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) |
| 2025 |
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