Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
| Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Awarded for | the most outstanding basketball player in Mountain West Conference |
| Country | United States |
| First awarded | 2000 |
| Currently held by | Marvelle Harris, Fresno State |
The Mountain West Conference (MW) Men's Basketball Player of the Year is a basketball award given to the Mountain West Conference's most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1999–00 season—the first year of the conference's existence. As of 2015, no player has received the award multiple times. Two winners of the conference award were consensus national Players of the Year—Andrew Bogut of the University of Utah in 2004–05 and Jimmer Fredette of Brigham Young University (BYU) in 2010–11.
Through 2016, BYU has the most winners with five, with New Mexico and Utah in second place with four. The only current conference members with a winner are New Mexico with four, San Diego State with three, and Air Force, Boise State and Fresno State with one each (BYU and Utah both left for other conferences in 2011). The remaining six all-sports members are yet to have a winner, but only three — Colorado State, UNLV and Wyoming — are charter Mountain West members (the rest all joined in 2011 or later).
Key
| † | Co-Players of the Year |
| * | Awarded a national Player of the Year award: Naismith College Player of the Year (1968–69 to present) John R. Wooden Award (1976–77 to present) |
| Player (X) | Denotes the number of times the player has been awarded the Mountain West Player of the Year award at that point |
Winners
Winners by school
| School (year joined) | Winners | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Brigham Young (1999)[a 1] | 5 | 2001, 2004†, 2007, 2008†, 2011 |
| New Mexico (1999) | 4 | 2003, 2008†, 2010, 2013 |
| Utah (1999)[a 2] | 4 | 2000, 2002, 2005, 2009 |
| San Diego State (1999) | 3 | 2006, 2012, 2014 |
| Air Force (1999) | 1 | 2004† |
| Boise State (2011) | 1 | 2015 |
| Fresno State (2012) | 1 | 2016 |
| Colorado State (1999) | 0 | — |
| Nevada (2012) | 0 | — |
| San Jose State (2013) | 0 | — |
| Texas Christian (TCU) (2005)[a 3] | 0 | — |
| UNLV (1999) | 0 | — |
| Utah State (2013) | 0 | — |
| Wyoming (1999) | 0 | — |
Footnotes
- ↑ BYU left in 2011 to join the West Coast Conference.
- ↑ Utah left in 2011 to join what is now the Pac-12 Conference.
- ↑ TCU left in 2012 to join the Big 12 Conference.
References
- "Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball 1999–2009" (pdf). Mountain West Conference. Retrieved 6 September 2009..
- ↑ http://www.themwc.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/030711aaf.html
- ↑ http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/mar/05/franklin-fisher-claim-top-mw-awards/
- ↑ http://www.golobos.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/031113aaa.html/
- ↑ http://www.themw.com/#!/news-detail/mw_14_mbb_allconf_03-10-14_m247js
- ↑ http://www.idahostatesman.com/2015/03/08/3684786/mountain-west-media-unanimously.html
- ↑ http://www.themw.com/news/mountain-west-announces-2015-16-men-s-basketball-all-conference-team-03-08-2016