Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
Introduction The '''Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year''' is an award given to the men's basketball player in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) voted as the most outstanding player. The award was first presented following the 1981–82 season, the first MAAC season, through voting by the league's head coaches. The award was first given to William Brown of Saint Peter's after Brown averaged 17.0 ppg, while leading the Peacocks to the NIT. Lionel Simmons of La Salle won the award a league record three times in his career. Simmons, along with winning his third MAAC Player of the Year award, was also the consensus national player of the year in 1990.As of 2023, three players have won the award twice in their career: Steve Burtt of Iona, Luis Flores of Manhattan and Justin Robinson of Monmouth.There has been one tie in the award's history, in 2017–18 when the award was shared between the two MAAC Buffalo-based schools, with Jermaine Crumpton of Canisius and Kahlil Dukes of Niagara both sharing the honor. Iona has produced the most players in the league to win the award with 10.Siena is a close second, with seven players winning. The only current MAAC member without a winner is Mount St. Mary's, which joined the MAAC in 2022–23.
Key  † Co-Players of the Year* Awarded a national player of the year award: UPI College Basketball Player of the Year (1954–55 to 1995–96) Naismith College Player of the Year (1968–69 to present) John R. Wooden Award (1976–77 to present) Player (X) Denotes the number of times the player has been awarded the MAAC Player of the Year award at that point
Winners David Laury of Iona won the award in 2015.Kahlil Dukes of Niagara shared the award in 2018.Jalen Picket of Siena won the award as a sophomore in 2020.Season Player School Position Class Reference 1981–82   Saint Peter's G   1982–83    Iona PG   1983–84   (2) Iona PG   1984–85    Army G   1985–86    Fairfield  G   1986–87    Army PG/SG   1987–88   La Salle  SF   1988–89   (2) La Salle  SF   1989–90  * (3) La Salle  SF   1990–91   Siena PG   1991–92   La Salle   PG   1992–93    Manhattan  F   1993–94   Siena PG   1994–95   Canisius F   1995–96    Canisius F   1996–97    Iona SF   1997–98   Iona C/PF   1998–99   Niagara SG   1999–00   Iona SG/SF   2000–01     Niagara SG   2001–02    Rider F   2002–03   Manhattan PG   2003–04    (2) Manhattan PG   2004–05    Niagara C/PF   2005–06  Saint Peter's PG   2006–07  Marist PG   2007–08  Rider  C   2008–09  Siena  SG   2009–10  Siena  SF   2010–11  Siena  PF   2011–12  Iona  PG   2012–13  Iona  SG   2013–14  Canisius  PG   2014–15  Iona  PF   2015–16  Monmouth  PG   2016–17  (2) Monmouth  PG   2017–18†  Canisius  SF    Niagara PG   2018–19  Quinnipiac  SG   2019–20  Siena  PG   2020–21  Siena  SG/SF   2021–22  Iona  SG   2022–23  Iona  PG
Winners by school  School (year joined) Winners Years Iona (1981) 10 1983, 1984, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2022, 2023 Siena (1989) 7 1991, 1994, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2020, 2021 Canisius (1989) 4 1995, 1996, 2014, 2018† La Salle (1981) 4 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992  Niagara (1989) 4 1999, 2001, 2005, 2018† Manhattan (1981) 3 1993, 2003, 2004 Army (1981) 2 1985, 1987 Monmouth (2013) 2 2016, 2017 Rider (1995) 2 2002, 2008 Saint Peter's (1981) 2 1982, 2006 Fairfield (1981) 1 1986 Marist (1995) 1 2007 Quinnipiac (2013) 1 2019 Loyola (MD) (1989) 0 — Mount St. Mary's (2022) 0 —
See also * Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Coach of the Year
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