Sun Belt Player of the Year

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 Terrence Edwards Jr. James Madison
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