Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

Awarded for	the most outstanding basketball player in Mountain West Conference
Country	United States
First awarded	2000
Currently held by	Josh Adams, Wyoming

The Mountain West Conference (MW) Men's Basketball Player of the Year is a basketball award given to the Mountain West Conference's most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1999–00 season—the first year of the conference's existence. As of 2015, no player has received the award multiple times. Two winners of the conference award were consensus national Players of the Year—Andrew Bogut of the University of Utah in 2004–05 and Jimmer Fredette of Brigham Young University (BYU) in 2010–11.

Through 2016, BYU has the most winners with five, with New Mexico and Utah in second place with four. The only current conference members with a winner are New Mexico with four, San Diego State with three, and Air Force, Boise State and Wyoming with one each (BYU and Utah both left for other conferences in 2011). The remaining six all-sports members are yet to have a winner, but only two—Colorado State and UNLV—are charter Mountain West members (the rest all joined in 2011 or later).

Key

†	Co-Players of the Year
*	Awarded a national Player of the Year award: 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 Mountain West Player of the Year award at that point

Winners

Andrew Bogut is one of three sophomores to win the MWC Player of the Year award. He was also selected as the national player of the year in 2005.

Like Bogut, Jimmer Fredette was the concurrent national player of the year.

Season	Player	School	Position	Class	Reference
1999–00	Jensen, AlexAlex Jensen	Utah	Forward	4 !Senior
2000–01	Wesley, MekeliMekeli Wesley	Brigham Young	Forward	4 !Senior
2001–02	Johnsen, BrittonBritton Johnsen	Utah	Forward	3 !Junior
2002–03	Douglas, RubenRuben Douglas	New Mexico	Point guard/Shooting guard	4 !Senior
2003–04^†	Araújo, RafaelRafael Araújo	Brigham Young	Center	4 !Senior
2003–04^†	Welch, NickNick Welch	Air Force	Center	2 !Sophomore
2004–05	Bogut, AndrewAndrew Bogut*	Utah	Power forward/Center	2 !Sophomore
2005–06	Heath, BrandonBrandon Heath	San Diego State	Shooting guard	3 !Junior
2006–07	Young, KeenaKeena Young	Brigham Young	Guard	4 !Senior
2007–08^†	Cummard, LeeLee Cummard	Brigham Young	Small forward	3 !Junior
2007–08^†	Giddens, J. R.J. R. Giddens	New Mexico	Shooting guard	4 !Senior
2008–09	Nevill, LukeLuke Nevill	Utah	Center	4 !Senior
2009–10	Hobson, DaringtonDarington Hobson	New Mexico	Small forward	3 !Junior
2010–11	Fredette, JimmerJimmer Fredette*	Brigham Young	Point guard	4 !Senior	^[1]
2011–12	Franklin, JamaalJamaal Franklin	San Diego State	Shooting guard	2 !Sophomore	^[2]
2012–13	Williams, KendallKendall Williams	New Mexico	Shooting guard	3 !Junior	^[3]
2013–14	Thames, XavierXavier Thames	San Diego State	Shooting guard	4 !Senior	^[4]
2014–15	Marks, DerrickDerrick Marks	Boise State	Shooting guard	4 !Senior	^[5]
2015–16	Adams, JoshJosh Adams	Wyoming	Point guard	4 !Senior	^[6]

Winners by school

School (year joined)	Winners	Years
Brigham Young (1999)^{[a 1]}	5	2001, 2004^†, 2007, 2008^†, 2011
New Mexico (1999)	4	2003, 2008^†, 2010, 2013
Utah (1999)^{[a 2]}	4	2000, 2002, 2005, 2009
San Diego State (1999)	3	2006, 2012, 2014
Air Force (1999)	1	2004^†
Boise State (2011)	1	2015
Wyoming (1999)	1	2016
Colorado State (1999)	0	—
Fresno State (2012)	0	—
Nevada (2012)	0	—
San Jose State (2013)	0	—
Texas Christian (TCU) (2005)^{[a 3]}	0	—
UNLV (1999)	0	—
Utah State (2013)	0	—

Footnotes

↑ BYU left in 2011 to join the West Coast Conference.
↑ Utah left in 2011 to join what is now the Pac-12 Conference.
↑ TCU left in 2012 to join the Big 12 Conference.

References

"Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball 1999–2009" (pdf). Mountain West Conference. Retrieved 6 September 2009. .

Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

2000: Jensen 2001: Wesley 2002: Johnsen 2003: Douglas 2004: Araújo & Welch 2005: Bogut 2006: Heath 2007: Young 2008: Cummard & Giddens 2009: Nevill 2010: Hobson 2011: Fredette 2012: Franklin 2013: Williams 2014: Thames 2015: Marks 2016: Adams

Mountain West Conference men's basketball

Teams	Air Force Falcons Boise State Broncos Colorado State Rams Fresno State Bulldogs Nevada Wolf Pack New Mexico Lobos San Diego State Aztecs San Jose State Spartans UNLV Runnin' Rebels Utah State Aggies Wyoming Cowboys

Championships & awards	Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament Player of the Year

Seasons	1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Men's college basketball awards (United States)

National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame Women's college basketball awards

National players of the year	Naismith Trophy Wooden Award Adolph Rupp Trophy AP Player of the Year Helms Foundation Player of the Year (defunct) NABC Player of the Year Oscar Robertson Trophy Sporting News Player of the Year UPI Player of the Year (defunct)

Individual awards	Academic All-America of the Year All-Americans (by year) Bob Cousy Award (Point Guard) Jerry West Award (Shooting Guard) Julius Erving Award (Small Forward) Karl Malone Award (Power Forward) Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award (Center) Chip Hilton Award (Player Character; defunct) Haggerty Award (NYC area) Lefty Driesell Award (Top Defender) Senior CLASS Award Lou Henson Award (Mid-Major Player of the Year) Lute Olson Award (Top Non-Freshman) Pete Newell Big Man Award NABC Defensive Player of the Year Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award (senior 6'0" or shorter; defunct) NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player Robert V. Geasey Trophy (Big 5 Player of the Year) USBWA National Freshman of the Year USBWA Most Courageous Award

Conference players of the year	America East American A-10 ACC A-Sun Big 12 Big East Big Sky Big South Big Ten Big West CAA C-USA Horizon Ivy MAAC MAC MEAC MVC Mountain West NEC OVC Pac-12 Patriot SEC SoCon Southland Summit Sun Belt SWAC WCC WAC Defunct – American South Big Eight East Coast Great Midwest Great West Metro Southwest

Head coach awards	Naismith Coach of the Year Adolph Rupp Cup AP Coach of the Year Ben Jobe Award (Top Minority Coach) Henry Iba Award Hugh Durham Award (Mid-Major Coach of the Year) Jim Phelan Award (Major Conference Coach of the Year) NABC Coach of the Year Skip Prosser Man of the Year Award (Moral Character) UPI Coach of the Year (defunct) Clair Bee Award (Coaching Character) Legends of Coaching (Lifetime)

Conference coaches of the year	ACC Big 12 CAA MVC NEC Pac-12

Division awards	NABC Players of the Year – Division II Division III NAIA Junior College NAIA Tournament MVP Clarence Gaines Award (Division II Coach of the Year)

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