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]

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)
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 / Louisville
2022 Isaac McKneely[8] (2) Poca Virginia / Louisville
2023 Eli Allen[9] James Monroe Nova Southeastern[10]
2024 Sharron Young[11] Morgantown Akron
2025 Eli Sancomb[12] Wheeling Central Liberty[13]

Most winners by college

NumberProgram
10West Virginia
7Marshall
3Kentucky
3Louisville
2Akron
2Charleston (WV)
2Liberty
2Marshall (football)
2Tennessee
2Virginia
2Virginia Tech
2VMI
2Wake 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

  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.
  12. ↑ "Wheeling Central's Eli Sancomb nabs Evans Award". April 5, 2025.
  13. ↑ Henthorn, Nick (September 11, 2025). "Wheeeling Central's Eli Sancomb Commits To Liberty Flames". The Intelligencer. Retrieved October 5, 2025.