Haggerty Award


The Haggerty Award is given to the All-New York Metropolitan NCAA Division I men's college basketball player of the year, presented by the National Invitation Tournament and the Met Basketball Writers Association. First presented in 1936, it is arguably the oldest and most prestigious award given to a metropolitan area player. Two schools with previous winners are no longer classified as Division I – CCNY and NYU are now Division III and are therefore ineligible to have future winners.
The award has gone to players from 15 Division I schools. St. John's University in Jamaica, New York has the most at 27, roughly twice the 14 awards received by players from number two Seton Hall University.
Three players won the award three times: Jim McMillian from Columbia University, Chris Mullin of St. John's and Charles Jenkins of Hofstra. McMillian would go on to win the 1972 NBA Championship with the Los Angeles Lakers; Mullin went on to win two Olympic gold medals with Team USA, was a five-time NBA All-Star and was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2011; and Jenkins has played in the NBA and Europe.

Key

Winners

SeasonPlayerSchoolPositionClassReference
1935–36LIU BrooklynForward/Guard
1936–37LIU BrooklynSmall forward
1937–38CCNYCenter
1938–39LIU BrooklynPower forward
1939–40NYUSmall forward
1940–41St. John'sPoint guard
1941–42St. John'sGuard
1942–43St. John'sSmall forward/Shooting guard
1943–44St. John'sPoint guard
1944–45St. John'sPower forward
1945–46NYUShooting guard
1946–47 NYUShooting guard
1947–48NYUCenter
1948–49 St. John'sPoint guard
1949–50LIU BrooklynPower forward
1950–51ColumbiaShooting guard
1951–52St. John'sPoint guard
1952–53Seton HallCenter
1953–54FordhamPower forward
1954–55 FordhamPower forward
1955–56HofstraPower forward
1956–57*ColumbiaPoint guard
1957–58FordhamShooting guard
1958–59St. John'sPoint guard/Shooting guard
1959–60NYUPower forward
1960–61St. John'sSmall forward
1961–62St. John'sCenter
1962–63NYUPower forward
1963–64Seton HallPower forward
1964–65IonaPower forward
1965–66LIU BrooklynSmall forward
1966–67St. John'sCenter
1967–68ColumbiaSmall forward
1968–69 ColumbiaSmall forward
1969–70 ColumbiaSmall forward
1970–71FordhamShooting guard
1971–72†ManhattanShooting guard
1971–72†FordhamCenter
1972–73St. John'sPower forward
1973–74ManhattanCenter
1974–75RutgersShooting guard
1975–76 RutgersShooting guard
1976–77HofstraShooting guard
1977–78St. John'sPower forward
1978–79Seton HallShooting guard
1979–80IonaCenter
1980–81IonaPower forward
1981–82Seton HallShooting guard
1982–83St. John'sSmall forward
1983–84†IonaShooting guard
1983–84† St. John'sSmall forward
1984–85* St. John'sSmall forward
1985–86*St. John'sPower forward
1986–87†ArmyPoint guard
1986–87†St. John'sPoint guard
1987–88Seton HallPower forward
1988–89Seton HallPoint guard
1989–90St. John'sPoint guard
1990–91St. John'sSmall forward
1991–92 St. John'sSmall forward
1992–93Seton HallShooting guard
1993–94†MaristShooting guard
1993–94†Seton HallSmall forward
1994–95LIU BrooklynSmall forward
1995–96Seton HallShooting guard/Small forward
1996–97LIU BrooklynPoint guard
1997–98St. John'sShooting guard
1998–99St. John'sSmall forward
1999–00HofstraPoint guard
2000–01HofstraShooting guard/Small forward
2001–02St. John'sPoint guard
2002–03ManhattanPoint guard
2003–04†Seton HallPoint guard
2003–04† ManhattanPoint guard
2004–05Saint Peter'sPoint guard
2005–06RutgersShooting guard
2006–07MaristPoint guard
2007–08RiderCenter
2008–09HofstraShooting guard
2009–10 HofstraShooting guard
2010–11 HofstraShooting guard
2011–12IonaPoint guard
2012–13IonaPoint guard
2013–14St. John'sShooting guard
2014–15St. John'sSmall forward
2015–16Seton HallShooting guard
2016–17Seton HallCenter
2017–18St. John'sPoint guard
2018–19Seton HallShooting guard
2019–20 Seton HallShooting guard

Winners by school

SchoolWinnersYears
St. John's271941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1949, 1952, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1967, 1973, 1978, 1983, 1984†, 1985, 1986, 1987†, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2014, 2015, 2018
Seton Hall141953, 1964, 1979, 1982, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1994†, 1996, 2004†, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020
Hofstra71956, 1977, 2000, 2001, 2009, 2010, 2011
71936, 1937, 1939, 1950, 1966, 1995, 1997
Iona61965, 1980, 1981, 1984†, 2012, 2013
NYU61940, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1960, 1963
Columbia51951, 1957, 1968, 1969, 1970
Fordham51954, 1955, 1958, 1971, 1972†
Manhattan41972†, 1974, 2003, 2004†
Rutgers31975, 1976, 2006
Marist21994†, 2007
Army11987†
CCNY11938
Rider12008
Saint Peter's12005