Horizon League Player of the Year

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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