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.
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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."
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In the more than 100 years since its founding, Alma has stayed true to its roots by keeping its Scottish heritage alive. Today, Alma features a marching band clad in Kilts, a Scottish dance troupe, student pipers and its own tartan. Each year, the College hosts the Alma Highland Festival and Games, which feature traditional Scottish games and revelry.
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Cheyenne Luzynski
Alma College Athletics appointed Cheyenne Luzynski as head volleyball coach beginning with the 2007 spring non-traditional season. Luzynski is the eighth head coach in the 31-year history of Alma College volleyball.
Luzynski has served as an assistant volleyball coach for two seasons and has led the junior varsity program during that time. She has served as an assistant coach with the men’s basketball program, leading its junior varsity program and is an assistant coach with the men’s and women’s track and field teams at Alma College. Additionally, Luzynski has been named an assistant Athletic Director and serves as the Senior Woman Administrator within the department.