Frank Leverett Shield

The Frank Leverett Shield is awarded to the best umpire of all disciplines umpiring in their first season.

Numerous past winners have gone on to umpire at the highest level. It is the VFUA’s only multi-discipline on-field award.
 

Year

Recipient

1983

Allan Grant

1984

Terry Siutryk

1985

Doug Gourlay

1986

David Hebblethwaite

1987

Ross Barr

1988

Justin Delaney

1989

Paul Miesen

1990

Mark Nash

1991

Allan Cook

1992

Alan Letson

1993

Adam Skidmore

1994

Steven Hanley

1995

Adam Bastin

1996

Gordon Muir

1997

Glen Guzzo

1998

Matthew Tippett

1999

Matt Stevic

2000

John Neavan

2001

Luke Walker

2002

Rob Haala

2003

Neil Woods

2004

Matthew Lafite

2005

Jacob Mollison

2006

Chris Gordon

2007

Graeme Bergroth

2008

Matt Maclure

2009

Brendan Hosking

2010

Luke White

2011

Daniel Butcher

2012

Hayden Gavine

2013

Matthew Dervan

2014

Sam Stagg

2015

Leighton Rowe

2016

Cameron Dore

2017

Joel Davis

2018

James Rizio

2019

Corey Malcolm

2020

No award

2021

Riley Guerin

2022

Harrison Bell

2023

Zak Kenny

2024

Cody Tuder

2025 Bailey Wilson