The Harrison H. Kennedy Award, often known simply as the Kennedy Award, is a high school sports award named for the late Wheeling, West Virginia native Harry H. Kennedy. It is given annually to the West Virginia High School Football Player of the Year as voted on by the West Virginia Sports Writers Association. It is awarded every spring at the annual Victory Awards Dinner. It is the second oldest statewide award, second only to the Hardman Award, which is presented to the Amateur Athlete of the Year.[1]

Winners

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YearWinnerClassSchoolPosition
1947Darrell Patrick ShiresJr.HintonRB
1948Randy BroylesSr.Woodrow WilsonRB
1949Henry (Hoppy) ShoresSr.Stonewall JacksonRB-DB
1950Jim EarlySr.ParkersburgRB
1951Dale BoydSr.Huntington VinsonQB
1952Don GriffithSr.Stonewall JacksonQB
1953Bob BarrettSr.BarboursvilleRB
1954Noel WhipkeySr.CharlestonRB-LB
1955Ronald (Tags) MeredithSr.St. AlbansQB
1956Johnny FryeSr.Huntington EastQB
1957Jim BargelohSr.ParkersburgRB
1958Larry DrakeSr.Fairmont SeniorRB
1959Fred ColvardSr.LoganQB
1960Bob KelleySr.WeirRB-DB
1961Paul AllenSr.HuntingtonRB
1962Joe WhiteSr.Charleston CatholicRB
1963Jim SmithbergerSr.WelchDB-RB
1964Frank CrinitiSr.Charleston CatholicRB
1965Melvin WalkerSr.DunbarQB
1966No Award
1967No Award
1968David MorrisSr.WayneDB-RB
1969Kerry MarburySr.MonongahRB-DB
1970Rick HurtSr.CharlestonQB
1971Rick PettySr.WilliamstownRB-DB
1972Danny WilliamsJr.DuPontQB
1973Danny WilliamsSr.DuPontQB
1974Robin LyonsSr.Herbert HooverRB-LB
1975Robert AlexanderJr.South CharlestonRB
1976Robert AlexanderSr.South CharlestonRB
1977Mike EstesSr.George WashingtonQB
1978Curt WarnerSr.PinevilleRB-DB
1979Tim StephensSr.Parkersburg SouthQB
1980David BayerSr.George WashingtonRB
1981John KoontzSr.PetersburgRB-DB
1982Brad KingSr.North MarionRB
1983Tony JohnsonSr.MorgantownRB
1984Joel WilsonSr.SistersvilleRB-LB
1985Ted KesterSr.WinfieldLB-RB
1986Jeff SwisherSr.SistersvilleRB
1987Jed DrenningSr.Tucker CountyQB
1988Keith JeterSr.WeirRB-DB
1989David MayfieldSr.MorgantownDB-RB
1990Eric McGheeSr.Wheeling CentralRB-DB
1991Darryl JohnsonSr.Wheeling ParkRB
1992Mark CisarJr.MagnoliaQB-DB
1993Mark CisarSr.MagnoliaQB-DB
1994Randy MossSr.DuPontWR-DB
1995Frank AlivetoSr.HedgesvilleRB-LB
1996J. R. HouseSoph.NitroQB
1997Chris YuraJr.MorgantownRB-DB
1998 (tie)J. R. HouseSr.NitroQB
1998 (tie)Quincy WilsonSr.WeirRB-DB
1999Todd MosbySr.MusselmanQB-LB-DB
2000Mark WigalSr.MorgantownRB-DB
2001Marc KimesSr.ParkersburgQB-DB
2002Brandon BarrettJr.MartinsburgWR-DB
2003Brandon BarrettSr.MartinsburgWR-DB
2004Nate SowersSr.MartinsburgQB-DB
2005Josh CulbertsonSr.NitroRB-DB
2006Kyle AllardSr.Fairmont SeniorQB
2007Jordan RobertsSr.ScottRB
2008Will ColeSr.BluefieldQB
2009Tyler HarrisJr.South CharlestonQB-LB
2010Justin FoxSr.MagnoliaQB-DB
2011Ryan SwitzerJr.George WashingtonRB-DB
2012Ryan SwitzerSr.George WashingtonRB-DB
2013Chazzy ThomasSr.MorgantownRB
2014Kashuan HaleySr.CapitalRB
2015Tyrhee PrattSr.CapitalQB
2016Jeremy DillonJr.Mingo CentralQB-S
2017Latrell “Mookie” CollierSr.BluefieldRB-DB
2018Connor NealSr.Fairmont SeniorQB
2019Ethan PayneJr.PocaRB
2020Blake HartmanSr.MusselmanRB
2021Atticus GoodsonSr.IndependenceRB
2022Judah Price[3]Sr.IndependenceRB

Awards won by school

This is a list of the schools who have had a player win a Kennedy Award once or more. In total, players from 43 different schools have won a Kennedy Award.

School Awards
won
Morgantown 5
George Washington 4
Dupont 3
Magnolia 3
Martinsburg 3
Nitro 3
Parkersburg 3
South Charleston 3
Weir 3
Fairmont Senior 3
Charleston 2
Charleston Catholic 2
Bluefield 2
Musselman 2
Sistersville 2
Stonewall Jackson 2
Capital 2
Independence 2
Barboursville 1
Parkersburg South 1
Dunbar 1
Hedgesville 1
Herbert Hoover 1
Hinton 1
Huntington 1
Huntington East 1
Huntington Vinson 1
Logan 1
Monongah 1
Mingo Central 1
North Marion 1
Petersburg 1
Pineville 1
Poca 1
Scott 1
St. Albans 1
Tucker County 1
Wayne 1
Welch 1
Wheeling Central 1
Wheeling Park 1
Williamstown 1
Winfield 1
Woodrow Wilson 1

References

  1. Wheeling News-Register. November 24, 2007, Kennedy Award is Full of Quality Candidates
  2. "Past Winners". Retrieved May 15, 2022.
  3. "Independence's Judah Price named 2022 Kennedy Award winner". wvnstv.com. December 26, 2022. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
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