Honors/Awards

First team unless noted. "HM" is honorable mention. Parentheses denote a source other the usual, for example basketball magazines or polls conducted by the Kansas City Star.

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

National Collegiate Player-of-the-Year

Player

Season

Notes

Paul Endacott

1923

(Helms Foundation)

Charlie T. Black

1924

(Helms Foundation)

Clyde Lovellete

1952

(Helms Foundation)

Danny Manning

1988

(Kodak, Naismith, Wooden)

All-America

Player

Season

Notes

Tommy Johnson

1909

 

Ralph Sproull

1915

 

Dutch Lonborg

1919

 

Paul Endacott

1922

 

1923

 

Charlie T. Black

1923

 

1924

 

Tus Ackerman

1924

 

1925

 

Gale Gordon

1925

 

1926

 

Al Peterson

1925

 

1926

 

Frosty Cox

1930

 

Ted O'Leary

1932

 

Bill Johnson

1933

 

Ray Ebling

1936

 

Fred Pralle

1937

 

1938

consensus 1st team

Howard Engleman

1941

consensus 1st team

Charlie B. Black

1942

 

1943

consensus 1st team

1946

 

1947

 

Ray Evans

1942

 

1943

 

Clyde Lovellete

1950

 

1951

consensus 1st team

1952

consensus 1st team

B. H. Born

1953

 

Wilt Chamberlain

1957

consensus 1st team

1958

consensus 1st team

Bill Bridges

1961

 

Jerry Gardner

1962

 

Walt Wesley

1966

 

Jo Jo White

1968

 

1969

 

Danny Manning

1987

consensus 1st team

1988

consensus 1st team

Adonis Jordan

1993

HM

Rex Walters

1993

HM

Greg Ostertag

1995

HM

Jacque Vaughn

1995

HM

1996

2nd team (AP, NABC)

Academic All-America

Player

Season

Notes

Bud Stallworth

1971

 

Tom Kivisto

1974

 

Cris Barnthouse

1977

 

Ken Koenigs

1977

 

1978

 

Darnell Valentine

1979

 

1980

 

1981

 

David Magley

1982

 

Jacque Vaughn

1996

 

Jerod Haase

1996

2nd team

Conference Player-of-the-Year

Big 8

Player

Season

Notes

Dave Robisch

1970

 

1971

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Bud Stallworth

1972

 

Danny Manning

1986

 

1987

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1988

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Jacque Vaughn

1996

(AP, Coaches)

All-Conference

Missouri Valley

Player

Season

Notes

Verne Long

1911

 

Bob Heizer

1911

 

C. R. Greenlees

1913

 

Ralph Sproull

1915

 

Ephriam Sorensen

1915

 

Art 'Bill' Weaver

1915

 

Stuffy Dunmire

1915

 

Dutch Lonborg

1919

 

1920

 

George Rody

1922

 

Paul Endacott

1922

 

1923

 

John Wulf

1923

 

Charlie T. Black

1923

 

1924

 

Tusten Ackerman

1924

 

1925

 

Bob Mosby

1924

 

Al Peterson

1925

 

1926

(KC Kansan, Reach Basketball Guide)

1927

 

Gale Gordon

1926

 

Glenn Burton

1927

 

Charles 'Russell' Thomson

1928

2nd Team (Spalding, KC Star)

Big 6

Player

Season

Notes

Tom Bishop

1930

 

1931

 

Frosty Cox

1930

 

1931

(editors & coaches poll)

Ted O'Leary

1932

 

Bill Johnson

1932

 

1933

 

Lee Page

1932

 

Ray Ebling

1934

 

1935

 

1936

 

Dick Wells

1933

2nd Team (KC Star)

1934

2nd Team (KC Star)

1935

2nd Team (KC Star)

Francis Kappelman

1936

 

Fred Pralle

1936

 

1937

 

1938

 

Don Ebling

1938

Utility Team (AP)

Lyman Corlis

1939

 

Ralph Miller

1940

 

1942

 

Bob Allen

1940

 

1941

 

Howard Engleman

1940

 

1941

 

Charlie B. Black

1942

 

1943

 

1946

 

1947

 

