Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

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Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
Awarded forthe most outstanding basketball player in the Ohio Valley Conference
CountryUnited States
History
First award1963
Most recentTerry Taylor, Austin Peay

The Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year is an annual basketball award given to the Ohio Valley Conference's (OVC) most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1962–63 season.

Fifteen players in OVC history have claimed more than one player of the year award, the most recent of whom was Terry Taylor in 2020 and 2021. Among the repeat winners, only one—Clem Haskins of Western Kentucky—has been a three-time player of the year. Haskins achieved the feat from 1965 through 1967.

Murray State dominates the award's selection, as its players have received the award 20 times (more than doubling the eight awards of second-place Austin Peay). SIU Edwardsville is the only current OVC member without a winner. SIUE is relatively new to the conference, having joining in 2008. However, the conference's newest member, Belmont (which joined in 2012), had a player win at least a share of the award in four of its first five seasons in the league.

Four ties have occurred for player of the year: 1968, 1976, 1983 and 2013. No OVC Men's Basketball Player of the Year has ever been selected as any national player of the year.

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 OVC Player of the Year award at that point

Winners[]

Harold Sergent of Morehead State won the first award in 1963.
Clem Haskins is the only three-time winner of the award.
Jim McDaniels of Western Kentucky won in 1970 and 1971.
Bud Eley took home player of the year in 1999 while at Southeast Missouri State.
Isaiah Canaan won in 2012 and 2013.
Season Player School Position Class
1962–63 Harold Sergent Morehead State PG Sophomore
1963–64 Jim Jennings Murray State F Senior
1964–65 Clem Haskins Western Kentucky SG Sophomore
1965–66 Clem Haskins (2) Western Kentucky SG Junior
1966–67 Clem Haskins (3) Western Kentucky SG Senior
1967–68† Wayne Chapman Western Kentucky SG / SF Senior
Skeeter Swift East Tennessee State G Junior
1968–69 Claude Virden Murray State SF Sophomore
1969–70 Jim McDaniels Western Kentucky C Junior
1970–71 Jim McDaniels (2) Western Kentucky C Senior
1971–72 Les Taylor Murray State SF Junior
1972–73 Les Taylor (2) Murray State SF Senior
1973–74 Fly Williams Austin Peay PG Sophomore
1974–75 Middle Tennessee PF Senior
1975–76† Western Kentucky PG Senior
Middle Tennessee C Senior
1976–77 Otis Howard Austin Peay SF Junior
1977–78 Otis Howard (2) Austin Peay SF Senior
1978–79 Eastern Kentucky F Junior
1979–80 Murray State PF Senior
1980–81 Jerry Beck Middle Tennessee PF Junior
1981–82 Jerry Beck (2) Middle Tennessee PF Senior
1982–83† Murray State SF Senior
Joe Jakubick Akron SG Junior
1983–84 Joe Jakubick (2) Akron SG Senior
1984–85 Tennessee Tech F Junior
1985–86 Akron SF Senior
1986–87 Bob McCann Morehead State PF Senior
1987–88 Jeff Martin Murray State SG Junior
1988–89 Jeff Martin (2) Murray State SG Senior
1989–90 Popeye Jones Murray State PF Sophomore
1990–91 Popeye Jones (2) Murray State PF Junior
1991–92 Brett Roberts Morehead State SF Senior
1992–93 Carlos Rogers Tennessee State C Junior
1993–94 Carlos Rogers (2) Tennessee State C Senior
1994–95 Marcus Brown Murray State SG Junior
1995–96 Marcus Brown (2) Murray State SG Senior
1996–97 Bubba Wells Austin Peay SF Senior
1997–98 De'Teri Mayes Murray State PG / SG Senior
1998–99 Southeast Missouri State C Senior
1999–00 Aubrey Reese Murray State PG Senior
2000–01 Trenton Hassell Austin Peay SF / SG Junior
2001–02 Henry Domercant Eastern Illinois SG Junior
2002–03 Ricky Minard Morehead State PG / SG Junior
2003–04 Cuthbert Victor Murray State SF Senior
2004–05 Willie Jenkins Tennessee Tech C / PF Senior
2005–06 Samford PF Senior
2006–07 Austin Peay SF Sophomore
2007–08 Lester Hudson Tennessee–Martin PG Junior
2008–09 Lester Hudson (2) Tennessee–Martin PG Senior
2009–10 Kenneth Faried Morehead State PF / C Junior
2010–11 Kenneth Faried (2) Morehead State PF / C Senior
2011–12 Isaiah Canaan[1] Murray State PG / SG Junior
2012–13† Isaiah Canaan (2)[2] Murray State PG / SG Senior
Ian Clark[2] Belmont SG Senior
2013–14 J. J. Mann[3] Belmont SF Senior
2014–15 Cameron Payne Murray State PG Sophomore
2015–16 Evan Bradds[4] Belmont PF Junior
2016–17 Evan Bradds (2)[5] Belmont PF Senior
2017–18 Jonathan Stark Murray State PG Senior
2018–19 Ja Morant Murray State PG Sophomore
2019–20 Terry Taylor Austin Peay PF Junior
2020–21 Terry Taylor (2)[6] Austin Peay PF Senior

