Chuck Taylor Most Valuable Player Award
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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 | Tournament canceled due to World War II | |
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 |
2016 | Devonse Reed | Mid-America Christian |
2017 | Dion Rogers | Texas Wesleyan |
2018 | LT Davis | Graceland |
2019 | Chris Coffey | Georgetown (Ky.) |
2020 | Tournament canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic | |
2021 | James Jones | Shawnee State (Ohio) |
See also
References
- ^ NAIA Championship History Archived 2008-05-15 at the Wayback Machine