Best First Year Umpire

The Best First Year Umpire Award is presented to the best umpire from each of the three Development Squads in their first season.

This award replaced the Most Improved Development Panel Umpire Award in 2012.
 

Year

Field

Boundary

Goal

2012

Hayden Gavine

Lachlan Rayner

Sam Walsh

2013

Pat Burns

Kieran Ferguson

Matthew Dervan

2014

John Howorth

Sam Stagg

Kate Griffiths

2015

Leighton Rowe

David Park

Cameron Milich
Brad Standfield

2016

Cameron Dore

Chris Williams

Pat Dwyer

2017

Sam Ferguson

Joel Davis

Sian Atkins

2018

Josh Ball

Matthew Crowley

James Rizio

2019

Shamus Dundon

Corey Malcolm

Thomas Gath

2020

No award

No award

No award

2021

Lachlan Coyne

Riley Guerin

Emma Young

2022

Kyle van Raay

Harrison Bell

Josh Dudman-Doyle

2023

Scott Simpson

Solomon Miesen

Zak Kenny

2024

Adam Bailes

Cody Tuder

Shaun Meredith

2025

Jake Dennerley

Bailey Wilson

Cameron Clunes