Bill Evans Award

Each year the Bill Evans Award is given to the person chosen as the best high school boys basketball player in the U.S. state of West Virginia. The award winner is selected by members of the West Virginia Sports Writers Association. The award has been given annually since 1970.^[1]

Award winners

Year	Player	High School	College	NBA/NFL draft
1970	Charles Hickox	Parkersburg	West Virginia
1971	Bill Lindsay	Charles Town	Fairmont State
1972	Warren Baker	Greenbrier East	West Virginia
1973	Denny Harris	Charleston	West Virginia State
1974	Mo Robinson	Welch	West Virginia
1975	Sam Brooks	Charleston	Louisville
1976	Will Johnson	DuPont	Concord
1977	Jeff Schneider	Washington Irving	Virginia Tech
1978	Jeff Schneider (2)	Washington Irving	Virginia Tech
1979	Earl Jones	Mount Hope	District of Columbia	1984 NBA draft: 1st round, 23rd overall by the Los Angeles Lakers
1980	David Daniel	Sherman	Charleston (WV)
1981	Jim Miller	Princeton	Virginia
1982	Gay Elmore	South Charleston	VMI	1987 NBA draft: 6th round, 133rd overall by the Milwaukee Bucks
1983	Mark Cline	Williamson	Wake Forest
1984	Herbie Brooks	Mullens	West Virginia
1985	Bimbo Coles	Greenbrier East	Virginia Tech	1990 NBA draft: 2nd round, 40th overall by the Sacramento Kings
1986	Greg Bell	DuPont	Tennessee
1987	Tracy Shelton	Oak Hill	West Virginia
1988	Anthony Strother	Williamson	Garden City CC
1989	P. G. Green	Oak Hill	West Virginia
1990	Marsalis Basey	Martinsburg	West Virginia
1991	Matt Gaudio	Brooke	Penn State
1992	Jared Prickett	Fairmont Senior	Kentucky
1993	Ryan Culicerto	Woodrow Wilson	James Madison
1994	Randy Moss	DuPont	Marshall (football)
1994	Anthony Scruggs	Woodrow Wilson	Fork Union
1995	Randy Moss (2)	DuPont	Marshall (football)	1998 NFL draft: 1st round, 21st overall by the Minnesota Vikings
1996	Cornelius Jackson	Oak Hill	Tennessee / Marshall
1997	Rafael Cruz	Wheeling Park	Massachusetts
1998	Tamar Slay	Woodrow Wilson	Marshall	2002 NBA draft: 2nd round, 54th overall by the New Jersey Nets
1999	Brett Nelson	Saint Albans	Florida
2000	Greg Davis	Tug Valley	Charleston (WV) / Pikeville
2001	Patrick O'Malley	George Washington	Richmond
2002	Mark Patton	Cabell Midland	Marshall
2003	Brandon Moore	Spring Valley	Eastern Kentucky / West Virginia Tech
2004	Adam Williams	Saint Albans	Kentucky / Marshall
2005	Josh Miller	Capital	Nebraska
2006	Patrick Patterson	Huntington	Kentucky	2010 NBA draft: 1st round, 14th overall by the Houston Rockets
2007	O. J. Mayo	Huntington	USC	2008 NBA draft: 1st round, 3rd overall by the Minnesota Timberwolves
2008	Bryant Irwin	Bridgeport	Saint Joseph's
2009	Aaron Dobson	South Charleston	Marshall (football)	2013 NFL draft: 2nd round, 59th overall by the New England Patriots
2010	Noah Cotrill	Logan	West Virginia
2011	Chase Fischer	Ripley	Wake Forest / BYU
2012	Boo Lathon	Wheeling Park	West Liberty (football)
2013	Donte Grantham	Martinsburg	Clemson
2014	Jon Elmore	George Washington	VMI / Marshall
2015	Jacob Kilgore	Spring Valley	Marshall
2016	Tavian Dunn-Martin^[2]	Huntington	Akron / Duquesne
2017	Jarrod West^[3]	Notre Dame	Marshall / Louisville
2018	Taevon Horton^[4]	Fairmont Senior	West Virginia / Pikeville
2019	Jalen Bridges^[5]	Fairmont Senior	West Virginia / Baylor
2020	Kaden Metheny^[6]	University	Bowling Green / Liberty
2021	Isaac McKneely^[7]	Poca	Virginia
2022	Isaac McKneely^[8] (2)	Poca	Virginia
2023	Eli Allen^[9]	James Monroe	Nova Southeastern^[10]
2024	Sharron Young^[11]	Morgantown	Akron

