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	Jimmer Fredette, Brigham Young

The Mountain West Conference (MWC) 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 2010, no player has received the award multiple times. Andrew Bogut of the University of Utah won most major national individual awards, earning Player of the Year honors from the Associated Press and ESPN.com, plus the Naismith and Wooden Awards.

Through 2011, Brigham Young has the most winners with five. Utah (4) and New Mexico (3) are the only other schools with more than one winner. Of Mountain West charter members, Colorado State, UNLV and Wyoming are the only schools without a winner. Though Texas Christian University (TCU) also has no winners, they did not join the conference until 2005.

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

Winners

Andrew Bogut is one of two sophomores to win the MWC Player of the Year award. He was also selected as the National Player of the Year in 2005.

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	Point forward	3 !Junior
2010–11	Fredette, JimmerJimmer Fredette*	Brigham Young	Point guard	4 !Senior	[1]

Winners by school

School (year joined)	Winners	Years
Brigham Young (1999)	5	2001, 2004†, 2007, 2008†, 2011
Utah (1999)	4	2000, 2002, 2005, 2009
New Mexico (1999)	3	2003, 2008†, 2010
Air Force (1999)	1	2004†
San Diego State (1999)	1	2006
Colorado State (1999)	0	—
Texas Christian (TCU) (2005)	0	—
UNLV (1999)	0	—
Wyoming (1999)	0	—

References

• "Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball 1999–2009" (pdf). Mountain West Conference. http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/mwc/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/mensbasketball-2009.pdf. Retrieved 6 September 2009. .

1. ^ http://www.themwc.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/030711aaf.html