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	Stefan Moody, Ole Miss
Official 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

Year	Winner	Pos	School	Ref	Other Finalists
2004–05	Lawrence Roberts	PF	Mississippi State	[2]	Tommie Eddie, PF, Ole Miss Shane Power, SF, Mississippi State
2005–06	Jasper Johnson	C	Delta State	[3]	Trey Johnson, SG, Jackson State Charles Rhodes, PF, Mississippi State
2006–07	Trey Johnson	SG	Jackson State	[4]	Todd Abernethy, PG, Ole Miss Jamont Gordon, PG, Mississippi State
2007–08	Jamont Gordon	PG	Mississippi State	[5]	Dwayne Curtis, PF, Ole Miss Charles Rhodes, PF, Mississippi State
2008–09	Jarvis Varnado	PF/C	Mississippi State	[6]	David Huertas, SG, Ole Miss Terrico White, SG, Ole Miss
2009–10	Jarvis Varnado	PF/C	Mississippi State	[7]	Garrison Johnson, SG, Jackson State Chris Warren, PG, Ole Miss
2010–11	Gary Flowers	PF	Southern Miss	[8]	Dee Bost, PG, Mississippi State Chris Warren, PG, Ole Miss
2011–12	Arnett Moultrie	PF	Mississippi State	[9]	Dee Bost, PG, Mississippi State Neil Watson, PG, Southern Miss
2012–13	Marshall Henderson	SG	Ole Miss	[10]	Dwayne Davis, SF, Southern Miss Murphy Holloway, PF, Ole Miss
2013–14	Jarvis Summers	PG	Ole Miss	[11]	Marshall Henderson, SG, Ole Miss Neil Watson, PG, Southern Miss
2014–15	Stefan Moody	SG	Ole Miss	[12]	Chip Armelin, SG, Southern Miss Devin Schmidt, PG, Delta State
2015–16	Stefan Moody	SG	Ole Miss	[13]	Gavin Ware, PF, Mississippi State Quinndary Weatherspoon, SG, Mississippi State

Trophies won by school

Rank	School	Wins	Finalists
1	Mississippi State	6	13
2	Ole Miss	4	13
3	Southern Miss	1	5
	Jackson State	1	3
	Delta State	1	2

See also

• Conerly Trophy

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.