Horizon League Men's Basketball Player of the Year
Introduction The '''Horizon League Men's Basketball Player of the Year''' is an award given to the Horizon League's most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1979–80 season, the first year of the conference's existence. Seven players have won the award multiple times: Byron Larkin, Brian Grant, Rashad Phillips, Alfredrick Hughes, Keifer Sykes, Loudon Love, and Antoine Davis. Hughes, unlike the other four who each won twice, was awarded the player of the year on three occasions.There have only been three ties in the award's history (1981, 1983, 2022). Butler, which left for the Atlantic 10 Conference in 2012 and is now in the Big East Conference, has seven recipients, which is tied for the most all-time with Detroit Mercy. Four current members of the Horizon League have never had a winner – IUPUI, Purdue Fort Wayne, Robert Morris, and Youngstown State. However, these schools include the conference's three newest members—IUPUI joined in 2017, while Purdue Fort Wayne and Robert Morris joined in 2020.The only long-established member without a winner is Youngstown State, which joined in 2002.
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 Horizon League Player of the Year award at that point
Winners  Season Player School Position Class Reference 1979–80  Oral Roberts F   1980–81†  Loyola Chicago PG    Oklahoma City F   1981–82  Loyola Chicago PF   1982–83†  Oral Roberts C    Loyola Chicago SF   1983–84  (2) Loyola Chicago SF   1984–85  (3) Loyola Chicago SF   1985–86  Xavier SG   1986–87  Loyola Chicago PF   1987–88  (2) Xavier SG   1988–89  Evansville PG   1989–90  Xavier PF   1990–91  Butler SG   1991–92  Evansville PF   1992–93  Xavier PF / C   1993–94  (2) Xavier PF / C   1994–95  UIC F   1995–96  Green Bay SF   1996–97  Butler PF   1997–98  UIC G   1998–99  Detroit Mercy SG   1999–00  Detroit Mercy PG   2000–01  (2) Detroit Mercy PG   2001–02  Butler SG   2002–03  Detroit Mercy SG   2003–04  Milwaukee PF / C   2004–05  Milwaukee SG   2005–06  Butler F   2006–07  Wright State PG   2007–08  Butler SG   2008–09  Butler PF   2009–10  Butler SG   2010–11  Cleveland State PG   2011–12  Valparaiso SF   2012–13  Detroit Mercy PG   2013–14  Green Bay PG   2014–15  (2) Green Bay PG   2015–16  Oakland PG   2016–17  Valparaiso SF   2017–18  Oakland SG   2018–19  Northern Kentucky PF / C   2019–20  Wright State C   2020–21  (2) Wright State C   2021–22†  Oakland PF    Detroit Mercy SG   2022–23  (2) Detroit Mercy SG
Winners by school  School (year joined) Winners Years Butler (1980) 7 1991, 1997, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010 Detroit Mercy (1981) 7 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2013, 2022†, 2023 Loyola Chicago (1980) 6 1981†, 1982, 1983†, 1984, 1985, 1987 Xavier (1980) 5 1986, 1988, 1990, 1993, 1994 Green Bay (1995) 3 1996, 2014, 2015 Oakland (2013) 3 2016, 2018, 2022† Wright State (1995) 3 2007, 2020, 2021 Evansville (1980) 2 1989, 1992 Milwaukee (1995) 2 2004, 2005 Oral Roberts (1980) 2 1980, 1983† UIC (1995) 2 1995, 1998 Valparaiso (2008) 2 2012, 2017 Cleveland State (1995) 1 2011 Northern Kentucky (2015) 1 2019 Oklahoma City (1980) 1 1981† IUPUI (2017) 0 — Purdue Fort Wayne (2020) 0 — Robert Morris (2020) 0 — Youngstown State (2002) 0 —
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