NABC Player of the Year


The NABC Player of the Year is an award given annually by the National Association of Basketball Coaches to recognize the top player in men's college basketball. The award has been given since the 1974–75 season to National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I basketball players. The association added awards for Division II and Division III players in 1983, and for National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics and junior college players in 2008. The awards have previously been sponsored by State Farm Insurance.
In Division I, Duke has the most all-time winners with six. Their rival, North Carolina, as well as Kansas are tied for second with four winners. There have been three ties for NABC Player of the Year, and only two players have won the award multiple times.
In Division II, Virginia Union has four winners, the most all-time, and is followed by Kentucky Wesleyan which has three. Only one tie has occurred, while three players have won the award more than once.
In Division III, Potsdam State has the most all-time winners with three, while six other schools are tied for second with two winners apiece. There have been two ties and four repeat winners.
At the NAIA level, there is a distinction between NAIA Division I and NAIA Division II winners. Since the awards began in 2008, no school or individual player has received the award multiple times.
In junior college, every winner has been a sophomore and had gone on to play at an NCAA Division I school after their community college careers ended until 2020. Jay Scrubb, that year's winner, hired an agent and declared for the 2020 NBA draft, thereby forgoing his remaining collegiate eligibility. He had committed to Louisville prior to renouncing that decision to enter the NBA draft pool.

Key

Division I Players of the Year

SeasonPlayerSchoolStatePositionClass
1974–75NC StateNorth CarolinaSG / SF
1975–76IndianaIndianaF
1976–77UCLACaliforniaG / F
1977–78North CarolinaNorth CarolinaPG
1978–79Indiana StateIndianaSF
1979–80La SallePennsylvaniaF
1980–81Brigham YoungUtahSG
1981–82VirginiaVirginiaC
1982–83 Virginia VirginiaC
1983–84North Carolina North CarolinaSG
1984–85GeorgetownWashington, D.C.C
1985–86St. John'sNew YorkPF
1986–87NavyMarylandC
1987–88KansasKansasPF
1988–89ArizonaArizonaSF
1989–90La Salle PennsylvaniaSF
1990–91UNLVNevadaPF
1991–92DukeNorth CarolinaF
1992–93Indiana IndianaSF
1993–94PurdueIndianaSF / PF
1994–95Michigan StateMichiganSG
1995–96MassachusettsMassachusettsC
1996–97Wake ForestNorth CarolinaC
1997–98North Carolina North CarolinaSF
1998–99Duke North CarolinaC
1999–00CincinnatiOhioPF
2000–01Duke North CarolinaPG
2001–02†Kansas KansasC
2001–02† Duke North CarolinaPG
2002–03Kansas KansasPF
2003–04†Saint Joseph'sPennsylvaniaPG
2003–04†ConnecticutConnecticutC
2004–05UtahUtahC
2005–06†GonzagaWashingtonSF
2005–06†Duke North CarolinaSG
2006–07TexasTexasSF
2007–08North Carolina North CarolinaPF
2008–09OklahomaOklahomaPF
2009–10Ohio StateOhioSF
2010–11Brigham Young UtahPG
2011–12Michigan State MichiganPF
2012–13MichiganMichiganPG
2013–14CreightonNebraskaSF
2014–15WisconsinWisconsinPF / C
2015–16Michigan State MichiganSG
2016–17Kansas KansasPG
2017–18VillanovaPennsylvaniaPG
2018–19Duke North CarolinaSF / PF
2019–20DaytonOhioPF

