Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year


The Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year is an annual basketball award given to the Ohio Valley Conference's most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1962–63 season.
Fourteen players in OVC history have claimed more than one player of the year award, the most recent of whom was Evan Bradds in 2015–16 and 2016–17. Among the repeat winners, only one—Clem Haskins of Western Kentucky—has been a three-time player of the year. Haskins achieved the feat from 1965 through 1967.
Murray State dominates the award's selection, as it has 20 winners. Of current OVC members, only Jacksonville State and SIU Edwardsville have had no winners. Both schools are relatively new to the conference, respectively joining in 2003 and 2008. However, the conference's newest member, Belmont, had a player win at least a share of the award in four of its first five seasons in the league.
Four ties have occurred for player of the year: 1968, 1976, 1983 and 2013. No OVC Men's Basketball Player of the Year has ever been selected as any national player of the year.

Key

Winners

SeasonPlayerSchoolPositionClass
1962–63Morehead StatePG
1963–64Murray StateF
1964–65Western KentuckySG
1965–66 Western KentuckySG
1966–67 Western KentuckySG
1967–68†Western KentuckySG / SF
1967–68†East Tennessee StateG
1968–69Murray StateSF
1969–70Western KentuckyC
1970–71 Western KentuckyC
1971–72Murray StateSF
1972–73 Murray StateSF
1973–74Austin PeayPG
1974–75Middle TennesseePF
1975–76†Western KentuckyPG
1975–76†Middle TennesseeC
1976–77Austin PeaySF
1977–78 Austin PeaySF
1978–79Eastern KentuckyF
1979–80Murray StatePF
1980–81Middle TennesseePF
1981–82 Middle TennesseePF
1982–83†Murray StateSF
1982–83†AkronSG
1983–84 AkronSG
1984–85Tennessee TechF
1985–86AkronSF
1986–87Morehead StatePF
1987–88Murray StateSG
1988–89 Murray StateSG
1989–90Murray StatePF
1990–91 Murray StatePF
1991–92Morehead StateSF
1992–93Tennessee StateC
1993–94 Tennessee StateC
1994–95Murray StateSG
1995–96 Murray StateSG
1996–97Austin PeaySF
1997–98Murray StatePG / SG
1998–99Southeast Missouri StateC
1999–00Murray StatePG
2000–01Austin PeaySF / SG
2001–02Eastern IllinoisSG
2002–03Morehead StatePG / SG
2003–04Murray StateSF
2004–05Tennessee TechC / PF
2005–06SamfordPF
2006–07Austin PeaySF
2007–08Tennessee–MartinPG
2008–09 Tennessee–MartinPG
2009–10Morehead StatePF / C
2010–11 Morehead StatePF / C
2011–12Murray StatePG / SG
2012–13† Murray StatePG / SG
2012–13†BelmontSG
2013–14BelmontSF
2014–15Murray StatePG
2015–16BelmontPF
2016–17 BelmontPF
2017–18Murray StatePG
2018–19Murray StatePG
2019–20Austin PeayPG

Winners by school

Footnotes