AFLPA - Other Awards

Other Awards

Marn Grook Award (since 2001)
The Marn Grook award, proudly sponsored by Qantas, is awarded to the best emerging Indigenous player. To be eligible for this award, contenders must have debuted within the previous three AFL seasons.

2001 Dean Rioli (Essendon)
2002 Leon Davis (Collingwood)
2003 Graham Johncock (Adelaide)
2004 Daniel Wells (Kangaroos)
2005 Aaron Davey (Melbourne)
2006 Danyle Pearce (Port Adelaide)

2007 Lance Franklin (Hawthorn)

Danyle Pearce accepts the Marn Grook Trophy for Best Emerging Indigenous Player


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Grant Hattam Trophy (since 1999)
Named after the late Grant Hattam, prominent media and sports lawyer with Corrs Chambers Westgarth, this trophy recognises outstanding football journalism from the players’ perspective. All forms of media from all around Australia are eligible for this award, but the piece must date between the end of the season through to September of the following year.

1999 Caroline Wilson (The Age) Sam Lane with Luke Power
2000 Mark Robinson (Herald Sun)
2001 Jake Niall (The Age)
2002 Mark Robinson (Herald Sun)
2003 Michael Gleeson (Herald Sun)
2004 Michael Davis (The Australian)
2005 Jon Ralph (Sunday Herald Sun)
2006 Jason Bennett (Fox Footy)

2007 Sam Lane (The Age)

2007 Grant Hattam winner Sam Lane (The Age) with Luke Power


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Education and Training Excellence Award
The AFL Players' Association Education and Training Excellence Award recognises excellence in professional sport, education and training. More than ever, AFL players are combining and excelling in AFL football, education and accredited training. The Education and Training Excellence Award is awarded at the AFLPA's Most Valuable Player function.

2001 Paul Licuria (Collingwood) Brett Burton Shane Wakelin
2002 Peter Bell (Fremantle)
2003 Simon Garlick (Western Bulldogs)
2004 Michael Wilson (Port Adelaide)
2005 James Clement (Collingwood)
2006 Josh Mahoney (Port Adelaide)

2007 Shane Wakelin (Collingwood) & Brett Burton (Adelaide)

Co-2007 Education & Training Excellence Award winners Brett Burton and Shane Wakelin

In 2007, Collingwood's Shane Wakelin and Adelaide's Brett Burton shared the Education and Training Excellence Award ahead of an impressive group of players to have excelled both on and off the field.

Shane Wakelin has achieved an MBA in Accounting & Finance as well as a Bachelor of Science whilst Brett Burton has completed a Bachelor of Applied Science (Honours) and after completion of his Masters Degree, presented his Masters findings to the Australian Sports Medicine Conference.


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Mike Fitzpatrick Scholarships
These scholarships have been named after Mike Fitzpatrick in recognition of his outstanding efforts and achievement to combine football with academic excellence. Mike took leave from professional football in 1975 and left Australia to study a Rhodes scholarship at Oxford. Upon completion of his studies, Mike rejoined the Carlton Football Club and was captain from 1980 to 1983.

As well as being an AFL Commissioner, Mike is founder and former managing director of Hastings Funds Management Limited. He was formerly a director with CS First Boston, a member of the Melbourne Park Tennis Centre Trust, a director of the Carlton Football Club, Chairman of the Australian Sports Commission and a Vice President of the then VFL Players' Association in the early 1980s.

The 2007 recipients are:

Steven May (NT)	Nicholas Price (QLD)	Tyson Davis-Neale (SA)
Luke Tapscott (SA)	Daniel Gregory (SA)	Matthew Thompson (SA)
Alex Carey (SA)	Luke Breust (NSW)	Dylan McNeill (NSW)
Jake Hall (VIC)	Nicholas Heyne (VIC)	Jack Fitzpatrick (VIC)
Ben Cunningham (VIC)	Liam Tobin (VIC)	Michael Hurley (VIC)
Daniel Jago (TAS)

Mike Fitzpatrick scholarships

Mike Fitzpatrick presents Liam Tobin and Michael Hurley with their 2008 Mike Fitzpatrick scholarships

The scholarships are designed to support young players in their education and training while they are aspiring to an AFL career. The program has been developed in conjunction with the AFLPA Player Development Program and reinforces the association's commitment to the future player education and welfare of AFL players.

For more information about the Mike Fitzpatrick scholarship program, click here or contact us.




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