Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year


The Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year, officially titled the Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Student-Athlete of the Year, is a basketball award given to the most outstanding men's basketball player in the Sun Belt Conference. The award was first given following the conference's first basketball season of 1976–77. Four players have been selected twice, while no player has earned a three-time player of the year selection.
Western Kentucky, which left the Sun Belt for Conference USA in 2014, has the most all-time winners with seven. Among schools remaining in the Sun Belt beyond 2014, South Alabama, the only charter member that has continuously been in the conference, has the most winners with six.

Key

Winners

SeasonPlayerSchoolPositionClassReference
1976–77UNC CharlottePF/C
1977–78New OrleansC
1978–79South AlabamaPF
1979–80JacksonvillePF
1980–81South AlabamaSF
1981–82UABSG
1982–83†South FloridaSF
1982–83†Virginia CommonwealthSG
1983–84South AlabamaPF
1984–85 South AlabamaPF
1985–86Old DominionC
1986–87Western KentuckyPF
1987–88UNC CharlottePG
1988–89South AlabamaSG
1989–90Old DominionPF
1990–91 Old DominionPF
1991–92Louisiana TechPF
1992–93New OrleansC
1993–94†Louisiana–LafayetteG
1993–94†Arkansas StateF
1994–95Western KentuckySG
1995–96Arkansas-Little RockSG
1996–97Arkansas-Little RockPF
1997–98Arkansas StatePG
1998–99 Arkansas StatePG
1999–00Louisiana TechSG
2000–01Western KentuckyC
2001–02New OrleansSF
2002–03New Mexico StateF
2003–04Western KentuckySG/PG
2004–05DenverC
2005–06Western KentuckySG
2006–07New OrleansPG
2007–08Western KentuckySG
2008–09Western KentuckyPG
2009–10Louisiana–LafayettePF
2010–11Arkansas-Little RockSG
2011–12Middle TennesseePF
2012–13South AlabamaPF / C
2013–14Georgia StateSG
2014–15 Georgia StateSG
2015–16Louisiana–LafayettePF
2016–17Texas–ArlingtonPF
2017–18Georgia StateSG
2018–19Georgia SouthernPG
2019–20Texas StateSG

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Winners by school