NABC Player of the Year

NABC Player of the Year
Awarded for	the most outstanding NCAA men's basketball players in all levels of competition
Presented by	NABC State Farm Insurance
Country	United States
First awarded	1975
Currently held by	Jimmer Fredette, Brigham Young
Official website	Official website

The NABC Player of the Year is an award given annually by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) to recognize the top player in men's college basketball. The award has been given since the 1974–75 season to National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I basketball players. The association added awards for Division II and Division III players in 1983, and for National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and junior college players in 2008. The awards are sponsored by State Farm Insurance.

In Division I, Duke has the most all–time winners with five. Their rival, North Carolina, is second with four winners. There have been three ties for NABC Player of the Year (2002, 2004, 2006), and only two players have won the award multiple times (Jay Williams and Ralph Sampson).

In Division II, Virginia Union has four winners, the most all–time, and is followed by Kentucky Wesleyan which has three. Only one tie has occurred (2006), while three players have won the award more than once (Stan Gouard, Earl Jones, John Smith).

In Division III, Potsdam State has the most all–time winners with three, while six other schools are tied for second with two winners apiece. There have been two ties (2007, 2010) and two repeat winners (Leroy Witherspoon, Andrew Olson).

At the NAIA level, there is a distinction between NAIA Division I and NAIA Division II winners. Since the awards began in 2008, no school or individual player has received the award multiple times.

In junior college, every winner has been a sophomore and has gone on to play at an NCAA Division I school after their community college careers have ended.

Key

†	Co-Players of the Year
Player (X)	Denotes the number of times the player has received the Player of the Year award
School (X)	Denotes the number of times a player from that school has been given the Player of the Year award

State Farm Division I Players of the Year

Patrick Ewing is the only winner from Georgetown.

Antawn Jamison won in 1997–98.

Adam Morrison shared the award as a junior in 2005–06.

