Southwestern Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

Historical records of this award have been spotty,[a] and the following is a compiled list of the verified SWAC Players of the Year.
Southwestern Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
Awarded forthe most outstanding basketball player in the Southwestern Athletic Conference
CountryUnited States
History
Most recentKen Evans Jr., Jackson State

The Southwestern Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year is an annual award given to the Southwestern Athletic Conference's (SWAC) most outstanding player.

Key

† Co-Players of the Year
* Awarded a national player of the year award:
Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year (1904–05 to 1978–79)
UPI College Basketball Player of the Year (1954–55 to 1995–96)
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 SWAC Player of the Year award at that point

Winners

Nathaniel Archibald, Alcorn State, 1973
Larry Smith, Alcorn State, 1979 and 1980
Avery Johnson, Southern, 1987 and 1988
Lindsey Hunter, Jackson State, 1993
Brion Rush, Grambling State, 2006
Trey Johnson, Jackson State, 2007
Omar Strong, Texas Southern, 2013
Madarious Gibbs, Texas Southern, 2015
Martaveous McKnight, Arkansas–Pine Bluff, 2018
Devonte Patterson, Prairie View A&M, 2020
Season Player School Position Class Reference
1972–73 Nathaniel Archibald Alcorn State C Junior [1]
1973–74 Gene Short Jackson State SF Junior [2]
1974–75 Gene Short (2) Jackson State SF Senior [2]
1975–76 Larry Wright Grambling State PG Junior [3]
1976–77 Purvis Short Jackson State SF Junior [4]
1977–78 Purvis Short (2) Jackson State SF Senior [5]
1978–79 Larry Smith Alcorn State PF / C Junior [6]
1979–80 Larry Smith (2) Alcorn State PF / C Senior [6]
1980–81† Harry Kelly Texas Southern SF Sophomore [7][8]
Robert Williams Grambling State PF Senior [7][8]
1981–82 Harry Kelly (2) Texas Southern SF Junior [9]
1982–83 Harry Kelly (3) Texas Southern SF Senior [9]
1983–84 Lewis Jackson Alabama State SF Senior [10]
1984–85 Mike Phelps Alcorn State PG Senior [11]
1985–86 Frank Sillmon Alabama State SF Sophomore [12]
1986–87† George Ivory Mississippi Valley State PG Senior [13]
Avery Johnson Southern PG Junior [9]
1987–88 Avery Johnson (2) Southern PG Senior [9]
1988–89 Terry Brooks Alabama State G Senior [14]
1989–90 Joe Faulkner Southern PF Senior [15][16]
1990–91 Steve Rogers Alabama State SG Junior [17]
1991–92 Steve Rogers (2) Alabama State SG Senior [17]
1992–93 Lindsey Hunter Jackson State PG Senior [17]
1993–94 Jervaughn Scales Southern PF Senior [17]
1994–95 Kenny Sykes Grambling State SG Senior [17]
1995–96 Marcus Mann Mississippi Valley State PF Senior [17]
1996–97 Randy Bolden Texas Southern PG Junior [17]
1997–98 Randy Bolden (2) Texas Southern PG Senior [17]
1998–99 Adarrial Smylie Southern C Junior [17]
1999–00 Adarrial Smylie (2) Southern C Senior [17]
2000–01 Dewayne Jefferson Mississippi Valley State SG Sophomore [17]
2001–02 Paul Haynes Grambling State PF / C Sophomore [17]
2002–03 Gregory Burks Prairie View A&M PG Senior [17]
2003–04 Attarius Norwood Mississippi Valley State F Senior [17]
2004–05 Obie Trotter Alabama A&M PG / SG Junior [18]
2005–06 Brion Rush Grambling State PG Senior [17]
2006–07 Trey Johnson Jackson State SG Senior [17]
2007–08 Andrew Hayles Alabama State SG Junior [17]
2008–09 Brandon Brooks Alabama State PG Senior [17]
2009–10 Garrison Johnson Jackson State SG Senior [19]
2010–11 Travele Jones Texas Southern PF Senior [20]
2011–12 Paul Crosby Mississippi Valley State C Senior [21]
2012–13 Omar Strong Texas Southern PG Senior [22]
2013–14 Aaric Murray Texas Southern C Senior [23]
2014–15 Madarious Gibbs Texas Southern PG Senior [24]
2015–16 Derrick Griffin Texas Southern C Freshman [25]
2016–17 Zach Lofton Texas Southern SG Junior [26]
2017–18 Martaveous McKnight Arkansas–Pine Bluff PG Junior [27]
2018–19 Jeremy Combs Texas Southern PF Senior [28]
2019–20 Devonte Patterson Prairie View A&M PF Senior [29]
2020–21 Tristan Jarrett Jackson State SG Senior [30]
2021–22 M. J. Randolph Florida A&M PG Senior [31]
2022–23 Cameron Christon Grambling State SG Graduate [32]
2023–24 Ken Evans Jr. Jackson State SG / PG Junior [33]

Winners by school

School (year joined) Winners Years
Texas Southern (1954) 12 1981†, 1982, 1983, 1997, 1998, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019
Jackson State (1958) 9 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1993, 2007, 2010, 2021, 2024
Alabama State (1982) 7 1984, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1992, 2008, 2009
Grambling State (1958) 6 1976, 1981†, 1995, 2002, 2006, 2023
Southern (1934) 6 1987†, 1988, 1990, 1994, 1999, 2000
Mississippi Valley State (1968) 5 1987†, 1996, 2001, 2004, 2012
Alcorn State (1962) 4 1973, 1979, 1980, 1985
Prairie View A&M (1920) 2 2003, 2020
Alabama A&M (1999) 1 2005
Arkansas–Pine Bluff (1936)[b] 1 2018
Florida A&M (2021) 1 2022
Bethune–Cookman (2021) 0 —

Footnotes

  • a Please see the talk page for an e-mail correspondence with Tom Galbraith, who at the time of the exchanges was the SWAC men's basketball contact.
  • b The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff was a conference member from 1936 to 1970, left, but then re-joined in 1998.

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