WINNIPEG - Nathan Rourke led a West Division sweep of the CFL's individual awards Thursday night.

The B.C. Lions quarterback earned the George Reed Trophy as the CFL's outstanding player and was also named top Canadian at the league's awards banquet. Rourke joins Brady Oliveira, Jon Cornish, Russ Jackson and Tony Gabriel as the only players to capture both honours in the same year.

Trey Vaval of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers was also a double winner, claiming top rookie and special-teams player.

The other individual winners were B.C.'s Mathieu Betts (defensive player) and Jermarcus Hardrick of the Saskatchewan Roughriders (outstanding lineman).

Voting was conducted by the Football Reporters of Canada and all nine CFL had coaches. A total of 53 ballots were cast.

Rourke, of Victoria, estab

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