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Big West Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Big West Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year |
| image | Big West Conference logo 2021.svg |
| imagesize | 250px |
| description | The most outstanding basketball player in the Big West Conference |
| country | United States |
| year | 1970 |
| holder | Aniwaniwa Tait-Jones, |
| [UC San Diego](2024-25-uc-san-diego-tritons-men-s-basketball-team) |
UC San Diego The Big West Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year is an annual award given to the Big West Conference's most outstanding player. The conference was formed in 1969 and known as the Pacific Coast Athletic Association until 1988. The award was first given following the 1969–70 season. No player has won the award three times, but there have been eight two-time players of the year. Larry Johnson of UNLV was also the national player of the year in 1990–91, the same season of his second consecutive Big West Player of the Year accolade.
Long Beach State has had the most all-time winners with 13. There have been three ties in the award's history, most recently in 2007–08. Among present Big West members, three schools have had no winners: established members Cal Poly and UC Riverside and 2020 arrival Bakersfield.
Key
| Player (X) | Denotes the number of times the player has been awarded the Big West Player of the Year award at that point |
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Winners
| Season | Player | School | Position | Class | Reference | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [1969–70](1969-70-ncaa-university-division-men-s-basketball-season) | Long Beach State | F / C | last = | first = | title=George Trapp named PCAA's top player | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/606624479 | newspaper=Daily News-Post | location=Monrovia, California | date=March 3, 1971 | page= 19 | via =Newspapers.com | accessdate = January 16, 2024}} | ||
| [1970–71](1970-71-ncaa-university-division-men-s-basketball-season) | (2) | Long Beach State | F / C | |||||||||||
| [1971–72](1971-72-ncaa-university-division-men-s-basketball-season) | Long Beach State | SG / SF | last = | first = | title=Ed Ratleff named PCAA most valuable | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/15321766 | newspaper=Redlands Daily Facts | location=Redlands, California | date=March 8, 1973 | page= 11 | via =Newspapers.com | accessdate = January 16, 2024}} | ||
| [1972–73](1972-73-ncaa-university-division-men-s-basketball-season) | (2) | Long Beach State | SG / SF | |||||||||||
| [1973–74](1973-74-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | Long Beach State | F | ||||||||||||
| [1974–75](1974-75-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | Long Beach State | SF | ||||||||||||
| [1975–76](1975-76-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season)† | San Diego State | SF | ||||||||||||
| Cal State Fullerton | F | |||||||||||||
| [1976–77](1976-77-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | Long Beach State | SF | ||||||||||||
| [1977–78](1977-78-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | San Diego State | SF | ||||||||||||
| [1978–79](1978-79-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | Pacific | PF / C | ||||||||||||
| [1979–80](1979-80-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | Utah State | F | ||||||||||||
| [1980–81](1980-81-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | UC Irvine | PF | last = | first = | title=Higgins, Mason, Grant picked | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/704653498 | newspaper=The Fresno Bee | location=Fresno, California | date=March 4, 1984 | page= 33 | via =Newspapers.com | accessdate = January 16, 2024}} | ||
| [1981–82](1981-82-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | (2) | UC Irvine | PF | |||||||||||
| [1982–83](1982-83-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | UNLV | C / PF | ||||||||||||
| [1983–84](1983-84-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | UNLV | C | last =Stogel | first =Chuck | title=Runnin' Rebels' Richie Adams: A diamond out of the rough | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/927716157 | newspaper=Standard Star | location=New Rochelle, New York | date=March 16, 1985 | page= 18 | via =Newspapers.com | accessdate = January 16, 2024}} | ||
| [1984–85](1984-85-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | (2) | UNLV | C | |||||||||||
| [1985–86](1985-86-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season)† | Utah State | F | last = | first = | title=Mulligan Named PCAA Coach of Year | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/401696241 | newspaper=Los Angeles Times | location=Los Angeles, California | date=March 7, 1986 | page= 111 | via =Newspapers.com | accessdate = January 17, 2024}} | ||
| UNLV | SG | |||||||||||||
| [1986–87](1986-87-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | [UNLV](1986-87-unlv-runnin-rebels-basketball-team) | PF | ||||||||||||
| [1987–88](1987-88-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | UC Santa Barbara | PG | ||||||||||||
| [1988–89](1988-89-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | UNLV | SG / SF | ||||||||||||
| [1989–90](1989-90-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | [UNLV](1989-90-unlv-runnin-rebels-basketball-team) | PF | last = | first = | title=Johnson is named Big West MVP | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/560830591 | newspaper=Hanford Sentiinel | location=Hanford, California | date=March 7, 1991 | page= 9 | via =Newspapers.com | accessdate = January 17, 2024}} | ||