Most winners by college

Number	Program
10	West Virginia
7	Marshall
3	Kentucky
2	Akron
2	Charleston (WV)
2	Marshall (football)
2	Tennessee
2	Virginia
2	Virginia Tech
2	VMI
2	Wake Forest

Most winners by high school

School	Number of Awards	Years
DuPont	4	1976, 1986, 1994, 1995
Fairmont Senior	3	1992, 2018, 2019
Huntington	3	2006, 2007, 2016
Oak Hill	3	1987, 1989, 1996
Woodrow Wilson	3	1993, 1994, 1998
Charleston	2	1973, 1975
George Washington	2	2001, 2014
Greenbrier East	2	1972, 1985
Martinsburg	2	1990, 2013
Poca	2	2021, 2022
Saint Albans	2	1999, 2004
South Charleston	2	1982, 2009
Spring Valley	2	2003, 2015
Washington Irving	2	1977, 1978
Wheeling Park	2	1997, 2012
Williamson	2	1983, 1988

References

^ "Spring Valley's Kilgore selected as Evans Award winner". WV MetroNews. April 5, 2015.
^ "Tavian Dunn-Martin bio". goduquesne.com.
^ "Notre Dame's Jarrod West wins Evans Award as boys basketball state player of the year". Charleston Gazette-Mail. March 25, 2017.
^ "Horton wins Evans Award". The Exponent-Telegram. March 25, 2018.
^ "Fairmont Senior's Jalen Bridges commits to West Virginia basketball". WVNews. September 2, 2019.
^ "University's Kaden Metheny wins Bill Evans Award, given to top boys' basketball player in West Virginia". The Dominion Post. April 5, 2020.
^ "Poca's McKneely claims Bill Evans Award as state's best". May 14, 2021.
^ Morrison, Dave (March 13, 2022). "Boys Basketball: Poca's McKneely repeats as Evans Award Winner as state Player of the Year". Gazette-Mail Preps. Retrieved May 25, 2022.
^ "James Monroe's Eli Allen is recipient of Evans Award". March 25, 2023.
^ Udy, Rusty (August 14, 2023). "Prep Basketball: Eli Allen heading to sunny Florida". lootpress.com. Retrieved October 2, 2023.
^ "Morgantown's Sharron Young garners Evans Award". March 30, 2024.

[1] "Spring Valley's Kilgore selected as Evans Award winner". WV MetroNews. April 5, 2015.

[2] "Tavian Dunn-Martin bio". goduquesne.com.

[3] "Notre Dame's Jarrod West wins Evans Award as boys basketball state player of the year". Charleston Gazette-Mail. March 25, 2017.

[4] "Horton wins Evans Award". The Exponent-Telegram. March 25, 2018.

[5] "Fairmont Senior's Jalen Bridges commits to West Virginia basketball". WVNews. September 2, 2019.

[6] "University's Kaden Metheny wins Bill Evans Award, given to top boys' basketball player in West Virginia". The Dominion Post. April 5, 2020.

[7] "Poca's McKneely claims Bill Evans Award as state's best". May 14, 2021.

[8] Morrison, Dave (March 13, 2022). "Boys Basketball: Poca's McKneely repeats as Evans Award Winner as state Player of the Year". Gazette-Mail Preps. Retrieved May 25, 2022.

[9] "James Monroe's Eli Allen is recipient of Evans Award". March 25, 2023.

[10] Udy, Rusty (August 14, 2023). "Prep Basketball: Eli Allen heading to sunny Florida". lootpress.com. Retrieved October 2, 2023.

[11] "Morgantown's Sharron Young garners Evans Award". March 30, 2024.

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