- NAIA Basketball Tournament Most Valuable Player
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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 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 Riegel 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 Kenneth 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 Tirzdorf 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.) References
See also
NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Champions NAIA Chuck Taylor Most Valuable Player List1970s 1970 · 1971 · 1972 · 1973 · 1974 · 1975 · 1976 · 1977 · 1978 · 19791990s 1990 · 1991 · 1992 · 1993 · 1994 · 1995 · 1996 · 1997 · 1998 · 19992010s 2010 · 2011*Note: The 1944 NAIA Tournament was not held due to World War II.Men's college basketball awards (United States) National players of the year Naismith Trophy • Wooden Award
Adolph Rupp Trophy • AP Player of the Year • Helms Foundation Player of the Year (defunct) • NABC Player of the Year • Oscar Robertson Trophy • Sporting News Player of the Year • UPI Player of the Year (defunct)Individual awards Academic All-America of the Year • All-Americans (by year) • Bob Cousy Award (Point Guard) • Chip Hilton Award (Player Character) • Haggerty Award (NYC area) • Lefty Driesell Award (Top Defender) • Lowe's Senior CLASS Award • Lou Henson Award (Mid-Major Player of the Year) • Lute Olson Award (Top Non-Freshman) • Pete Newell Big Man Award • NABC Defensive Player of the Year • Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award (6'0" or shorter) • NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player • Robert V. Geasey Trophy (Big 5 Player of the Year) • USBWA National Freshman of the YearConference players of the year America East • American South • A-10 • ACC • A-Sun • Big 12 • Big East • Big Eight • Big Sky • Big South • Big Ten • Big West • CAA • Conference USA • East Coast • Great Midwest • Great West • Horizon • Ivy • MAAC • Metro • MAC • MEAC • MVC • Mountain West • NEC • OVC • Pac-12 • Patriot • SEC • SoCon • Southland • Summit • Sun Belt • SWAC • WCC • WACHead coach awards Naismith Coach of the Year
Adolph Rupp Cup • AP Coach of the Year • Ben Jobe Award (Top Minority Coach) • Henry Iba Award • Hugh Durham Award (Mid-Major Coach of the Year) • Jim Phelan Award (Major Conference Coach of the Year) • NABC Coach of the Year • Skip Prosser Man of the Year Award (Moral Character) • UPI Coach of the Year (defunct) • Clair Bee Award (Coaching Character) • Legends of Coaching (Lifetime)Conference coaches of the year ACC • Big 12 • CAADivision awards Halls of fame See also: Women's college basketball awardsCategories:- NAIA Men's Basketball Championship
- College basketball trophies and awards in the United States
- Awards established in 1939
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