WAC Player of the Year
List of WAC Player of the Year winners
The Western Athletic Conference (WAC) has awarded WAC Player of the Year honors every season since 1980-81. Two players have won the award three times each: Utah’s Keith Van Horn (1995-97) and Nevada’s Nick Fazekas (2005-07). Former member Utah is the program with the most winners (seven), followed by Nevada (six), New Mexico State (five) and BYU (four). See also: WAC Coach of the Year
| Year | Player(s) | School(s) |
| 1981 | Danny Ainge | BYU |
| 1982 | Bill Garnett | Wyoming |
| 1983 | Michael Cage | San Diego State |
| Devin Durrant | BYU (2) | |
| Pace Mannion | Utah | |
| 1984 | Michael Cage (2) | San Diego State (2) |
| 1985 | Timo Saarelainen | BYU (3) |
| 1986 | Anthony Watson | San Diego State (3) |
| 1987 | Fennis Dembo | Wyoming (2) |
| 1988 | Mike Smith | BYU (4) |
| 1989 | Tim Hardaway | UTEP |
| 1990 | Mike Mitchell | Colorado State |
| 1991 | Josh Grant | Utah (2) |
| 1992 | Reggie Slater | Wyoming (3) |
| 1993 | Josh Grant (2) | Utah (3) |
| 1994 | Greg Brown | New Mexico |
| 1995 | Keith Van Horn | Utah (4) |
| 1996 | Keith Van Horn (2) | Utah (5) |
| 1997 | Anthony Carter | Hawaii |
| Keith Van Horn (3) | Utah (6) | |
| 1998 | Lee Nailon | TCU |
| Clayton Shields | New Mexico (2) | |
| 1999 | Andre Miller | Utah (7) |
| Jeryl Sasser | SMU | |
| 2000 | Courtney Alexander | Fresno State |
| 2001 | Melvin Ely | Fresno State (2) |
| 2002 | Melvin Ely (2) | Fresno State (3) |
| 2003 | Quinton Ross | SMU (2) |
| 2004 | Kirk Snyder | Nevada |
| 2005 | Nick Fazekas | Nevada (2) |
| 2006 | Nick Fazekas (2) | Nevada (3) |
| 2007 | Nick Fazekas (3) | Nevada (4) |
| 2008 | Jaycee Carroll | Utah State |
| 2009 | Gary Wilkinson | Utah State (2) |
| 2010 | Luke Babbitt | Nevada (5) |
| 2011 | Tai Wesley | Utah State (3) |
| 2012 | Deonte Burton | Nevada (6) |
| 2013 | Kyle Barone | Idaho |
| 2014 | Daniel Mullings | New Mexico State |
| 2015 | Martez Harrison | UMKC |
| 2016 | Pascal Siakam | New Mexico State (2) |
| 2017 | Ian Baker | New Mexico State (3) |
| 2018 | Jemerrio Jones | New Mexico State (4) |
| 2019 | Jake Toolson | Utah Valley |
| 2020 | Milan Acquaah | California Baptist |
| 2021 | Fardaws Aimaq | Utah Valley (2) |
| 2022 | Teddy Alllen | New Mexico State (5) |
| 2023 | Qua Grant | Sam Houston State |
| 2024 | Tyon Grant-Foster | Grand Canyon |
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