GPA Hurler of the Year

The GPA Hurler of the Year is a hurling award that honours the achievements of a hurler of outstanding excellence. At the end of every Hurling Championship the members of the Gaelic Players Association, the players 'union', vote on which of its members has played the best hurling in the previous year. As the award is voted on by the players it is often viewed as one of the greatest individual honours. Unlike other Gaelic Athletic Association awards the GPA Hurler of the Year is presented with a new car. In September 2011 the GAA and GPA announced that their respective annual player awards schemes were to merge under the sponsorship of Opel.^[1] The first merged awards were given out in 2011.^[2]

GPA Hurlers of the Year

2015	T.J. Reid	Kilkenny
2014	Richie Hogan	Kilkenny
2013	Tony Kelly	Clare
2012	Henry Shefflin	Kilkenny
2011	Michael Fennelly	Kilkenny
2010	Lar Corbett	Tipperary[3]
2009	Tommy Walsh	Kilkenny
2008	Eoin Larkin	Kilkenny
2007	Dan Shanahan	Waterford
2006	Henry Shefflin	Kilkenny
2005	John Gardiner	Cork
2004	Seán Óg Ó hAilpín	Cork
2003	J. J. Delaney	Kilkenny
2002	Henry Shefflin	Kilkenny
2001	Tommy Dunne	Tipperary

References

1. "All Star and GPA awards merger announced". RTÉ Sport. 7 September 2011. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
2. "Shefflin and Cats steal All Star show". Irish Examiner. 21 October 2011. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
3. "Corbett and Brogan win GPA awards". Irish Times. 2010-11-05. Retrieved 2010-11-10.