Winners by school[]

School (year joined) Winners Years
Murray State (1948) 20 1964, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1980, 1983†, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2012, 2013†, 2015, 2018, 2019
Austin Peay (1962) 8 1974, 1977, 1978, 1997, 2001, 2007, 2020, 2021
Western Kentucky (1948)[a] 7 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968†, 1970, 1971, 1976†
Morehead State (1948) 6 1963, 1987, 1992, 2003, 2010, 2011
Belmont (2012) 4 2013†, 2014, 2016, 2017
Middle Tennessee (1952)[b] 4 1975, 1976†, 1981, 1982
Akron (1980)[c] 3 1983†, 1984, 1986
Tennessee State (1986) 2 1993, 1994
Tennessee Tech (1949) 2 1985, 2005
UT Martin (1992) 2 2008, 2009
East Tennessee State (1958)[d] 1 1968†
Eastern Illinois (1996) 1 2002
Eastern Kentucky (1948)[e] 1 1979
Samford (2003)[f] 1 2006
Southeast Missouri State (1991) 1 1999
Jacksonville State (2003)[e] 0 —
SIU Edwardsville (2008) 0 —

Footnotes[]

  1. ^ Western Kentucky University left in 1982 to join the Sun Belt Conference, and is now in Conference USA.
  2. ^ Middle Tennessee State University left in 2000 to join the Sun Belt Conference, and is now in C-USA.
  3. ^ The University of Akron left in 1987 to become an Independent. The Zips are now in the Mid-American Conference.
  4. ^ East Tennessee State University left in 1978 to join the Southern Conference (SoCon). The Buccaneers returned to the SoCon in 2014 after nine seasons in the ASUN Conference.
  5. ^ a b Eastern Kentucky University and Jacksonville State University left in 2021 to join the ASUN Conference.
  6. ^ Samford University left in 2008 to join the SoCon.

References[]

  1. ^ "Murray State's Canaan, Prohm, Long and Tennessee–Martin's Taylor Earn Top 2012 OVC Men's Basketball Honors" (Press release). Ohio Valley Conference. February 28, 2012. Archived from the original on June 21, 2015. Retrieved February 28, 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Murray State's Canaan, Belmont's Clark and Byrd Earn Top 2012-13 OVC Men's Basketball Honors" (Press release). Ohio Valley Conference. March 5, 2013. Retrieved March 5, 2013.
  3. ^ "Belmont's Rick Byrd, J.J. Mann lead All-OVC basketball honors" (Press release). Tennessean.com. March 4, 2014. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
  4. ^ "Belmont's Bradds, TSU's Ford and McCall, EKU's Mayo Earn Top 2015-16 OVC Men's Basketball Honors" (Press release). Ohio Valley Conference. March 1, 2016. Retrieved March 1, 2016.
  5. ^ "Belmont's Bradds and Byrd, Tennessee State's McCall, Southeast Missouri's Mahoney Earn 2016-17 OVC Men's Basketball Top Honors" (Press release). Ohio Valley Conference. February 28, 2017. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
  6. ^ "Austin Peay's Taylor, Morehead State's Broome and Spradlin, Belmont's Murphy Earn 2020-21 OVC Men's Basketball Top Honors" (Press release). Ohio Valley Conference. March 2, 2021. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
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