Conference USA Men's Basketball Player of the Year

The Conference USA Men's Basketball Player of the Year is a basketball award given to Conference USA's (C-USA) most outstanding player. The award was first given following C-USA's inaugural 1995–96 season. Two players have received the award multiple times: Danny Fortson (1996, 1997) and Steve Logan (2001, 2002). Coincidentally, both players attended the University of Cincinnati. Another Bearcat, Kenyon Martin, won the C-USA Player of the Year award the same season he was selected as the consensus National Player of the Year (2000).

Conference USA Men's Basketball Player of the Year
Given forthe most outstanding basketball player in Conference USA
CountryUnited States
History
First award1996
Most recentJavion Hamlet, North Texas

Cincinnati and Memphis have the most awards, with five each; Memphis has the most individual winners, with all of its awards having been won by different players. However, neither school is currently a member of the conference. Due to C-USA having lost many members in both the 2005 and early-2010s conference realignment cycles, only six of its current 14 members have had a winner. The three current C-USA members with more than one winner are Charlotte, Louisiana Tech, and Middle Tennessee.

Key

Quentin Richardson is the only freshman to ever win the C-USA Player of the Year award.
NBA star Dwyane Wade rose to national prominence during his junior season in which he won the award.
Like Wade, Chris Douglas-Roberts won the award as a junior (2008).
Co-Players of the Year
* Awarded a national Player of the Year award:
Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year (1904–05 to 1978–79)
UPI College Basketball Player of the Year (1954–55 to 1995–96)
Naismith College Player of the Year (1968–69 to present)
John R. Wooden Award (1976–77 to present)
Player (X) Denotes the number of times the player has been awarded the Conference USA Player of the Year award at that point

Winners

Season Player School Position Class Reference
1995–96 Danny Fortson Cincinnati PF Sophomore
1996–97 Danny Fortson (2) Cincinnati PF Junior
1997–98 DeMarco Johnson Charlotte F Senior
1998–99 Quentin Richardson DePaul SG/SF Freshman
1999–00 Kenyon Martin* Cincinnati PF Senior
2000–01 Steve Logan Cincinnati PG Junior
2001–02 Steve Logan (2) Cincinnati PG Senior
2002–03 Dwyane Wade Marquette SG Junior
2003–04 Antonio Burks Memphis PG Senior
2004–05 Eddie Basden Charlotte SG/SF Senior
2005–06 Rodney Carney Memphis SF Senior
2006–07 Morris Almond Rice G Senior
2007–08 Chris Douglas-Roberts Memphis SG Junior
2008–09 Jermaine Taylor UCF G Senior
2009–10 Randy Culpepper UTEP G Junior
2010–11 Aaron Johnson UAB PG Senior
2011–12 Will Barton Memphis SG Sophomore
2012–13 Joe Jackson Memphis PG Junior
2013–14 Shawn Jones Middle Tennessee PF Senior
2014–15 Speedy Smith Louisiana Tech PG Senior
2015–16 Alex Hamilton Louisiana Tech SG Senior
2016–17 JaCorey Williams Middle Tennessee PF Senior
2017–18 Nick King Middle Tennessee PF Senior
2018–19 B. J. Stith Old Dominion SG Senior
2019–20 Javion Hamlet North Texas PG Junior

Winners by school

School (year joined) Winners Years
Cincinnati (1995)[a 1] 5 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002
Memphis (1995)[a 2] 5 2004, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2013
Middle Tennessee (2013) 3 2014, 2017, 2018
Charlotte (1995/2013)[a 1][a 3] 2 1998, 2005
Louisiana Tech (2013) 2 2015, 2016
DePaul (1995)[a 1] 1 1999
Marquette (1995)[a 1] 1 2003
North Texas (2013) 1 2020
Old Dominion (2013) 1 2019
Rice (2005) 1 2007
UAB (1995) 1 2011
UCF (2005)[a 2] 1 2009
UTEP (2005) 1 2010
East Carolina (2001)[a 4] 0
FIU (2013) 0
Florida Atlantic (2013) 0
Houston (1996)[a 2][a 5] 0
Marshall (2005) 0
SMU (2005)[a 2] 0
Southern Mississippi (1995) 0
Tulane (1995)[a 4] 0
Tulsa (2005)[a 4] 0
UTSA (2013) 0
Western Kentucky (2014) 0
  1. Charlotte, Cincinnati, DePaul and Marquette were founding members of C-USA in 1995, but all joined other conferences in 2005. Charlotte left for the Atlantic 10 Conference while the other three left for the Big East Conference. Following the 2013 split of the Big East into a non-football Big East and the football-sponsoring American Athletic Conference (The American), Cincinnati is in The American while DePaul and Marquette are in the new Big East.
  2. Houston, Memphis, SMU and UCF joined The American in 2013.
  3. Charlotte rejoined C-USA in 2013.
  4. East Carolina, Tulane, and Tulsa joined The American in 2014.
  5. The University of Houston was a founding member in 1995, but did not begin competing until 1996 because of its commitments to the final year of competition of the Southwest Conference.

References

  • "Conference USA Men's Basketball History and Records" (pdf). Conference USA. p. 18. Retrieved 6 September 2009..
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