Chuck Taylor Most Valuable Player Award
The Chuck Taylor Most Valuable Player Award was created to honor the most outstanding player for the NAIA Men's Division I National Championship Tournament. Established in 1939, it has been awarded every year with the exception of 1944.[1]
Chuck Taylor Most Valuable Player
| Year | Most Valuable Player | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | Edgar Hinshaw | Southwestern (Kan.) | |
| 1940 | Mel Waits | Tarkio (Mo.) | |
| 1941 | Charles Thomas | Northwestern Louisiana | |
| 1942 | Gus Doerner | Evansville (Ind.) | |
| 1943 | Belus Smawley | Appalachian State (N.C.) | |
| 1944 | No Tournament held | ||
| 1945 | Fred Lewis | Eastern Kentucky | |
| 1946 | Gene Stotlar | Southern Illinois | |
| 1947 | Irvin Leifer | Eastern Washington | |
| 1948 | Duane Klueh | Indiana State | |
| 1949 | Hal Haskins | Hamline (Minn.) | |
| 1950 | Clemens "Lenny" Rzeszewski | Indiana State | |
| 1951 | Scotty Steagall | Millikin (Ill.) | |
| 1952 | Bennie Purcell | Murray State (Ky.) | |
| 1953 | Jerry Anderson | Southwest Missouri | |
| 1954 | Jerry Anderson | Southwest Missouri | |
| 1955 | Jim Miller | East Texas State | |
| 1956 | Bill Reigel | McNeese State (La.) | |
| 1957 | Jim Spivey | Southeastern Oklahoma | |
| 1958 | Dick Barnett | Tennessee A&I | |
| 1959 | Dick Barnett | Tennessee A&I | |
| 1960 | Charles Sharp | Southwest Texas State | |
| 1961 | Charles Hardnett | Grambling | |
| 1962 | Zelmo Beaty | Prairie View A&M (Texas) | |
| 1963 | Lucious Jackson | Pan American (Texas) | |
| 1964 | Lucious Jackson | Pan American (Texas) | |
| 1965 | Ken Wilburn | Central State (Ohio) | |
| 1966 | Al Tucker | Oklahoma Baptist | |
| 1967 | Al Tucker | Oklahoma Baptist | |
| 1968 | John Jamerson | Fairmont State (W.Va.) | |
| 1969 | Jake Ford | Maryland State | |
| 1970 | Greg Hyder | Eastern New Mexico University | |
| 1971 | Travis Grant | Kentucky State | |
| 1972 | Travis Grant | Kentucky State | |
| 1973 | Lloyd Free | Guilford (N.C.) | |
| 1974 | Clarence Walker | West Georgia | |
| 1975 | Bayard Forrest | Grand Canyon (Ariz.) | |
| 1976 | Joe Pace | Coppin State (Md.) | |
| 1977 | Alonzo Bradley | Texas Southern | |
| 1978 | Tom Ritzdorf | Kearney State (Neb.) | |
| 1979 | Lawrence Washington | Drury (Mo.) | |
| 1980 | LeRoy Jackson | Cameron (Okla.) | |
| 1981 | George Torres | Bethany Nazarene (Okla.) | |
| 1982 | Mike Gibson | South Carolina-Spartanburg | |
| 1983 | Stephen Yetman | Charleston (S.C.) | |
| 1984 | Terry Porter | Wisconsin-Stevens Point | |
| 1985 | Edgar Eason | Fort Hays State (Kan.) | |
| 1986 | John Kimbrell | David Lipsomb (Tenn.) | |
| 1987 | Tom Meier | Washburn (Kan.) | |
| 1988 | Rodney Johns | Grand Canyon (Ariz.) | |
| 1989 | Vernell Kemp | East Central (Okla.) | |
| 1990 | Stacy Butler | Birmingham-Southern (Ala.) | |
| 1991 | Eric Manuel | Oklahoma City | |
| 1992 | Smokey McCovery | Oklahoma City | |
| 1993 | Lemar Young | Hawaii Pacific | |
| 1994 | Kevin Franklin | Oklahoma City | |
| 1995 | James Cason | Birmingham-Southern (Ala.) | |
| 1996 | Reggie Garrett | Oklahoma City | |
| 1997 | James Harris | Life (Ga.) | |
| 1998 | Will Carlton | Georgetown (Ky.) | |
| 1999 | Corey Evans | Life (Ga.) | |
| 2000 | Jimmie Hunter | Life (Ga.) | |
| 2001 | Paul Little | Faulkner (Ala.) | |
| 2002 | Michael Williamson | Science & Arts (Okla.) | |
| 2003 | Raynardo Curry | Mountain State (W.Va.) | |
| 2004 | Zach Moss | Mountain State (W.Va.) | |
| 2005 | Brandon Cole | John Brown (Ark.) | |
| 2006 | Evan Patterson | Texas Wesleyan | |
| 2007 | Kameron Gray | Oklahoma City | |
| 2008 | Ollie Bailey | Oklahoma City | |
| 2009 | Devin Uskoski | Rocky Mountain (Mont.) | |
| 2010 | DeJovaun Sawyer-Davis | Saint Francis | |
| 2011 | Trevor Setty | Pikeville College (Ky.) | |
| 2012 | Cameron Gliddon | Concordia (Ca.) | |
| 2013 | Monty Wilson | Georgetown (Ky.) | |
| 2014 | Rhett Soliday | Vanguard (Calif.) | |
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