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 |
