List of Horizon League Player of the Year winners
The Horizon League has awarded Horizon League Player of the Year honors every season since 1979-80. The only player to win the award three times in Loyola’s Alfredrick Hughes (1983-85), though five others have won twice. Butler and Detroit Mercy are the programs with the most winners (seven each), followed by Loyola (IL) (six) and Xavier (five). Of those four programs, only UDM is still a member of the conference. See also: Horizon League Coach of the Year
Year | Player(s) | School(s) |
1980 | Calvin Garrett | Oral Roberts |
1981 | Darius Clemons | Loyola (IL) |
Rubin Jackson | Oklahoma City | |
1982 | Wayne Sappleton | Loyola (IL) (2) |
1983 | Mark Acres | Oral Roberts (2) |
Alfredrick Hughes | Loyola (IL) (3) | |
1984 | Alfredrick Hughes (2) | Loyola (IL) (4) |
1985 | Alfredrick Hughes (3) | Loyola (IL) (5) |
1986 | Byron Larkin | Xavier |
1987 | Andre Moore | Loyola (IL) (6) |
1988 | Byron Larkin (2) | Xavier (2) |
1989 | Scott Haffner | Evansville |
1990 | Tyrone Hill | Xavier (3) |
1991 | Darin Archbold | Butler |
1992 | Parrish Casebier | Evansville (2) |
1993 | Brian Grant | Xavier (4) |
1994 | Brian Grant (2) | Xavier (5) |
1995 | Sherell Ford | UIC |
1996 | Jeff Nordgaard | Green Bay |
1997 | Jon Neuhouser | Butler (2) |
1998 | Mark Miller | UIC (2) |
1999 | Jermaine Jackson | Detroit Mercy |
2000 | Rashad Phillips | Detroit Mercy (2) |
2001 | Rashad Phillips (2) | Detroit Mercy (3) |
2002 | Rylan Hainje | Butler (3) |
2003 | Willie Green | Detroit Mercy (4) |
2004 | Dylan Page | Milwaukee |
2005 | Ed McCants | Milwaukee (2) |
2006 | Brandon Polk | Butler (4) |
2007 | DaShaun Wood | Wright State |
2008 | Mike Green | Butler (5) |
2009 | Matt Howard | Butler (6) |
2010 | Gordon Hayward | Butler (7) |
2011 | Norris Cole | Cleveland State |
2012 | Ryan Broekhoff | Valparaiso |
2013 | Ray McCallum Jr. | Detroit Mercy (5) |
2014 | Keifer Sykes | Green Bay (2) |
2015 | Keifer Sykes (2) | Green Bay (3) |
2016 | Kay Felder | Oakland |
2017 | Alec Peters | Valparaiso (2) |
2018 | Kendrick Nunn | Oakland (2) |
2019 | Drew McDonald | Northern Kentucky |
2020 | Loudon Love | Wright State (2) |
2021 | Loudon Love (2) | Wright State (3) |
2022 | Jamal Cain | Oakland (3) |
Antoine Davis | Detroit Mercy (6) | |
2023 | Antoine Davis (2) | Detroit Mercy (7) |
2024 | Trey Townsend | Oakland (4) |
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