Great Midwest Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
Introduction The '''Great Midwest Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year''' was an award given to the Great Midwest Conference's most outstanding player. The award was short-lived and only handed out from 1992 to 1995.Four recipients received the award, but only Anfernee "Penny" Hardaway won more than once. Hardaway was the award's first and second player of the year recipient honoree.The Great Midwest Conference was an NCAA Division I conference that existed from 1991–92 to 1994–95.It was formed in 1990 with six members: Cincinnati and Memphis State (now Memphis) from the Metro Conference; UAB from the Sun Belt Conference; Marquette and Saint Louis from the Midwestern Collegiate Conference (now the Horizon League), and independent DePaul. Dayton joined in 1993.In 1995, reunification with the Metro Conference and teams from the Southwest Conference formed Conference USA.
Winners Player (X)Denotes the number of times the player has been awarded the Great Midwest Player of the Year award Season Player School Position Class Reference 1991–92  Memphis G/SF   1992–93  (2) Memphis G/SF   1993–94  Marquette C   1994–95  DePaul SG/SF
Winners by school  School (year joined) Winners Years Memphis State (1991) 2 1992, 1993 Marquette (1991) 1 1994 DePaul (1991) 1 1995 Cincinnati (1991) 0 — Saint Louis (1991) 0 — UAB (1991) 0 —
References