The John Young Memorial Award
Buckhannon-Upshur High School
This award, in memory of John Patton Young, is presented each year
to an outstanding senior male athlete.
If you would like to donate to the John Young Memorial Award, please send a check made out to "BUHS Athletics for John Young Award" to
BUHS Athletics, 270 BU Drive, Buckhannon, WV 26201
John Young was an exceptional athlete in football, basketball, and track
at Buckhannon-Upshur High School and
the Class of 1968’s classmate and friend.
On November 14, 1970, the most horrific tragedy in the history of college athletics occurred when the Marshall University Football Team, returning by airplane from an away game with East Carolina, crashed near Huntington, West Virginia. Seventy-five players, coaches, and fans were killed in the crash. Among the deceased was John Young, a 1968 graduate of BUHS. He was a member of the 1966 State Championship football team and a record-holding tight-end.
After John's death, the BUHS Class of 1968 established the "John Young Memorial Award" and created a place in the trophy case at the high school in John's memory.
Past Recipients of the Award:
1970’s 1971 – Richard Snyder 1972 – G. O. Young 1973 – Randall Tenney
1974 – Jeffrey Hefner 1975 - Dale Zopp 1976 – Mickey Tenney 1977 – Jeffrey Godwin
1978 – Darrell Cable 1979 - Brian Hinkle
1980’s 1980 – Scott R. McDaniels 1981- John Poundstone 1982 – Brad Westfall
1983 – Mike Hinkle 1984 - Scott Shaver 1985 – Steve Hamrick 1986 – Tim L. McNemar
1987 – Tom Moore 1988 – Robert Kittle 1989 – Eric Fluke
1990’s 1990 – Bill Smarr 1991 – Dustin Bush 1992 – Doug Dean 1993 – Jay Whitehair
1994 – Scott Hollen 1995 – Melvin Woody 1996 – Robert Akers 1997 – Matt McDaniels
1998 – Fred Trainer, III 1999 – Josh Westfall
2000’s 2000 – Joey Mayle 2001 – John Egress 2002 – Jeremiah McCourt 2003 – James Egress
2004 – Zackery Allman 2005 – Brandon DeMasters 2006 – Keith Branch 2007 – Ryan Godwin
2008 – Will Squires 2009 – Franklin “Linn” Baxa
2010’s 2010 – Chase Long 2011 – Adam Brumley 2012 – Matt Loughney
2013 – Dalton Westfall 2014 – Seth Cutright 2015 – Cole Payne 2016 – Marcus Andrick Lofton
2017 – Cameron Payne 2018 - Taylor Whitehair 2019 - Tyler Cutright
2020's 2020 - Ryan Strader 2021 - Ryan Hurst 2022 - Caden Andrick