Southland Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

The Southland Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year is a basketball award given to the Southland Conference's most outstanding player. The award was first given following the conference's inaugural basketball season of 1963–64. Five players have won the award two times: Jerry Rook, Larry Jeffries, Andrew Toney, Ryan Stuart and Thomas Walkup. No player has ever won three times.

Southland Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
Given for	the most outstanding basketball player in the Southland Conference
Country	United States
History
First award	1964
Most recent	Kevon Harris, Stephen F. Austin

McNeese State has the most all-time winners with eight. Two conference members have never had a winner: Houston Baptist and Incarnate Word. These schools are relatively new to the league, having both joined in 2013. Another school that entered in 2013, Abilene Christian, has one winner from its past tenure in the conference (1963–1973).

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 Southland Player of the Year award at that point

Winners

Bo Lamar won the award in 1972 as a first-team All-American.

Karl Malone won the award in 1983. He later became the NBA's second all-time leading scorer and a Basketball Hall of Fame inductee.

Demond Mallet (right) was McNeese State's seventh winner of the Southland Conference Player of the Year award.

Season	Player	School	Position	Class	Reference
1963–64	Jerry Rook	Arkansas State	F	Junior
1964–65	Jerry Rook (2)	Arkansas State	F	Senior
1965–66	John Dickson	Arkansas State	C	Senior
1966–67	Larry Jeffries	Trinity	F	Sophomore
1967–68	John Ray Godfrey	Abilene Christian	G[1]	Senior[2]
1968–69	Larry Jeffries (2)	Trinity	F	Senior
1969–70	Kenny Haynes	Lamar	G	Senior
1970–71^†	Luke Adams	Lamar	F	Senior
1970–71^†	Allan Pruett	Arkansas State	G	Senior
1971–72	Dwight Lamar	Southwestern Louisiana	SG	Junior
1972–73	Mike Green	Louisiana Tech	C	Senior
1973–74	Steve Brooks	Arkansas State	C	Senior
1974–75	Henry Ray	McNeese State	F	Sophomore
1975–76	Mike McConathy	Louisiana Tech	SG	Junior
1976–77	Dan Henderson	Arkansas State	C	Senior
1977–78	Andrew Toney	Southwestern Louisiana	G	Sophomore
1978–79	David Lawrence	McNeese State	PF	Junior
1979–80	Andrew Toney (2)	Southwestern Louisiana	G	Senior
1980–81	Mike Olliver	Lamar	PG	Senior
1981–82	Albert Culton	Texas–Arlington	SF	Senior
1982–83	Karl Malone	Louisiana Tech	PF	Sophomore
1983–84	Tom Sewell	Lamar	SG	Junior
1984–85	Joe Dumars	McNeese State	PG/SG	Senior
1985–86	Bobby Jenkins	Northeast Louisiana	F	Senior
1986–87	Jerome Batiste	McNeese State	F	Senior
1987–88	Tony Worrell	North Texas State	F	Senior
1988–89	Deon Hunter	North Texas	PG	Senior
1989–90	Anthony Pullard	McNeese State	C	Senior
1990–91^†	Carlos Funchess^[a]	Northeast Louisiana	PG/SG	Senior
1990–91^†	Anthony Jones	Northeast Louisiana	F	Senior
1991–92	Ryan Stuart	Northeast Louisiana	SF	Junior
1992–93	Ryan Stuart (2)	Northeast Louisiana	SF	Senior
1993–94	Eric Kubel	Northwestern State	C	Senior
1994–95	Reggie Jackson	Nicholls State	SG	Senior
1995–96	Paul Marshall	Northeast Louisiana	SG	Junior
1996–97	Rosell Ellis	McNeese State	F	Senior
1997–98	Roderic Hall	UTSA	G	Sophomore
1998–99	Donte Mathis	Southwest Texas State	PG	Senior
1999–00	Mike Smith	Louisiana–Monroe	PF	Senior
2000–01	Demond Mallet	McNeese State	PG	Senior
2001–02	McEverett Powers	UTSA	PF	Senior
2002–03	Donald Cole	Sam Houston State	SF	Sophomore
2003–04	LeRoy Hurd	UTSA	SF	Senior
2004–05	Joe Thompson	Sam Houston State	SF/SG	Sophomore
2005–06	Ricky Woods	Southeastern Louisiana	F	Junior
2006–07	Chris Daniels	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	C	Junior
2007–08	Josh Alexander	Stephen F. Austin	SF	Junior
2008–09	Matt Kingsley	Stephen F. Austin	C	Senior
2009–10	Marquez Haynes	Texas–Arlington	G	Senior
2010–11	Gilberto Clavell	Sam Houston State	SF	Senior
2011–12	Patrick Richard	McNeese State	SG/SF	Senior
2012–13	Taylor Smith	Stephen F. Austin	PF	Senior
2013–14	Jacob Parker	Stephen F. Austin	PF	Junior
2014–15	Thomas Walkup	Stephen F. Austin	SG/SF	Junior
2015–16	Thomas Walkup (2)	Stephen F. Austin	SG/SF	Senior
2016–17	Erik Thomas	New Orleans	PF	Senior
2017–18	Jordan Howard	Central Arkansas	SG	Senior
2018–19	Cameron Delaney	Sam Houston State	SG	Senior
2019–20	Kevon Harris	Stephen F. Austin	SG	Senior

