# Northeast Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Year

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.

## Key

| † | Co-Players of the Year |
| * | Awarded a national Player of the Year award: the Naismith College Player of the Year, Wade Trophy or the John R. Wooden Award |
| Player (X) | Denotes the number of times the player has been awarded the Northeast Conference Player of the Year award at that point |

## Winners

| 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 | | |
| 1994–95$^†$ | 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 | Valerie 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 | 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) | Saint Francis (PA) | G | Senior |
| 2019–20 | Denia Davis-Stewart | Merrimack | F | Senior |
| 2020–21 | Kendall Bresee | Mount St. Mary's | F | Senior |
| 2021–22 | Madison Stanley | Fairleigh Dickinson | G | Graduate student |
| 2022–23 | Ny'Ceara Pryor | Sacred Heart | G | Freshman |
| 2023–24 | Ny'Ceara Pryor (2) | Sacred Heart | G | Sophomore |

## Winners by school

| School | Winners | Years |
| Mount St. Mary's | 9 | 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2001, 2021 |
| Saint Francis (PA) | 8 | 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2011, 2018, 2019 |
| Robert Morris | 6 | 2005, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2017 |
| Sacred Heart | 6 | 2006, 2009, 2012, 2016, 2023, 2024 |
| LIU | 2 | 2002, 2007 |
| Monmouth | 2 | 1987, 1988 |
| Wagner | 1 | 1989 |
| Bryant | 1 | 2015 |
| Fairleigh Dickinson | 1 | 2022 |
| Marist | 1 | 1993 |
| Merrimack | 1 | 2020 |
| Quinnipiac | 1 | 2003 |
| Central Connecticut | 0 | |
| Chicago State | 0 | |
| Le Moyne | 0 | |
| Mercyhurst | 0 | |
| St. Francis Brooklyn | 0 | |
| Stonehill | 0 | |
* ↑ Mount St. Mary's left the NEC after the 2021–22 season for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.
* ↑ Robert Morris left the NEC after the 2019–20 season for the Horizon League.
* 1 2 Merrimack and Sacred Heart left after the 2023–24 season for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.
* ↑ 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.
* ↑ Monmouth left the NEC after the 2021–22 season to join the Colonial Athletic Association, now known as the Coastal Athletic Association.
* ↑ Bryant left the NEC after the 2021–22 season to join the America East Conference.
* ↑ Marist left the NEC after the 1996–97 season to join the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.
* ↑ Quinnipiac left the NEC after the 2012–13 season to join the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.
* ↑ St. Francis Brooklyn shut down its athletic program after the 2022–23 season.