List of Sun Belt Player of the Year winners
The Sun Belt Conference has awarded Sun Belt Player of the Year honors every season since 1976-77. Four players have won the award twice, the most recent being Georgia State‘s R. J. Hunter (2014-15). Western Kentucky is the programs with the most winners (seven), followed by South Alabama (six), New Orleans and Arkansas State (four each). See also: Sun Belt Coach of the Year
Year | Player(s) | School(s) |
1977 | Cedric Maxwell | Charlotte |
1978 | Wayne Cooper | New Orleans |
1979 | Rory White | South Alabama |
1980 | James Ray | Jacksonville |
1981 | Ed Rains | South Alabama (2) |
1982 | Oliver Robinson | UAB |
1983 | Charlie Bradley | South Florida |
Calvin Duncan | VCU | |
1984 | Terry Catledge | South Alabama (3) |
1985 | Terry Catledge (2) | South Alabama (4) |
1986 | Kenny Gattison | Old Dominion |
1987 | Tellis Frank | Western Kentucky |
1988 | Byron Dinkins | Charlotte (2) |
1989 | Jeff Hodge | South Alabama (5) |
1990 | Chris Gatling | Old Dominion (2) |
1991 | Chris Gatling (2) | Old Dominion (3) |
1992 | Ron Ellis | Louisiana Tech |
1993 | Ervin Johnson | New Orleans (2) |
1994 | Michael Allen | Southwestern Louisiana |
Jeff Clifton | Arkansas State | |
1995 | Chris Robinson | Western Kentucky (2) |
1996 | Derek Fisher | Arkansas-Little Rock |
1997 | Muntrelle Dobbins | Arkansas-Little Rock (2) |
1998 | Chico Fletcher | Arkansas State (2) |
1999 | Chico Fletcher (2) | Arkansas State (3) |
2000 | Gerrod Henderson | Louisiana Tech (2) |
2001 | Chris Marcus | Western Kentucky (3) |
2002 | Héctor Romero | New Orleans (3) |
2003 | James Moore | New Mexico State |
2004 | Mike Wells | Western Kentucky (4) |
2005 | Yemi Nicholson | Denver |
2006 | Anthony Winchester | Western Kentucky (5) |
2007 | Bo McCalebb | New Orleans (4) |
2008 | Courtney Lee | Western Kentucky (6) |
2009 | Orlando Mendez-Valdez | Western Kentucky (7) |
2010 | Tyren Johnson | Louisiana-Lafayette (2) |
2011 | Solomon Bozeman | Arkansas-Little Rock (3) |
2012 | LaRon Dendy | Middle Tennessee |
2013 | Augustine Rubit | South Alabama (6) |
2014 | R. J. Hunter | Georgia State |
2015 | R. J. Hunter (2) | Georgia State (2) |
2016 | Shawn Long | Louisiana-Lafayette (3) |
2017 | Kevin Hervey | Texas-Arlington |
2018 | D’Marcus Simonds | Georgia State (3) |
2019 | Tookie Brown | Georgia Southern |
2020 | Nijal Pearson | Texas State |
2021 | DeVante Jones | Coastal Carolina |
2022 | Norchad Omier | Arkansas State (4) |
2023 | Taevion Kinsey | Marshall |
2024 |
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