▁in ▁ 1 9 3 6 , ▁it ▁is ▁arg u ably ▁the ▁oldest ▁and ▁most ▁pr estig ious ▁award ▁given ▁to ▁a ▁metropol itan ▁area ▁player . ▁Two ▁schools ▁with ▁previous ▁w inners ▁are ▁no ▁longer ▁class ified ▁as ▁Division ▁I ▁– ▁C CN Y ▁and ▁NY U ▁are ▁now ▁Division ▁III ▁and ▁are ▁therefore ▁in el ig ible ▁to ▁have ▁future ▁w inners . ▁ ▁The ▁award ▁has ▁gone ▁to ▁players ▁from ▁ 1 5 ▁Division ▁I ▁schools . ▁St . ▁John ' s ▁University ▁in ▁J ama ica , ▁New ▁York ▁has ▁the ▁most ▁at ▁ 2 7 , ▁roughly ▁twice ▁the ▁ 1 4 ▁awards ▁received ▁by ▁players ▁from ▁number ▁two ▁Set on ▁Hall ▁University . ▁▁ ▁Three ▁players ▁won ▁the ▁award ▁three ▁times : ▁Jim ▁Mc Mill ian ▁from ▁Columbia ▁University ▁( 1 9 6 8 – 1 9 7 0 ), ▁Chris ▁M ull in ▁of ▁St . ▁John ' s ▁( 1 9 8 3 – 1 9 8 5 ) ▁and ▁Charles ▁Jenkins ▁of ▁Hof stra ▁( 2 0 0 9 – 2 0 1 1 ). ▁Mc Mill ian ▁would ▁go ▁on ▁to ▁win ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 2 ▁NBA ▁Championship ▁with ▁the ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁L akers ; ▁M ull in ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁win ▁two ▁Olympic ▁gold ▁med als ▁( 1 9 8 4 , ▁ 1 9 9 2 ) ▁with ▁Team ▁USA , ▁was ▁a ▁five - time ▁NBA ▁All - Star ▁and ▁was ▁elected ▁to ▁the ▁Na ism ith