Big West Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year


The Big West Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year is an annual basketball award given to the Big West Conference's most outstanding player. The conference was formed in 1969 and was known as the Pacific Coast Athletic Association until 1988. The award was first given following the 1969–70 season. No player has won the award three times, but there have been eight two-time players of the year. Larry Johnson of UNLV was also the national player of the year in 1990–91, the same season of his second consecutive Big West Player of the Year accolade.
Long Beach State has had the most all-time winners with 12. There have been three ties in the award's history, most recently in 2007–08. Among present Big West members, four schools have had no winners: established members Cal Poly and UC Riverside and 2020 arrivals Cal State Bakersfield and UC San Diego.

Key

Winners

SeasonPlayerSchoolPositionClass
1969–70Long Beach StateF / C
1970–71 Long Beach StateF / C
1971–72Long Beach StateSG / SF
1972–73 Long Beach StateSG / SF
1973–74Long Beach StateF
1974–75Long Beach StateSF
1975–76†San Diego StateSF
1975–76†Cal State FullertonF
1976–77Long Beach StateSF
1977–78San Diego StateSF
1978–79PacificPF
1979–80Utah StateF
1980–81UC IrvinePF
1981–82 UC IrvinePF
1982–83UNLVC / PF
1983–84UNLVC
1984–85 UNLVC
1985–86†Utah StateF
1985–86†UNLVSG
1986–87UNLVPF
1987–88UC Santa BarbaraPG
1988–89UNLVSG / SF
1989–90UNLVPF
1990–91* UNLVPF
1991–92UC Santa BarbaraF
1992–93UNLVSG
1993–94UNLVF
1994–95Utah StateC
1995–96UC IrvinePG
1996–97NevadaSF
1997–98PacificC
1998–99Boise StateSG
1999–00Long Beach StateC
2000–01UC IrvinePG
2001–02 UC IrvinePG
2002–03UC Santa BarbaraG
2003–04PacificPG
2004–05PacificPG
2005–06PacificPF
2006–07Long Beach StateSG
2007–08†Cal State FullertonPF
2007–08†UC Santa BarbaraSG
2008–09Cal State FullertonPG
2009–10UC Santa BarbaraSG
2010–11Long Beach StatePG
2011–12 Long Beach StatePG
2012–13Long Beach StateSF
2013–14UC Santa BarbaraC
2014–15UC DavisG
2015–16HawaiiF
2016–17UC IrvineSG
2017–18UC DavisPG
2018–19Cal State NorthridgePF
2019–20 Cal State NorthridgePF

Winners by school

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