Big West Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

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Big West Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
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Awarded forthe most outstanding basketball player in the Big West Conference
CountryUnited States
History
First award1970
Most recentJaQuori McLaughlin, UC Santa Barbara

The Big West Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year is an annual basketball award given to the Big West Conference's most outstanding player. The conference was formed in 1969 and known as the Pacific Coast Athletic Association until 1988.[1] The award was first given following the 1969–70 season. No player has won the award three times, but there have been eight two-time players of the year. Larry Johnson of UNLV was also the national player of the year in 1990–91, the same season of his second consecutive Big West Player of the Year accolade.

Long Beach State has had the most all-time winners with 12. There have been three ties in the award's history, most recently in 2007–08. Among present Big West members, four schools have had no winners: established members Cal Poly and UC Riverside and 2020 arrivals Cal State Bakersfield and UC San Diego.

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 Big West Player of the Year award at that point

Winners[]

Brian Shaw won in 1987–88 while at UC Santa Barbara.
JaQuori McLaughlin won in 2021 while at UC Santa Barbara.
Season Player School Position Class
1969–70 George Trapp Long Beach State F / C Junior
1970–71 George Trapp (2) Long Beach State F / C Senior
1971–72 Ed Ratleff Long Beach State SG / SF Junior
1972–73 Ed Ratleff (2) Long Beach State SG / SF Senior
1973–74 Leonard Gray Long Beach State F Senior
1974–75 Bob Gross Long Beach State SF Senior
1975–76† San Diego State SF Senior
Greg Bunch Cal State Fullerton F Sophomore
1976–77 Long Beach State SF Senior
1977–78 Joel Kramer San Diego State SF Senior
1978–79 Pacific PF Sophomore
1979–80 Utah State F Senior
1980–81 Kevin Magee UC Irvine PF Junior
1981–82 Kevin Magee (2) UC Irvine PF Senior
1982–83 Sidney Green UNLV C / PF Senior
1983–84 Richie Adams UNLV C Junior
1984–85 Richie Adams (2) UNLV C Senior
1985–86† Greg Grant Utah State F Senior
Anthony Jones UNLV SG Senior
1986–87 Armon Gilliam UNLV PF Senior
1987–88 Brian Shaw UC Santa Barbara PG Senior
1988–89 Stacey Augmon UNLV SG / SF Sophomore
1989–90 Larry Johnson UNLV PF Junior
1990–91 Larry Johnson* (2) UNLV PF Senior
1991–92 Lucius Davis UC Santa Barbara F Senior
1992–93 J. R. Rider UNLV SG Senior
1993–94 Kebu Stewart UNLV F Freshman
1994–95 Utah State C Junior
1995–96 Raimonds Miglinieks UC Irvine PG Senior
1996–97 Nevada SF Junior
1997–98 Michael Olowokandi Pacific C Senior
1998–99 Roberto Bergersen Boise State SG Senior
1999–00 Long Beach State C Junior
2000–01 Jerry Green UC Irvine PG Junior
2001–02 Jerry Green (2) UC Irvine PG Senior
2002–03 UC Santa Barbara G Junior
2003–04 Pacific PG Senior
2004–05 Pacific PG Senior
2005–06 Christian Maråker Pacific PF Senior
2006–07 Long Beach State SG Senior
2007–08† Cal State Fullerton PF Senior
Alex Harris UC Santa Barbara SG Senior
2008–09 Josh Akognon Cal State Fullerton PG Senior
2009–10 Orlando Johnson UC Santa Barbara SG Sophomore
2010–11 Casper Ware Long Beach State PG Junior
2011–12 Casper Ware (2) Long Beach State PG Senior
2012–13 James Ennis Long Beach State SF Senior
2013–14 Alan Williams UC Santa Barbara C Junior
2014–15 Corey Hawkins UC Davis G Senior
2015–16 Stefan Janković[2] Hawaiʻi F Junior
2016–17 Luke Nelson[3] UC Irvine SG Senior
2017–18 T. J. Shorts[4] UC Davis PG Junior
2018–19 Lamine Diane[5] Cal State Northridge PF Freshman
2019–20 Lamine Diane (2)[6] Cal State Northridge PF Sophomore
2020–21 JaQuori McLaughlin[7] UC Santa Barbara PG Senior

Winners by school[]

School (year joined) Winners Years
Long Beach State (1969) 12 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 2000, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2013
UNLV (1982)[a] 10 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986†, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994
UC Santa Barbara (1969)[c] 7 1988, 1992, 2003, 2008†, 2010, 2014, 2021
UC Irvine (1977) 6 1981, 1982, 1996, 2001, 2002, 2017
Pacific (1971)[b] 5 1979, 1998, 2004, 2005, 2006
Cal State Fullerton (1974) 3 1976, 2008†, 2009†
Utah State (1978)[d] 3 1980, 1986†, 1995
Cal State Northridge (2001) 2 2019, 2020
San Diego State (1969)[e] 2 1976†, 1978
UC Davis (2007) 2 2015, 2018
Boise State (1996)[f] 1 1999
Hawaiʻi (2012) 1 2016
Nevada (1992)[g] 1 1997
Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo (1996) 0 —
Cal State Bakersfield (2020) 0 —
UC Riverside (2001) 0 —
UC San Diego (2020) 0 —

Footnotes[]

  • a UNLV left in 1996 to join the Western Athletic Conference (WAC), and is now in the Mountain West Conference (MW).
  • b Pacific left for the West Coast Conference in 2013.
  • c UC Santa Barbara joined the conference when it was founded in 1969, left to become an independent after the 1973–74 season, then rejoined in 1976.
  • d Utah State left in 2005 to join the WAC, and is now in the MW.
  • e San Diego State left in 1978 to join the WAC, and is now in the MW.
  • f Boise State left in 2001 to join the WAC, and is now in the MW.
  • g Nevada left in 2000 to join the WAC, and is now in the MW.

References[]

  1. ^ "PCAA to Change Name to Big West". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. June 4, 1988. Archived from the original on November 18, 2018.
  2. ^ "Big West Announces Men's Basketball All-Conference Team" (Press release). Big West Conference. March 7, 2016. Archived from the original on May 31, 2012. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
  3. ^ "Big West Unveils Men's Basketball All-Conference Team" (Press release). Big West Conference. March 6, 2017. Retrieved March 6, 2017.
  4. ^ "2018 Men's Basketball All-Conference Team" (Press release). Big West Conference. March 5, 2018. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  5. ^ "Big West Announces 2018-19 Men's Basketball All-Conference Team". Big West Conference. March 11, 2019. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
  6. ^ "Big West Reveals 2019-20 Men's Basketball All-Conference Team" (Press release). Big West Conference. March 9, 2020. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
  7. ^ "Big West Announces 2020-21 Men's Basketball All-Conference Team" (Press release). Big West Conference. March 8, 2021. Retrieved March 8, 2021.
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