Bob Cousy Award

The award is named after Bob Cousy (left).

The Bob Cousy Award presented by The Hartford (or Bob Cousy Collegiate Point Guard of the Year Award)^[1] is an annual basketball award given by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame to the top men's collegiate point guard. It is named after six-time National Basketball Association (NBA) champion Bob Cousy, who played point guard for the Boston Celtics from 1951 to 1963. Cousy won six championships with the Celtics.^[2]

Annually, a list of player is nominated by college head coaches, members of College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), and members of the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC). A screening committee of CoSIDA members reviews the nominations, and selects 16 players from each division (12 from National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I, and two each from Division II and III). A selection committee appointed by the Hall then selects the winner. This 30-member committee is composed of Hall of Famers, head coaches, sports information directors, the media, and Cousy himself.^[1][3]

Since its inception in 2004, the award has been given to eight players. The first winner was Jameer Nelson from Saint Joseph's University. The most recent winner was Kemba Walker from the University of Connecticut. When Maryland's Greivis Vasquez won the award in 2010, the Venezuelan became the first player born outside the U.S. to receive this award.

Winners

Texas' D. J. Augustin is the only sophomore to ever win.

Maryland's Greivis Vasquez won in 2010.

*	Awarded a national Player of the Year award: the Naismith College Player of the Year or the John R. Wooden Award
Player (X)	Denotes the number of times the player has been awarded the Bob Cousy Award

Season	Player	School	Class
2003–04	Nelson, JameerJameer Nelson*	Saint Joseph's	4 !Senior
2004–05	Felton, RaymondRaymond Felton	North Carolina	3 !Junior
2005–06	Brown, DeeDee Brown	Illinois	4 !Senior
2006–07	Law, AcieAcie Law	Texas A&M	4 !Senior
2007–08	Augustin, D. J.D. J. Augustin	Texas	2 !Sophomore
2008–09	Lawson, TyTy Lawson	North Carolina	3 !Junior
2009–10	Vasquez, GreivisGreivis Vasquez	Maryland	4 !Senior
2010–11	Walker, KembaKemba Walker	Connecticut	3 !Junior

Winners by school

School	Winners	Years
North Carolina	2	2005, 2009
Connecticut	1	2011
Illinois	1	2006
Maryland	1	2010
Saint Joseph's	1	2004
Texas	1	2008
Texas A&M	1	2007

See also

• Nancy Lieberman Award – the counterpart to the Bob Cousy Award; given to the nation's top NCAA female point guard.

References

General

• "Winners". Bob Cousy Award. http://www.cousyaward.com/winners.htm. Retrieved May 4, 2009. ^{[dead link]}

Specific

1. ^ ^{a b} "Award Info". Bob Cousy Award. http://www.cousyaward.com/award_info.htm. Retrieved May 4, 2009. ^{[dead link]}
2. ^ "Bio: Bob Cousy". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. http://www.nba.com/history/players/cousy_bio.html. Retrieved May 3, 2009. 
3. ^ "University of Texas Point Guard D.J. Augustin Selected Winner of 2008 Bob Cousy Award presented by The Hartford". Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. April 3, 2008. http://www.hoophall.com/genrel/040308aag.html. Retrieved May 4, 2009. ^{[dead link]}

External links

• Official website