Ray Evans

1942

 

1943

 

Otto Schnellbacher

1943

 

1946

 

1947

 

1948

(Big 7)

John Buescher

1943

 

Gordon Reynolds

1945

 

Kirk Scott

1945

 

Big 7

Player

Season

Notes

Otto Schnellbacher

1943

(Big 6)

1946

(Big 6)

1947

(Big 6)

1948

 

Claude Houchin

1950

2nd team (AP)

Clyde Lovellette

1950

 

1951

 

1952

 

Bob Kenney

1952

 

B. H. Born

1953

 

1954

 

Allen Kelley

1953

 

1954

 

Harold Patterson

1954

 

Dallas Dobbs

1954

 

1955

 

Maurice King

1956

 

Wilt Chamberlain

1957

 

1958

 

Gene Elstun

1957

 

Ron Loneski

1958

 

Big 8

Player

Season

Notes

Bill Bridges

1959

 

1960

 

1961

 

Wayne Hightower

1960

 

1961

 

Jerry Gardner

1962

 

Nolen Ellison

1962

 

1963

 

George Unseld

1964

 

Walt Wesley

1965

 

1966

 

Del Lewis

1966

 

Jo Jo White

1967

 

1968

 

1969

 

Rodger Bohnenstiehl

1967

 

Dave Robisch

1969

 

1970

 

1971

 

Bud Stallworth

1971

 

1972

 

Tom Kivisto

1974

 

Rick Suttle

1975

 

Norm Cook

1976

 

John Douglas

1977

 

Ken Koenigs

1978

 

DarnellValentine

1978

 

1979

 

1980

 

1981

 

David Magley

1982

 

Carl Henry

1984

 

Ron Kellogg

1985

 

1986

 

Danny Manning

1986

 

1987

 

1988

 

Kevin Pritchard

1990

 

Mark Randall

1991

 

Alonzo Jamison

1992

2nd team

Adonis Jordan

1992

(AP, players)

1993

HM (AP, coaches), 2nd tm (players)

Rex Walters

1992

(AP, players)

1993

(AP, players, coaches)

Richard Scott

1993

HM (coaches)

1994

HM (AP, players, coaches)

Steve Woodberry

1993

2nd tm (AP, players, coaches)

1994

1st tm (players), 2nd tm (AP, coaches)

Greg Ostertag

1994

HM (AP, players, coaches)

1995

HM (AP, coaches)

Jacque Vaughn

1994

HM (AP, players)

1995

(AP, players, coaches)

1996

(AP, players)

Jerod Haase

1995

1st tm (Basketball Weekly), 2nd tm (AP, players, coaches)

Raef LaFrentz

1995

2nd tm (Basketball Weekly, HM (AP)

1996

(AP, players)

Scot Pollard

1995

HM (AP)

1996

2nd tm (AP)

Paul Pierce

1996

HM (AP)

Academic All-Conference

Big 8

Player

Season

Notes

Tom Kivisto

1973

 

1974

 

Dale Greenlee

1974

 

1975

 

Cris Barnthouse

1976

 

1977

 

Ken Koenigs

1976

 

1977

 

1978

 

Darnell Valentine

1979

 

1980

 

1981

 

Tony Guy

1982

 

David Magley

1982

 

Jeff Dishman

1983

 

Mark Turgeon

1986

 

Chris Piper

1988

 

Kevin Pritchard

1988

 

1989

 

1990

 

Mark Randall

1990

 

1991

 

Mike Maddox

1991

 

David Johanning

1992

 

Greg Gurley

1993

Honor Roll

Jacque Vaughn

1994

 

1995

 

1996

 

Jerod Haase

1995

 

1996

 

Raef LaFrentz

1995

 

1996

 

C. B. McGrath

1995

HM

1996

2nd team

Ryan Robertson

1996

2nd team

T. J. Pugh

1996

2nd team

Specialty Awards

Player

Team

Season

Notes

Tus Ackerman

All-Western Team

1924

 

All-Western Team

1925

 

Ben Davis

Freshmen All-America

1992

2nd tm (Basketball Times), 7th tm (Basketball Weekly)

All-Big 8 Freshmen

1992

 

