CHUCK TAYLOR MOST VALUABLE PLAYER AWARD
Chuck Taylor
*First men’s basketball coach
*Director of Athletics
*Big fan of Radford athletics
*Four consecutive winning seasons
SMITH-WATKINS BEST REBOUNDER AWARD
David Smith
*Radford Athletics Hall of Fame
*5th All Time Rebounder – 739 rebounds
*7th All Time Scoring – 1,313 points
*Undersize post whom succeeded because of grit and determination
Correy Watkins
*2nd All Time Rebounder – 816 rebounds
*13th All time Scorer – 1,123 points
*6th All Time Steals – 161
*6th All time Block Shots – 70
*Fearless competitor
HAWKINS-TRAVIS BEST DEFENSIVE PLAYER AWARD
Chris Hawkins
*4th All Time Assist – 310
*4th All Time Steals – 167
*Team leader, scrappy defender, worker
Tyrone Travis
*6th All Time Scoring – 1,313 points
*6th All Time Rebounding – 718
*1st All Time Block Shots – 215
*9th All Time Steals – 139
*All around good player, brought toughness
BURGESS-BARBER TEAM BEFORE SELF AWARD
Don Burgess
*4th All Time Scoring – 1,452 points
*5th All Time Steals – 162
*6th All Time Block Shots – 84
*8th All time Rebounding – 614
*Versatile player, played every position
Stephen Barber
*5th All Time Blocked Shots – 85
*9th All Time Assist – 275
*12th All Time Scoring – 1,170 points
*Big guard who contributed in many ways
SHELBURNE-WALKER MOST IMPROVED AWARD
Ron Shelburne
*5th All Time Scoring – 1,332 points
*10th All Time Rebounding - 541
*Rugged worker, brought stability and reliability to team
Anthony Walker
*1st All Time Assist – 510
*2nd All Time Scorer – 1,601 points
*2nd All Time Steals – 183
*Player who got better each year.
DAY-ROBINSON INSPIRATIONAL EFFORT AWARD
Doug Day
*1st All Time Scoring – 2,027
*8th All Time Steals - 151
*Excellent shooter, worker, hit several game winning shots
Kevin Robinson
*4th All Time Rebounding - 745
*7th in blocked shots - 65
*Hit game winning shot to lead Radford into NCAA’s for first time
MYERS-REED ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Billy Myers
*Radford basketball’s first Academic All-American
*10th All Time Scoring – 1,178 points
Corey Reed
*Academic All-American
*All Big South All Academic Team
*Big South Scholar Athlete of the Year
DAN WILBOURNE FREE THROW SHOOTER AWARD
Dan Wilbourne
*T-8th All-Time Leading Scorer – 1,200 points
*10th All-Time Steals – 136
*85.4% career free throw shooter – 322-377
*41 consecutive free throws – 1979-80
COUSINS-SCHMALL TEAM’S ASSIST LEADER AWARD
Rod Cousins
*2nd All-Time Assist – 383
*1st All-Time Steals – 192
*Led team in assists three consecutive years
*Playing professionally in Europe for many years
Brian Schmall
*7th All-Time Assist (in two years) – 282
*216 assists in 1 season
*15 assist in one game
*Hard nosed and gritty, a fan favorite
