Chuck Taylor Most Valuable Player Award

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

YearMost Valuable PlayerTeam
1939Edgar HinshawSouthwestern (Kan.)
1940Mel WaitsTarkio (Mo.)
1941Charles ThomasNorthwestern Louisiana
1942Gus DoernerEvansville (Ind.)
1943Belus SmawleyAppalachian State (N.C.)
1944Tournament canceled due to World War II
1945Fred LewisEastern Kentucky
1946Gene StotlarSouthern Illinois
1947Irvin LeiferEastern Washington
1948Duane KluehIndiana State
1949Hal HaskinsHamline (Minn.)
1950Clemens "Lenny" RzeszewskiIndiana State
1951Scotty SteagallMillikin (Ill.)
1952Bennie PurcellMurray State (Ky.)
1953Jerry AndersonSouthwest Missouri
1954Jerry AndersonSouthwest Missouri
1955Jim MillerEast Texas State
1956Bill ReigelMcNeese State (La.)
1957Jim SpiveySoutheastern Oklahoma
1958Dick BarnettTennessee A&I
1959Dick BarnettTennessee A&I
1960Charles SharpSouthwest Texas State
1961Charles HardnettGrambling
1962Zelmo BeatyPrairie View A&M (Texas)
1963Lucious JacksonPan American (Texas)
1964Lucious JacksonPan American (Texas)
1965Ken WilburnCentral State (Ohio)
1966Al TuckerOklahoma Baptist
1967Al TuckerOklahoma Baptist
1968John JamersonFairmont State (W.Va.)
1969Jake FordMaryland State
1970Greg HyderEastern New Mexico University
1971Travis GrantKentucky State
1972Travis GrantKentucky State
1973Lloyd FreeGuilford (N.C.)
1974Clarence WalkerWest Georgia
1975Bayard ForrestGrand Canyon (Ariz.)
1976Joe PaceCoppin State (Md.)
1977Alonzo BradleyTexas Southern
1978Tom RitzdorfKearney State (Neb.)
1979Lawrence WashingtonDrury (Mo.)
1980LeRoy JacksonCameron (Okla.)
1981George TorresBethany Nazarene (Okla.)
1982Mike GibsonSouth Carolina-Spartanburg
1983Stephen YetmanCharleston (S.C.)
1984Terry PorterWisconsin-Stevens Point
1985Edgar EasonFort Hays State (Kan.)
1986John KimbrellDavid Lipsomb (Tenn.)
1987Tom MeierWashburn (Kan.)
1988Rodney JohnsGrand Canyon (Ariz.)
1989Vernell KempEast Central (Okla.)
1990Stacy ButlerBirmingham-Southern (Ala.)
1991Eric ManuelOklahoma City
1992Smokey McCoveryOklahoma City
1993Lemar YoungHawaii Pacific
1994Kevin FranklinOklahoma City
1995James CasonBirmingham-Southern (Ala.)
1996Reggie GarrettOklahoma City
1997James HarrisLife (Ga.)
1998Will CarltonGeorgetown (Ky.)
1999Corey EvansLife (Ga.)
2000Jimmie HunterLife (Ga.)
2001Paul LittleFaulkner (Ala.)
2002Michael WilliamsonScience & Arts (Okla.)
2003Raynardo CurryMountain State (W.Va.)
2004Zach MossMountain State (W.Va.)
2005Brandon ColeJohn Brown (Ark.)
2006Evan PattersonTexas Wesleyan
2007Kameron GrayOklahoma City
2008Ollie BaileyOklahoma City
2009Devin UskoskiRocky Mountain (Mont.)
2010DeJovaun Sawyer-DavisSaint Francis
2011Trevor SettyPikeville College (Ky.)
2012Cameron GliddonConcordia (Ca.)
2013Monty WilsonGeorgetown (Ky.)
2014Rhett SolidayVanguard (Calif.)
2015Jordan BowlingDalton State
2016Devonse ReedMid-America Christian
2017Dion RogersTexas Wesleyan
2018LT DavisGraceland
2019Chris CoffeyGeorgetown (Ky.)
2020Tournament canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic
2021James JonesShawnee State (Ohio)

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