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's most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1974–75 season and was discontinued after the league folded following the 1993–94 season. In 1994 the East Coast Conference was absorbed into the Mid-Continent Conference, now known as the

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. There were two ties in the award's history, 1982 and 1987. In its first year, the ECC named players of the year for each division — with Wilbur Thomas of

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named the East Player of the Year and Henry Horne of Lafayette winning the West award. One player, Michael Brooks of La Salle, won the award three times (1978–1980) and was also named the

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in 1980. Two others, Michael Anderson of Drexel and

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, won the award twice.

Key

Winners

Winners by school

* These schools were not charter members of the ECC and instead joined later. Brooklyn and UMBC left in 1992, while Buffalo, Central Connecticut, Chicago State, and Troy left in 1994 once the ECC permanently disbanded. * Delaware, Saint Joseph's, and West Chester were original members of the newly chartered ECC in 1974, having split off with the rest of the schools from the

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. Saint Joseph's and West Chester left in 1982, while Delaware left in 1991.

References

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Awards established in 1975 Awards disestablished in 1994