The Horizon League Men's Basketball Player of the Year is a basketball award given to the
Horizon League
The Horizon League is an 11-school collegiate athletic conference in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I, whose members are located in and near the Great Lakes region.
The Horizon League founded in 1979 as the Midw ...
's most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1979–80 season, the first year of the conference's existence. Six players have won the award multiple times:
Byron Larkin
Byron K. Larkin (born December 12, 1965)1989-90 CBA Official Guide and Register, page 281 is a retired American basketball player who had spent six seasons playing professionally abroad, although he is best known for his collegiate career at Xavie ...
,
Brian Grant
Brian Wade Grant (born March 5, 1972) is an American former professional basketball player. He played the power forward and center positions for five teams during 12 seasons in the National Basketball Association. He was known for his tenacious ...
,
Rashad Phillips
Rashad Keith Phillips (born May 5, 1978) is an American former professional basketball player. At a height of 5'9 " (1.76 m) tall, and a weight of 170 pounds (77 kg), he played at the guard position. Since retiring from basketball, he started and ...
,
Alfredrick Hughes
Alfredrick Hughes (born July 19, 1962) is a retired American professional basketball player who was selected by the San Antonio Spurs in the first round (14th pick overall) in the 1985 NBA draft.
Loyola career
After graduating from Chicago's Rob ...
,
Keifer Sykes
Keifer Jerail Sykes (born December 30, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for the Motor City Cruise of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay and his professional career has inc ...
, and
Loudon Love. 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
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, which left for the
Atlantic 10 Conference
The Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10) is a collegiate athletic conference whose schools compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) Division I. The A-10's member schools are located in states mostly on the United States Eastern ...
in 2012 and is now in the
Big East Conference
The Big East Conference is a collegiate athletic conference that competes in NCAA Division I in ten men's sports and twelve women's sports. Headquartered in New York City, the eleven full-member schools are primarily located in Northeast and M ...
, has seven recipients, which is the most all-time.
Loyola Chicago has six winners, but left in 2013 to join the
Missouri Valley Conference
The Missouri Valley Conference (also called MVC or simply "The Valley") is the third-oldest collegiate athletic conference in the United States. The conference's members are primarily located in the midwest.
History
The MVC was established ...
, and has since moved to the Atlantic 10. Among current members,
Detroit Mercy has the most, with six. Four current members of the Horizon League have never had a winner –
IUPUI,
Purdue Fort Wayne,
Robert Morris, and
Youngstown State
Youngstown State University (YSU or Youngstown State) is a public university in Youngstown, Ohio. It was founded in 1908 and is the easternmost member of the University System of Ohio.
The university is composed of six undergraduate colleges an ...
. 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
Winners
Winners by school
Footnotes
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Awards established in 1980
NCAA Division I men's basketball conference players of the year
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