Continental Basketball Association MVP Award

The Continental Basketball Association (CBA) Player of the Year, formerly known as the Eastern Basketball Association (EBA) Most Valuable Player and the CBA Most Valuable Player, was an annual award given to the best player in the CBA. The winner was selected by a vote of the league's head coaches.[1] Twenty-three of the winners have been guards, 30 have been forwards, and only four have been centers. There have been two players—Jack McCloskey and Vincent Askew—who were two time recipients of the award. The Scranton Miners/Apollos have had six players named the EBA Most Valuable Player. The league's name was changed from the Eastern Basketball Association to the Continental Basketball Association following the 1977–78 season. Since then the Quad City Thunder have had the most players to win the award with five. The Montana Golden Nuggets and the Yakima/Yakama Sun Kings are the only teams to have one of their players win the award for three seasons in a row.

Andy Panko, 2002–03 CBA MVP
Michael Young, 1985–86 CBA MVP
Charlie Criss, 1975–76 and 1976–77 EBA MVP
Andy Johnson, 1963–64 EBA MVP
Paul Arizin, 1962–63 EBA MVP
Jack McCloskey; 1952–53 and 1953–54 EBA MVP.

Key
^ Denotes player who is still active in professional basketball
† Denotes player whose team won championship that year
Ref Reference
Player (X) Denotes the number of times the player has been named MVP
Team (X) Denotes the number of times a player from this team has won

Table
Season Player Position Nationality Team Ref
Eastern Basketball Association (EBA) Most Valuable Player
1949–50 Bill Zubic Forward  United States Lancaster Rockets [2]
1950–51† Jerry Rullo Guard  United States Sunbury Mercuries [2]
1951–52† Chink Crossin Guard  United States Pottsville Packers [2]
1952–53 Jack McCloskey Guard  United States Sunbury Mercuries (2) [2]
1953–54 Jack McCloskey (2) Guard  United States Sunbury Mercuries (3) [2]
1954–55 Sherman White Forward  United States Hazleton Hawks [2]
1955–56 Jack Molinas Forward  United States Wilmington Jets [2]
1956–57 Hal Lear Guard  United States Easton Madisons [2]
1957–58† Larry Hennessy Guard  United States Wilkes-Barre Barons [2]
1958–59 Bill Spivey Center  United States Wilkes-Barre Barons (2) [2]
1959–60 Stacey Arceneaux Forward  United States Scranton Miners [2]
1960–61 Boo Ellis Forward  United States Wilkes-Barre Barons (3) [2]
1961–62† Roman Turmon Forward  United States Allentown Jets [2]
1962–63† Paul Arizin Forward  United States Camden Bullets [2]
1963–64† Andy Johnson Forward  United States Allentown Jets (2) [2]
1964–65 Walt Simon Forward  United States Allentown Jets (3) [2]
1965–66 Julius McCoy Forward  United States Scranton Miners (2) [2]
1966–67 Willie Murrell Forward  United States Scranton Miners (3) [2]
1967–68 Ken Wilburn Forward  United States Trenton Colonials [2]
1968–69† Stan Pawlak Guard  United States Wilkes-Barre Barons (4) [2]
1969–70 Waite Bellamy Guard  United States Wilmington Blue Bombers [2][3]
1970–71† Willie Somerset Guard  United States Scranton Apollos (4) [2]
1971–72† Harthorne Wingo Forward  United States Allentown Jets (4) [2][4]
1972–73 Ed Johnson Center  United States Hartford Capitols [2]
1973–74 Ken Wilburn Forward  United States Allentown Jets (5) [2]
1974–75 Jerry Baskerville Forward  United States Hazleton Bullets [2]
1975–76 Charlie Criss Guard  United States Scranton Apollos (5) [2]
1976–77† Charlie Criss (2) Guard  United States Scranton Apollos (6) [2]
1977–78† Paul McCracken Guard  United States Wilkes-Barre Barons (5) [2]
Continental Basketball Association (CBA) Most Valuable Player
1978–79† Andre McCarter Guard  United States Rochester Zeniths
1979–80† Ron Davis Forward  United States Anchorage Northern Knights
1980–81 Willie Smith Guard  United States Montana Golden Nuggets
1981–82 Ronnie Valentine Forward  United States Montana Golden Nuggets (2) [5]
1982–83 Robert Smith Guard  United States Montana Golden Nuggets (3)
1983–84 Geoff Crompton Center  United States Puerto Rico Coquis
1984–85† Steve Hayes Center  United States Tampa Bay Thrillers [6]
1985–86 Michael Young Forward  United States Detroit Spirits
1986–87 Joe Binion Forward  United States Topeka Sizzlers [7]
1987–88† Michael Brooks Forward  United States Albany Patroons
1988–89 Anthony Bowie Guard  United States Quad City Thunder
1989–90 Vincent Askew Guard  United States Albany Patroons (2)
1990–91 Vincent Askew (2) Guard  United States Albany Patroons (3)
1991–92 Barry Mitchell Forward  United States Quad City Thunder (2) [1]
1992–93 Derek Strong Forward  United States Quad City Thunder (3)
1993–94 Ronnie Grandison Forward  United States Rochester Renegade [8]
1994–95† Eldridge Recasner Guard  United States Yakima Sun Kings [9]
1995–96 Shelton Jones Forward  United States Florida Beach Dogs
1996–97 Dexter Boney Guard  United States Florida Beach Dogs (2) [10]
1997–98 Jimmy King Guard  United States Quad City Thunder (4) [11]
1998–99† Adrian Griffin Forward  United States Connecticut Pride [12]
1999–2000 Jeff McInnis Guard  United States Quad City Thunder (5) [13]
2000–01 Not awarded after league went defunct
2001–02 Miles Simon Guard  United States Dakota Wizards [14]
2002–03 Andy Panko Forward  United States Dakota Wizards (2) [15]
2003–04 Josh Davis Forward  United States Idaho Stampede
2004–05 Sam Clancy Jr. Forward  United States Idaho Stampede (2)
Continental Basketball Association (CBA) Player of the Year
2005–06 Anthony Goldwire Guard  United States Yakama Sun Kings (2) [16]
2006–07 Galen Young Forward  United States Yakama Sun Kings (3) [17]
2007–08 Daryan Selvy Forward  United States Yakama Sun Kings (4)

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