Winners by school

School (year joined)	Winners	Years
McNeese State (1972)	8	1975, 1979, 1985, 1987, 1990, 1997, 2001, 2012
Louisiana–Monroe^[b]	7	1986, 1991 (×2)^†^[c], 1992, 1993, 1996, 2000
Stephen F. Austin (1987)	7	2008, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2020
Arkansas State (1963)^[d]	6	1964, 1965, 1966, 1971^†, 1974, 1977
Lamar (1963/1999)^[e]	4	1970, 1971^†, 1981, 1984
Sam Houston State (1987)	4	2003, 2005, 2011, 2019
Louisiana Tech^[f]	3	1973, 1976, 1983
Louisiana–Lafayette^[g]	3	1972, 1978, 1980
UTSA (1991)^[h]	3	1998, 2002, 2004
North Texas^[i]	2	1988, 1989
Trinity (1963)^[j]	2	1967, 1969
Texas–Arlington (1963)^[k]	2	1982, 2010
Abilene Christian (1963/2013)^[l]	1	1968
Central Arkansas (2006)	1	2018
New Orleans (2013)	1	2017
Nicholls State (1991)	1	1995
Northwestern State (1987)	1	1994
Southeastern Louisiana (1997)	1	2006
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi (2006)	1	2007
Texas State (1987))^[k]	1	1999
Houston Baptist (2013)	0	—
Incarnate Word (2013)	0	—
Oral Roberts (2012)^[m]	0	—

Footnotes

• ^a Carlos Funchess was the NCAA Slam Dunk Competition winner following his senior season.
• ^b The University of Louisiana at Monroe (UL-Monroe) left in 2005 to join its football team in the Sun Belt Conference.
• ^c UL-Monroe, at the time Northeast Louisiana, had both co-players of the year in 1991.
• ^d Arkansas State University left to form the American South Conference in 1987. The Red Wolves are now in the Sun Belt Conference.
• ^e Lamar University left in 1987 to form the American South Conference, later competing in the Sun Belt Conference and as an independent before returning to the Southland in 1999.
• ^f Louisiana Tech University left in 1987 to form the American South Conference. The Bulldogs (and Lady Techsters) are now in Conference USA (C-USA).
• ^g The University of Louisiana at Lafayette, then known as Southwestern Louisiana, left in 1982 to become an independent. The Ragin' Cajuns are now in the Sun Belt Conference.
• ^h The University of Texas at San Antonio left in 2012 to join the WAC. The Roadrunners spent only one season in the WAC before joining C-USA.
• ⁱ The University of North Texas left to join the Big West Conference in 1996. The Mean Green are now in C-USA.
• ^j Trinity College (now Trinity University) was a founding member in 1963, but departed in 1971. The Tigers are now in Division III Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference.
• ^k The University of Texas at Arlington and Texas State University–San Marcos left in 2012 to join the WAC. Both schools spent only one season in the WAC before joining the Sun Belt Conference.
• ^l Abilene Christian College was also a founding member, but departed in 1973. After 40 years in Division II Lone Star Conference, Abilene Christian (now a "University") returned to Division I and the Southland Conference in 2013.
• ^m Oral Roberts University left the Southland Conference in 2014, returning to its previous home of The Summit League.

References

General

• "2008–09 Southland Conference Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Southland Conference. p. 96. Retrieved 9 September 2009.

Specific

1. "Wildcats on Honor Teams". 2014–15 ACU Men's Basketball Media Guide. Abilene Christian Athletics. p. 35. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
2. "ACU Men's Basketball Records: Top Career Scorers". 2014–15 ACU Men's Basketball Media Guide. Abilene Christian Athletics. p. 30. Retrieved March 30, 2015.