Mid-American Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year


The Mid-American Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year is a basketball award given to the most outstanding men's basketball player in the Mid-American Conference. The award was first given following the 1967–68 season. Four players have won the award multiple times: Tom Kozelko, Ron Harper, Gary Trent and Bonzi Wells. Trent is the only player to have been honored as player of the year three times. There have been no ties, nor has any player from the MAC ever won any of the national player of the year awards.
Through 2020, Ohio has the most all-time winners with eleven. Miami and Toledo are tied for second with six winners. All current members of the MAC have had at least one winner.

Key

Winners

SeasonPlayerSchoolPositionClassReference
1967–68MiamiF
1968–69ToledoC
1969–70Bowling GreenSG
1970–71OhioG
1971–72ToledoPF
1972–73 ToledoPF
1973–74OhioSG
1974–75Central MichiganPF/C
1975–76Western MichiganSF
1976–77Northern IllinoisPF
1977–78MiamiPF
1978–79Northern IllinoisSF
1979–80ToledoF
1980–81ToledoSF
1981–82Central MichiganSG
1982–83Ball StatePG
1983–84OhioC
1984–85MiamiSG
1985–86 MiamiSG
1986–87Western MichiganSF/SG
1987–88Eastern MichiganPF
1988–89OhioSF/SG
1989–90OhioSG
1990–91Eastern MichiganPF
1991–92OhioSF
1992–93OhioPF
1993–94 OhioPF
1994–95 OhioPF
1995–96Ball StateSF
1996–97Bowling GreenPG
1997–98 Ball StateSF
1998–99MiamiSF/SG
1999–00Bowling GreenSF
2000–01Central MichiganPG
2001–02Bowling GreenSG
2002–03Central MichiganC
2003–04Western MichiganSF/PF
2004–05BuffaloPG
2005–06Kent StatePG
2006–07AkronSF
2007–08Kent StatePG/SG
2008–09MiamiSG/SF
2009–10Western MichiganG
2010–11Kent StateSF
2011–12BuffaloC
2012–13OhioPG
2013–14BuffaloPF
2014–15BuffaloPF
2015–16OhioF
2016–17AkronC
2017–18ToledoSG / SF
2018–19BuffaloSG
2019–20AkronPG

Winners by school

Footnotes