Northeast Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Year

NEC Women's Basketball Player of the Year
Awarded forthe most outstanding basketball player in the Northeast Conference
CountryUnited States
First awarded1987
Currently held byNy'Ceara Pryor, Sacred Heart

The Northeast Conference (NEC) Women's Basketball Player of the Year is an annual college basketball award given to the Northeast Conference's most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1986–87 season.

Winners

[1]

Season Player School Position Class
1986–87 Linda Wilson Monmouth
1987–88 Sandra Cook Monmouth
1988–89 Maureen Coughlin Wagner
1989–90 Kim Rhock Mount St. Mary's
1990–91 Vanessa Blair Mount St. Mary's
1991–92 Vanessa Blair (2) Mount St. Mary's
1992–93 Charlene Fields Marist
1993–94 Susie Rowlyk Mount St. Mary's
1994–95 Susie Rowlyk Mount St. Mary's
Stacy Alexander Saint Francis (PA)
1995–96 Amy Langville Mount St. Mary's
1996–97 Mary Markey Saint Francis (PA)
1997–98 Jess Zinobile Saint Francis (PA)
1998–99 Megan Gardiner Mount St. Mary's F Senior
1999–00 Jess Zinobile (2) Saint Francis (PA) F Senior
2000–01 Kia Williams Mount St. Mary's G Senior
2001–02 Tamika Dudley LIU Brooklyn F Junior
2002–03 Ashlee Kelly Quinnipiac C Junior
2003–04 Beth Swink Saint Francis (PA)
2004–05 Sugeiry Monsac Robert Morris F Junior
2005–06 Amanda Pape Sacred Heart G Junior
2006–07 Valeire Nainima LIU Brooklyn G Freshman
2007–08 Sade Logan Robert Morris G Junior
2008–09 Alisa Apo Sacred Heart G Sophomore
2009–10 Angela Pace Robert Morris G Senior
2010–11 Samantha Leach Saint Francis (PA) G Senior
2011–12 Callan Taylor Sacred Heart F Senior
2012–13 Artemis Spanou Robert Morris F Junior
2013–14 Artemis Spanou (2) Robert Morris F Senior
2014–15 Breanna Rucker Bryant F Junior
2015–16 Hannah Kimmel[2] Sacred Heart F Senior
2016–17 Anna Niki Stamolamprou Robert Morris G Senior
2017–18 Jess Kovatch Saint Francis (PA) G Junior
2018–19 Jess Kovatch (2)[3] Saint Francis (PA) G Senior
2019–20 Denia Davis-Stewart[4] Merrimack F Senior
2020–21 Kendall Bresee[5] Mount St. Mary's F Senior
2021–22 Madison Stanley[6] Fairleigh Dickinson G Graduate student
2022–23 Ny'Ceara Pryor[7] Sacred Heart G Freshman
2023–24 Ny'Ceara Pryor (2)[8] Sacred Heart G Sophomore

Winners by school

School Winners Years
Mount St. Mary's[a] 9 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2001, 2021
Saint Francis (PA) 8 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2011, 2018, 2019
Robert Morris[b] 6 2005, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2017
Sacred Heart[c] 6 2006, 2009, 2012, 2016, 2023, 2024
LIU[d] 2 2002, 2007
Monmouth[e] 2 1987, 1988
Wagner 1 1989
Bryant[f] 1 2015
Fairleigh Dickinson 1 2022
Marist[g] 1 1993
Merrimack[c] 1 2020
Quinnipiac[h] 1 2003
Central Connecticut 0
Chicago State 0
Le Moyne 0
Mercyhurst 0
St. Francis Brooklyn[i] 0
Stonehill 0
  1. ^ Mount St. Mary's left the NEC after the 2021–22 season for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.
  2. ^ Robert Morris left the NEC after the 2019–20 season for the Horizon League.[9]
  3. ^ a b Merrimack and Sacred Heart left after the 2023–24 season for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.
  4. ^ From 1981 to 2019, Long Island University was represented in the Northeast Conference by its Brooklyn campus, known for athletic purposes as "Long Island" through the 2012–13 season and "LIU Brooklyn" from 2013–14 forward. After the 2018–19 season, LIU merged the athletic programs of its Brooklyn and Post campuses into a single program, now competing as the LIU Sharks, that inherited the NCAA Division I and Northeast Conference memberships of the Brooklyn campus. The current LIU women's basketball program inherited Brooklyn's athletic history.
  5. ^ Monmouth left the NEC after the 2021–22 season to join the Colonial Athletic Association, now known as the Coastal Athletic Association.[10]
  6. ^ Bryant left the NEC after the 2021–22 season to join the America East Conference.[11]
  7. ^ Marist left the NEC after the 1996–97 season to join the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.
  8. ^ Quinnipiac left the NEC after the 2012–13 season to join the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.
  9. ^ St. Francis Brooklyn shut down its athletic program after the 2022–23 season.

References

  1. ^ "NEC Women's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). NortheastConference.org. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  2. ^ "#NECWBB Regular Season Champion Sacred Heart Secures Three Major Awards; Second-Place Bryant Lands Most All-League Honors" (Press release). Northeast Conference. March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
  3. ^ "Kovatch Makes More History; Major #NECWBB Award Winners Announced" (Press release). Northeast Conference. March 11, 2019. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
  4. ^ "Denia Davis-Stewart Makes History for Merrimack; All-NEC Honors Announced" (Press release). Northeast Conference. March 9, 2020. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
  5. ^ "Mounties Bresee and Marchesano Top #NECWBB Major Awards List; All-NEC Teams Unveiled" (Press release). Northeast Conference. March 8, 2021. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
  6. ^ "FDU and Saint Francis U Highlight #NECWBB Major Award Winners" (Press release). Northeast Conference. March 7, 2022. Retrieved March 7, 2022.
  7. ^ "Triple Threat: SHU's Ny'Ceara Pryor Makes #NECWBB History With Landmark Awards Sweep" (Press release). Northeast Conference. March 6, 2023. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
  8. ^ "Twice as NY-ce! Sacred Heart's Ny'Ceara Pryor Repeats as NEC Women's Basketball Player of the Year" (Press release). Northeast Conference. March 11, 2024. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
  9. ^ "Robert Morris to Join Horizon League" (Press release). Horizon League. June 15, 2020. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  10. ^ "CAA Welcomes Hampton University, Monmouth University and Stony Brook University as New Members" (Press release). Colonial Athletic Association. January 25, 2022. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
  11. ^ "Bryant University to Join America East Conference as Newest Member Institution" (Press release). America East Conference. March 29, 2022. Retrieved March 30, 2022.