Summit League Men's Basketball Player of the Year

Summit League Men's Basketball Player of the Year
Awarded for	most outstanding basketball player in The Summit League
Country	United States
First awarded	1983
Currently held by	Max Landis, IPFW

Summit League Men's Basketball Player of the Year is an annual college basketball award given to the most outstanding men's basketball player in the Summit League (which had been known as the Mid-Continent Conference up until June 1, 2007). The award was first given following the 1982–83 season. Only one player—Caleb Green of Oral Roberts—has won the award three times (2005–07). Four other players have won the award twice: Jon Collins of Eastern Illinois, Tony Bennett of Wisconsin–Green Bay, Bryce Drew of Valparaiso, and Keith Benson of Oakland.

As of 2016, Oral Roberts and Valparaiso have the most winners. Valparaiso left the Summit League in 2007 to join the Horizon League, where it has remained to this day. Oral Roberts rejoined the Summit in 2014 after spending two seasons in the Southland Conference. Oakland has had three winners, but left after the 2012–13 season to join the Horizon League. Of current league members, Omaha and South Dakota have had no winners. However, these schools are two the conference's newer members—South Dakota in 2011, and Omaha in 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 Summit League Player of the Year award at that point

Winners

Tony Bennett also won the Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award in 1992.

Luboš Bartoň won in 2002 while at Valparaiso.

Two-time winner Oakland's Keith Benson also took home the 2010 Lou Henson Award.

Season	Player	School	Position	Class
1982–83	Dykstra, JoeJoe Dykstra	Western Illinois	Small forward	Senior
1983–84	Lathen, CraigCraig Lathen	UIC	Point guard	Junior
1984–85	Collins, JonJon Collins	Eastern Illinois	Small forward	Junior
1985–86	Collins, JonJon Collins (2)	Eastern Illinois	Small forward	Senior
1986–87	Garland, WinstonWinston Garland	Missouri State	Point guard	Senior
1987–88	McFadden, KenKen McFadden	Cleveland State	Guard	Junior
1988–89	Taylor, JayJay Taylor	Eastern Illinois	Shooting guard	Senior
1989–90	Campbell, LeeLee Campbell	Missouri State	Forward	Senior
1990–91	Bennett, TonyTony Bennett	Wisconsin–Green Bay	Point guard	Junior
1991–92	Bennett, TonyTony Bennett (2)	Wisconsin–Green Bay	Point guard	Senior
1992–93	Edwards, BillBill Edwards	Wright State	Small forward	Senior
1993–94	Williams, KennyKenny Williams	UIC	Point guard	Senior
1994–95	Redmon, DavidDavid Redmon	Valparaiso	Guard	Senior
1995–96	Allison, AnthonyAnthony Allison	Valparaiso	Small forward	Senior
1996–97	Drew, BryceBryce Drew	Valparaiso	Point guard	Junior
1997–98	Drew, BryceBryce Drew (2)	Valparaiso	Point guard	Senior
1998–99	Wilkerson, ChadChad Wilkerson	Oral Roberts	Small forward/Power forward	Junior
1999–00	Jackson, MichaelMichael Jackson	UMKC	Center	Sophomore
2000–01	Monaco, JeffJeff Monaco	Southern Utah	Point guard	Senior
2001–02	Bartoň, LubošLuboš Bartoň	Valparaiso	Power forward	Senior
2002–03	Helms, MikeMike Helms	Oakland	Guard	Junior
2003–04	Bradley, OdellOdell Bradley	IUPUI	Small forward / Shooting guard	Sophomore
2004–05	Green, CalebCaleb Green	Oral Roberts	Power forward	Sophomore
2005–06	Green, CalebCaleb Green (2)	Oral Roberts	Power forward	Junior
2006–07	Green, CalebCaleb Green (3)	Oral Roberts	Power forward	Senior
2007–08	Hill, GeorgeGeorge Hill	IUPUI	Point guard/Shooting guard	Junior
2008–09	Woodside, BenBen Woodside	North Dakota State	Point guard	Senior
2009–10	Benson, KeithKeith Benson	Oakland	Center	Junior
2010–11	Benson, KeithKeith Benson (2)	Oakland	Center	Senior
2011–12	Morrison, DominiqueDominique Morrison	Oral Roberts	Small forward	Senior
2012–13	Wolters, NateNate Wolters	South Dakota State	Point guard	Senior
2013–14	Braun, TaylorTaylor Braun	North Dakota State	Point guard	Senior
2014–15	Alexander, LawrenceLawrence Alexander	North Dakota State	Shooting guard	Senior
2015–16	Landis, MaxMax Landis	IPFW	Shooting guard	Senior

Winners by school

School (year joined)	Winners	Years
Oral Roberts (1997, 2014)[a 1]	5	1999, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2012
Valparaiso (1982)[a 2]	5	1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2002
Eastern Illinois (1982)[a 3]	3	1985, 1986, 1989
North Dakota State (2007)	3	2009, 2014, 2015
Oakland (1998)[a 4]	3	2003, 2010, 2011
Green Bay (1982)[a 5]	2	1991, 1992
IUPUI (1998)	2	2004, 2008
Missouri State (1982)[a 6]	2	1987, 1990
UIC (1982)[a 5]	2	1984, 1994
Cleveland State (1982)[a 5]	1	1988
IPFW (2007)	1	2016
South Dakota State (2007)	1	2013
Southern Utah (1997)[a 7]	1	2001
UMKC (1994)[a 8]	1	2000
Western Illinois (1982)	1	1983
Wright State (1991)[a 5]	1	1993
Centenary (2003)[a 9]	0	—
Denver (2013)	0	—
Omaha (2012)	0	—
South Dakota (2011)	0	—

Footnotes

1. Oral Roberts left in 2012 for the Southland Conference and rejoined The Summit League in 2014.
2. Valpariaso left in 2007 for the Horizon League.
3. Eastern Illinois left in 1996 for the Ohio Valley Conference.
4. Oakland left in 2013 for the Horizon League.
5. Illinois–Chicago (UIC), Wisconsin-Green Bay (Green Bay), Cleveland State, and Wright State left in 1994 for the Midwestern Collegiate Conference, now known as the Horizon League.
6. Missouri State left in 1990 for the Missouri Valley Conference.
7. Southern Utah left in 2012 for the Big Sky Conference.
8. UMKC left in 2013 for the Western Athletic Conference.
9. Centenary left in 2011 to begin a transition to NCAA Division III.

References

• "The Summit League Men's Basketball History → Year-by-Year Award Winners" (PDF). The Summit League. p. 83. Retrieved 22 April 2010.