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Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
Men's college basketball award
Men's college basketball award
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | MAAC Men's Basketball Player of the Year |
| image | Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference logo.svg |
| imagesize | 200 |
| description | the most outstanding male basketball player in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference |
| country | United States |
| year | 1982 |
| holder | Amarri Monroe, [Quinnipiac](2024-25-quinnipiac-bobcats-men-s-basketball-team) |
The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year is an award given to the men's basketball player in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) voted as the most outstanding player. The award was first presented following the 1981–82 season, the first MAAC season, through voting by the league's head coaches. The award was first given to William Brown of Saint Peter's after Brown averaged 17.0 ppg, while leading the Peacocks to the NIT.
Lionel Simmons of La Salle won the award a league record three times in his career. Simmons, along with winning his third MAAC Player of the Year award, was also the consensus national player of the year in 1990. As of 2024, three players have won the award twice in their career: Steve Burtt of Iona, Luis Flores of Manhattan and Justin Robinson of Monmouth.
There has been one tie in the award's history, in 2017–18 when the award was shared between the two MAAC Buffalo-based schools, with Jermaine Crumpton of Canisius and Kahlil Dukes of Niagara both sharing the honor. Iona has produced the most players in the league to win the award with 10. Siena is a close second, with seven players winning. The only current MAAC members without a winner are Mount St. Mary's, which joined the MAAC in 2022–23, and Merrimack and Sacred Heart, which play their first MAAC seasons in 2024–25.
Key
| Player (X) | Denotes the number of times the player has been awarded the MAAC Player of the Year award at that point |
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Winners
| Season | Player | School | Position | Class | Reference | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [1981–82](1981-82-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | Saint Peter's | G | url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/awards/men/maac-poy.html | title=Men's Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Player of the Year Winners | author= | date=2023 | website=sports-reference.com | publisher=Sports Reference LLC | access-date=December 27, 2023}} | |||||
| [1982–83](1982-83-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | Iona | PG | last = | first = | title=Iona's Burtt: Player of Year | url=https://newspapers.com/image/905834693 | newspaper=Ossining Citizen Register | location=Ossining, New York | date=March 13, 1984 | page= 25 | via =Newspapers.com | accessdate = December 27, 2023}} | ||
| [1983–84](1983-84-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | (2) | Iona | PG | |||||||||||
| [1984–85](1984-85-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | Army | G | ||||||||||||
| [1985–86](1985-86-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | Fairfield | G | ||||||||||||
| [1986–87](1986-87-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | Army | PG/SG | ||||||||||||
| [1987–88](1987-88-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | La Salle | SF | last =Menscher | first =Scott | title=Player of the Year awed by his day | url=https://newspapers.com/image/681010502 | newspaper=The Herald Statesman | location=Yonkers, New York | date=March 2, 1990 | page= 21 | via =Newspapers.com | accessdate = December 27, 2023}} | ||
| [1988–89](1988-89-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | (2) | La Salle | SF | |||||||||||
| [1989–90](1989-90-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | * (3) | La Salle | SF | |||||||||||
| [1990–91](1990-91-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | Siena | PG | ||||||||||||
| [1991–92](1991-92-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | La Salle | PG | ||||||||||||
| [1992–93](1992-93-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | Manhattan | F | ||||||||||||
| [1993–94](1993-94-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | Siena | PG | ||||||||||||
| [1994–95](1994-95-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | Canisius | F | ||||||||||||
| [1995–96](1995-96-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | Canisius | F | ||||||||||||
| [1996–97](1996-97-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | Iona | SF | ||||||||||||
| [1997–98](1997-98-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | Iona | C/PF | ||||||||||||
