Jordan named OUA MVP

Chatham’s Ethan Jordan capped off an incredible year on the gridiron, by being named the Ontario Universities Association (OUA) most valuable player Larry Haylor Award

Jordan, a fifth-year receiver with the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks, had another record-setting season for the purple and gold. For a fourth season in a row, he led all conference receivers in yards, and for a third season straight led his counterparts in touchdown with 10. As if that wasn’t enough, this year he also led all receivers with 133.3 yards per game.

This season Jordan logged his second consecutive 1,000-yard receiving season, a first for the Laurier Golden Hawks while also securing the ball 68 times, a number that reflects the fourth-most receptions in a season in OUA history.

Adding his name to the record books the former Chatham-Kent Secondary School product now tops the OUA with the most career catches with 239.

This year, he reached over 3,450 career receiving yards, surpassing Laurier’s career receiving yards record and claiming second spot in the OUA history books. He also sits second with 30 career receiving touchdowns.

Along with his record-setting stat line, the psychology student has been named an OUA first team all-star in for the fourth year in a row and a first team all-Canadian in 2023 and 2024.

Jordan is the third consecutive Laurier player to win the award – a first such stretch for the program.

Unfortunately, Jordan’s season is now over, as the Golden Hawks lost in the Yates Cup on the weekend 30-27 to Queen’s. Jordan missed the Yates Cup and the OUA semi-final games due to injury.