Atlantic 10 Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

A–10 Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
Awarded for the most outstanding basketball player in the Atlantic 10 Conference
Country United States
First awarded 1977
Currently held by DeAndre' Bembry, Saint Joseph's

The Atlantic 10 (A–10) Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year is a basketball award given to the Atlantic 10 Conference's most outstanding player. The award was first given following the conference's inaugural 1976–77 season, when the conference was officially known as the Eastern Collegiate Basketball League but popularly known as the Eastern 8. David West of Xavier is the only player to have won the award three times (2001–03). Four other players—James Bailey, Earl Belcher, Greg Jones and Steven Smith—have won the award twice. Two players—Marcus Camby (1996) and Jameer Nelson (2004)—have also won the award in the same season that they were named the Naismith College Player of the Year or received the John R. Wooden Award, the nation's two most prestigious men's college basketball awards.

As of 2015, Temple has the most all-time winners with ten, but the Owls left for the American Athletic Conference in July 2013. Among schools remaining in the conference beyond 2013, Saint Joseph's and UMass have the most winners, with five each. There have been two ties in the award's history (1983, 2005). Four current member schools have had no winners—Dayton, Fordham, George Mason, and VCU. However, of these schools, only Dayton and Fordham were A-10 members before 2012.

Key

† Co-Players of the Year
* Awarded a national Player of the Year award:
Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year (1904–05 to 1978–79)
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 A-10 Player of the Year award at that point

Winners

Harper Williams was the 1992 player of the year.
Marcus Camby won in 1996 while at UMass.
At Temple, Juan "Pepe" Sánchez won the award in 2000.
Jameer Nelson (left) won in 2004 while at Saint Joseph's.
Season Player School Position Class
1976–77 Nixon, NormNorm Nixon Duquesne Point guard Senior
1977–78 Bailey, JamesJames Bailey Rutgers Forward / Center Junior
1978–79 Bailey, JamesJames Bailey (2) Rutgers Forward / Center Senior
1979–80 Belcher, EarlEarl Belcher St. Bonaventure Forward Junior
1980–81 Belcher, EarlEarl Belcher (2) St. Bonaventure Forward Senior
1981–82 Jones, GregGreg Jones West Virginia Point guard Junior
1982–83† Hinson, RoyRoy Hinson Rutgers Center Senior
1982–83† Jones, GregGreg Jones (2) West Virginia Point guard Senior
1983–84 Stansbury, TerenceTerence Stansbury Temple Shooting guard Senior
1984–85 Hall, GrangerGranger Hall Temple Center Senior
1985–86 Martin, MauriceMaurice Martin Saint Joseph's Small forward / Shooting guard Senior
1986–87 Blackwell, NateNate Blackwell Temple Guard Senior
1987–88 Perry, TimTim Perry Temple Power forward Senior
1988–89 Macon, MarkMark Macon Temple Shooting guard Sophomore
1989–90 Green, KennyKenny Green Rhode Island Center Senior
1990–91 Hughes, KeithKeith Hughes Rutgers Power forward Senior
1991–92 Williams, HarperHarper Williams UMass Power forward / Center Junior
1992–93 McKie, AaronAaron McKie Temple Point guard / Shooting guard Junior
1993–94 Jones, EddieEddie Jones Temple Shooting guard Senior
1994–95 Roe, LouLou Roe UMass Forward Senior
1995–96 Camby, MarcusMarcus Camby* UMass Center Junior
1996–97 Jackson, MarcMarc Jackson Temple Center Senior
1997–98 Mobley, CuttinoCuttino Mobley Rhode Island Point guard / Shooting guard Senior
1998–99 Rogers, ShawntaShawnta Rogers George Washington Point guard Senior
1999–00 Sánchez, PepePepe Sánchez Temple Point guard Senior
2000–01 West, DavidDavid West Xavier Power forward Sophomore
2001–02 West, DavidDavid West (2) Xavier Power forward Junior
2002–03 West, DavidDavid West (3) Xavier Power forward Senior
2003–04 Nelson, JameerJameer Nelson* Saint Joseph's Point guard Senior
2004–05† Carroll, PatPat Carroll Saint Joseph's Shooting guard Senior
2004–05† Smith, StevenSteven Smith La Salle Small forward Junior
2005–06 Smith, StevenSteven Smith (2) La Salle Small forward Senior
2006–07 Lasme, StephaneStephane Lasme UMass Power forward Senior
2007–08 Forbes, GaryGary Forbes UMass Small forward / Shooting guard Senior
2008–09 Nivins, AhmadAhmad Nivins Saint Joseph's Power forward / Center Senior
2009–10 Anderson, KevinKevin Anderson Richmond Point guard Junior
2010–11 Holloway, TuTu Holloway Xavier Point guard Junior
2011–12 Nicholson, AndrewAndrew Nicholson St. Bonaventure Power forward Senior
2012–13 Wyatt, KhalifKhalif Wyatt Temple Shooting guard Senior
2013–14 Jett, JordairJordair Jett Saint Louis Shooting guard Senior
2014–15 Kalinoski, TylerTyler Kalinoski Davidson Point guard Senior
2015–16 Bembry, DeAndre'DeAndre' Bembry Saint Joseph's Forward Junior

Winners by school

School (year joined) Winners Years
Temple (1982)[a] 10 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1994, 1997, 2000, 2013
Saint Joseph's (1982) 5 1986, 2004, 2005†, 2009, 2016
UMass (1976) 5 1992, 1995, 1996, 2007, 2008
Rutgers (1976)[b] 4 1978, 1979, 1983†, 1991
Xavier (1995)[c] 4 2001, 2002, 2003, 2011
St. Bonaventure (1979) 3 1980, 1981, 2012
La Salle (1995) 2 2005†, 2006
Rhode Island (1980) 2 1990, 1998
West Virginia (1976)[b] 2 1982, 1983
Davidson (2014) 1 2015
Duquesne (1976)[d] 1 1977
George Washington (1976) 1 1999
Richmond (2001) 1 2010
Saint Louis (2005) 1 2014
Dayton (1995) 0 —
Fordham (1995) 0 —
George Mason (2013) 0 —
Charlotte (2005)[e] 0 —
Butler (2012)[c] 0 —
VCU (2012) 0 —

Footnotes

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