J.D. Davis Award

The J.D. Davis Award was established in 1979 by the Maryville College athletics staff and presented to the senior student-athletes of the year. It is an annual award given in memory of the long-time coach and physical education director.

In the late 1920s, J.D. Davis was a superior athlete on the Maryville College campus. He excelled in three sports — football, basketball, and baseball — and received 12 letters and numerous honors for his achievements. After a short stint in professional baseball, Davis returned to his alma mater and began his dedicated service as a coach and teacher.

Davis positively influenced the lives of hundreds of young people on the Maryville College campus. He coached football, wrestling, and track and field, and served as the physical education department chair. Davis retired in 1971 after 40 years of service.

The J.D. Davis Award seeks to honor male and female senior student-athletes who exhibit leadership, athletic ability, Christian values, and academic achievement — all characteristics for which J.D. Davis is remembered.

 

2025 Caelin Cole Soccer

2025 Tyler Bost Football

2024 Sara Koonce Softball	2024 Daryl Rice Basketball
2023 Meredith Bonee Volleyball	2023 Myles Rasnick Basketball
2022 Bailey Sipos Soccer	2022 Nelson Smith Baseball Football
2021 Kelley Wandell Basketball Volleyball	2021 JaCorey Jackson Football
2020 Shannon Reagan Soccer	2020 Chris Fernandez Soccer
2019 Alexus Murray Softball	2019 Donte Hoppa Basketball
2018 Lauren Biliter Basketball	2018 Evan Ezell Baseball
2017 Julia Vineyard Volleyball	2017 Nick Myers Football
2016 Mackenzie Puckett Basketball	2016 Evan Pittenger Football
	2016 Spencer Shoffner Basketball
2015 Alex Bond Basketball	2015 Payne Fisher Soccer
2014 Taylor Emerson Soccer	2014 Travis Felder Football
2013 Janell Menard Basketball	2013 Wesley Lambert Basketball
2012 Kristin Findley Volleyball	2012 Donald Rucker Basketball
2011 Jessica Petersen Soccer	2011 Eryk Watson Basketball
2010 Lindsy Little Softball Volleyball	2010 Kyle Chewning Football
2009 Katie Beckham Softball	2009 Ben Peters Baseball
	2009 Andrew Shumate Basketball
2008 Rachel Rushworth Soccer	2008 Andrew Crawford Volleyball
2007 Angie Castle Softball	2007 Adam Rosen Baseball
2006 Heather Mathis Soccer	2006 Jed West Baseball
2005 Karen Tobias Volleyball	2005 Sidney Ellis Basketball
2004 Hayley Smith Basketball	2004 Mikey Rickman Tennis
2003 Marquita Porter Basketball Soccer	2003 Josh Tummel Basketball
2002 Kasey Ellen Volleyball	2002 Peter Rosenblad Soccer
2001 Angel Daniel Volleyball	2001 Hayley Smith Basketball
2001 Leah Ford Volleyball	2001 John Carmack Soccer
2001 Mandy Franklin Soccer
2000 Crissy Wieck Soccer	2000 Alan Archbold Baseball
2000 Elizabeth Hewitt Basketball	2000 Chris Housewright Basketball
2000 Whitney Black Volleyball	2000 Kevin Hedrick Football
1999 Jennifer Windrow Soccer	1999 Lee Simmons Football
1999 Leslie Roberson Basketball
1998 Meghan Casey Soccer Basketball	1998 Daniel Bechman Football
1997 Jennifer Buck Basketball	1997 Adam Ray Football
1996 Jamie Parrott Basketball	1996 Doug Parris Baseball
1995 Lara Sibold Soccer	1995 John Roszell Baseball
1994 Leah Onks Basketball	1994 Eric Booth Football
1993 Molly Hewa Soccer	1993 Thomas Stephens Football
1992 Lisa Locke Basketball	1992 Tim Lawrence Basketball
1991 Kathy North Athletic Training	1991 Jay Malone Football
1990 Jan Tomlin Cheerleading	1990 Mark Humphries Football
1989 Rose Ballard Basketball	1989 Hank Snyder Football Baseball
1988 Lisa H. Lingenfelter Volleyball	1988 Jason Harbison Football Baseball
1987 Sherrie Farmer Volleyball Softball	1987 Mike Human Football Baseball
1987 Nandy Koehl Basketball Softball
1986 Denise Penzkofer Volleyball Basketball Softball	1986 Raymond Burnett Basketball
1985 Kandis Schram Volleyball Softball	1985 Tyrone Matthews Basketball
	1985 Shannon O'Brien Football
1984 Nickie Frazier Softball
	1983 Andrew Baker Basketball
	1982 Dave Evans Football
	1981 Richard Suttle Basketball
1980 Bobbie Joe Sallade Volleyball Basketball Tennis	1980 Tony Ierulli Football Baseball
	1979 Wayne Emme Basketball