The 2020 edition of the Wildman Dinner took place Saturday night in Guelph. The Wildman, as it’s known, is Gryphon Football’s annual awards banquet and the program’s opportunity to honour it’s graduating players.
This year’s edition of the event was back on-campus at Creelman Hall for the third year in a row, after being held off-campus for more than a decade. The historic building brings a wonderful connection to the history of the program. It was the site of many Wildman Dinners in earlier decades.
As always, the highlight of the evening is the awarding of the Ted Wildman Memorial Trophy. Awarded since 1932, the Wildman Trophy goes to the senior or graduating player who has “exemplified to the highest degree the traits of sportmanship, leadership, gentlemanly conduct and who has maintained good scholarship”.
And the 2019 Ted Wildman Trophy winner is …
5th year linebacker Job Reinhart wins the Ted Wildman Memorial trophy and the Donald Forster trophy (Team MVP) Photo: Kha Vo
Congratulations to Job Reinhart!
The 5th-yr linebacker and long snapper had an excellent season and an outstanding career. His highlights included …
- multi-year team captain
- virtually perfect as a long snapper
- 2nd on the team in tackles
- played on offense in short yardage situations
- 2019 CFL draft pick of the Calgary Stampeders
- recorded an 84% average in the Fall semester
- won multiple medals in U Sports wrestling
- volunteer coach with Guelph youth wrestling and Jr Gryphons football
- graduated with a Bachelors degree in Landscape Architecture
Reinhart was welcomed into the Wildman fraternity by 8 previous winners of the Wildman Trophy. Former Wildman winners present for the evening included Dr Robby Keith (1959), Dr David Hume (1961), Dr Steve Stewart (1969), Dr Bill Morrison (1970), Dan Cornwell (1974), Sam Benincasa (1983), Dr Zack Androschuk (2012) and Lucas Korol (2018).
Click here for a complete list of the 87 Ted Wildman Memorial Trophy winners.
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Here is the complete list of the 2019 award winners.
Ted Wildman Memorial Trophy: Job Reinhart
Donald Forster Trophy (MVP): Job Reinhart
Tom Dimitroff Trophy (Def. Player of the Year): Dotun Aketepe
Stu Lang Trophy (Off. Player of the Year): Kade Belyk
Special Teams Player of the Year: Clarke Barnes
Tom Mooney Lineman of the Year: Alain Cimankinda
Rookie of the Year: Justin Lauzon
Kyle Walters Trophy: Coulter Woodmansey
Richard P. Kohler Perseverance Award: Greg Corfield
Support Staff Award: Taylor Floris
Pflug Family Community Service Award: Alex Jafs
Jeff Hale HS Coach of the Year: Claudio Silvestri (St Thomas More, Hamilton)
Trophy winners (l-r) – Clarke Barnes, Alex Jafs , Justin Lauzon, Dotun Aketepe, Job Reinhart, Alain Cimankinda, Kade Belyk, Coulter Woodmansey & Greg Corfield Photo: Kha Vo
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