Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
Awarded for	the most outstanding basketball player in the Missouri Valley Conference
Country	United States
First awarded	1969
Currently held by	Kyle Weems, Missouri State

The Larry Bird Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year is an annual basketball award given to the Missouri Valley Conference's most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1968–69 season. It was renamed to honor Basketball Hall of Famer Larry Bird, who played at Indiana State from 1977 to 1979 and led to the Sycamores to 1979 NCAA Championship game. Bird won every major player of the year award (including the Naismith and Wooden awards) in 1979.

As of 2011, Bradley and Southern Illinois are tied for the most all–time winners with six apiece. The most recent winner is Kyle Weems from Missouri State. There have never been any ties for the player of the year, but there have been seven repeat winners in the award's history.

Key

†	Co-Players of the Year
*	Awarded a national Player of the Year award: the Naismith College Player of the Year or the John R. Wooden Award
Player (X)	Denotes the number of times the player has been awarded the Player of the Year award at that point

Winners

In 1979, Larry Bird was also the consensus National Player of the Year while at Indiana State.

Anthony Parker won in 1996 while playing for Bradley.

Kyle Korver (with ball) was back-to-back POY in 2002 and 2003.

Season	Player	School	Position	Class
1968–69	Smith, BingoBingo Smith	Tulsa	Shooting guard	4 !Senior
1969–70	Ard, JimJim Ard	Cincinnati	Center	4 !Senior
1970–71	Halliburton, JeffJeff Halliburton	Drake	Small forward	4 !Senior
1971–72	Finch, LarryLarry Finch	Memphis State	Guard	3 !Junior
1972–73	Kenon, LarryLarry Kenon	Memphis State	Power forward	3 !Junior
1973–74	Bridgeman, JuniorJunior Bridgeman	Louisville	Small forward	3 !Junior
1974–75	Bridgeman, JuniorJunior Bridgeman (2)	Louisville	Small forward	4 !Senior
1975–76	Glenn, MikeMike Glenn	Southern Illinois	Point guard	3 !Junior
1976–77	Phegley, RogerRoger Phegley	Bradley	Shooting guard	3 !Junior
1977–78	Bird, LarryLarry Bird	Indiana State	Small forward	3 !Junior
1978–79	Bird, LarryLarry Bird* (2)	Indiana State	Small forward	4 !Senior
1979–80	Lloyd, LewisLewis Lloyd	Drake	Small forward / Shooting guard	3 !Junior
1980–81	Lloyd, LewisLewis Lloyd (2)	Drake	Small forward / Shooting guard	4 !Senior
1981–82	Pressey, PaulPaul Pressey	Tulsa	Point guard / Forward	4 !Senior
1982–83	Carr, AntoineAntoine Carr	Wichita State	Center	4 !Senior
1983–84	McDaniel, XavierXavier McDaniel	Wichita State	Power forward	3 !Junior
1984–85	McDaniel, XavierXavier McDaniel (2)	Wichita State	Power forward	4 !Senior
1985–86	Les, JimJim Les	Bradley	Point guard	4 !Senior
1986–87	Hawkins, HerseyHersey Hawkins	Bradley	Shooting guard	3 !Junior
1987–88	Hawkins, HerseyHersey Hawkins (2)	Bradley	Shooting guard	4 !Senior
1988–89	Manuel, AnthonyAnthony Manuel	Bradley	Point guard	4 !Senior
1989–90	Harstad, BobBob Harstad	Creighton	Power forward	3 !Junior
1990–91	Gallagher, ChadChad Gallagher	Creighton	Center	4 !Senior
1991–92	Amaya, AshrafAshraf Amaya	Southern Illinois	Point guard	4 !Senior
1992–93	Smith, CurtCurt Smith	Drake	Point guard	4 !Senior
1993–94	Collier, GaryGary Collier	Tulsa	Small forward	!Senior
1994–95	Carr, ChrisChris Carr	Southern Illinois	Shooting guard	3 !Junior
1995–96	Parker, AnthonyAnthony Parker	Bradley	Shooting guard / Small forward	3 !Junior
1996–97	Daisy, JasonJason Daisy	Northern Iowa	Point guard	4 !Senior
1997–98	Hill, RicoRico Hill	Illinois State	Forward	4 !Senior
1998–99	Wilson, MarcusMarcus Wilson	Evansville	Shooting guard / Point guard	4 !Senior
1999–00	Green, NateNate Green	Indiana State	Small forward	4 !Senior
2000–01	Bryson, TariseTarise Bryson	Illinois State	Point guard	3 !Junior
2001–02	Korver, KyleKyle Korver	Creighton	Small forward / Shooting guard	3 !Junior
2002–03	Korver, KyleKyle Korver (2)	Creighton	Small forward / Shooting guard	4 !Senior
2003–04	Brooks, DarrenDarren Brooks	Southern Illinois	Guard	3 !Junior
2004–05	Brooks, DarrenDarren Brooks (2)	Southern Illinois	Guard	4 !Senior
2005–06	Miller, PaulPaul Miller	Wichita State	Center	4 !Senior
2006–07	Tatum, JamaalJamaal Tatum	Southern Illinois	Shooting guard	4 !Senior
2007–08	Emmenecker, AdamAdam Emmenecker	Drake	Point guard	4 !Senior
2008–09	Woodfox, BookerBooker Woodfox	Creighton	Shooting guard	4 !Senior
2009–10	Koch, AdamAdam Koch	Northern Iowa	Power forward	4 !Senior
2010–11	Weems, KyleKyle Weems	Missouri State	Small forward	3 !Junior

Winners by school

School (year joined)	Winners	Years
Bradley (1948)	6	1977, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1996
Southern Illinois (1975)	6	1976, 1992, 1995, 2004, 2005, 2007
Creighton (1977)	5	1990, 1991, 2002, 2003, 2009
Drake (1907)	5	1971, 1980, 1981, 1993, 2008
Wichita State (1945)	4	1983, 1984, 1985, 2006
Indiana State (1977)	3	1978, 1979, 2000
Tulsa (1935)[a]	3	1969, 1982, 1994
Illinois State (1981)	2	1998, 2001
Louisville (1963)[b]	2	1974, 1975
Memphis State (1968)[c]	2	1972, 1973
Northern Iowa (1991)	2	1997, 2010
Cincinnati (1957)[d]	1	1970
Evansville (1994)	1	1999
Missouri State (1990)	1	2011

Footnotes

• ^a The University of Tulsa left in 1996.
• ^b The University of Louisville left in 1974.
• ^c Memphis State University (now called the University of Memphis) left in 1973.
• ^d The University of Cincinnati left in 1970.

References

• "MVC Men's Basketball Media Guide". Awards (p. 191). Missouri Valley Conference. http://epublish.multiad.com/MVC_men_bball/. Retrieved 19 May 2010.