Awards Clifford Wells Appreciation Award 1974 Tom Scott, Davidson Eddie Einhorn, TVS Arthur Bergstrom, NCAA Official 1976 Joe Dean, Converse Ray Marquette, USBWA John Goldner, Madison Square Garden 1977 Bob Hillyard, Hillyard Company Grady Lewis, Converse Al Saake, Hawaii 1980 Ed Steitz, Springfield 1981 Ernie Casale, Temple 1982 Roal Sorenson, Sorenson-Christian Co. 1983 Bob Knight, Army 1984 Ray Meyer, DePaul 1985 Marv Harshman, Washington 1986 Joyce St. John, NABC 1987 Bill Wall, ABAUSA 1988 Walter Byers, NCAA 1989 Ralph Miller, Oregon State 1990 Abe Lemons, Oklahoma State 1991 C.M. Newton, Kentucky 1992 Dick Schultz, NCAA 1993 Not Awarded 1994 Vic Bubas, Sun Belt Conference 1995 Tom Butters, Duke 1996 Billy Packer, CBS Sports 1997 Bob Frederick, Kansas 1998 Jerry Krause, Army 1999 Joe Tydlaska, NABC 2000 Dick Vitale, ESPN 2001 Reggie Minton, NABC Jim Host, Host Communications Inc. 2002 Arthur McAfee, Morehouse 2003 Jim Carolus, Hillyard Company Bob Roth, Hillyard Company 2004 Rick Leddy, NABC 2005 Hank Nichols, NCAA Official 2006 Not Awarded 2007 Kay Barnes, Mayor of Kansas City, Mo. Bill Hall, Hall Family Foundation 2008 George Raveling, Nike, Inc. 2009 Myles Brand, NCAA President