Thomas "Gage" Edmondson Presented Sudler Trophy

2022 Nov 14

Thomas "Gage" Edmondson of Moultrie, Georgia, was among the generations of JSU Marching Southerners presented the prestigious Sudler Trophy from the John Phillip Sousa Foundation during halftime of the final Gamecock home football game of the season on Nov. 12.

Given to one collegiate marching band every two years, the Sudler Trophy is the band equivalent of winning the Heisman Trophy. JSU is the smallest university ever to win the trophy since the awards program was created 40 years ago.

Established in 1982, the Sudler Trophy recognizes collegiate marching bands of particular excellence that have made outstanding contributions to the American way of life. It is awarded biannually to a college or university marching band that has demonstrated the highest musical standards, the most innovative marching routines and ideas, and has made important contributions to the advancement of college marching band performance standards.