Schatz could win a Wallabies call-up for next week's clash with the Springboks. Source: News Limited
ALL 15 previous winners of the Pilecki Medal have played for the Wallabies which is the greatest signpost to where Friday night's humble 2013 winner Jake Schatz is heading.
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Throughout 2013, coach Ewen McKenzie praised Schatz as the epitome of the unsung, high workrate bedrock of the Reds.
His teammates clearly thought the same because it was the 3-2-1 votes of his peers which propelled No.8 Schatz to Queensland rugby's top individual gong.
Schatz (269 votes) played all of the Reds' 17 Super Rugby games in 2013, enough of a difference to shade gun flanker Liam Gill (262), who had one less to poll in.
Prop James Slipper (227), last year's medal recipient finished third, while two-time winner Will Genia (125) was fifth, as top back, after missing the first four games.
Rodney Blake (2006), Julian Huxley (2003) and Matt Pini (1994) are the only previous winners of the Pilecki Medal to do so when uncapped.
The trio went on to play Test rugby which is clearly the ambition driving Schatz, who is just 23 but with 50 Reds appearances already to his name.
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"Any award voted on by your peers is the one you cherish the most," Reds coach Richard Graham said.
"Jake is a very proud Queenslander. The team's values within him, his understanding of No.8, his work ethic, his improving ability to read the game and his outstanding aerial skills have made him a consistent achiever for the past two seasons."
Australian Under-20s captain Curtis Browning was named Rookie of the Year while Gill trumped regular favourites Genia and Quade Cooper for the People's Choice award.
That the Reds are more than just a footy team was reinforced to Schatz in 2011 when he played against the Crusaders beside teammates wearing black armbands to honour his late mother Alison after her death from cancer.
"It was a very emotional time in my life. I can't thank the boys enough for their support going into that game and after it because, no matter what, there are guys at the Reds who'll help you through anything," Schatz said.
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