high school team’s players in recent years.
The pandemic may be accelerating a pre-COVID-19 trend
Wilmington officials are eyeing ways they can prepare for anticipated growth.\
Is the pandemic playing a part in the population boom Wilmington is seeing?
Well, maybe. But it s a bit more complicated than that.
According to an analysis done by a platform specializing in relocation technology, Updater, as well as from observations of local realtors and homebuilders, Wilmington has been seeing an influx of new residents during the pandemic.
In an interview with Fox News, Updater’s Founder and CEO David Greenberg said one reason people have been eyeing cities like Wilmington is related to the ability to work from home.