London, ON – The Mustangs Football program was well represented at the 2026 OUA Football Awards, which were handed out on Thursday morning at Hamilton Stadium, home of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.

Freshman linebacker Nathan Summers was named the 2026 winner of the Norm Marshall Award as Rookie of the Year.



The CCH graduate made the transition from highly regarded long-snapping recruit to standout linebacker. Summers quickly established himself as an impact player for the Mustangs, putting together an impressive rookie campaign on the defensive side of the ball.

"Coming into this year, one of my goals was to win the Western Rookie of the Year. To surpass that and to be named the OUA rookie of the year, it's pretty special."

Across the eight-game regular season, Summers recorded 28 total tackles, including 18 solo tackles, along with 3.5 sacks, one interception, and 6.5 tackles for loss.

"Nathan has had an absolutely amazing first year. He is amazing to coach," said Head Coach Michael Faulds. "When we recruited him, we knew he was a good linebacker, but he was an outstanding long snapper. So we thought he was going to take a stranglehold and be our starting long snapper. Little did we know that in a short training camp, he was going to earn the starting linebacker job".

The Mustangs had 8 other athletes receive all-star recognition:



1st Team All-Stars
Ethan Dolby (Running Back)
Emmett Charles (Receiver)
Reed Cloutier (Offensive Tackle)
Sebastian Sibbald (Offensive Guard)
Thomson Silcox (Halfback)
Nawaz Oyewale (Rush-Cover)

2nd Team All-Stars
Philippe Côté (Centre)
Brennan Keba (Returner)

All-Rookie Team
Nathan Summers (Linebacker)

"I'm just so proud of these guys because they're getting recognition for individual accolades and how well they've played, but I think back to all the workouts they've done. So many of them committed to staying in the summer." said Faulds. "A lot of people see the touchdown catches from Emmett (Charles) or the pancake blocks from Seb (Sebastian Sibbald) or the tackles from (Thomson) Silcox, but what they don't see is the work that went into it. So super proud of the work that they've put in, a new culture, a new identity, and they've totally bought in."

Full details of the 2026 OUA Football Awards can be found here.