SWAC Player of the Year
List of SWAC Player of the Year winners
The Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) has awarded SWAC Player of the Year honors every season since 1973-74 (except for 1981). Eight players have won the award twice each, the most recent being Southern‘s Adarrial Smylie (1999-2000). Texas Southern is the program with the most winners (eleven), followed by Jackson State (nine) and Alabama State (seven). See also: SWAC Coach of the Year
| Year | Player(s) | School(s) |
| 1974 | Eugene Short | Jackson State |
| 1975 | Eugene Short (2) | Jackson State (2) |
| 1976 | Larry Wright | Grambling State |
| 1977 | Purvis Short | Jackson State (3) |
| 1978 | Purvis Short (2) | Jackson State (4) |
| 1979 | Larry Smith | Alcorn State |
| 1980 | Larry Smith (2) | Alcorn State (2) |
| 1981 | none | |
| 1982 | Harry Kelly | Texas Southern |
| 1983 | Harry Kelly (2) | Texas Southern (2) |
| 1984 | Lewis Jackson | Alabama State |
| 1985 | Mike Phelps | Alcorn State (3) |
| 1986 | Frank Sillmon | Alabama State (2) |
| 1987 | George Ivory | Mississippi Valley State |
| Avery Johnson | Southern | |
| 1988 | Avery Johnson (2) | Southern (2) |
| 1989 | Terry Brooks | Alabama State (3) |
| 1990 | Joe Faulkner | Southern (3) |
| 1991 | Steve Rogers | Alabama State (4) |
| 1992 | Steve Rogers (2) | Alabama State (5) |
| 1993 | Lindsey Hunter | Jackson State (5) |
| 1994 | Jervaughn Scales | Southern (4) |
| 1995 | Kenny Sykes | Grambling State (2) |
| 1996 | Marcus Mann | Mississippi Valley State (2) |
| 1997 | Randy Bolden | Texas Southern (3) |
| 1998 | Randy Bolden (2) | Texas Southern (4) |
| 1999 | Adarrial Smylie | Southern (5) |
| 2000 | Adarrial Smylie (2) | Southern (6) |
| 2001 | Dewayne Jefferson | Mississippi Valley State (3) |
| 2002 | Paul Haynes | Grambling State (3) |
| 2003 | Gregory Burks | Prairie View A&M |
| 2004 | Attarius Norwood | Mississippi Valley State (4) |
| 2005 | Obie Trotter | Alabama A&M |
| 2006 | Brion Rush | Grambling State (4) |
| 2007 | Trey Johnson | Jackson State (6) |
| 2008 | Andrew Hayles | Alabama State (6) |
| 2009 | Brandon Brooks | Alabama State (7) |
| 2010 | Garrison Johnson | Jackson State (7) |
| 2011 | Travele Jones | Texas Southern (5) |
| 2012 | Paul Crosby | Mississippi Valley State (5) |
| 2013 | Omar Strong | Texas Southern (6) |
| 2014 | Aaric Murray | Texas Southern (7) |
| 2015 | Madarious Gibbs | Texas Southern (8) |
| 2016 | Derrick Griffin | Texas Southern (9) |
| 2017 | Zach Lofton | Texas Southern (10) |
| 2018 | Martaveous McKnight | Arkansas-Pine Bluff |
| 2019 | Jeremy Combs | Texas Southern (11) |
| 2020 | Devonte Patterson | Prairie View A&M |
| 2021 | Tristan Jarrett | Jackson State (8) |
| 2022 | M.J. Randolph | Florida A&M |
| 2023 | Cameron Christon | Grambling State (5) |
| 2024 | Ken Evans | Jackson State (9) |
| 2024 | ||
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