| [1998–99](1998-99-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | Niagara | SG | ||||||||||||
| [1999–00](1999-2000-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | Iona | SG/SF | ||||||||||||
| [2000–01](2000-01-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | Niagara | SG | ||||||||||||
| [2001–02](2001-02-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | Rider | SF | ||||||||||||
| [2002–03](2002-03-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | Manhattan | PG | ||||||||||||
| [2003–04](2003-04-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | (2) | Manhattan | PG | |||||||||||
| [2004–05](2004-05-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | Niagara | C/PF | ||||||||||||
| [2005–06](2005-06-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | Saint Peter's | PG | ||||||||||||
| [2006–07](2006-07-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | Marist | PG | ||||||||||||
| [2007–08](2007-08-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | Rider | C | ||||||||||||
| [2008–09](2008-09-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | Siena | SG | ||||||||||||
| [2009–10](2009-10-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | Siena | SF | ||||||||||||
| [2010–11](2010-11-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | Siena | PF | ||||||||||||
| [2011–12](2011-12-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | Iona | PG | ||||||||||||
| [2012–13](2012-13-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | Iona | SG | ||||||||||||
| [2013–14](2013-14-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | Canisius | PG | ||||||||||||
| [2014–15](2014-15-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | Iona | PF | ||||||||||||
| [2015–16](2015-16-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | Monmouth | PG | last =Edelson | first =Stephen | title=Amid anguish, Monmouth program still in good place | url=https://newspapers.com/image/277356568 | newspaper=Asbury Park Press | location=Neptune Township, New Jersey | date=March 6, 2017 | page= D5 | via =Newspapers.com | accessdate = December 28, 2023}} | ||
| [2016–17](2016-17-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | (2) | Monmouth | PG | |||||||||||
| [2017–18](2017-18-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season)† | Canisius | SF | last =Moritz | first =Amy | title=Dukes, Crampton, tie for MAAC POY; Rampado top women's player | url=https://newspapers.com/image/878594603 | newspaper=The Buffalo News | location=Buffalo, New York | date=March 3, 2018 | page= 10 | via =Newspapers.com | accessdate = December 28, 2023}} | ||
| Niagara | PG | |||||||||||||
| [2018–19](2018-19-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | Quinnipiac | SG | ||||||||||||
| [2019–20](2019-20-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | Siena | PG | ||||||||||||
| [2020–21](2020-21-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | Siena | SG/SF | ||||||||||||
| [2021–22](2021-22-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | Iona | SG | ||||||||||||
| [2022–23](2022-23-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | Iona | PG | ||||||||||||
| [2023–24](2023-24-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | Quinnipiac | SG | ||||||||||||
| [2024–25](2024-25-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-season) | Quinnipiac | SF |
Winners by school
| School (year joined) | Winners | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Iona (1981) | 10 | 1983, 1984, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2022, 2023 |
| Siena (1989) | 7 | 1991, 1994, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2020, 2021 |
| Canisius (1989) | 4 | 1995, 1996, 2014, 2018† |
| La Salle (1981) | 4 | 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992 |
| Niagara (1989) | 4 | 1999, 2001, 2005, 2018† |
| Manhattan (1981) | 3 | 1993, 2003, 2004 |
| Quinnipiac (2013) | 3 | 2019, 2024, 2025 |
| Army (1981) | 2 | 1985, 1987 |
| Monmouth (2013) | 2 | 2016, 2017 |
| Rider (1995) | 2 | 2002, 2008 |
| Saint Peter's (1981) | 2 | 1982, 2006 |
| Fairfield (1981) | 1 | 1986 |
| Marist (1995) | 1 | 2007 |
| Loyola (MD) (1989) | 0 | — |
| Merrimack (2024) | 0 | — |
| Mount St. Mary's (2022) | 0 | — |
| Sacred Heart (2024) | 0 | — |
References
References
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- Edelson, Stephen. (March 6, 2017). "Amid anguish, Monmouth program still in good place". [[Asbury Park Press]].
- Moritz, Amy. (March 3, 2018). "Dukes, Crampton, tie for MAAC POY; Rampado top women's player". The Buffalo News.
- Edelson, Stephen. (March 11, 2019). "Monmouth storms into MAAC semifinals". Asbury Park Press.
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