Season	Player	School	State	Position	Class
1974–75	Thompson, DavidDavid Thompson	NC State	North Carolina	Shooting guard / Small forward	4 !Senior
1975–76	May, ScottScott May	Indiana	Indiana	Forward	4 !Senior
1976–77	Johnson, MarquesMarques Johnson	UCLA	California	Guard / Forward	4 !Senior
1977–78	Ford, PhilPhil Ford	North Carolina	North Carolina	Point guard	4 !Senior
1978–79	Bird, LarryLarry Bird	Indiana State	Indiana	Small forward	4 !Senior
1979–80	Brooks, MichaelMichael Brooks	La Salle	Pennsylvania	Forward	4 !Senior
1980–81	Ainge, DannyDanny Ainge	Brigham Young	Utah	Shooting guard	4 !Senior
1981–82	Sampson, RalphRalph Sampson	Virginia	Virginia	Center	3 !Junior
1982–83	Sampson, RalphRalph Sampson (2)	Virginia (2)	Virginia	Center	4 !Senior
1983–84	Jordan, MichaelMichael Jordan	North Carolina (2)	North Carolina	Shooting guard	3 !Junior
1984–85	Ewing, PatrickPatrick Ewing	Georgetown	Washington, D.C.	Center	4 !Senior
1985–86	Berry, WalterWalter Berry	St. John's	New York	Power forward	4 !Senior
1986–87	Robinson, DavidDavid Robinson	Navy	Maryland	Center	4 !Senior
1987–88	Manning, DannyDanny Manning	Kansas	Kansas	Power forward	4 !Senior
1988–89	Elliott, SeanSean Elliott	Arizona	Arizona	Small forward	4 !Senior
1989–90	Simmons, LionelLionel Simmons	La Salle (2)	Pennsylvania	Small forward	4 !Senior
1990–91	Johnson, LarryLarry Johnson	UNLV	Nevada	Power forward	4 !Senior
1991–92	Laettner, ChristianChristian Laettner	Duke	North Carolina	Forward	4 !Senior
1992–93	Cheaney, CalbertCalbert Cheaney	Indiana (2)	Indiana	Small forward	4 !Senior
1993–94	Robinson, GlennGlenn Robinson	Purdue	Indiana	Small forward / Power forward	2 !Sophomore
1994–95	Respert, ShawnShawn Respert	Michigan State	Michigan	Shooting guard	4 !Senior
1995–96	Camby, MarcusMarcus Camby	Massachusetts	Massachusetts	Center	3 !Junior
1996–97	Duncan, TimTim Duncan	Wake Forest	North Carolina	Center	4 !Senior
1997–98	Jamison, AntawnAntawn Jamison	North Carolina (3)	North Carolina	Small forward	3 !Junior
1998–99	Brand, EltonElton Brand	Duke (2)	North Carolina	Center	2 !Sophomore
1999–00	Martin, KenyonKenyon Martin	Cincinnati	Ohio	Power forward	4 !Senior
2000–01	Williams, JayJay Williams	Duke (3)	North Carolina	Point guard	2 !Sophomore
2001–02†	Gooden, DrewDrew Gooden	Kansas (2)	Kansas	Center	4 !Senior
2001–02†	Williams, JayJay Williams (2)	Duke (4)	North Carolina	Point guard	3 !Junior
2002–03	Collison, NickNick Collison	Kansas (3)	Kansas	Power forward	4 !Senior
2003–04†	Nelson, JameerJameer Nelson	Saint Joseph's	Pennsylvania	Point guard	4 !Senior
2003–04†	Okafor, EmekaEmeka Okafor	Connecticut	Connecticut	Center	3 !Junior
2004–05	Bogut, AndrewAndrew Bogut	Utah	Utah	Center	2 !Sophomore
2005–06†	Morrison, AdamAdam Morrison	Gonzaga	Washington	Shooting guard	3 !Junior
2005–06†	Redick, J. J.J. J. Redick	Duke (5)	North Carolina	Shooting guard	4 !Senior
2006–07	Durant, KevinKevin Durant	Texas	Texas	Small forward	1 !Freshman
2007–08	Hansbrough, TylerTyler Hansbrough	North Carolina (4)	North Carolina	Power forward	3 !Junior
2008–09	Griffin, BlakeBlake Griffin	Oklahoma	Oklahoma	Power forward	2 !Sophomore
2009–10	Turner, EvanEvan Turner	Ohio State	Ohio	Small forward	3 !Junior
2010–11	Fredette, JimmerJimmer Fredette	Brigham Young	Utah	Point guard	4 !Senior

State Farm Division II Player of the Year

Charles Oakley won in 1984–85 and later became an NBA All-Star while playing for the New York Knicks.

