# Howell Trophy

The Howell Trophy or Cellular South Howell Trophy or C Spire Howell Trophy is an award given annually to the best men's college basketball player in the state of Mississippi by the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame. It is open to players from all four-year colleges in Mississippi. It has only been won by a non-Division I player once. The trophy is named after former Mississippi State star Bailey Howell.

## Winners and finalists

| Year | Winner | Pos | School | Other finalists |
| 2004–05 | Lawrence Roberts | PF | Mississippi State | Tommie Eddie, PF, Ole Miss Shane Power, SF, Mississippi State |
| 2005–06 | Jasper Johnson | C | Delta State | Trey Johnson, SG, Jackson State Charles Rhodes, PF, Mississippi State |
| 2006–07 | Trey Johnson | SG | Jackson State | Todd Abernethy, PG, Ole Miss Jamont Gordon, PG, Mississippi State |
| 2007–08 | Jamont Gordon | PG | Mississippi State | Dwayne Curtis, PF, Ole Miss Charles Rhodes, PF, Mississippi State |
| 2008–09 | Jarvis Varnado | PF/C | Mississippi State | David Huertas, SG, Ole Miss Terrico White, SG, Ole Miss |
| 2009–10 | Jarvis Varnado (2) | PF/C | Mississippi State | Garrison Johnson, SG, Jackson State Chris Warren, PG, Ole Miss |
| 2010–11 | Gary Flowers | PF | Southern Miss | Dee Bost, PG, Mississippi State Chris Warren (2), PG, Ole Miss |
| 2011–12 | Arnett Moultrie | PF | Mississippi State | Dee Bost (2), PG, Mississippi State Neil Watson, PG, Southern Miss |
| 2012–13 | Marshall Henderson | SG | Ole Miss | Dwayne Davis, SF, Southern Miss Murphy Holloway, PF, Ole Miss |
| 2013–14 | Jarvis Summers | PG | Ole Miss | Marshall Henderson, SG, Ole Miss Neil Watson (2), PG, Southern Miss |
| 2014–15 | Stefan Moody | SG | Ole Miss | Chip Armelin, SG, Southern Miss Devin Schmidt, PG, Delta State |
| 2015–16 | Stefan Moody (2) | SG | Ole Miss | Gavin Ware, PF, Mississippi State Quinndary Weatherspoon, SG, Mississippi State |
| 2016–17 | Sebastián Saiz | PF | Ole Miss | Devin Schmidt (2), SG, Delta State Quinndary Weatherspoon (2), SG, Mississippi State |
| 2017–18 | Quinndary Weatherspoon | PF | Mississippi State | Cortez Edwards, SG, Southern Miss Nick Weatherspoon, PG, Mississippi State |
| 2018–19 | Quinndary Weatherspoon (2) | PF | Mississippi State | Cortez Edwards (2), SG, Southern Miss Breein Tyree, PG, Ole Miss |
| 2019–20 | Reggie Perry | SF | Mississippi State | Ledarius Woods, SF, Tougaloo College Breein Tyree (2), PG, Ole Miss |
| 2020–21 | Devontae Shuler | SG | Ole Miss | Tristan Jarrett, SG, Jackson State D. J. Stewart Jr., SG, Mississippi State |
| 2021–22 | Iverson Molinar | SG | Mississippi State | Tyler Stevenson, PF, Southern Miss Jarkel Joiner, PG, Ole Miss |
| 2022–23 | Tolu Smith | PF | Mississippi State | Austin Crowley, SG, Southern Miss Matthew Murrell, SG, Ole Miss |
| 2023–24 | Josh Hubbard | PG | Mississippi State | Austin Crowley (2), SG, Southern Miss Matthew Murrell (2), SG, Ole Miss |

## Trophies won by school

| Rank | School | Winners | Other finalists |
| 1 | Mississippi State | 11 | 11 |
| 2 | Ole Miss | 6 | 14 |
| 3 | Southern Miss | 1 | 9 |
| 4 | Jackson State | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Delta State | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Tougaloo College | 0 | 1 |
| T–7 | All other schools | 0 | 0 |