The Adolph Rupp Trophy

                                                 The Rupp Trophy.

The final judgment should be that the game of basketball would not be where it is today without Coach Rupp.”

 

                                                         Chip Alexander

                                                         Columnist-Raleigh News Observer

                                                                                                       

Previous recipients of the Adolph Rupp Trophy

 

2008 Tyler Hansbrough

2007 Kevin Durant

2006 J.J. Reddick

2005 J.J. Reddick

2004 Jameer Nelson

2003 David West

2002 Jason Williams

2001 Shane Battier

2000 Kenyon Martin

1999 Elton Brand

1998 Antawn Jamison

1997 Tim Duncan

1996 Marcus Camby

1995 Joe Smith

1994 Glenn Robinson

1993 Calbert Cheaney

1992 Christian Laettner

1991 Shaquille O’Neal

1990 Lionel Simmons

1989 Sean Elliot

1988 Hersey Hawkins

1987 David Robinson

1986 Walter Berry

1985 Patrick Ewing

1984 Michael Jordan

1983 Ralph Sampson

1982 Ralph Sampson

1981 Ralph Sampson

1980 Mark Aguirre

1979 Larry Bird

1978 Butch Lee

1977 Marques Johnson

1976 Scott May

1975 David Thompson

1974 Bill Walton

1973 Bill Walton

1972 Bill Walton

 

The ADOLPH F. RUPP TROPHY is presented annually to the NCAA Division Men’s Player of the year.  The ADOLPH F. RUPP AWARD represents the longest running symbol of individual excellence in Men’s College Basketball.  An exact replica of the RUPP TROPHY is on permanent display at the National Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield Massachusetts.