Big South Player of the Year

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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