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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