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2017 VAFA Award Winners
| Best & Fairest Awards | ||||
| Section | Medal | Player | Club | Votes |
| William Buck Premier | Woodrow Medal | Bede Mahon | University Blacks | 17 |
| Premier B | GT Moore Medal | Harry Hill | Old Brighton | 25 |
| Premier C | L Zachariah Medal | Ben Hart | Old Camberwell | 15 |
| Division 1 | LS Pepper Medal | Dean Calcedo | Preston Bullants | 17 |
| Division 2 | J Fullerton Medal | James Musster | Prahran Assumption | 33 |
| Division 3 | P Hutchinson Medal | Chris Hudson | Westbourne Grammarians | 22 |
| Division 4 | OJ Meehan Medal | Adam Baltruweit | Manningham Cobras | 18 |
| Holmesglen U19 Premier | CR Newbury Medal | Hayden Bruce | Beaumaris | 16 |
| Holmesglen U19 Premier Res | Thomas Andriske | St Kevin’s OB | 17 | |
| Holmesglen U19 Section 2 | GW McTaggart Medal | Tristan Van Driel | Collegians | 17 |
| Holmesglen U19 Section 3 | IA Brown Medal | Dae Szydlik | Ormond | 23 |
| Holmesglen U19 Section 4 | H Harisiou Medal | Jesse Maxfield | Old McKinnon/Glen Eira | 26 |
| Holmesglen U19 Section 5 | Connor Shaw | St Bedes/Mentone Tigers | 24 | |
| VAFA Awards | ||||
| Premier Coaches MVP | Jason Tutt | De La Salle | 70 | |
| Men’s Rising Star | Lachlan Sullivan | St Kevin’s OB | ||
| Umpire of the Year | Haydn O’Connor | |||
| Most Promising Umpire | Ben Traplin |
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