Marauder named most outstanding university player in Canada

[img_inline align=”right” src=”http://padnws01.mcmaster.ca/images/Jesse-Lumsden-01.jpg” caption=”Jesse Lumsden”]McMaster running back Jesse Lumsden has been named the 2004 CIS football player of the year. It is the third time in five years that a Marauder football player has been selected as the Nation's top player (he succeeds former teammates Ben Chapdelaine (2001) and Kojo Aidoo (2000)).

Lumsden, a third-year geography student from Burlington, Ont. who rewrote the CIS and OUA record books in his fourth season with McMaster, received the Hec Crighton Trophy presented annually to the most outstanding player. The 6-foot-2, 226-pound running back set new CIS single-season marks with 1,816 rushing yards and 21 touchdowns, a new CIS career record with 47 touchdowns, and an OUA record with 4,328 rushing yards.

The CIS will announce the recipients of the Frank Tindall Trophy (coach of the year) and the Russ Jackson Award (football, academics, citizenship) this morning during the Russ Jackson & CFL Coach of the Year Brunch, at the Sheraton Hamilton.

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[img_inline align="right" src="http://padnws01.mcmaster.ca/images/Jesse-Lumsden-01.jpg" caption="Jesse Lumsden"]McMaster running back Jesse Lumsden has been named the 2004 CIS football player of the year. It is the third time in five years that a Marauder football player has been selected as the Nation&#039;s top player (he succeeds former teammates Ben Chapdelaine (2001) and Kojo Aidoo (2000)). <p><br />
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Lumsden, a third-year geography student from Burlington, Ont. who rewrote the CIS and OUA record books in his fourth season with McMaster, received the Hec Crighton Trophy presented annually to the most outstanding player. The 6-foot-2, 226-pound running back set new CIS single-season marks with 1,816 rushing yards and 21 touchdowns, a new CIS career record with 47 touchdowns, and an OUA record with 4,328 rushing yards. <p><br />
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The CIS will announce the recipients of the Frank Tindall Trophy (coach of the year) and the Russ Jackson Award (football, academics, citizenship) this morning during the Russ Jackson & CFL Coach of the Year Brunch, at the Sheraton Hamilton.<br />

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