Northwest Missouri State’s Trevor Adams was named the Ken B. Jones Award winner on Thursday evening at the MIAA Award Ceremony at the Kansas City Public Library. The Ken B. Jones Award is presented to the conference’s top male and female student-athlete.

The award, which is in its 21st year, is named in honor of the man who served as the MIAA’s first full-time commissioner for 16 years. Jones retired in 1997 and passed away in May 2004. He was inducted into the MIAA Hall of Fame in the inaugural Class of 2010.

Adams was a National Football Foundation (NFF) Scholar Athlete and was the CoSIDA Academic All-American of the Year for football. He set a programrecord and led the nation in 2013 with a 72.5 pass completion percentage. He was the MIAA Offensive Player of the Year and was named an honorable mention All-American by Don Hansen. Adams graduated with a 3.94 GPA in biology/psychology and is currently attending chiropractic school in Dallas, Texas.

He becomes the sixth Ken B. Jones Award winner for Northwest. Past Bearcats to win the award include: Tucker Woolsey (2001-02), Clint Prange (2004-05), Josh Lamberson (2005-06), Myles Burnside (2009-10) and Jake Soy (2010-11).

— Northwest Sports Information —