Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Men's Basketball Player of the Year is a basketball award given to the men's basketball player in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) voted as the most outstanding player. The award was first presented following the 1981–82 season, the first MAAC season, through voting by the league's head coaches. The award was first given to William Brown of Saint Peter's in 1982 after Brown averaged 17.0 ppg, while leading the Peacocks to the NIT.

Not to be confused with Mid-American Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year.
MAAC Men's Basketball Player of the Year
Awarded forthe most outstanding male basketball player in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
CountryUnited States
Presented byMAAC head coaches
History
First award1982
Most recentWalter Clayton Jr., Iona
Websitemaacsports.com

Lionel Simmons of La Salle won the award a league record three times in his career. Simmons, along with winning his third MAAC Player of the Year award, was also the consensus national player of the year in 1990. As of 2023, three players have won the award twice in their career: Steve Burtt of Iona, Luis Flores of Manhattan and Justin Robinson of Monmouth.

There has been one tie in the award's history, in 2017–18 when the award was shared between the two MAAC Buffalo based schools, with Jermaine Crumpton of Canisius and Kahlil Dukes of Niagara both sharing the honors. Iona has produced the most players in the league to win the award with 10. Siena is a close second, with seven players winning. The only current MAAC member without a winner is Mount St. Mary's, which joined the MAAC in 2022–23.

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 MAAC Player of the Year award at that point


Winners
David Laury of Iona won the award in 2015.
Kahlil Dukes of Niagara shared the award in 2018.
Jalen Picket of Siena won the award as a sophomore in 2020.
Season Player School Position Class Reference
1981–82 William Brown Saint Peter's G Senior
1982–83 Steve Burtt Iona PG Junior
1983–84 Steve Burtt (2) Iona PG Senior
1984–85 Randy Cozzens Army G Senior
1985–86 Tony George Fairfield G Senior
1986–87 Kevin Houston Army PG/SG Senior
1987–88 Lionel Simmons La Salle SF Sophomore
1988–89 Lionel Simmons (2) La Salle SF Junior
1989–90 Lionel Simmons* (3) La Salle SF Senior
1990–91 Marc Brown Siena PG Senior
1991–92 Randy Woods La Salle PG Senior
1992–93 Keith Bullock Manhattan F Senior
1993–94 Doremus Bennerman Siena PG Senior
1994–95 Craig Wise Canisius F Senior
1995–96 Darrell Barley Canisius F Senior
1996–97 Mindaugas Timinskas Iona SF Senior
1997–98 Kashif Hameed Iona C/PF Junior
1998–99 Alvin Young Niagara SG Senior
1999–00 Tariq Kirksay Iona SG/SF Senior
2000–01 Demond Stewart Niagara SG Junior
2001–02 Mario Porter Rider F Senior
2002–03 Luis Flores Manhattan PG Junior
2003–04 Luis Flores (2) Manhattan PG Senior
2004–05 Juan Mendez Niagara C/PF Senior
2005–06 Keydren Clark Saint Peter's PG Senior
2006–07 Jared Jordan Marist PG Senior
2007–08 Jason Thompson Rider C Senior
2008–09 Kenny Hasbrouck Siena SG Senior
2009–10 Alex Franklin Siena SF Senior
2010–11 Ryan Rossiter Siena PF Senior
2011–12 Scott Machado Iona PG Senior
2012–13 Lamont Jones Iona SG Senior
2013–14 Billy Baron Canisius PG Senior
2014–15 David Laury Iona PF Senior
2015–16 Justin Robinson Monmouth PG Junior
2016–17 Justin Robinson (2) Monmouth PG Senior
2017–18† Jermaine Crumpton Canisius SF Senior
Kahlil Dukes Niagara PG Senior
2018–19 Cameron Young Quinnipiac SG Senior
2019–20 Jalen Pickett Siena PG Sophomore
2020–21 Manny Camper Siena SG/SF Senior
2021–22 Tyson Jolly Iona SG Graduate
2022–23 Walter Clayton Jr. Iona PG Sophomore [1]

Winners by school
School (year joined) Winners Years
Iona (1981) 10 1983, 1984, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2022, 2023
Siena (1989) 7 1991, 1994, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2020, 2021
Canisius (1989) 4 1995, 1996, 2014, 2018†
La Salle (1981)[lower-alpha 1] 4 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992
Niagara (1989) 4 1999, 2001, 2005, 2018†
Manhattan (1981) 3 1993, 2003, 2004
Army (1981)[lower-alpha 2] 2 1985, 1987
Monmouth (2013)[lower-alpha 3] 2 2016, 2017
Rider (1995) 2 2002, 2008
Saint Peter's (1981) 2 1982, 2006
Fairfield (1981) 1 1986
Marist (1995) 1 2007
Quinnipiac (2013) 1 2019
Loyola (MD) (1989)[lower-alpha 4] 0 —
Mount St. Mary's (2022) 0 —

Footnotes
  1. La Salle left for the Atlantic 10 Conference in 1995.
  2. Army was a charter member in 1981, but left for the Patriot League in 1990.
  3. Monmouth left for the Colonial Athletic Association in July 2022.
  4. Loyola left for the Patriot League in 2013.

See also

References
General
  • "Men's Basketball All-MAAC Awards". MAAC Sports. 7 March 2007. Archived from the original on 12 March 2009. Retrieved 5 September 2009.
Specific
  1. "2022-23 MAAC Men's Basketball Major Awards Revealed" (Press release). Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. March 8, 2023. Retrieved March 8, 2023.
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