Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
Introduction The '''Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year''' is an award given to the Mountain West Conference's most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1999–2000 season, the first year of the conference's existence. As of 2023, no player has received the award multiple times. Two winners of the conference award were consensus national players of the year: Andrew Bogut of Utah (2005) and Jimmer Fredette of BYU (2011).Among current conference members, San Diego State has the most winners with five, with New Mexico in second place with four and Colorado State in third place with two. Other current conference members with a winner include Air Force, Boise State, Fresno State, San Jose State, Nevada and Utah State with one each. The remaining three current all-sports members are yet to have a winner—charter members UNLV and Wyoming. Former conference members BYU and Utah had five and four players who won the award, respectively — both schools left for other conferences in 2011.
Key  † Co-Players of the Year* Awarded a national player of the year award: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 Mountain West Player of the Year award at that point
Winners Andrew Bogut is one of three sophomores to win the MWC Player of the Year award. He was also selected as the national player of the year in 2005.Like Bogut, Jimmer Fredette was the concurrent national player of the year. Season Player School Position Class Reference 1999–00  Utah F   2000–01  BYU F   2001–02  Utah F   2002–03  New Mexico PG/SG   2003–04†  BYU C    Air Force C   2004–05 * Utah PF/C   2005–06  San Diego State SG   2006–07  BYU G   2007–08†  BYU SF    New Mexico SG   2008–09  Utah C   2009–10  New Mexico SF   2010–11 * BYU PG   2011–12  San Diego State SG   2012–13  New Mexico SG   2013–14  San Diego State SG   2014–15  Boise State SG   2015–16  Fresno State SG   2016–17  Colorado State SG   2017–18  Nevada SF   2018–19  Utah State PG   2019–20  San Diego State PG   2020–21  San Diego State SF   2021–22  Colorado State SF   2022–23  San Jose State PG/SG
Winners by school  School (year joined) Winners Years BYU (1999) 5 2001, 2004†, 2007, 2008†, 2011 San Diego State (1999) 5 2006, 2012, 2014, 2020, 2021 New Mexico (1999) 4 2003, 2008†, 2010, 2013 Utah (1999) 4 2000, 2002, 2005, 2009 Colorado State (1999) 2 2017, 2022 Air Force (1999) 1 2004† Boise State (2011) 1 2015 Fresno State (2012) 1 2016 Nevada (2012) 1 2018 San Jose State (2013) 1 2023 Utah State (2013) 1 2019 UNLV (1999) 0 — Wyoming (1999) 0 —
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