American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Rookie of the Year

The American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Rookie of the Year is a basketball award given to the American Athletic Conference's one or more best men's basketball players in their first year of competitive play. The conference formed in 2013–14 after many schools departed from the original Big East Conference to form their own conference. Austin Nichols of Memphis was the first-ever winner.[1] This award is voted for by the coaches and can only be awarded once to any player.

American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Rookie of the Year
Awarded forThe most outstanding rookie basketball player in the American Athletic Conference
CountryUnited States
First awarded2014
Currently held byPrecious Achiuwa, Memphis

Key
† Co-Players of the Year
* Awarded a national Player of the Year award: Naismith College Player of the Year (1968–69 to present)
or the John R. Wooden Award (1976–77 to present)

Winners
Season Player School Position Class Ref.
2013–14 Austin Nichols Memphis Forward Freshman [1]
2014–15 Daniel Hamilton UConn Swingman Freshman [2]
2015–16 Dedric Lawson Memphis Forward Freshman [3]
2016–17 K. J. Lawson Memphis Swingman RS Freshman [4]
2017–18 Shawn Williams East Carolina Guard RS Freshman [5]
2018–19 Alexis Yetna South Florida Forward RS Freshman [6]
2019–20 Precious Achiuwa Memphis Forward Freshman [7]

Winners by school
School (year joined) Winners Years
Memphis (2013) 4 2014, 2016, 2017, 2020
UConn (2013)[a 1] 1 2015
East Carolina (2014) 1 2018
South Florida (2013) 1 2019
Cincinnati (2013) 0 —
Houston (2013) 0 —
Louisville (2013)[a 2] 0 —
Rutgers (2013)[a 2] 0 —
SMU (2013) 0 —
Temple (2013) 0 —
Tulane (2014) 0 —
Tulsa (2014) 0 —
UCF (2013) 0 —
  1. UConn will leave The American after the 2019–20 season to join the current Big East Conference.[8]
  2. Louisville and Rutgers played only the 2013–14 season in The American. In July 2014, they respectively left for the ACC[9] and Big Ten.[10]

References
  1. "American Athletic Conference - UConn's Shabazz Napier Named American Athletic Conference Player of the Year". Theamerican.org. Retrieved 2016-12-04.
  2. "American Athletic Conference - SMU's Nic Moore Named Men's Basketball Player of the Year". Theamerican.org. 2015-03-12. Retrieved 2016-12-04.
  3. "American Athletic Conference - SMU's Moore Named Men's Basketball Player of the Year for Second Consecutive Season". Theamerican.org. Retrieved 2016-12-04.
  4. http://sidearm.sites.s3.amazonaws.com/theamerican.sidearmsports.com/documents/2016/11/17/2016_17_American_Men_s_Basketball_Weekly_Release.pdf
  5. http://theamerican.org/news/2018/3/6/mens-basketball-clark-named-american-player-of-the-year-williams-rookie-of-the-year-sampson-coach-of-the-year.aspx
  6. http://theamerican.org/news/2019/3/13/mens-basketball-american-athletic-conference-awards-player-freshman-and-coach-of-the-year.aspx
  7. "American Athletic Conference Announces Individual Awards". theamerican.org. 2020-03-11. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  8. Borzello, Jeff (July 26, 2019). "UConn leaving AAC in '20, will owe $17M exit fee". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
  9. "ACC Extends Formal Invitation for Membership to the University of Louisville" (Press release). Atlantic Coast Conference. November 28, 2012. Archived from the original on December 12, 2012. Retrieved November 28, 2012.
  10. "Rutgers University To Join The Big Ten Conference" (Press release). Big Ten Conference. November 20, 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-11-27. Retrieved November 20, 2012.
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