Alonzo Jamison

All-District V

1992

(USBWA)

NABC All-Star game

1992

 

All-Big 8 Defense

1992

 

Adonis Jordan

All-District V

1992

(USBWA)

All-Midwest

1992

(Basketball Times)

All-BMA Classic

1992

 

All-District XII

1993

(NABC)

All-Golden Harvest Classic

1993

 

Eric Pauley

All-JUCO Transfer tm

1992

2nd tm (Basketball Weekly)

All-Big 8 Newcomer tm

1992

 

All-Rainbow Classic

1993

 

Big 8 Player-of-the-week

1993

Jan. 11

Richard Scott

All-Big 8 Tournament

1992

 

All-BMA Classic

1992

 

Big 8 All-Underrated

1993

 

All-Golden Harvest Classic

1993

 

Big Player-of-the-Week

1994

Nov. 30

MVP

1994

pre-season NIT

Rex Walters

College Transfer-of-the-Year

1992

(Basketball Weekly)

All-District V

1992

(USBWA)

All-Big 8 Tournament

1992

 

MVP, BMA Classic

1992

 

All-District XII

1993

(NABC)

Big 8 Player-of-the-Week

1993

Jan. 18, Mar. 9

Darrin Hancock

Big 8 All-Newcomer tm

1993

 

Greg Ostertag

Big 8 All-Bench tm

1993

 

Big 8 All-Improved tm

1994

 

All-District XII

1995

2nd tm (NABC)

Big 8 All-Defensive tm

1995

 

Patrick Richey

Big 8 All-Bench tm

1993

 

Steve Woodberry

Big 8 All-Defensive tm

1993

 

Big 8 All-Bench tm

1993

 

Big 8 All-Underrated

1993

 

MVP, Golden Harvest Classic

1993

 

All-District XII

1994

(NABC)

Big 8 All-Defensive tm

1994

 

Big 8 Player-of-the-Week

1994

 

Sean Pearson

Big 8 All-Bench tm

1994

 

Big 8 All-Improved tm

1995

 

Scot Pollard

Big 8 All-Freshmen tm

1994

 

Big 8 All-Bench tm

1995

(USBWA)

Big 8 All-Underrated

1995

(USBWA)

CBS Player-of-the-Game

1995

vs. Western Kentucky

Jacque Vaughn

Big 8 All-Freshmen tm

1994

 

All-Tournament tm

1994

pre-season NIT

All-District

1995

(USBWA & NABC)

Wooden Award candidate

1995

 

Jerod Haase

All-District V

1995

(USBWA)

Raef LaFrentz

All-America Freshmen tm

1995

2nd tm (Basketball Weekly)

Wooden Award candidate

1996

 

Billy Thomas

Big 8 All-Freshmen tm

1995

 

CBS Player-of-the-Game

1995

vs. Colgate

B. J. Williams

CBS Player-of-the-Game

1995

vs. Indiana

Conference Newcomer-of-the-Year

Big 8

Player

Season

Notes

Vernon Vanoy

1967

 

John Douglas

1977

 

Darnell Valentine

1978

 

Danny Manning

1985

 

Rick Calloway

1990

co-winner

Rex Walters

1992

 

Jacque Vaughn

1994

 

Jerod Haase

1995

 

Conference Freshman-of-the-Year
(began in 1994)

Big 8

Player

Season

Notes

Raef LaFrentz

1995

 

Paul Pierce

1996

(Coaches)

NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player

Player

Season

Pts

Rebs

Clyde Lovellette

1952

35.3

 

B. H. Born

1953

20.0

 

Wilt Chamberlain

1957

30.3

15.5

Danny Manning

1988

27.2

9.3

NCAA All-Tournament

Player

Season

Pts

Rebs

Notes

Howard Engleman

1940

 

 

All-Tournament

Bob Allen

1940

 

 

All-Tournament

Clyde Lovellette

1952

35.3

 

All-Tourn., All-Region., FF-MVP

Dean Kelley

1952

7.8

 

All-Tourn., All-Region.

1953

12.8

 

All-Tourn., All-Region.