Season	Player	School	State	Position	Class
1982–83	Jones, EarlEarl Jones	District of Columbia	Washington, D.C.	Center	3 !Junior
1983–84	Jones, EarlEarl Jones (2)	District of Columbia (2)	Washington, D.C.	Center	4 !Senior
1984–85	Oakley, CharlesCharles Oakley	Virginia Union	Virginia	Power forward	4 !Senior
1985–86	Linder, ToddTodd Linder	Tampa	Florida	Small forward	3 !Junior
1986–87	Talley, RalphRalph Talley	Norfolk State	Virginia	Point guard	4 !Senior
1987–88	Johnson, JerryJerry Johnson	Florida Southern	Florida	Point guard	4 !Senior
1988–89	Kearney, KrisKris Kearney	Florida Southern (2)	Florida	Forward	4 !Senior
1989–90	English, A. J.A. J. English	Virginia Union (2)	Virginia	Shooting guard	4 !Senior
1990–91	Crowder, CoreyCorey Crowder	Kentucky Wesleyan	Kentucky	Small forward / Shooting guard	4 !Senior
1991–92	Manuel, EricEric Manuel	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	Small forward	4 !Senior
1992–93	Wright, AlexAlex Wright	Central Oklahoma	Oklahoma	Shooting guard	4 !Senior
1993–94	Johnson, DerrickDerrick Johnson	Virginia Union (3)	Virginia	Center / Power forward	4 !Senior
1994–95	Gouard, StanStan Gouard	Southern Indiana	Indiana	Guard	3 !Junior
1995–96	Gouard, StanStan Gouard (2)	Southern Indiana (2)	Indiana	Guard	4 !Senior
1996–97	Stewart, KebuKebu Stewart	Cal State Bakersfield	California	Power forward	4 !Senior
1997–98	Newton, JoeJoe Newton	Central Oklahoma (2)	Oklahoma	Point guard / Shooting guard	4 !Senior
1998–99	García, AntonioAntonio García	Kentucky Wesleyan (2)	Kentucky	Forward	4 !Senior
1999–00	Gaines, AjumuAjumu Gaines	Charleston	West Virginia	Point guard	4 !Senior
2000–01	Ducharme, ColinColin Ducharme	Longwood	Virginia	Power forward	4 !Senior
2001–02	Murray, RonaldRonald Murray	Shaw	North Carolina	Shooting guard / Point guard	4 !Senior
2002–03	Parmer, MarlonMarlon Parmer	Kentucky Wesleyan (3)	Kentucky	Point guard	4 !Senior
2003–04	Inbar, EladElad Inbar	UMass Lowell	Massachusetts	Forward	4 !Senior
2004–05	Worthington, MarkMark Worthington	Metropolitan State	Colorado	Forward	4 !Senior
2005–06†	Hargrove, DariusDarius Hargrove	Virginia Union (4)	Virginia	Shooting guard / Small forward	4 !Senior
2005–06†	Trofholz, TurnerTurner Trofholz	South Dakota !Univ. of South Dakota	South Dakota	Power forward	4 !Senior
2006–07	Smith, JohnJohn Smith	Winona State	Minnesota	Center	3 !Junior
2007–08	Smith, JohnJohn Smith (2)	Winona State (2)	Minnesota	Center	4 !Senior
2008–09	Bostic, JoshJosh Bostic	Findlay	Ohio	Small forward	4 !Senior
2009–10	Westrol, JasonJason Westrol	Bentley	Massachusetts	Point guard	4 !Senior
2010–11	Webb, DarrylDarryl Webb	Indiana (PA)	Pennsylvania	Forward	4 !Senior

State Farm Division III Player of the Year

Jimmy Bartolotta was the first recipient to play for MIT. He was the Division III Player of the Year in 2008–09.

