Chuck Taylor Most Valuable Player Award
Appearance
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.) | |
2015 | Jordan Bowling | Dalton State College | |
2016 | Devonse Reed | Mid-America Christian University | |
2017 | Dion Rogers | Texas Wesleyan University | |
2018 | LT Davis | Graceland University |
See also
References
- ^ NAIA Championship History Archived 2008-05-15 at the Wayback Machine