Big South Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year


The Big South Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year is an annual college basketball award given to the Big South Conference's most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1985–86 season, the first year the league competed in basketball competition.
The most notable recipient of the Big South Player of the Year Award is Tony Dunkin. Dunkin, a 6'7" small forward, played for the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers from 1989 to 1993 and won the award all four seasons. He is the only NCAA Division I men's basketball player to ever earn four conference player of the year awards.
Coastal Carolina, which left the Big South for the Sun Belt Conference after the 2015–16 season, has the most all-time awards with nine and individual winners with five. Among current members, High Point has the most awards with five, while High Point and Winthrop have the most individual winners with four each. The only established Big South members without any winners are three of the six newest members of the conference—Presbyterian, Gardner–Webb, and Longwood. Although Campbell's current tenure in the Big South dates only to 2011, it has three winners from its first conference tenure. Two other schools without a winner, Hampton and USC Upstate, joined the conference in 2018.

Key

Winners

SeasonPlayerSchoolPositionClass
1985–86WinthropF
1986–87CampbellF
1987–88Coastal CarolinaPF / C
1988–89CampbellC
1989–90Coastal CarolinaSF
1990–91 Coastal CarolinaSF
1991–92 Coastal CarolinaSF
1992–93 Coastal CarolinaSF
1993–94CampbellSF
1994–95Charleston SouthernPG
1995–96Charleston SouthernSF
1996–97UNC AshevilleSG
1997–98 UNC AshevilleSG
1998–99UNC AshevilleSF
1999–00RadfordF
2000–01Coastal CarolinaSF
2001–02WinthropPF
2002–03 Coastal CarolinaSF
2003–04High PointPF
2004–05Coastal CarolinaSG
2005–06Coastal CarolinaPG / SG
2006–07High PointPF
2007–08 High PointPF
2008–09RadfordC
2009–10 RadfordC
2010–11LibertyPG
2011–12UNC AshevillePG
2012–13VMIPF
2013–14High PointPF
2014–15Charleston SouthernPG
2015–16 High PointPF
2016–17WinthropG
2017–18WinthropG/F
2018–19CampbellPG
2019–20RadfordPG

Winners by school

Footnotes