List of Big South Player of the Year winners
The Big South Conference has awarded Big South Player of the Year honors every season since 1985-86. Coastal Carolina‘s Tony Dunkin won the award four-straight years (1990-93), the only player in Division I men’s college basketball to accomplish this feat. Six other players have won the award twice, the most recent being UNC Asheville‘s Drew Pember (2023 & 2024). Coastal Carolina is the program with the most winners (nine), followed by Winthrop, UNC Asheville (six each), and High Point (five). See also: Big South Coach of the Year
| Year | Player | School |
| 1986 | Fred McKinnon | Winthrop |
| 1987 | Clarence Grier | Campbell |
| 1988 | Derek Wilson | Coastal Carolina |
| 1989 | Henry Wilson | Campbell (2) |
| 1990 | Tony Dunkin | Coastal Carolina (2) |
| 1991 | Tony Dunkin (2) | Coastal Carolina (3) |
| 1992 | Tony Dunkin (3) | Coastal Carolina (4) |
| 1993 | Tony Dunkin (4) | Coastal Carolina (5) |
| 1994 | Joe Spinks | Campbell (3) |
| 1995 | Eric Burks | Charleston Southern |
| 1996 | T. L. Latson | Charleston Southern (2) |
| 1997 | Josh Pittman | UNC Asheville |
| 1998 | Josh Pittman (2) | UNC Asheville (2) |
| 1999 | Kevin Martin | UNC Asheville (3) |
| 2000 | Jason Williams | Radford |
| 2001 | Torrey Butler | Coastal Carolina (6) |
| 2002 | Greg Lewis | Winthrop (2) |
| 2003 | Torrey Butler (2) | Coastal Carolina (7) |
| 2004 | Danny Gathings | High Point |
| 2005 | Pele Paelay | Coastal Carolina (8) |
| 2006 | Jack Leasure | Coastal Carolina (9) |
| 2007 | Arizona Reid | High Point (2) |
| 2008 | Arizona Reid (2) | High Point (3) |
| 2009 | Artsiom Parakhouski | Radford (2) |
| 2010 | Artsiom Parakhouski (2) | Radford (3) |
| 2011 | Jesse Sanders | Liberty |
| 2012 | Matt Dickey | UNC Asheville (4) |
| 2013 | Stan Okoye | VMI |
| 2014 | John Brown | High Point (4) |
| 2015 | Saah Nimley | Charleston Southern (3) |
| 2016 | John Brown (2) | High Point (5) |
| 2017 | Keon Johnson | Winthrop (3) |
| 2018 | Xavier Cooks | Winthrop (4) |
| 2019 | Chris Clemons | Campbell (4) |
| 2020 | Carlik Jones | Radford (4) |
| 2021 | Chandler Vaudrin | Winthrop (5) |
| 2022 | DJ Burns Jr. | Winthrop (6) |
| 2023 | Drew Pember | UNC Asheville (5) |
| 2024 | Drew Pember (2) | UNC Asheville (6) |
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