Conference USA Men's Basketball Player of the Year
Introduction The '''Conference USA Men's Basketball Player of the Year''' is an award given to Conference USA's (C-USA) most outstanding player. The award was first given following C-USA's inaugural 1995–96 season. Two players have received the award multiple times: Danny Fortson (1996, 1997) and Steve Logan (2001, 2002). Coincidentally, both players attended the University of Cincinnati. Another Bearcat, Kenyon Martin, won the C-USA Player of the Year award the same season he was selected as the consensus national player of the year (2000).Cincinnati and Memphis have the most awards, with five each; Memphis has the most individual winners, with all of its awards having been won by different players. However, neither school is currently a member of the conference. Due to C-USA having lost many members in all three of the major conference realignment cycles of the 21st century (2005, early 2010s, and early 2020s), only four of the nine current member schools have had a winner, with only Louisiana Tech and Middle Tennessee having had more than one.
Key Quentin Richardson is the only freshman to ever win the C-USA Player of the Year award.NBA star Dwyane Wade rose to national prominence during his junior season in which he won the award.Like Wade, Chris Douglas-Roberts won the award as a junior (2008).Shawn Jones won the award in 2014.† 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 Conference USA Player of the Year award at that point
Winners  Season Player School Position Class Reference 1995–96  Cincinnati PF   1996–97  (2) Cincinnati PF   1997–98  Charlotte F   1998–99  DePaul SG / SF   1999–00 * Cincinnati PF   2000–01 Cincinnati PG   2001–02 (2) Cincinnati PG   2002–03  Marquette SG   2003–04  Memphis PG   2004–05  Charlotte SG / SF   2005–06  Memphis SF   2006–07  Rice G   2007–08  Memphis SG   2008–09  UCF G   2009–10  UTEP G   2010–11  UAB PG   2011–12  Memphis SG   2012–13  Memphis PG   2013–14  Middle Tennessee PF   2014–15  Louisiana Tech PG   2015–16  Louisiana Tech SG   2016–17  Middle Tennessee PF   2017–18  Middle Tennessee PF   2018–19  Old Dominion SG   2019–20  North Texas PG   2020–21  Western Kentucky C   2021–22  UAB PG   2022–23  North Texas SG
Winners by school  School (year joined) Winners Years Cincinnati (1995) 5 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002 Memphis (1995) 5 2004, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2013 Middle Tennessee (2013) 3 2014, 2017, 2018 Charlotte (1995/2013) 2 1998, 2005 Louisiana Tech (2013) 22015, 2016 North Texas (2013) 2 2020, 2023 UAB (1995) 2 2011, 2022 DePaul (1995) 1 1999 Marquette (1995) 1 2003 Old Dominion (2013) 1 2019 Rice (2005) 1 2007 UCF (2005) 1 2009 UTEP (2005) 1 2010 Western Kentucky (2014) 1 2021 East Carolina (2001) 0 — FIU (2013) 0 — Florida Atlantic (2013) 0 — Houston (1996) 0 — Jacksonville State (2023) 0 — Liberty (2023) 0 — Marshall (2005) 0 — New Mexico State (2023) 0 — Sam Houston (2023) 0 — SMU (2005) 0 — Southern Miss (1995) 0 — Tulane (1995) 0 — Tulsa (2005) 0 — UTSA (2013) 0 —
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