Ivy League Men's Basketball Player of the Year

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Ivy League Men's Basketball Player of the Year
Awarded forthe most outstanding basketball player in the Ivy League
CountryUnited States
History
First award1975
Most recentPaul Atkinson, Yale & A. J. Brodeur, Penn (2020)

The Ivy League Men's Basketball Player of the Year is a basketball award given to the Ivy League's most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1974–75 season. There have been six players honored on two occasions: Craig Robinson, Kit Mueller, Jerome Allen, Ugonna Onyekwe, Ibrahim Jaaber and Justin Sears. No player has ever won the award three times.

There have been three ties for player of the year in the award's history: in 1981–82 (Paul Little of Penn and Craig Robinson of Princeton); in 1992–93 (Jerome Allen of Penn and Buck Jenkins of Columbia); and in 2019–20 (Paul Atkinson of Yale and A. J. Brodeur of Penn).

There was no 2021 award because the Ivy League canceled all winter sports for the 2020–21 season, including men's basketball, due to COVID-19 concerns.[1][2]

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 Ivy League Player of the Year award at that point

Winners[]

Craig Robinson is smiling for the camera while attending a very formal ball. He is wearing a dark black suit that has visible grey-colored lines running vertically through it. His white undershirt is complemented by a shiny, solid black tie.
Craig Robinson won the award twice while at Princeton. Today, he is the brother-in-law of former United States President Barack Obama.
Justin Sears of Yale won the award twice, in 2015 and 2016.
Season Player School Position Class Reference
1974–75 Ron Haigler Penn PF Senior
1975–76 Armond Hill Princeton PG Senior
1976–77 Princeton SF Junior
1977–78 Keven McDonald Penn SF Senior
1978–79 Tony Price Penn F Senior
1979–80 Brown F Senior
1980–81 Dartmouth SG/SF Senior
1981–82† Penn F Junior
Craig Robinson Princeton F Junior
1982–83 Craig Robinson (2) Princeton F Senior
1983–84 Harvard PF Junior
1984–85 Cornell C Senior
1985–86 Brown C Senior
1986–87 Penn C Senior
1987–88 Yale PF Senior
1988–89 Princeton SG/SF Senior
1989–90 Kit Mueller Princeton G Junior
1990–91 Kit Mueller (2) Princeton G Senior
1991–92 Princeton SG Senior
1992–93† Jerome Allen Penn SG Sophomore
Buck Jenkins Columbia SF Senior
1993–94 Jerome Allen (2) Penn SG Junior
1994–95 Matt Maloney Penn SG Senior
1995–96 Ira Bowman Penn G Senior
1996–97 Sydney Johnson Princeton G/F Senior
1997–98 Steve Goodrich Princeton C Senior
1998–99 Brian Earl Princeton SG Senior
1999–00 Michael-Hakim Jordan Penn PG Senior
2000–01 Columbia SF Junior
2001–02 Ugonna Onyekwe Penn PF Junior
2002–03 Ugonna Onyekwe (2) Penn PF Senior
2003–04 Brown PG Junior
2004–05 Penn SG Senior
2005–06 Ibrahim Jaaber Penn PG Junior
2006–07 Ibrahim Jaaber (2) Penn PG Senior
2007–08 Louis Dale Cornell PG Sophomore
2008–09 Alex Barnett Dartmouth SF Senior
2009–10 Ryan Wittman Cornell SF Senior
2010–11 Keith Wright Harvard PF Junior
2011–12 Zack Rosen Penn PG Senior [1]
2012–13 Ian Hummer Princeton SF Senior [2]
2013–14 Wesley Saunders Harvard SF Junior
2014–15 Justin Sears Yale SF Junior
2015–16 Justin Sears (2) Yale SF Senior [3]
2016–17 Spencer Weisz Princeton F Senior [4]
2017–18 Seth Towns Harvard F Sophomore [5]
2018–19 Miye Oni Yale SG Junior [6]
2019–20† Paul Atkinson Yale PF Junior [7]
A. J. Brodeur Penn PF Senior [8]
2020–21 No Ivy League season held due to COVID-19 concerns

Winners by school[]

School Winners Years
Penn 17 1975, 1978, 1979, 1982†, 1987, 1993†, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2020†
Princeton 13 1976, 1977, 1982†, 1983, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2013, 2017
Yale 5 1988, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020†
Harvard 4 1984, 2011, 2014, 2018
Brown 3 1980, 1986, 2004
Cornell 3 1985, 2008, 2010
Columbia 2 1993†, 2001
Dartmouth 2 1981, 2009

References[]

General

"Men's Ivy League Outstanding Performers". Ivy League Sports. 2009. Archived from the original on April 29, 2008. Retrieved 5 September 2009.

Specific
  1. ^ Borzello, Jeff (November 12, 2020). "Ivy League cancels winter sports season, delays spring play". ESPN.com. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
  2. ^ "Ivy League Outlines Intercollegiate Athletics Plans; No Competition for Winter Sports" (Press release). Ivy League. November 12, 2020. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
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