Bill Evans Award

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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]

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Award winners

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

Most winners by college

NumberProgram
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

SchoolNumber of AwardsYears
DuPont 41976, 1986, 1994, 1995
Fairmont Senior 31992, 2018, 2019
Huntington 32006, 2007, 2016
Oak Hill 31987, 1989, 1996
Woodrow Wilson 31993, 1994, 1998
Charleston 21973, 1975
George Washington 22001, 2014
Greenbrier East 21972, 1985
Martinsburg 21990, 2013
Poca 22021, 2022
Saint Albans 21999, 2004
South Charleston 21982, 2009
Spring Valley 22003, 2015
Washington Irving 21977, 1978
Wheeling Park 21997, 2012
Williamson 21983, 1988

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