Southland Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

The Southland Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year is a basketball award given to the Southland Conference's most outstanding player. The award was first given following the conference's inaugural basketball season of 1963–64. Five players have won the award two times: Jerry Rook, Larry Jeffries, Andrew Toney, Ryan Stuart and Thomas Walkup. No player has ever won three times.

Southland Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
Given forthe most outstanding basketball player in the Southland Conference
CountryUnited States
History
First award1964
Most recentKevon Harris, Stephen F. Austin

McNeese State has the most all-time winners with eight. Two conference members have never had a winner: Houston Baptist and Incarnate Word. These schools are relatively new to the league, having both joined in 2013. Another school that entered in 2013, Abilene Christian, has one winner from its past tenure in the conference (1963–1973).

Key

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 Southland Player of the Year award at that point

Winners

Bo Lamar won the award in 1972 as a first-team All-American.
Karl Malone won the award in 1983. He later became the NBA's second all-time leading scorer and a Basketball Hall of Fame inductee.
Demond Mallet (right) was McNeese State's seventh winner of the Southland Conference Player of the Year award.
Season Player School Position Class Reference
1963–64 Jerry Rook Arkansas State F Junior
1964–65 Jerry Rook (2) Arkansas State F Senior
1965–66 John Dickson Arkansas State C Senior
1966–67 Larry Jeffries Trinity F Sophomore
1967–68 John Ray Godfrey Abilene Christian G[1] Senior[2]
1968–69 Larry Jeffries (2) Trinity F Senior
1969–70 Kenny Haynes Lamar G Senior
1970–71 Luke Adams Lamar F Senior
1970–71 Allan Pruett Arkansas State G Senior
1971–72 Dwight Lamar Southwestern Louisiana SG Junior
1972–73 Mike Green Louisiana Tech C Senior
1973–74 Steve Brooks Arkansas State C Senior
1974–75 Henry Ray McNeese State F Sophomore
1975–76 Mike McConathy Louisiana Tech SG Junior
1976–77 Dan Henderson Arkansas State C Senior
1977–78 Andrew Toney Southwestern Louisiana G Sophomore
1978–79 David Lawrence McNeese State PF Junior
1979–80 Andrew Toney (2) Southwestern Louisiana G Senior
1980–81 Mike Olliver Lamar PG Senior
1981–82 Albert Culton Texas–Arlington SF Senior
1982–83 Karl Malone Louisiana Tech PF Sophomore
1983–84 Tom Sewell Lamar SG Junior
1984–85 Joe Dumars McNeese State PG/SG Senior
1985–86 Bobby Jenkins Northeast Louisiana F Senior
1986–87 Jerome Batiste McNeese State F Senior
1987–88 Tony Worrell North Texas State F Senior
1988–89 Deon Hunter North Texas PG Senior
1989–90 Anthony Pullard McNeese State C Senior
1990–91 Carlos Funchess[a] Northeast Louisiana PG/SG Senior
1990–91 Anthony Jones Northeast Louisiana F Senior
1991–92 Ryan Stuart Northeast Louisiana SF Junior
1992–93 Ryan Stuart (2) Northeast Louisiana SF Senior
1993–94 Eric Kubel Northwestern State C Senior
1994–95 Reggie Jackson Nicholls State SG Senior
1995–96 Paul Marshall Northeast Louisiana SG Junior
1996–97 Rosell Ellis McNeese State F Senior
1997–98 Roderic Hall UTSA G Sophomore
1998–99 Donte Mathis Southwest Texas State PG Senior
1999–00 Mike Smith Louisiana–Monroe PF Senior
2000–01 Demond Mallet McNeese State PG Senior
2001–02 McEverett Powers UTSA PF Senior
2002–03 Donald Cole Sam Houston State SF Sophomore
2003–04 LeRoy Hurd UTSA SF Senior
2004–05 Joe Thompson Sam Houston State SF/SG Sophomore
2005–06 Ricky Woods Southeastern Louisiana F Junior
2006–07 Chris Daniels Texas A&M–Corpus Christi C Junior
2007–08 Josh Alexander Stephen F. Austin SF Junior
2008–09 Matt Kingsley Stephen F. Austin C Senior
2009–10 Marquez Haynes Texas–Arlington G Senior
2010–11 Gilberto Clavell Sam Houston State SF Senior
2011–12 Patrick Richard McNeese State SG/SF Senior
2012–13 Taylor Smith Stephen F. Austin PF Senior
2013–14 Jacob Parker Stephen F. Austin PF Junior
2014–15 Thomas Walkup Stephen F. Austin SG/SF Junior
2015–16 Thomas Walkup (2) Stephen F. Austin SG/SF Senior
2016–17 Erik Thomas New Orleans PF Senior
2017–18 Jordan Howard Central Arkansas SG Senior
2018–19 Cameron Delaney Sam Houston State SG Senior
2019–20 Kevon Harris Stephen F. Austin SG Senior

Winners by school

School (year joined) Winners Years
McNeese State (1972) 8 1975, 1979, 1985, 1987, 1990, 1997, 2001, 2012
Louisiana–Monroe[b] 7 1986, 1991 (×2)[c], 1992, 1993, 1996, 2000
Stephen F. Austin (1987) 7 2008, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2020
Arkansas State (1963)[d] 6 1964, 1965, 1966, 1971, 1974, 1977
Lamar (1963/1999)[e] 4 1970, 1971, 1981, 1984
Sam Houston State (1987) 4 2003, 2005, 2011, 2019
Louisiana Tech[f] 3 1973, 1976, 1983
Louisiana–Lafayette[g] 3 1972, 1978, 1980
UTSA (1991)[h] 3 1998, 2002, 2004
North Texas[i] 2 1988, 1989
Trinity (1963)[j] 2 1967, 1969
Texas–Arlington (1963)[k] 2 1982, 2010
Abilene Christian (1963/2013)[l] 1 1968
Central Arkansas (2006) 1 2018
New Orleans (2013) 1 2017
Nicholls State (1991) 1 1995
Northwestern State (1987) 1 1994
Southeastern Louisiana (1997) 1 2006
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi (2006) 1 2007
Texas State (1987))[k] 1 1999
Houston Baptist (2013) 0
Incarnate Word (2013) 0
Oral Roberts (2012)[m] 0

Footnotes

References

General
  • "2008–09 Southland Conference Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Southland Conference. p. 96. Retrieved 9 September 2009.
Specific
  1. "Wildcats on Honor Teams". 2014–15 ACU Men's Basketball Media Guide. Abilene Christian Athletics. p. 35. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
  2. "ACU Men's Basketball Records: Top Career Scorers". 2014–15 ACU Men's Basketball Media Guide. Abilene Christian Athletics. p. 30. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
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