Awarded to the best umpire on each of the three Development Squads umpiring in their first season.
This award replaced the Most Improved Development Panel Umpire award in 2012.
YearFieldBoundaryGoal
2012 Hayden Gavine Lachlan Rayner Sam Walsh
2013 Pat Burns Kieran Ferguson Matthew Dervan
2014 John Howorth Sam Stagg Kate Griffiths
2015 Leighton Rowe David Park Cameron Milich
Brad Standfield
2016 Cameron Dore Chris Williams Pat Dwyer
2017 Sam Ferguson Joel Davis Sian Atkins
2018 Josh Ball Matthew Crowley James Rizio
2019 Shamus Dundon Corey Malcolm Thomas Gath
2020 No award No award No award
2021 Lachlan Coyne Riley Guerin Emma Young
2022 Kyle van Raay Harrison Bell Josh Dudman-Doyle
2023 Scott Simpson Solomon Miesen Zak Kenny