Missouri State

The Virgil Cheek Award is bestowed annually to the graduating male student-athlete best demonstrating high qualities in scholarship, character, attendance, leadership and athletic performance. The award has been presented since 1955 and is named in honor of the long-time Missouri State University faculty athletics representative and business faculty member.
 
Voting is conducted by Missouri State's six men's intercollegiate athletics head coaches.

Virgil Cheek Award Recipients
    1955 Jerry Anderson, basketball, track
    1956 Ron Whitaker, football
    1957 George Simpson, track
    1958 Max Oldham, basketball
    1959 Russ Robinson, basketball
    1960 Charlie Finley, football, track
    1961 Jerry Stockard, basketball
    1962 Carl Wilks, basketball
    1963 Edsel Matthews, basketball
    1964 Rich Johanningmeier, football
    1965 Jerry Boyer, football
    1966 Dan Young, football
    1967 Bill Douglass, football, track
    1968 Dennis Scott, football
    1969 Danny Cook, baseball
    1970 Bill Lamberson, track
    1971 Chuck Williams, basketball
    1972 Bob Curl, basketball, track
    1973 Eric Thompson, basketball
    1974 Randy Magers, basketball, baseball
    1975 Bob Grana, football
    1976 Kent Stringer, football
    1977 John Prasuhn, track, cross country
    1978 Terry Kasper, football, baseball
    1979 Ron Snider, baseball
    1980 Mitch Ware, football
    1981 Bobby Biser, golf
    1982 Mark Daniels, football
    1983 Darrin Newbold, football
    1984 Anthony Boggs, basketball
    1985 Brian Smith, basketball
    1986 Phil Schlegel, basketball
    1987 Scott Hickox, basketball
    1988 Preston Estes, football
    1989 Scott Hartwig, football
    1990 Chris Stange, basketball
    1991 Jeff Eiserman, golf
    1992 Tim McDuffey, football
    1993 Chad Lakin, baseball
    1994 Jim Prendergast, wrestling
    1995 Chad Gardner, cross country, track
    1996 Dan Kneeshaw, football, baseball
    1997 Brad Barnes, soccer
    1998 Neal McNamara, tennis
    1999 Derek Jensen, football
    2000 Brad St. Louis, football
    2001 Matt White, football
    2002 Jason Ringena, football
    2003 Blake Boldon, cross country, track
    2004 Rishi Garbharran, tennis
    2005 Brad Durham, football
    2006 Nathan Platz, soccer
    2007 Mike Radon, football
    2008 David Tillman, football
    2009 Chris Playter, baseball
    2010 Justin Fuehrmeyer, basketball
    2011 David Arkin, football
    2012 Heath Melugin, soccer
    2013 Daily Young, golf
    2014 Trevor Spangenberg, soccer
    2015 Caleb Schaffitzel, football
    2016 Sam Perez, baseball
    2017 Dylan Cole, football
    2018 Christopher Heye, swimming & diving
    2019 Kyle Hiebert, soccer
    2020 Matthew Bentley, soccer
    2021 Michael Creek, soccer
    2022 Gaige Prim, basketball
    2023 Pawel Krawczyk, swimming & diving
    2024 Grant Burkett, football & Max Kreikemeier, golf 
    2025 Jesus Barea, soccer