The award is named after Bob Cousy (left).
The Bob Cousy Award presented by The Hartford (or Bob Cousy Collegiate Point Guard of the Year Award)[1] is an annual basketball award given by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame to the top men's collegiate point guard. It is named after six-time National Basketball Association (NBA) champion Bob Cousy, who played point guard for the Boston Celtics from 1951 to 1963. Cousy won 6 championships with the Celtics.[2] Annually, a list of player is nominated by college head coaches, members of College Sports Information Directors of America (COSIDA) and members of the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC). A screening committee of COSIDA members reviews the nominations and selects 16 players from each division (12 from National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I and 2 from Division II and III). A selection committee appointed by the Hall then selects the winner. This 30-member committee is composed of Hall of Famers, head coaches, sports information directors, the media and Cousy himself.[1][3]
Since its inception in 2004, the award has been awarded to six players. The first winner is Jameer Nelson from the Saint Joseph's University. The most recent winner is Ty Lawson from the University of North Carolina.[4]
[edit] Winners
Texas' D. J. Augustin is the only sophomore to ever win.
[edit] Winners by school
[edit] See also
- Nancy Lieberman Award – the counterpart to the Bob Cousy Award; given to the nation's top NCAA female point guard
[edit] References
- General
- Specific
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