Gagliardi Trophy

Template:Short description Template:Infobox sports award The Gagliardi Trophy was first presented in 1993 to the Outstanding Division III college football player of the year by the Jostens Company and the J-Club of Saint John's University in Minnesota. Since that time, the award has become one of the leading collegiate football awards in Division III football, honoring excellence in athletics, academics and community service. The award is named for John Gagliardi, head football coach of Carroll College 1949 to 1952 and Saint John's University in Minnesota from 1953 to 2012. The trophy was presented by the Salem Rotary Club each year in Salem, Virginia until 2018.

Winners

Year	Player	Position	School	Class
1993	Jim Ballard	QB	Mount Union	Senior
1994	Carey Bender	RB	Coe	Senior
1995	Chris Palmer	WR	Saint John's (MN)	Senior
1996	Lon Erickson	QB	Illinois Wesleyan	Senior
1997	Bill Borchert	QB	Mount Union	Senior
1998	Scott Hvistendahl	WR/P	Augsburg	Senior
1999	Danny Ragsdale	QB	Redlands	Senior
2000	Chad Johnson	QB	Pacific Lutheran	Senior
2001	Chuck Moore	RB	Mount Union	Senior
2002	Dan Pugh	RB	Mount Union	Senior
2003	Blake Elliott	WR/P/KR	Saint John's (MN)	Senior
2004	Rocky Myers	S	Wesley (DE)	Senior
2005	Brett Elliott	QB	Linfield	Senior
2006	Josh Brehm<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	QB	Alma	Senior
2007	Justin Beaver<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	RB	Wisconsin–Whitewater	Senior
2008	Greg Micheli<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	QB	Mount Union	Senior
2009	Blaine Westemeyer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	OT	Augustana (IL)	Senior
2010	Eric Watt<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>	QB	Trine	Senior
2011	Michael Zweifel<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	WR	Dubuque	Senior
2012	Scottie Williams<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>	RB	Elmhurst (IL)	Senior
2013	Kevin Burke<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	QB	Mount Union	Junior
2014	Kevin Burke (2)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>	QB	Mount Union	Senior
2015	Joe Callahan<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>	QB	Wesley (DE)	Senior
2016	Carter Hanson<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	LB	Saint John's (MN)	Senior
2017	Brett Kasper<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	QB	Wisconsin–Oshkosh	Senior
2018	Jackson Erdmann<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	QB	Saint John's (MN)	Junior
2019	Broc Rutter<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>	QB	North Central (IL)	Senior
2020	Not awarded due to COVID-19
2021	Blaine Hawkins<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	QB	Central (IA)	Senior
2022	Ethan Greenfield	RB	North Central (IL)	Senior
2023	Luke Lehnen	QB	North Central (IL)	Junior
2024	Luke Lehnen (2)	QB	North Central (IL)	Senior

Winners by school

School	Winners
Mount Union	7
North Central (IL)	4
Saint John's (MN)	4
Wesley (DE)	2
Alma	1
Augsburg	1
Augustana (IL)	1
Central (IA)	1
Coe	1
Dubuque	1
Elmhurst	1
Illinois Wesleyan	1
Linfield	1
Pacific Lutheran	1
Redlands	1
Trine	1
Wisconsin–Oshkosh	1
Wisconsin–Whitewater	1

External links

• The Gagliardi Trophy