America East Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
Introduction The '''America East Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year''', known also as the '''Kevin Roberson America East Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year''', is an award given to the America East Conference's most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1979–80 season, the first year of the conference's existence (then called ECAC North). Ten players have earned the award multiple times. Only three, however, have been named player of the year three times: Reggie Lewis of Northeastern (1985–1987), Taylor Coppenrath of Vermont (2003–2005), and Jameel Warney of Stony Brook (2014–2016).The award was named in honor of former winner Kevin Roberson of Vermont after he was killed by a drunk driver in his hometown of Buffalo, New York in May 1993.Vermont has had the most all-time awards with 15.Former members Northeastern, Stony Brook, and Boston University (which respectively left in 2005, 2022, and 2013) are second with five, while four other schools have at least two awards apiece. In terms of individual winners, Vermont and BU are tied for the lead with five each. There has been one co-player of the year award tie (1979–80). Coincidentally, it was the first year that the award was given.
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 America East Player of the Year award at that point
Winners  Season Player School Position Class Reference1979–80†  Maine  SF    Holy Cross SG   1980–81  Colgate  SG   1981–82    Northeastern PG / SG   1982–83    Maine  C   1983–84    Northeastern  F   1984–85    Northeastern SF   1985–86   (2) Northeastern  SF   1986–87   (3) Northeastern SF   1987–88    Boston University PF    1988–89   Siena  SF / SG   1989–90    Boston University PG   1990–91    Vermont SF   1991–92    Vermont  C   1992–93    Hartford  C   1993–94    New Hampshire  PF   1994–95   Drexel PF   1995–96   (2) Drexel PF   1996–97    Boston University PF   1997–98   Hofstra  PG   1998–99   Delaware  PF   1999–00  (2) Hofstra PG    2000–01     Hofstra  SG   2001–02     Vermont PG    2002–03   Vermont PF   2003–04   (2) Vermont PF   2004–05   (3) Vermont PF    2005–06   Albany  SG   2006–07  (2) Albany SG   2007–08   Vermont PF   2008–09  (2) Vermont PF   2009–10   Stony Brook SG   2010–11   Boston University SG / SF   2011–12   Boston University SG   2012–13   Stony Brook SF   2013–14   Stony Brook PF   2014–15  (2) Stony Brook PF   2015–16  (3) Stony Brook PF   2016–17  Vermont PG   2017–18  (2) Vermont PG   2018–19  Vermont PF   2019–20  (2) Vermont PF   2020–21  Vermont PF   2021–22  (2) Vermont PF   2022–23  Vermont SG
Winners by school  School (year joined) Winners Years Vermont (1979) 15 1991, 1992, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 Boston University (1979) 5 1988, 1990, 1997, 2011, 2012 Northeastern (1979) 5 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987 Stony Brook (2001) 5 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 Hofstra (1994) 3 1998, 2000, 2001 Albany (2001) 2 2006, 2007 Drexel (1991) 2 1995, 1996 Maine (1979) 2 1980†, 1983 Colgate (1979) 1 1981 Delaware (1991) 1 1999 Hartford (1985) 1 1993 Holy Cross (1979) 1 1980† New Hampshire (1979) 1 1994 Siena (1984) 1 1989 Binghamton (2001) 0— NJIT (2020) 0— UMass Lowell (2013) 0— UMBC (2003) 0—
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