SoCon Player of the Year
List of SoCon Player of the Year winners
The Southern Conference (SoCon) have awarded SoCon Player of the Year honors every season since 1951-52. Only one player has won the award three times: Davidson‘s Fred Hetzel (1963-65). Seventeen other players have won it twice, the most recent being UNC Greensboro‘s Isaiah Miller (2020-21). Davidson and Furman are the programs with the most winners (thirteen each), followed by East Tennessee State and Chattanooga (six each). See also: SoCon Coach of the Year
NOTE: The selections below are the coaches that were chosen by the media. Since 1990, the league’s coaches have also voted on Player of the Year – so for seasons in which the coaches and media chose different winners, the coaches’ selection is marked with ^.
| Year | Player(s) | School(s) |
| 1952 | Dick Groat | Duke |
| 1953 | Frank Selvy | Furman |
| 1954 | Frank Selvy (2) | Furman (2) |
| 1955 | Darrell Floyd | Furman (3) |
| 1956 | Darrell Floyd (2) | Furman (4) |
| 1957 | Rod Hundley | West Virginia |
| 1958 | Dom Flora | Washington and Lee |
| 1959 | Jerry West | West Virginia (2) |
| 1960 | Jerry West (2) | West Virginia (3) |
| 1961 | Jeff Cohen | William & Mary |
| 1962 | Rod Thorn | West Virginia (4) |
| 1963 | Fred Hetzel | Davidson |
| 1964 | Fred Hetzel (2) | Davidson (2) |
| 1965 | Fred Hetzel (3) | Davidson (3) |
| 1966 | Dick Snyder | Davidson (4) |
| 1967 | Johnny Moates | Richmond |
| 1968 | Ron Williams | West Virginia (5) |
| 1969 | Mike Maloy | Davidson (5) |
| 1970 | Mike Maloy (2) | Davidson (6) |
| 1971 | Jim Gregory | East Carolina |
| Tom Jasper | William & Mary (2) | |
| 1972 | Russ Hunt | Furman (5) |
| 1973 | Aron Stewart | Richmond (2) |
| 1974 | Clyde Mayes | Furman (6) |
| 1975 | Clyde Mayes (2) | Furman (7) |
| 1976 | Rodney McKeever | The Citadel |
| 1977 | Ron Carter | VMI |
| 1978 | Ron Carter (2) | VMI (2) |
| 1979 | Jonathan Moore | Furman (8) |
| 1980 | Jonathan Moore (2) | Furman (9) |
| 1981 | Charles Payton | Appalachian State |
| 1982 | Willie White | Chattanooga |
| 1983 | Troy Lee Mikell | East Tennessee State |
| 1984 | Regan Truesdale | The Citadel (2) |
| 1985 | Regan Truesdale (2) | The Citadel (3) |
| 1986 | Gay Elmore | VMI (3) |
| 1987 | Gay Elmore (2) | VMI (4) |
| 1988 | Skip Henderson | Marshall |
| 1989 | John Taft | Marshall (2) |
| 1990 | Keith Jennings^ | East Tennessee State (2) |
| John Taft (2) | Marshall (3) | |
| 1991 | Keith Jennings (2) | East Tennessee State (3) |
| 1992 | Terry Boyd | Western Carolina |
| Keith Nelson^ | Chattanooga (2) | |
| 1993 | Tim Brooks | Chattanooga (3) |
| 1994 | Chad Copeland^ | Chattanooga (4) |
| Frankie King | Western Carolina (2) | |
| 1995 | Frankie King (2) | Western Carolina (3) |
| 1996 | Anquell McCollum | Western Carolina (4) |
| 1997 | Johnny Taylor | Chattanooga (5) |
| 1998 | Bobby Phillips^ | Western Carolina (5) |
| Chuck Vincent | Furman (10) | |
| 1999 | Sedric Webber | College of Charleston |
| 2000 | Tyson Patterson | Appalachian State (2) |
| 2001 | Jody Lumpkin | College of Charleston (2) |
| 2002 | Dimeco Childress^ | East Tennessee State (4) |
| Jason Conley | VMI (5) | |
| 2003 | Troy Wheless | College of Charleston (3) |
| 2004 | Zakee Wadood | East Tennessee State (5) |
| 2005 | Brendan Winters | Davidson (7) |
| 2006 | Elton Nesbitt | Georgia Southern |
| 2007 | Kyle Hines | UNC Greensboro |
| 2008 | Stephen Curry | Davidson (8) |
| 2009 | Stephen Curry (2) | Davidson (9) |
| 2010 | Noah Dahlman^ | Wofford |
| Donald Sims | Appalachian State (3) | |
| 2011 | Andrew Goudelock | College of Charleston (4) |
| 2012 | De’Mon Brooks^ | Davidson (10) |
| Jake Cohen | Davidson (11) | |
| 2013 | Jake Cohen (2) | Davidson (12) |
| 2014 | De’Mon Brooks (2) | Davidson (13) |
| 2015 | Karl Cochran | Wofford (2) |
| 2016 | Stephen Croone | Furman (11) |
| 2017 | Devin Sibley | Furman (12) |
| 2018 | Desonta Bradford^ | East Tennessee State (6) |
| Fletcher Magee | Wofford (3) | |
| 2019 | Fletcher Magee (2) | Wofford (4) |
| 2020 | Isaiah Miller | UNC Greensboro (2) |
| 2021 | Isaiah Miller (2) | UNC Greensboro (3) |
| 2022 | Malachi Smith | Chattanooga (6) |
| 2023 | Jalen Slawson | Furman (13) |
| 2024 |
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