St Kilda's Jason Blake is the recipient of the 2008 AFLPA Education & Training Excellence Award.

Throughout his AFL career, Jason Blake has combined high achievement in botheducation and elite sport.

With just two subjects to complete a double degree in Bachelor of Civil Engineering (Construction Management specialization) and Bachelor of Business (Finance Specialization at RMIT), Jason also works for Thinc Projects, a construction management and consulting firm.

Previous recipients of the Education & Training Excellence Award

2001 Paul Licuria (Collingwood)
2002 Peter Bell (Fremantle)
2003 Simon Garlick (Western Bulldogs)
2004 Michael Wilson (Port Adelaide)
2005 James Clement (Collingwood)
2006 Josh Mahoney (Port Adelaide)
2007 Shane Wakelin (Collingwood) & Brett Burton (Adelaide)