The USET awarded Bruce O. (Buck) Davidson, Jr. of Unionville, PA the USET Lionel Guerrand-Hermes Trophy which is presented each year to a Young Rider who exemplifies the USET's ideals of sportsmanship and horsemanship.

The USET's Lionel Guerrand-Hermes Trophy was presented to the Team in 1983 by Patrick Guerrand-Hermes, head of the equestrian division of the Paris-based saddlery and fashion company, in memory of his son Lionel, a talented young rider who was killed in an automobile accident in 1981 at the age of 18.

Davidson, son of five-time U.S. Olympic veteran Bruce Davidson, also won the Team's Markham Trophy three times for being the highest placing Young Rider in a USET Eventing Championship. He won at both the Spring and Fall Championships in 1996 and again at the Spring Championship in 1997. He won the individual Bronze Medal and was a member of the Silver Medal team at the 1997 North American Young Riders Championships. In 1996, Davidson was named the U.S. Combined Training Association's Young Rider of the Year.

To date in his young career, Davidson has competed in 183 eventing competitions on 39 horses. He has competed once at the Radnor One Star event and four times at the Two Star. He also competed once at the Essex One Star and twice at the Essex Two Star, three times at the Fair Hill Three Star and twice at the Kentucky Three Star. He also competed three times at the Bromont Event in Canada.

Davidson was unable to be present at the USET Annual Meeting to receive his award as he was training in Ireland. The trophy and a Hermes saddle will be presented to him at the Rolex Kentucky Event in April.

Previous winners of the Lionel Guerrand-Hermes Memorial Trophy are: Alison Firestone (1997); Jonathan Elliot (1996); Megan Johnstone (1995); Gabriella Salick (1994); Mark Combs (1993); Abigail Lufkin (1992); McLain Ward (1991); Kim Keenan (1990); Molly Bliss (1989); Chris Kappler (1988); Susanne Owen (1987); Greg Best (1986); Holly Mitten (1985); Jeffrey Welles (1984); and Mark Leone (1983).