The Ken Catchpole Medal has been awarded to the Shute Shield's most valuable player each year since 1981. Ahead of the 2018 awards ceremony in Sydney this evening, we thought we'd take a look back at the past winners. Former Wallaby and Eastwood forward Scott Fava is the only player to win the award three times, having done so in 2002, 2003 and 2004. Past Winners:  1981: Neale Murphy - Western Suburbs 1982: Geoff Richards - Eastern Suburbs 1983: Peter Lucas - St. George 1984: Richard Moriarty - Western Suburbs 1985: Phillip Cox - Manly 1986: Peter Lucas - St. George 1986: David Niu - St. George 1986: Sione Tahaafe - Eastwood 1987: Steven Lidbury - Warringah 1988: Jim Fewtrell - Warringah 1989: Simon Poidevin - Randwick 1990: Matt Foldi - Warringah 1991: Marty Roebuck - Eastwood 1992: Ross Reynolds - Gordon 1993: Phil Kearns - Randwick 1994: Mark Catchpole - Warringah 1995: Nick Harvey - Northern Suburbs 1996: Dirk Williams