B. H. Born

1953

20.0

 

All-Tourn., All-Region., FF-MVP

Gil Reich

1953

10.0

 

All-Regional

Wilt Chamberlain

1957

30.3

15.5

All-Tourn., All-Region.

Maurice King

1957

10.3

 

All-Regional

Dave Robisch

1971

24.0

 

All-Regional

Bud Stallworth

1971

15.0

 

All-Regional

Roger Morningstar

1974

11.8

 

All-Regional

Danny Knight

1974

8.3

 

All-Regional

Calvin Thompson

1986

15.2

4.6

All-Regional

Danny Manning

1986

14.4

4.8

All-Regional

1987

25.7

7.7

All-Regional

1988

27.2

9.3

All-Tourn., All-Region., FF-MVP

Milt Newton

1988

14.8

7.0

All-Tourn., All-Region.

Kevin Pritchard

1988

10.3

4.3 assists

All-Regional

Mark Randall

1991

11.3

7.3

All-Tournament

Alonzo Jamison

1991

11.5

7.5

All-Regional, R-MVP

Adonis Jordan

1991

12.8

3.5 assists

All-Regional

Terry Brown

1991

12.8

3.7

All-Regional

NCAA Post-Graduate Award

Player

Season

Notes

Tom Kivisto

1974

 

Ken Koenigs

1978

 

Extra Competition

Player

Team

Season

Notes

Gordon Carpenter (?)

Olympics

1948

7.0 ppg

Charlie Hoag

Olympics

1952

2.9 ppg

Bill Hougland

Olympics

1952

6.0 ppg

1956

5.8 ppg

John Keller

Olympics

1952

1.5 ppg

Dean Kelley

Olympics

1952

0.7 ppg

Pan American Games

1955

6.8 ppg

Bob Kenney

Olympics

1952

10.9 ppg

Pan American Games

1955

12.4 ppg

Bill Lienhard

Olympics

1952

4.0 ppg

Clyde Lovellette

Olympics

1952

14.1 ppg

B. H. Born

World Championships

1954

11.2 ppg

Allen Kelley

World Championships

1954

4.2 ppg

Olympics

1960

0.8 ppg

Jo Jo White

Pan American Games

1967

13.9 ppg

World University Games

1967

 

Olympics

1968

11.7 ppg

Dave Robisch

World University Games

1970

 

Norm Cook

Pan American Games

1975

10.8 ppg, 2.8 rpg

Darnell Valentine

Olympics

1980

5.7 ppg; 2.3 stls (exhib)

Greg Dreiling

US Olympic Festival

1981

 

US Olympic Festival

1982

 

World University Games

1985

 

Kerry Boagni

Junior World Championships

1983

 

US Olympic Festival

1983

All-Festival team

Ron Kellogg

World University Games

1985

 

Danny Manning

US Olympic Festival

1985

 

Pan American Games

1987

14.6 ppg, 5.9 rpg, 2.6 apg

Olympics

1988

11.4 ppg; 6.0 rpg

Kevin Pritchard

US Olympic Festival

1986

 

Junior World Championships

1987

 

Mark Randall

US Olympic Festival

1986

 

World University Games

1989

 

World Championships

1990

5.0 ppg, 3.9 rpg

Mike Maddox

US Olympic Festival

1987

 

Lincoln Minor

US Olympic Festival

1987

 

Adonis Jordan

US Olympic Festival

1989

 

World University Games

1991

 

Richard Scott

US Olympic Festival

1991

 

World University Games

1993

 

Jerod Haase

US Olympic Festival

1993

 

World University Games

1995

 

Scot Pollard

US Olympic Festival

1993

 

Jacque Vaughn

US Olympic Festival

1993

MVP, All-Festival team

Steve Woodberry

USA Under-22 Championships

1993

8.1 ppg, 2.8 rpg, 3.8 apg

Raef LaFrentz

US Olympic Festival

1994

 

Paul Pierce

US Olympic Festival

1995

9.5 ppg, 3.8 rpg, 2.0 apg

USA Under-22 Championships

1996

9.4 ppg, 4.4 rpg

Billy Thomas

US Olympic Festival

1995

8.5 ppg, 2.8 rpg, 2.0 apg