Division II Player of the Year

SeasonPlayerSchoolStatePositionClass
1982–83District of ColumbiaWashington, D.C.C
1983–84 District of Columbia Washington, D.C.C
1984–85Virginia UnionVirginiaPF
1985–86TampaFloridaSF
1986–87Norfolk StateVirginiaPG
1987–88Florida SouthernFloridaPG
1988–89Florida Southern FloridaF
1989–90Virginia Union VirginiaSG
1990–91Kentucky WesleyanKentuckySF / SG
1991–92Oklahoma CityOklahomaSF
1992–93Central OklahomaOklahomaSG
1993–94Virginia Union VirginiaC / PF
1994–95Southern IndianaIndianaG
1995–96 Southern Indiana IndianaG
1996–97Cal State BakersfieldCaliforniaPF
1997–98Central Oklahoma OklahomaPG / SG
1998–99Kentucky Wesleyan KentuckyF
1999–00CharlestonWest VirginiaPG
2000–01LongwoodVirginiaPF
2001–02ShawNorth CarolinaSG / PG
2002–03Kentucky Wesleyan KentuckyPG
2003–04UMass LowellMassachusettsF
2004–05Metro StateColoradoF
2005–06†Virginia Union VirginiaSG / SF
2005–06†South DakotaSouth DakotaPF
2006–07Winona StateMinnesotaC
2007–08 Winona State MinnesotaC
2008–09FindlayOhioSF
2009–10BentleyMassachusettsPG
2010–11Indiana PennsylvaniaF
2011–12BellarmineKentuckyPG
2012–13Winona State MinnesotaPF
2013–14Metro State ColoradoPG
2014–15Metro State ColoradoSG
2015–16AugustanaSouth DakotaPF
2016–17Northwest Missouri StateMissouriPG
2017–18Ferris StateMichiganC
2018–19Point Loma NazareneCaliforniaG
2019–20Florida Southern FloridaG

Division III Player of the Year

SeasonPlayerSchoolStatePositionClass
1982–83Potsdam StateNew YorkPG
1983–84 Potsdam State New YorkPG
1984–85WittenbergOhio
1985–86OtterbeinOhioG
1986–87Potsdam State New YorkSF
1987–88Ohio WesleyanOhioSF / SG
1988–89Trenton StateNew JerseyPG
1989–90ColbyMaineSG
1990–91Wittenberg OhioC
1991–92Salisbury StateMarylandPF
1992–93CalvinMichigan
1993–94SUNY GeneseoNew YorkG
1994–95Ohio NorthernOhioSG
1995–96HanoverIndiana
1996–97Illinois WesleyanIllinoisSF
1997–98WilliamsMassachusettsF
1998–99Wisconsin–PlattevilleWisconsinPG / SG
1999–00Calvin MichiganPF
2000–01William PatersonNew JerseyPG
2001–02Otterbein OhioF
2002–03WoosterOhio
2003–04Wisconsin–River FallsWisconsinF
2004–05Wisconsin–Stevens PointWisconsinPF
2005–06Virginia WesleyanVirginiaSF
2006–07†AmherstMassachusettsPG
2006–07†GuilfordNorth CarolinaC
2007–08 Amherst MassachusettsPG
2008–09MITMassachusettsSG
2009–10Guilford North CarolinaC
2010–11WhitworthWashingtonSG
2011–12Wisconsin–WhitewaterWisconsinPF
2012–13Amherst MassachusettsPG
2013–14CabriniPennsylvaniaPG
2014–15 Cabrini PennsylvaniaPG
2015–16BabsonMassachusettsPG
2016–17 Babson MassachusettsPG
2017–18Cabrini PennsylvaniaPF
2018–19AugsburgMinnesotaSG
2019–20LeTourneauTexasPG

NAIA Players of the Year

For the 2007–08 season, Ryan Fiegi, a senior point guard at Oregon Tech, was named the player of the year. In 2008–09, the NAIA began awarding players of the year for Divisions I and II.

Junior College Player of the Year

Since community college players only attend for two years, these players are only either freshmen or sophomores. Afterwards, they move on to a four-year university to finish their last two seasons of NCAA eligibility. The University column reflects which team these players would play for following their junior college careers.
SeasonPlayerJunior collegeStatePositionClassUniversity
2007–08MottMichiganGOhio State
2008–09Johnson CountyKansasGMissouri State
2009–10HowardTexasFMarquette
2010–11LincolnIllinoisCFlorida State
2011–12SUNY SullivanNew YorkPFWichita State
2012–13Northwest Florida StateFloridaGLouisville
2013–14HutchinsonKansasGArizona
2014–15PhoenixArizonaGLoyola Marymount
2015–16GilletteWyomingFOregon
2016–17Hutchinson KansasFUNLV
2017–18College of Southern IdahoIdahoGUtah
2018–19Northwest Florida State FloridaGOregon
2019–20John A. LoganIllinoisGNone

Footnotes

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