Southland Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
Introduction The '''Southland Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year''' is an award given to the Southland Conference's (SLC) most outstanding player. The award was first given following the conference's inaugural basketball season of 1963–64.Five players have won the award two times: Jerry Rook, Larry Jeffries, Andrew Toney, Ryan Stuart and Thomas Walkup. No player has ever won three times. McNeese has the most all-time winners with eight. Among current SLC members, three have never had a winner: Houston Christian and Incarnate Word, both of which joined in 2013, and Texas A&M–Commerce, which joined in 2022.
Key  † Co-Players of the Year* Awarded a national player of the year award: Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year (1904–05 to 1978–79) 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 Southland Player of the Year award at that point
Winners Bo Lamar won the award in 1972 as a first-team All-American.Karl Malone won the award in 1983.He later became the NBA's second all-time leading scorer and a Basketball Hall of Fame inductee.Demond Mallet (right) was McNeese's seventh winner of the Southland Conference Player of the Year award. Season Player School Position ClassReference 1963–64  Arkansas State F   1964–65  (2) Arkansas State F   1965–66  Arkansas State C   1966–67  Trinity F   1967–68   Abilene Christian G   1968–69  (2) Trinity F   1969–70   Lamar G   1970–71†  Lamar F    Arkansas State G   1971–72  Louisiana SG   1972–73  Louisiana Tech C   1973–74   Arkansas State C   1974–75  McNeese F   1975–76  Louisiana Tech SG   1976–77  Arkansas State C   1977–78  Louisiana G   1978–79  McNeese PF   1979–80  (2) Louisiana G   1980–81  Lamar PG   1981–82  UT Arlington SF   1982–83  Louisiana Tech PF   1983–84  Lamar SG   1984–85  McNeese PG/SG   1985–86  Louisiana–Monroe F   1986–87  McNeese F   1987–88  North Texas F   1988–89  North Texas PG   1989–90  McNeese C   1990–91†  Louisiana–Monroe PG/SG    Louisiana–Monroe F   1991–92  Louisiana–Monroe SF   1992–93  (2) Louisiana–Monroe SF   1993–94  Northwestern State C   1994–95  Nicholls SG   1995–96  Louisiana–Monroe SG   1996–97  McNeese F   1997–98  UTSA G   1998–99  Texas State PG   1999–00  Louisiana–Monroe PF   2000–01  McNeese PG   2001–02  UTSA PF   2002–03  Sam Houston State SF   2003–04  UTSA SF   2004–05  Sam Houston State SF/SG   2005–06  Southeastern Louisiana F   2006–07  Texas A&M–Corpus Christi C   2007–08  Stephen F. Austin SF   2008–09  Stephen F. Austin C   2009–10  UT Arlington G   2010–11  Sam Houston State SF   2011–12  McNeese SG/SF   2012–13  Stephen F. Austin PF   2013–14  Stephen F. Austin PF   2014–15  Stephen F. Austin SG/SF   2015–16  (2) Stephen F. Austin SG/SF   2016–17  New Orleans PF   2017–18  Central Arkansas SG   2018–19  Sam Houston State SG   2019–20  Stephen F. Austin SG   2020–21  Sam Houston State SG   2021–22  Nicholls PG   2022–23  Northwestern State PG
Winners by school  School (year joined) Winners Years McNeese (1972) 8 1975, 1979, 1985, 1987, 1990, 1997, 2001, 2012 Louisiana–Monroe 7 1986, 1991 (×2)†, 1992, 1993, 1996, 2000  Stephen F. Austin (1987) 7 2008, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2020  Arkansas State (1963) 6 1964, 1965, 1966, 1971†, 1974, 1977 Sam Houston State (1987) 5 2003, 2005, 2011, 2019, 2021 Lamar (1963/1999/2022) 4 1970, 1971†, 1981, 1984 Louisiana Tech 3 1973, 1976, 1983 Louisiana 3 1972, 1978, 1980 UTSA (1991) 3 1998, 2002, 2004 Nicholls (1991) 2 1995, 2022 North Texas 2 1988, 1989 Northwestern State (1987) 2 1994, 2023 Trinity (1963) 2 1967, 1969 UT Arlington (1963) 2 1982, 2010 Abilene Christian (1963/2013) 1 1968 Central Arkansas (2006) 1 2018 New Orleans (2013) 1 2017 Southeastern Louisiana (1997) 1 2006 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi (2006) 1 2007 Texas State (1987)) 1 1999 Houston Christian (2013) 0 — Incarnate Word (2013) 0 — Oral Roberts (2012) 0 — Texas A&M–Commerce (2022) 0 —
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