ASUN Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

The ASUN Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year is an annual basketball award given to the ASUN Conference's most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1978–79 season, the first year of the ASUN's existence, when it was known as the Trans America Athletic Conference (TAAC). Only two players have won the award three times: Willie Jackson of Centenary (1982–1984) and Darius McGhee of Liberty (2021–2023).

ASUN Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
Awarded forthe most outstanding basketball player in the ASUN Conference
CountryUnited States
History
First award1979
Most recentDarius McGhee, Liberty

Centenary has the most all-time winners with six, but left the conference in 2000, when the league was still known as the TAAC. There has been only one tie in the award's history, which occurred in 1997–98 between Mark Jones of Central Florida and Sedric Webber of the College of Charleston. Among the 12 teams that will be ASUN members in the 2023–24 season, only three have had a winner—Florida Gulf Coast, Lipscomb, and North Florida. All have been ASUN members since at least 2007.

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 named ASUN Player of the Year at that point

Winners
Anthony Johnson won in 1997 while at the College of Charleston.
Season Player School Position Class
1978–79 Calvin Natt Northeast Louisiana SF Senior
1979–80 George Lett Centenary F Senior
1980–81 Benton Wade Mercer PF Senior
1981–82 Willie Jackson Centenary F Sophomore
1982–83 Willie Jackson (2) Centenary F Junior
1983–84 Willie Jackson (3) Centenary F Senior
1984–85 Sam Mitchell Mercer SF Senior
1985–86 Myron Jackson Arkansas–Little Rock PG / SG Junior
1986–87 Brian Newton Georgia Southern SF Senior
1987–88 Jeff Sanders Georgia Southern C Junior
1988–89 Jeff Sanders (2) Georgia Southern C Senior
1989–90 Larry Robinson Centenary SG Senior
1990–91 Patrick Greer Centenary PG Senior
1991–92 Tony Windless Georgia Southern SF Senior
1992–93 Kenny Brown Mercer G Senior
1993–94 Marion Busby College of Charleston G Junior
1994–95 Kerry Blackshear Stetson SG / SF Junior
1995–96 Thaddeus Delaney College of Charleston C Junior
1996–97 Anthony Johnson College of Charleston PG / SG Senior
1997–98† Mark Jones Central Florida SG Senior
Sedric Webber College of Charleston PF Junior
1998–99 Reed Rawlings Samford PF Junior
1999–00 Detric Golden Troy PG Sophomore
2000–01 Shernard Long Georgia State SG / SF Senior
2001–02 Thomas Terrell Georgia State F Junior
2002–03 Adam Sonn Belmont PF / SF Senior
2003–04 Greg Davis Troy PG / SG Senior
2004–05 Mike Bell Florida Atlantic F Senior
2005–06 Tim Smith East Tennessee State PG Senior
2006–07 Courtney Pigram East Tennessee State PG Sophomore
2007–08 Thomas Sanders Gardner–Webb PG Senior
2008–09 Alex Renfroe Belmont PG Senior
2009–10 Adnan Hodžić Lipscomb C Junior
2010–11 Mike Smith[1] East Tennessee State SG Senior
2011–12 Torrey Craig[2] USC Upstate PF Sophomore
2012–13 Sherwood Brown[3] Florida Gulf Coast SG Senior
2013–14 Langston Hall[4] Mercer PG Senior
2014–15 Ty Greene[5] USC Upstate SG Senior
2015–16 Dallas Moore[6] North Florida PG Junior
2016–17 Dallas Moore (2)[7] North Florida PG Senior
2017–18 Brandon Goodwin[8] Florida Gulf Coast PG Senior
2018–19 Garrison Mathews[9] Lipscomb SG Senior
2019–20 Caleb Homesley[10] Liberty SG Senior
2020–21 Darius McGhee[11] Liberty SG Junior
2021–22 Darius McGhee (2)[12] Liberty SG Senior
2022–23 Darius McGhee (3)[13] Liberty SG Graduate

