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C.M. Hendricks Most Valuable Player Trophy
A smaller version of the championship trophy is presented to the individual winner of the C. M. Hendricks Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award. The trophy is named in honor of the first president of the Sun Bowl Association. Following is a list of past MVPs:
| YEAR | PLAYER, SCHOOL | POS |
| 1954 | Dick Shinaut, UTEP | QB |
| 1955 | Jesse Whittenton, UTEP | QB |
| 1956 | Jim Crawford, Wyoming | HB |
| 1957 | Claude Austin, GWU | FB |
| 1958 | Ken Porco, Louisville | RB |
| 1958 | Leonard Kucewski, Wyoming | G |
| 1959 | Charley Johnson, NMSU | QB |
| 1960 | Charley Johnson, NMSU | QB |
| 1961 | Billy Joe, Villanova | FB |
| 1962 | Jerry Logan, West Texas State | HB |
| 1963 | Bob Perry, Oregon | QB |
| 1964 | Preston Ridlehuber, Georgia | QB |
| 1965 | Billy Stevens, UTEP | QB |
| 1966 | Jim Kiick, Wyoming | TB |
| 1967 | Billy Stevens, UTEP | QB |
| 1968 | Buddy McClintock, Auburn | DB |
| 1969 | Paul Rogers, Nebraska | HB |
| 1970 | Rock Perdoni, Georgia Tech | DT |
| 1971 | Bert Jones, LSU | QB |
| 1972 | George Smith, Texas Tech | HB |
| 1973 | Ray Bybee, Missouri | FB |
| 1974 | Terry Vitrano, Mississippi State | FB |
| 1975 | Robert Heygood, Pittsburgh | QB |
| 1977 | Tony Franklin, Texas A&M | PK |
| 1977 | Charles Alexander, LSU | TB |
| 1978 | Johnny Jones, Texas | LB |
| 1979 | Paul Skansi, Washington | FL |
| 1980 | Jeff Quinn, Nebraska | QB |
| 1981 | Darrell Shepard, Oklahoma | QB |
| 1982 | Ethan Horton, North Carolina | TB |
| 1983 | Walter Lewis, Alabama | QB |
| 1984 | Rick Badanjek, Maryland | FB |
| 1985 | Max Zendejas, Arizona | PK |
| 1986 | Cornelius Bennett, Alabama | DE |
| 1987 | Thurman Thomas, Oklahoma State | RB |
| 1988 | David Smith, Alabama | QB |
| 1989 | Alex Van Pelt, Pittsburgh | QB |
| 1990 | Courtney Hawkins, Michigan State | WR |
| 1991 | Arnold Ale, UCLA | LB |
| 1992 | Melvin Bonner, Baylor | WR |
| 1993 | Cal Gundy, Oklahoma | QB |
| 1994 | Priest Holmes, Texas | RB |
| 1995 | Sedrick Shaw, Iowa | RB |
| 1996 | Chad Hutchinson, Stanford | QB |
| 1997 | Michael Martin, Arizona State | TB |
| 1998 | Basil Mitchell, TCU | TB |
| 1999 | Billy Cockerham, Minnesota | QB |
| 2000 | Freddie Mitchell, UCLA | WR |
| 2001 | Lamont Thompson, Wash. State | FS |
| 2002 | Kyle Orton, Purdue | QB |
| 2003 | Samie Parker, Oregon | WR |
| 2004 | Sam Keller, Arizona State | QB |
| 2005 | Kahlil Bell, UCLA | RB |
| Chris Markey, UCLA | RB | |
| 2006 | Matt Moore, Oregon State | QB |
| 2007 | Jonathan Stewart, Oregon | RB |
| 2008 | Victor Butler, Oregon State | DE |
| 2009 | Ryan Broyles, Oklahoma | WR |
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