Season	Player	School	State	Position	Class
1982–83	Witherspoon, LeroyLeroy Witherspoon	Potsdam State	New York	Point guard	3 !Junior
1983–84	Witherspoon, LeroyLeroy Witherspoon (2)	Potsdam State (2)	New York	Point guard	4 !Senior
1984–85	Casey, TimTim Casey	Wittenberg	Ohio		4 !Senior
1985–86	Hempy, DickDick Hempy	Otterbein	Ohio	Guard	3 !Junior
1986–87	Mitchell, BrendanBrendan Mitchell	Potsdam State (3)	New York	Small forward	4 !Senior
1987–88	Tedder, ScottScott Tedder	Ohio Wesleyan	Ohio	Small forward / Shooting guard	4 !Senior
1988–89	Grant, GregGreg Grant	Trenton State	New Jersey	Point guard	4 !Senior
1989–90	Hancock, MattMatt Hancock	Colby	Maine	Shooting guard	4 !Senior
1990–91	Baldridge, BradBrad Baldridge	Wittenberg (2)	Ohio	Center	4 !Senior
1991–92	Foreman, AndreAndre Foreman	Salisbury State	Maryland	Power forward	4 !Senior
1992–93	Hondred, SteveSteve Hondred	Calvin	Michigan
1993–94	Fitch, ScottScott Fitch	SUNY Geneseo	New York	Guard	4 !Senior
1994–95	Jones, D'ArtisD'Artis Jones	Ohio Northern	Ohio	Shooting guard	4 !Senior
1995–96	Benter, DavidDavid Benter	Hanover	Indiana		4 !Senior
1996–97	Crabtree, BryanBryan Crabtree	Illinois Wesleyan	Illinois	Small forward	4 !Senior
1997–98	Nogelo, MikeMike Nogelo	Williams	Massachusetts	Forward	4 !Senior
1998–99	Brunson, MerrillMerrill Brunson	Wisconsin–Platteville	Wisconsin	Point guard / Shooting guard	3 !Junior
1999–00	Winkle, AaronAaron Winkle	Calvin (2)	Michigan	Power forward	4 !Senior
2000–01	Jenkins, HoraceHorace Jenkins	William Paterson	New Jersey	Point guard	4 !Senior
2001–02	Gibbs, JeffJeff Gibbs	Otterbein (2)	Ohio	Forward	4 !Senior
2002–03	Nelson, BryanBryan Nelson	Wooster	Ohio
2003–04	Melzer, RichardRichard Melzer	Wisconsin–River Falls	Wisconsin	Forward	4 !Senior
2004–05	Kalsow, JasonJason Kalsow	Wisconsin–Stevens Point	Wisconsin	Power forward	3 !Junior
2005–06	Adair, BrandonBrandon Adair	Virginia Wesleyan	Virginia	Small forward	3 !Junior
2006–07†	Olson, AndrewAndrew Olson	Amherst	Massachusetts	Point guard	3 !Junior
2006–07†	Strong, BenBen Strong	Guilford	North Carolina	Center	3 !Junior
2007–08	Olson, AndrewAndrew Olson (2)	Amherst (2)	Massachusetts	Point guard	4 !Senior
2008–09	Bartolotta, JimmyJimmy Bartolotta	MIT	Massachusetts	Shooting guard	4 !Senior
2009–10	Sanborn, TylerTyler Sanborn	Guilford (2)	North Carolina	Center	4 !Senior
2010–11	Taylor, MichaelMichael Taylor	Whitworth	Washington	Shooting guard	4 !Senior

State Farm NAIA Players of the Year

For the 2007–08 season, Ryan Fiegi, a senior point guard at Oregon Tech, was named the player of the year. Beginning in 2008–09, the NAIA split into Divisions I and II.

Division I Season Player School State Position Class 2008–09 Payne, GeoffGeoff Payne Westminster Utah Forward 4 !Senior 2009–10 Brumfield, NateNate Brumfield Oklahoma Baptist Oklahoma Forward 4 !Senior 2010–11 Johnson, JustinJustin Johnson Concordia California Guard 4 !Senior

Division II Season Player School State Position Class 2008–09 Walker, WilliamWilliam Walker Bethel Indiana Forward 4 !Senior 2009–10 Briggs, SteveSteve Briggs Oklahoma Wesleyan Oklahoma Guard 4 !Senior 2010–11 Rojas, SadielSadiel Rojas Oklahoma Wesleyan (2) Oklahoma Forward 4 !Senior

State Farm Junior College Player of the Year

Since community college players only attend for two years, these players are only either freshmen or sophomores. Afterwards, they move on to a four year university to finish their last two seasons of NCAA eligibility. The "University" column reflects which team these players would play for following their JuCo careers.

Season	Player	School	State	Position	Class	University
2007–08	Simmons, JeremieJeremie Simmons	Mott CC	Michigan	Guard	2 !Sophomore	Ohio State
2008–09	Ricks, NafisNafis Ricks	Johnson County CC	Kansas	Guard	2 !Sophomore	Missouri State
2009–10	Crowder, JaeJae Crowder	Howard College	Texas	Forward	2 !Sophomore	Marquette
2010–11	Turpin, KielKiel Turpin	Lincoln College	Illinois	Center	2 !Sophomore	Florida State

See also

• List of U.S. men's college basketball national player of the year awards

External links

• NABC Player of the Year Awards