The Presidents' Trophy is an annual Canadian sports award presented to the most outstanding defensive player in U Sports football. The trophy was first presented in 1980 after having been championed by two past presidents of Canadian university sports bodies. The name indirectly honours Ed Zemrau, past president of U Sports (then known as the Canadian Interuniversity Athletics Union); and Robert Doty, past president of Canada's university football championship game, then known as the College Bowl and now as the Vanier Cup.
List of Presidents' Trophy winners Year Winner School 1980 Rich Payne Wilfrid Laurier1981 Mike Emery UBC1982 Mike Emery UBC1983 Tom Timlin Carleton1984 Larry Oglesby Mount Allison1985 Darcy Kopp Calgary1986 Mark Norman UBC1987 Brent Lewis Western1988 Leroy Blugh Bishop's1989 Mark Singer Alberta1990 Randy Power Mount Allison1991 Ray Bernard Bishop's1992 Alex Eliopoulos Saint Mary's1993 Lou Tiro Toronto1994 Cory Delaney Waterloo1995 Paul Frlan StFX1996 Derek Krete Western1997 Jason Van Geel Waterloo1998 Warren Muzika Saskatchewan1999 Mike Letendre Saskatchewan2000 Joey Mikawoz Manitoba2001 David Stipe Bishop's2002 Adam MacDonald StFX2003 Neil McKinlay Simon Fraser2004 Mickey Donovan Concordia2005 Patrick Donovan Concordia2006 Patrick Donovan Concordia2007 Mat Nesbitt Regina2008 Thaine Carter Queen's2009 Cory Greenwood Concordia2010 Henoc Muamba StFX2011 Max Caron Concordia2012 Frédéric Plesius Laval2013 Pawel Kruba Western2014 Jonathan Langa Saint Mary's2015 John Rush Guelph2016 D. J. Lalama Manitoba2017 Adam Auclair Laval2018 Fraser Sopik Western2019 Nelson Lokombo Saskatchewan2021 Josiah Schakel Alberta2022 Nicky Farinaccio Montreal 2023 Harold Miessan Montreal 2024 Nate Beauchemin Calgary 2025 Seth Hundeby Saskatchewan
See also Hec Crighton Trophy J. P. Metras Trophy Peter Gorman Trophy Russ Jackson Award
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