Winners by school
School (year joined) Winners Years
Centenary (1978)[lower-alpha 1] 6 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1990, 1991
College of Charleston (1992)[lower-alpha 2] 4 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998†
Georgia Southern (1980)[lower-alpha 3] 4 1987, 1988, 1989, 1992
Liberty (2018)[lower-alpha 4] 4 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Mercer (1978)[lower-alpha 5] 4 1981, 1985, 1993, 2014
East Tennessee State (2005)[lower-alpha 5] 3 2006, 2007, 2011
Belmont (2001)[lower-alpha 6] 2 2003, 2009
Florida Gulf Coast (2007) 2 2013, 2018
Georgia State (1984)[lower-alpha 7] 2 2001, 2002
Lipscomb (2007) 2 2010, 2019
North Florida (2005) 2 2016, 2017
Troy (1997)[lower-alpha 8] 2 2000, 2004
USC Upstate (2007)[lower-alpha 9] 2 2012, 2015
Arkansas–Little Rock (1980)[lower-alpha 10] 1 1986
Central Florida (1992)[lower-alpha 11] 1 1998†
Florida Atlantic (1993)[lower-alpha 12] 1 2005
Gardner–Webb (2002)[lower-alpha 13] 1 2008
Northeast Louisiana (1978)[lower-alpha 14] 1 1979
Austin Peay (2022) 0 —
Bellarmine (2020) 0 —
Campbell (1994)[lower-alpha 15] 0 —
Central Arkansas (2021) 0 —
Eastern Kentucky (2021) 0 —
Jacksonville (1997) 0 —
Jacksonville State (1995, 2021)[lower-alpha 16] 0 —
Kennesaw State (2005)[lower-alpha 17] 0 —
NJIT (2015)[lower-alpha 18] 0 —
North Alabama (2018) 0 —
Northern Kentucky (2012)[lower-alpha 19] 0 —
Oklahoma City (1978)[lower-alpha 20] 0 —
Queens (2022) 0 —

Footnotes
  1. Centenary College of Louisiana left in 2000 and went independent. The Gents (and Ladies) have since dropped from Division I, and are now in the Division III Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference.
  2. The College of Charleston, now athletically branded as Charleston, left in 1998 to join the Southern Conference (SoCon), and is now in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA).
  3. Georgia Southern University left in 1992 to join the SoCon, and is now in the Sun Belt Conference.
  4. Liberty University will leave to join Conference USA in 2023.
  5. East Tennessee State University and Mercer University left in 2014 to join the SoCon.
  6. Belmont University left in 2012 to join the Ohio Valley Conference, and moved to the Missouri Valley Conference in 2022.
  7. Georgia State University left in 2005 to join the CAA, and is now in the Sun Belt.
  8. Troy University left in 2005 to join the Sun Belt.
  9. The University of South Carolina Upstate (USC Upstate) left in 2018 to join the Big South Conference.
  10. The University of Arkansas at Little Rock, now branded athletically as "Little Rock", left in 1991 to join the Sun Belt, and joined the Ohio Valley Conference in 2022.
  11. The University of Central Florida, now athletically branded and academically marketed as UCF, left in 2005 to join Conference USA (C-USA), and is now in the American Athletic Conference. UCF will move to the Big 12 Conference in 2023.
  12. Florida Atlantic University left in 2006 to join the Sun Belt, and is now in C-USA. It moves to The American in 2023.
  13. Gardner–Webb University left in 2008 to join the Big South Conference.
  14. The University of Louisiana at Monroe, then known as Northeast Louisiana University, left in 1983 to join the Southland Conference, and is now in the Sun Belt.
  15. Campbell University left in 2011 to rejoin its pre-1994 home of the Big South Conference. It will move to the CAA in 2023.
  16. Jacksonville State University left in 2003 to join the Ohio Valley Conference, rejoined the ASUN in 2021, and will leave again in 2023 for Conference USA.
  17. Kennesaw State University will leave to join Conference USA in 2024.
  18. NJIT left in 2020 to join the America East Conference.
  19. Northern Kentucky left for the Horizon League in 2015.
  20. Oklahoma City University was a charter TAAC member in 1978, but was only a member in the first season of 1978–79. The Chiefs, now the Stars, left to become a charter member of the Midwestern City Conference (now the Horizon League). Oklahoma City left the NCAA altogether in 1985, and is now a member of the NAIA Sooner Athletic Conference.

References
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  8. "FGCU's Goodwin grabs @ASUNMBB top honor; postseason awards announced" (Press release). ASUN Conference. February 25, 2018. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
  9. "Lipscomb's Mathews highlights 2019 @ASUNMBB postseason awards" (Press release). ASUN Conference. March 4, 2019. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
  10. "Liberty's Homesley Highlights 2019-20 @ASUN_MBB Postseason Awards" (Press release). ASUN Conference. March 3, 2020. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
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