Howell Trophy

Howell Trophy
Awarded for the best college basketball player in the state of Mississippi
Location Mississippi
Country United States
Presented by Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame
First awarded 2005
Currently held by Quinndary Weatherspoon, Mississippi State
Website Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame

The Howell Trophy or Cellular South Howell Trophy or C Spire Howell Trophy is an award given annually to the best men's college basketball player in the state of Mississippi by the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame.[1] It is open to players from all four-year colleges in Mississippi, although it has only been won by a non-Division I player once.

The trophy is named after former Mississippi State star Bailey Howell.

Winners and finalists

Mississippi State Center Jarvis Varnado is one of two players to win the award twice
YearWinnerPosSchoolRefOther Finalists
2004–05Lawrence RobertsPFMississippi State[2]Tommie Eddie, PF, Ole Miss
Shane Power, SF, Mississippi State
2005–06Jasper JohnsonCDelta State[3]Trey Johnson, SG, Jackson State
Charles Rhodes, PF, Mississippi State
2006–07Trey JohnsonSGJackson State[4]Todd Abernethy, PG, Ole Miss
Jamont Gordon, PG, Mississippi State
2007–08Jamont GordonPGMississippi State[5]Dwayne Curtis, PF, Ole Miss
Charles Rhodes, PF, Mississippi State
2008–09Jarvis VarnadoPF/CMississippi State[6]David Huertas, SG, Ole Miss
Terrico White, SG, Ole Miss
2009–10Jarvis VarnadoPF/CMississippi State[7]Garrison Johnson, SG, Jackson State
Chris Warren, PG, Ole Miss
2010–11Gary FlowersPFSouthern Miss[8]Dee Bost, PG, Mississippi State
Chris Warren, PG, Ole Miss
2011–12Arnett MoultriePFMississippi State[9]Dee Bost, PG, Mississippi State
Neil Watson, PG, Southern Miss
2012–13Marshall HendersonSGOle Miss[10]Dwayne Davis, SF, Southern Miss
Murphy Holloway, PF, Ole Miss
2013–14Jarvis SummersPGOle Miss[11]Marshall Henderson, SG, Ole Miss
Neil Watson, PG, Southern Miss
2014–15Stefan MoodySGOle Miss[12]Chip Armelin, SG, Southern Miss
Devin Schmidt, PG, Delta State
2015–16Stefan MoodySGOle Miss[13]Gavin Ware, PF, Mississippi State
Quinndary Weatherspoon, SG, Mississippi State
2016–17Sebastián SaizPFOle Miss[14]Devin Schmidt, SG, Delta State
Quinndary Weatherspoon, SG, Mississippi State
2017–18Quinndary WeatherspoonPFMississippi State[15]Cortez Edwards, SG, Southern Miss
Nick Weatherspoon, PG, Mississippi State

Trophies won by school

Rank School Wins Finalists
1Mississippi State616
2Ole Miss514
3Southern Miss16
Jackson State13
Delta State13

See also

  • Gillom Trophy - award given annually to the best women's college basketball player in the state of Mississippi by the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame.
  • Conerly Trophy - award given annually to the best college football player in the state of Mississippi by the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame

References

  1. ↑ "Cellular South Outstanding Player Awards". Retrieved 2015-12-22.
  2. ↑ "MSU's Lawrence Roberts named 2004-05 winner of inaugural Howell Trophy". HailState.com. 2005-04-14.
  3. ↑ "Johnson wins Bailey Howell". The Clarksdale Press Register. 2006-03-30.
  4. ↑ Elkins, Ashley (2007-03-27). "JSU's Johnson wins Howell Trophy". DJournal.com.
  5. ↑ "MSU's Jamont Gordeon collects 2007-08 Cellular South Howell Trophy award". HailState.com. 2008-03-31.
  6. ↑ "Howell and Gillom Trophy winners announced". MSNewsNow.com.
  7. ↑ Locke, Brad (2010-04-09). "MSU Sweeps Howell, Gillom Trophies". DJournal.com.
  8. ↑ "Flowers wins Howell Trophy Delta State forward Veronica Walker takes Gillom Trophy". The Vicksburg Post.
  9. ↑ "Moultrie named 2012 C Spire Howell Trophy winner". HailState.com. 2012-03-05.
  10. ↑ "Marshall Henderson wins Howell Trophy". OleMissSports.com. 2013-03-11.
  11. ↑ "Ole Miss' Jarvis Summers wins Howell Trophy; Southern Miss' Jamierra Faulkner claims Gillom". AP. 2014-03-03.
  12. ↑ Brandt, David (2015-03-09). "Ole Miss' Moody wins Howell, MSU's Vivians wins Gillom". The Clarion-Ledger.
  13. ↑ Bonner, Michael (2016-03-07). "Moody, Vivians win C Spire Howell, Gillom trophies again". The Clarion-Ledger.
  14. ↑ "Saiz wins C Spire Howell Trophy". OleMissSports.com. 2017-03-06.
  15. ↑ "Weatherspoon, Vivians Take Howell And Gillom Trophies". HailState.com. 2018-03-05.
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