Col. Eric W. Cormack Trophy
Golden Bears Cross-Country MVP
The Col. Eric W. Cormack Trophy is awarded annually to the most valuable Golden Bears Cross-Country athlete.
Colonel Cormack was born in Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire, Scotland on January 7, 1899. He was educated at Edinburgh University and the University of Alberta. He achieved numerous athletic awards in cricket and shooting. In running, along with Eric Liddel, (Olympic Runner), Cormack’s team maintained the medley one-mile relay race record for over ten years.
Cormack was a leader in both World Wars and returned home to Alix, Alberta in 1946 before accepting a position in the Department of Expansion in 1949. Honorary Colonel of the Artillery in Northern Alberta which included the 78th Field Battery, Red Deer, Cormack retired in 1977 with the rank of Full Colonel. He was named to the Order of Canada in 1981.
Cormack assisted in founding the Robin Hood School in Sherwood Park and the Eric Cormack Centre for those with developmental disabilities. Cormack died November 19, 1987.
| 2005–2006 | Adrian Lambert |
| 2004–2005 | Robbie Nissen |
| 2003–2004 | Kelsey Kelemen |
| 2002–2003 | Robbie Nissen |
| 2001–2002 | Chad Kozak |
| 2000–2001 | Matt Normainton |
| 1999–2000 | Dennis Colburn |
| 1998–1999 | Jonathan Luckhurst |
| 1997–1998 | Kevin Olson |
| 1996–1997 | Did not compete |
| 1995–1996 | Did not compete |
| 1994–1995 | Trevor Aarbo David Davis |
| 1993–1994 | Tim Berrett |
| 1992–1993 | Rob Swartz |
| 1991–1992 | Did not compete |
| 1990–1991 | Did not compete |
| 1989–1990 | Did not compete |
| 1988–1989 | Did not compete |
| 1987–1988 | Did not compete |
| 1986–1987 | Rob Cameron Dennis Colburn |
| 1985–1986 | Scott MacDonald |
| 1984–1985 | Scott MacDonald |
| 1983–1984 | Adrian Shorter |
| 1982–1983 | Brian Rhodes |
| 1981–1982 | Adrian Shorter |
| 1980–1981 | Brian Rhodes |
| 1979–1980 | Lyle Kuchmak |
| 1978–1979 | Lyle Kuchmak |
| 1977–1978 | Lyle Kuchmak |
| 1976–1977 | Rick Riemer |
| 1975–1976 | Lyle Kuchmak |
| 1974–1975 | Darrel Menard |
| 1973–1974 | Jim Young |
| 1972–1973 | Bill McBlain |
| 1971–1972 | Not awarded |
| 1970–1971 | Not awarded |
| 1969–1970 | Brian Stackhouse |
| 1968–1969 | Brian Stackhouse |
| 1967–1968 | Ray Haswell |
| 1966–1967 | Ray Haswell |
| 1965–1966 | Ray Haswell |
| 1964–1965 | Not awarded |
| 1963–1964 | John Eccleston |
| 1962–1963 | John Eccleston |