Chuck Taylor Most Valuable Player Award
From Varsity Pride
The Chuck Taylor Most Valuable Player Award is a men's college basketball award given each year to the most outstanding player at the NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament as voted on by attending media.
1939 | Edgar Hinshaw | Southwestern (KS) |
1940 | Mel Waits | Tarkio |
1941 | Charles Thomas | Northwestern Louisiana |
1942 | Gus Doerner | Evansville |
1943 | Belus Smawley | Appalachian State |
1944 | no tournament | |
1945 | Fred Lewis | Eastern Kentucky |
1946 | Gene Stotlar | Southern Illinois |
1947 | Irvin Leifer | Eastern Washington |
1948 | Duane Klueh | Indiana State |
1949 | Hal Haskins | Hamline |
1950 | Lenny Rzeszewski | Indiana State |
1951 | Scotty Steagall | Millikin |
1952 | Bennie Purcell | Murray State |
1953 | Jerry Anderson | Southwest Missouri State |
1954 | Jerry Anderson (2) | Southwest Missouri State |
1955 | Jim Miller | East Texas State |
1956 | Bill Reigel | McNeese State |
1957 | Jim Spivey | Southeastern Oklahoma State |
1958 | Dick Barnett | Tennessee A&I |
1959 | Dick Barnett (2) | Tennessee A&I |
1960 | Charles Sharp | Southwest Texas State |
1961 | Charles Hardnett | Grambling State |
1962 | Zelmo Beaty | Prairie View A&M |
1963 | Lucious Jackson | Pan American |
1964 | Lucious Jackson (2) | Pan American |
1965 | Ken Wilburn | Central State (OH) |
1966 | Al Tucker | Oklahoma Baptist |
1967 | Al Tucker (2) | Oklahoma Baptist |
1968 | John Jamerson | Fairmont State |
1969 | Jake Ford | Maryland State |
1970 | Greg Hyder | Eastern New Mexico |
1971 | Travis Grant | Kentucky State |
1972 | Travis Grant (2) | Kentucky State |
1973 | Lloyd Free | Guilford |
1974 | Clarence Walker | West Georgia |
1975 | Bayard Forrest | Grand Canyon |
1976 | Joe Pace | Coppin State |
1977 | Alonzo Bradley | Texas Southern |
1978 | Tom Ritzdorf | Kearney State |
1979 | Lawrence Washington | Drury |
1980 | LeRoy Jackson | Cameron |
1981 | George Torres | Bethany Nazarene |
1982 | Mike Gibson | South Carolina-Spartanburg |
1983 | Stephen Yetman | College of Charleston |
1984 | Terry Porter | Wisconsin-Stevens Point |
1985 | Edgar Eason | Fort Hays State |
1986 | John Kimbrell | David Lipscomb |
1987 | Tom Meier | Washburn |
1988 | Rodney Johns | Grand Canyon |
1989 | Vernell Kemp | East Central |
1990 | Stacy Butler | Birmingham-Southern |
1991 | Eric Manuel | Oklahoma City |
1992 | Smokey McCovery | Oklahoma City |
1993 | Lemar Young | Hawai'i Pacific |
1994 | Kevin Franklin | Oklahoma City |
1995 | James Cason | Birmingham-Southern |
1996 | Reggie Garrett | Oklahoma City |
1997 | James Harris | Life |
1998 | Will Carlton | Georgetown (KY) |
1999 | Corey Evans | Life |
2000 | Jimmie Hunter | Life |
2001 | Paul Little | Faulkner |
2002 | Michael Williamson | Science & Arts Oklahoma |
2003 | Raynardo Curry | Mountain State |
2004 | Zach Moss | Mountain State |
2005 | Brandon Cole | John Brown |
2006 | Evan Patterson | Texas Wesleyan |
2007 | Kameron Gray | Oklahoma City |
2008 | Ollie Bailey | Oklahoma City |
2009 | Devin Uskoski | Rocky Mountain |
2010 | Nate Brumfield | Oklahoma Baptist |
2011 | Trevor Selty | Pikeville |
2012 | Cameron Gliddon | Concordia (CA) |
2013 | Monty Wilson | Georgetown (KY) |
2014 | Rhett Soliday | Vanguard |
2015 | Jordan Bowling | Dalton State |