West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
Introduction The '''West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year''' is an award given to the most outstanding men's basketball player in the West Coast Conference (WCC). The award was first given following the conference's inaugural 1952–53 season, when it was known as the California Basketball Association. The only season in which the award was not presented was the conference's second season of 1953–54.There have been six ties in the award's history, most recently in 2022–23 between Brandin Podziemski of Santa Clara and Drew Timme of Gonzaga. There have also been 13 repeat winners, but only one, Bill Cartwright of San Francisco, has been player of the year three times.Four schools in the WCC have dominated the total awards distribution. Before 2000, Pepperdine, San Francisco and Santa Clara had earned the bulk of the awards. Since then, Gonzaga has had the overwhelming majority of selections. In the 23 seasons from 2000–01 to the present, coinciding with the Bulldogs' rise to national prominence, Gonzaga players have won or shared the award 17 times. Gonzaga now claims the most awards with 20 and most individual winners with 18.Santa Clara is second in awards with 12, and its nine individual winners give it a share of second place in that category with Pepperdine. The next closest school, Saint Mary's, has eight awards. One current member has yet to have a winner (Portland).
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 WCC Player of the Year award at that point
Winners USF's Bill Russell went on to become the winningest NBA champion in history.Pacific's Keith Swagerty won the award in 1966 and 1967.Future NBA coach Rick Adelman of Loyola won the award in 1968.Kurt Rambis of Santa Clara won in 1980.As a junior in 2005–06, Gonzaga's Adam Morrison led the nation in scoring at 28.1 points per game.Saint Mary's center Jock Landale won the award in 2018.Drew Timme of Gonzaga won the award in 2022 and 2023.Season Player School Position ClassReference 1952–53  Santa Clara PF   1953–54 1954–55  (2) Santa Clara PF   1955–56  * San Francisco C   1956–57  San Francisco PF   1957–58†  (2) San Francisco PF    Pacific PF   1958–59†  Saint Mary's PF    (2) Pacific PF   1959–60  Loyola Marymount SG / PG   1960–61  Saint Mary's PF   1961–62†  Pepperdine SF / SG    Saint Mary's G   1962–63  (2) Saint Mary's G   1963–64  San Francisco C   1964–65  (2) San Francisco C   1965–66  Pacific F   1966–67  (2) Pacific F   1967–68  Loyola Marymount SG   1968–69  Santa Clara C   1969–70  (2) Santa Clara C   1970–71  Pacific C / PF   1971–72  Santa Clara C   1972–73   Pepperdine PG   1973–74  Seattle SG   1974–75  UNLV G   1975–76  Pepperdine PF   1976–77  San Francisco C   1977–78  (2) San Francisco C   1978–79  (3) San Francisco C   1979–80  Santa Clara SF   1980–81  San Francisco SG   1981–82  (2) San Francisco SG   1982–83†  Pepperdine C    Pepperdine G   1983–84  Gonzaga PG   1984–85  Pepperdine SF / SG   1985–86  (2) Pepperdine SF / SG   1986–87  San Diego C   1987–88  Pepperdine PF   1988–89  Loyola Marymount PF   1989–90  Loyola Marymount SG   1990–91  Pepperdine SG   1991–92  (2) Pepperdine SG   1992–93  Pepperdine SF   1993–94  Gonzaga PF   1994–95   Santa Clara PG   1995–96  (2) Santa Clara PG   1996–97  Santa Clara G   1997–98  Gonzaga PF   1998–99  Saint Mary's PF   1999–00  San Francisco C   2000–01  Gonzaga PF   2001–02  Gonzaga PG   2002–03  Gonzaga PG   2003–04  (2) Gonzaga PG   2004–05  Gonzaga C   2005–06  Gonzaga SF   2006–07†  Santa Clara F    Gonzaga PG / SG   2007–08  Gonzaga PG   2008–09  Santa Clara C   2009–10  Gonzaga SG   2010–11  Saint Mary's PG   2011–12  Saint Mary's PG   2012–13  Gonzaga C   2013–14  BYU SG   2014–15  Gonzaga PG   2015–16  BYU PG   2016–17  Gonzaga PG   2017–18  Saint Mary's C   2018–19  Gonzaga PF   2019–20  Gonzaga PF   2020–21  Gonzaga SF   2021–22  Gonzaga PF   2022–23†  Santa Clara SG    (2) Gonzaga PF
Winners by school  School (year joined) Winners YearsGonzaga (1979)20 1984, 1994, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007†, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023†Santa Clara (1952)12 1953, 1955, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1980, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2007†, 2009, 2023†Pepperdine (1955)11 1962†, 1973, 1976, 1983 (×2)†, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1993San Francisco (1952)11 1956, 1957, 1958†, 1964, 1965, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 2000Saint Mary's (1952)8 1959†, 1961, 1962†, 1963, 1999, 2011, 2012, 2018Pacific (1952/2013)5 1958†, 1959†, 1966, 1967, 1971Loyola Marymount (1955)4 1960, 1968, 1989, 1990 BYU (2011) 2 2014, 2016San Diego (1979)1 1987Seattle (1971)1 1974UNLV (1969)1 1975Fresno State (1955)0 —Nevada (1969)0 —Portland (1976)0 —San Jose State (1952)0 —UC Santa Barbara (1964)0 —
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