Josh Brehm - Gagliardi Trophy Winner

Senior quarterback Josh Brehm is the winner of the 2006 Gagliardi Trophy, the Division III equivalent to the Heisman Trophy, awarded to the top player in Division III football each season. The award honors excellence in football, academics and community service.
Career Accolades

Releases
Josh Brehm Named Gagliardi Trophy Regional Finalist - Dec. 5, 2006
Josh Brehm Named ESPN The Magazine Second Team Academic All-American - Dec. 1, 2006
Josh Brehm Named One of 10 Finalists for Gagliardi Trophy - Nov. 27, 2006
Josh Brehm Named MIAA Offensive Most Valuable Player - Nov. 24, 2006
Josh Brehm Invited to Participate in East Coast Bowl Game - Nov. 10, 2006
Brehm, Scarborough, Ryan Earn CoSIDA Academic All-District Honors - Nov. 9, 2006

Press Clippings
Yahoo! Sports - Nov. 17, 2006 - Small School Wonders
The Saginaw News, Nov. 19, 2006 - Small College Honors
The Saginaw News, Nov. 11, 2006 - Brehm Caps Alma career with big win
Detroit Free Press - Oct. 24, 2006 - MIAA Player of the Week
The Detroit News - 2005 "Alma's program is more than football"
Sports Network - Final Statistics

About the Gagliardi Trophy
The Trophy Namesake, John Gagliardi, is the head coach at St. John's University in Collegeville, Minn. He is the winningest active football coach in NCAA football history and is the only active coach to be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

The Gagliardi Trophy is presented by Jostens. The trophy was first presented in 1993 and honors excellence in football, academics and community service.

The trophy itself was designed and is sponsored by the J-Club of Saint John's University and Jostens. The J-Club is an alumni group of Saint John's letterwinners.

The trophy design features a sculpture of John Gagliardi and a player in a classic one-on-one sideline consultation. The sculptures were hand cast in bronze and mounted on a polished wood base. The trophy stands nearly two feet tall and weighs 64 pounds. The center of the trophy features the recipient's name. Etched in glass on angled sides of the trophy are the words: "Division III Player of the Year" and "Honoring Excellence in Football, Academics and Community Serivce."

Students conducting research side-by-side with faculty has been an Alma legacy for generations. Alma students team up with faculty on scholarly research or to collaborate on creative or performing arts projects. An annual Honors Day features student presentations, performances and exhibits. Many students present such work at regional, national and international meetings....

Coach Profile

Gordon Aldrich

Gordon Aldrich was a late addition to the Alma College Coaching Staff in the summer of 2007. Coach Aldrich has joined the Alma College Family as the Cross Country and Track and Field Head Coach.

During his 26 years as a varsity Boy’s and Girl’s Cross Country Coach, Aldrich has won a Girls Open State Championship (1978), a Girls State Championship (1995), two Boy’s State Championships (1994, 1997), and was Runner-up on seven other occasions. During the same time, Aldrich coached teams to 17 conference championships, was nominated for the Michigan Interscholastic Track Coaches Association Coach of the Year 12 times for cross country, and walked away with the award four times (1994, 1995, 1996, and 1998). He was also named the Boy’s Cross Country National Coach of the Year in 1999 by the National Federation Interscholastic Coaches Association.

Aldrich was also honored with Michigan High School Coaches Association Track Coach of the Year in 1985 and 1998, and has received the Charles Sweeney Michigan Coaches Hall of Fame Track and Field Award.