| [1990–91](1990-91-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | * (2) | [UNLV](1990-91-unlv-runnin-rebels-basketball-team) | PF | |||||||||||
| [1991–92](1991-92-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | UC Santa Barbara | F | ||||||||||||
| [1992–93](1992-93-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | UNLV | SG | ||||||||||||
| [1993–94](1993-94-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | UNLV | F | ||||||||||||
| [1994–95](1994-95-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | Utah State | C | ||||||||||||
| [1995–96](1995-96-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | UC Irvine | PG | ||||||||||||
| [1996–97](1996-97-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | Nevada | SF | ||||||||||||
| [1997–98](1997-98-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | Pacific | C | ||||||||||||
| [1998–99](1998-99-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | Boise State | SG | ||||||||||||
| [1999–00](1999-2000-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | Long Beach State | C | ||||||||||||
| [2000–01](2000-01-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | UC Irvine | PG | last = | first = | title=Big West | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/567963811 | newspaper=South Idaho Press | location=Burley, Idaho | date=March 5, 2002 | page= 6 | via =Newspapers.com | accessdate = January 17, 2024}} | ||
| [2001–02](2001-02-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | (2) | UC Irvine | PG | |||||||||||
| [2002–03](2002-03-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | UC Santa Barbara | G | ||||||||||||
| [2003–04](2003-04-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | Pacific | PG | ||||||||||||
| [2004–05](2004-05-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | Pacific | PG | ||||||||||||
| [2005–06](2005-06-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | Pacific | PF | ||||||||||||
| [2006–07](2006-07-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | Long Beach State | SG | ||||||||||||
| [2007–08](2007-08-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season)† | Cal State Fullerton | PF | last =Milne | first =Brian | title=Harris named to All-Big West first team | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/810636884 | newspaper=The Tribune | location=San Luis Obispo, California | date=March 11, 2008 | page= 25 | via =Newspapers.com | accessdate = January 17, 2024}} | ||
| UC Santa Barbara | SG | |||||||||||||
| [2008–09](2008-09-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | Cal State Fullerton | PG | ||||||||||||
| [2009–10](2009-10-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | UC Santa Barbara | SG | ||||||||||||
| [2010–11](2010-11-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | Long Beach State | PG | last = | first = | title=What you need to know about LBSU | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/206825188 | newspaper=Albuquerque Journal | location=Albuquerque, New Mexico | date=March 15, 2012 | page= 27 | via =Newspapers.com | accessdate = January 17, 2024}} | ||
| [2011–12](2011-12-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | (2) | Long Beach State | PG | |||||||||||
| [2012–13](2012-13-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | Long Beach State | SF | ||||||||||||
| [2013–14](2013-14-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | UC Santa Barbara | C | ||||||||||||
| [2014–15](2014-15-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | UC Davis | G | ||||||||||||
| [2015–16](2015-16-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | [Hawaii](2015-16-hawaii-rainbow-warriors-basketball-team) | F | ||||||||||||
| [2016–17](2016-17-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | UC Irvine | SG | ||||||||||||
| [2017–18](2017-18-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | UC Davis | PG | ||||||||||||
| [2018–19](2018-19-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | Cal State Northridge | PF | ||||||||||||
| [2019–20](2019-20-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | (2) | Cal State Northridge | PF | |||||||||||
| [2020–21](2020-21-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | UC Santa Barbara | PG | ||||||||||||
| [2021–22](2021-22-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | Long Beach State | SG | ||||||||||||
| [2022–23](2022-23-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | UC Santa Barbara | PG / SG | ||||||||||||
| [2023–24](2023-24-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | UC Davis | PG | ||||||||||||
| [2024–25](2024-25-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | UC San Diego | SF / SG |
Winners by school
| School (year joined) | Winners | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Long Beach State (1969) | 13 | 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 2000, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2022 |
| UNLV (1982) | 10 | 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986†, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994 |
| UC Santa Barbara (1969) | 8 | 1988, 1992, 2003, 2008†, 2010, 2014, 2021, 2023 |
| UC Irvine (1977) | 6 | 1981, 1982, 1996, 2001, 2002, 2017 |
| Pacific (1971) | 5 | 1979, 1998, 2004, 2005, 2006 |
| Cal State Fullerton (1974) | 3 | 1976, 2008†, 2009† |
| UC Davis (2007) | 3 | 2015, 2018, 2024 |
| Utah State (1978) | 3 | 1980, 1986†, 1995 |
| Cal State Northridge (2001) | 2 | 2019, 2020 |
| San Diego State (1969) | 2 | 1976†, 1978 |
| Boise State (1996) | 1 | 1999 |
| Hawaii (2012) | 1 | 2016 |
| Nevada (1992) | 1 | 1997 |
| UC San Diego (2020) | 1 | 2025 |
| Bakersfield (2020) | 0 | — |
| Cal Poly (1996) | 0 | — |
| UC Riverside (2001) | 0 | — |
References
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