Southwest Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

The Southwest Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year was an annual basketball award given to the Southwest Conference (SWC)'s most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 19??–?? season and concluded after the 1995–96 season (the SWC disbanded with four members establishing the Big 12 Conference, three members joining the Western Athletic Conference, and one joining Conference USA).

Southwest Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
Given for	the most outstanding basketball player in the Southwest Conference
Country	United States
History
Final award	1996

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 Southwest Player of the Year award at that point

Winners

Sonny Parker won back-to-back awards in 1975 and 1976.

Clyde Drexler of Houston shared the 1983 award with teammate Michael Young.

Future Hall of Fame inductee Hakeem Olajuwon (then known as Akeem) won in 1984.

David Wesley was a co-player of the year in 1992.

Bo Outlaw won in 1993 and was Houston's sixth and final recipient.

Season	Player	Team	Position	Class
1957–58	Rick Herrscher	SMU	G / F	Senior
1958–59	H. E. Kirchner	TCU	C	Senior
1959–60	Carroll Broussard	Texas A&M	F	Sophomore
1960–61	Carroll Broussard (2)	Texas A&M	F	Junior
1961–62	Carroll Broussard (3)	Texas A&M	F	Senior
1962–63	Bennie Lenox	Texas A&M	G	Junior
1963–64	Bennie Lenox (2)	Texas A&M	G	Senior
1964–65	John Beasley	Texas A&M	C	Junior
1965–66	John Beasley (2)	Texas A&M	C	Senior
1966–67	Denny Holman	SMU	G	Senior
1967–68	Billy Arnold	Texas	G	Senior
1968–69^†	Ronnie Peret	Texas A&M	C	Senior
1968–69^†	Gene Phillips	SMU	F	Sophomore
1968–69^†	Greg Williams	Rice	G	Junior
1969–70	Gene Phillips (2)	SMU	F	Junior
1970–71^†	Goo Kennedy	TCU	F	Senior
1970–71^†	Gene Phillips (3)	SMU	F	Senior
1971–72	Larry Robinson	Texas	F	Sophomore
1972–73	Martin Terry	Arkansas	G	Senior
1973–74	Larry Robinson (2)	Texas	F	Senior
1974–75	Sonny Parker	Texas A&M	G / F	Junior
1975–76^†	Sonny Parker (2)	Texas A&M	G / F	Senior
1975–76^†	Ira Terrell	SMU	C	Senior
1976–77	Otis Birdsong	Houston	G	Senior
1977–78	Ron Brewer	Arkansas	G	Senior
1978–79	Sidney Moncrief	Arkansas	G	Senior
1979–80^†	Ron Baxter	Texas	G	Senior
1979–80^†	Terry Teagle	Baylor	G / F	Sophomore
1980–81	Rob Williams	Houston	G	Sophomore
1981–82	Ricky Pierce	Rice	F	Senior
1982–83^†	Clyde Drexler	Houston	G / F	Junior
1982–83^†	Michael Young	Houston	F / G	Junior
1983–84	Akeem Olajuwon	Houston	C	Junior
1984–85	Bubba Jennings	Texas Tech	G	Senior
1985–86	John Brownlee	Texas	F / C	Senior
1986–87	Carven Holcombe	TCU	G	Senior
1987–88	Carlton McKinney	SMU	G	Senior
1988–89	Travis Mays	Texas	G	Junior
1989–90	Travis Mays (2)	Texas	G	Senior
1990–91^†	Todd Day	Arkansas	F	Junior
1990–91^†	Oliver Miller	Arkansas	C	Junior
1991–92^†	Will Flemons	Texas Tech	F	Junior
1991–92^†	David Wesley	Baylor	G	Senior
1992–93^†	Will Flemons (2)	Texas Tech	F	Senior
1992–93^†	Bo Outlaw	Houston	F / C	Senior
1992–93^†	Mike Wilson	SMU	G	Senior
1993–94	B. J. Tyler	Texas	G	Senior
1994–95	Kurt Thomas	TCU	C	Senior
1995–96	Jason Sasser	Texas Tech	F	Senior

Winners by school

School (year joined)	Winners	Years
Texas A&M (1915)	10	1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1969^†, 1975, 1976^†
SMU (1918)	8	1958, 1967, 1969^†, 1970, 1971^†, 1976^†, 1988, 1993^†
Texas (1915)	8	1968, 1972, 1974, 1980^†, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1994
Houston (1971)	6	1977, 1981, 1983 (×2)^†, 1984, 1993^†
Arkansas (1915)	5	1973, 1978, 1979, 1991 (×2)^†
TCU (1923)	4	1959, 1971^†, 1987, 1995
Texas Tech (1956)	4	1985, 1992^†, 1993^†, 1996
Baylor (1915)	2	1980^†, 1992
Rice (1918)	2	1969^†, 1982

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