(Top West Virginia high school football lineman)
The Stydahar Award, known as the Ken Hunt Award until 2015, is named for former Shinnston High, WVU, and Chicago Bears lineman and Los Angeles Rams and Chicago Cardinals coach Joe Stydahar, the first West Virginia native drafted to the NFL (sixth overall in 1936) when selected by George Halas’s Bears. The recipient is chosen by the WVSWA and the award is given to the state’s top lineman.
2023 – Rashad Reid, Martinsburg
2022 – Kamar Summers, Bridgeport
2021 – Eric Smith, Fairmont Senior
2020 – Wyatt Milum, Spring Valley
2019 – Zach Frazier, Fairmont Senior
2018 – Doug Nester, Spring Valley
2017 – Darnell Wright, Huntington
2016 – Riley Locklear, Spring Valley
2015 – Reese Donahue, Cabell Midland
2014 – Jeremy Stacy, Spring Valley
2013 – James Walton, Capital
2012 – Eugene German, Martinsburg
2011 – Garrett Stanley, Bridgeport
2010 – Chad Small, Ravenswood
2009 – Blake Brooks, South Charleston
2008 – Rodney Hudson, George Washington
2007 – Josh Jenkins, Parkersburg
2006 – Josh Jenkins, jr., Parkersburg
2005 – Adam Brandt, Morgantown
2004 – James Burkes, Capital
2003 – Doug Legursky, Woodrow Wilson
2002 – Nate Howard, Spring Valley
2001 – Steve Roach, Martinsburg
2000 – Josh Stewart, University
1999 – Justin Williams, Moorefield
1998 – Luke Salmons, Ravenswood
1997 – Jason Rader, jr., St. Albans
1996 – Jimmy Parker, Mount Hope
1995 – Richard Allara, Matewan
1994 – Jason Starkey, Cabell Midland
1993 – Mark Workman, Marsh Fork
1992 – Chad Wable, Fairmont Senior
1991 – Steve Vaughan, Greenbrier West
1990 – Joel Chapman, Capital
1989 – Todd Robinson, Capital
1988 – Brian Stolarik, Magnolia
1987 – Kevin Warner, Tyler County
1986 – Mark Moore, Stonewall Jackson
1985 – Larry Cook, Oceana
1984 – Mike Dunlap, Poca
1983 – Rick Phillips, Parkersburg
1982 – Brad Hunt, Ripley
1981 – Brian Swisher, Sistersville
1980 – Jeff Woofter, Oak Glen
1979 – Bill Legg, Poca
1978 – Denny Ballard, DuPont
1977 – Larry Phillips, Parkersburg
1976 – Dave Phillips, Parkersburg
1975 – John Leon, Brooke
1974 – Dave Winans, Parkersburg
1973 – Mike McKibben, Lewis County
1972 – Barry Myers, Bridgeport
1971 – Ron McCartney, Stonewall Jackson
1970 – Jerry Pruett, Bluefield
1969 – Rick Katzeff, Charleston
1968 – Sidney Green, Matewan
1967 – Barry Louden, Parkersburg
1966 – Dickie Roberts, Welch
1965 – Dave Lucas, Ceredo-Kenova
1964 – Joe Pendry, Oceana
1963 – Richie Rodes, Hinton
1962 – Gary Virden, Parkersburg
1961 – John McNabb, Charleston
1960 – Buster Kizer, Mount Hope
1959 – Charles “Bunky” Brooks, Bluefield