Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year is an annual basketball award given to the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference's (MEAC) most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1971–72 season. There has never been a tie for co-player of the year in the award's history, nor has there been a national player of the year. Two players have been named the MEAC Player of the Year three times: Marvin Webster of Morgan State (1973–75) and Joe Binion of North Carolina A&T (1982–84). The school with the most all-time honorees is North Carolina A&T, now a member of the Big South Conference, which has had nine winners, but its last award before its 2021 departure was in 1988. Among current members, Coppin State has the most recipients with eight. The only current member of the MEAC without a winner is Maryland Eastern Shore.
| Awarded for | the most outstanding basketball player in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| History | |
| First award | 1972 |
| Most recent | Joe Bryant Jr., Norfolk State |
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 MEAC Player of the Year award at that point |
Winners
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Winners by school
In this table, "year joined" reflects the calendar year in which each school joined the conference, and years of departure for former members indicated in footnotes reflect the calendar year of departure. The "years" column reflects the calendar year of each award.
| School (year joined) | Winners | Years |
|---|---|---|
| North Carolina A&T (1970)[lower-alpha 1] | 9 | 1972, 1976, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988 |
| Coppin State (1985) | 8 | 1990, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2009, 2021 |
| Norfolk State (1997) | 7 | 1999, 2000, 2005, 2012, 2013, 2022, 2023 |
| Howard (1970) | 6 | 1978, 1980, 1981, 2003, 2016, 2019 |
| Morgan State (1970)[lower-alpha 2] | 6 | 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 2008, 2010 |
| Delaware State (1970) | 4 | 1989, 2006, 2007, 2015 |
| Bethune-Cookman (1979)[lower-alpha 3] | 3 | 1986, 2011, 2018 |
| North Carolina Central (1970)[lower-alpha 4] | 3 | 2014, 2017, 2020 |
| South Carolina State (1970) | 3 | 1993, 1997, 2004 |
| Hampton (1995) | 2 | 2001, 2002 |
| Florida A&M (1979)[lower-alpha 5] | 1 | 1992 |
| Maryland Eastern Shore (1970)[lower-alpha 6] | 0 | — |
| Savannah State (2010)[lower-alpha 7] | 0 | — |
Footnotes
- North Carolina A&T State University left for the Big South Conference in 2021.
- Morgan State University left the MEAC in 1979 but rejoined in 1984.
- Bethune–Cookman University left for the Southwestern Athletic Conference in 2021.
- North Carolina Central University left the MEAC in 1979 but rejoined in 2010.
- Florida A&M University left the MEAC in 1984, rejoined in 1986, and left again in 2021 for the Southwestern Athletic Conference.
- The University of Maryland Eastern Shore left the MEAC in 1979 but rejoined in 1981.
- Savannah State University left for the NCAA Division II Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference in 2019.