# ASUN Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

The ASUN Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year is an annual 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).
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 UCF and Sedric Webber of Charleston. Among the 12 current ASUN members, only four have had a winner: Eastern Kentucky, Florida Gulf Coast, Lipscomb, and North Florida.

## 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

| Season | Player | School | Position | Class |
| 1978–79 | Calvin Natt | Louisiana–Monroe | 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 | 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 | Charleston | G | Junior |
| 1994–95 | Kerry Blackshear | Stetson | SG / SF | Junior |
| 1995–96 | Thaddeus Delaney | Charleston | C | Junior |
| 1996–97 | Anthony Johnson | Charleston | PG / SG | Senior |
| 1997–98$^†$ | Mark Jones | UCF | SG | Senior |
| 1997–98$^†$ | Sedric Webber | 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 | East Tennessee State | SG | Senior |
| 2011–12 | Torrey Craig | USC Upstate | PF | Sophomore |
| 2012–13 | Sherwood Brown | Florida Gulf Coast | SG | Senior |
| 2013–14 | Langston Hall | Mercer | PG | Senior |
| 2014–15 | Ty Greene | USC Upstate | SG | Senior |
| 2015–16 | Dallas Moore | North Florida | PG | Junior |
| 2016–17 | Dallas Moore (2) | North Florida | PG | Senior |
| 2017–18 | Brandon Goodwin | Florida Gulf Coast | PG | Senior |
| 2018–19 | Garrison Mathews | Lipscomb | SG | Senior |
| 2019–20 | Caleb Homesley | Liberty | SG | Senior |
| 2020–21 | Darius McGhee | Liberty | SG | Junior |
| 2021–22 | Darius McGhee (2) | Liberty | SG | Senior |
| 2022–23 | Darius McGhee (3) | Liberty | SG | Graduate |
| 2023–24 | Isaiah Cozart | Eastern Kentucky | C | Senior |
| 2024–25 | Jacob Ognacevic | Lipscomb | PF | Senior |

## Winners by school

| School (year joined) | Winners | Years |
| Centenary (1978) | 6 | 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1990, 1991 |
| Charleston (1992) | 4 | 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998$^†$ |
| Georgia Southern (1980) | 4 | 1987, 1988, 1989, 1992 |
| Liberty (2018) | 4 | 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 |
| Mercer (1978) | 4 | 1981, 1985, 1993, 2014 |
| East Tennessee State (2005) | 3 | 2006, 2007, 2011 |
| Lipscomb (2007) | 3 | 2010, 2019, 2025 |
| Belmont (2001) | 2 | 2003, 2009 |
| Florida Gulf Coast (2007) | 2 | 2013, 2018 |
| Georgia State (1984) | 2 | 2001, 2002 |
| North Florida (2005) | 2 | 2016, 2017 |
| Troy (1997) | 2 | 2000, 2004 |
| USC Upstate (2007) | 2 | 2012, 2015 |
| Eastern Kentucky (2021) | 1 | 2024 |
| Little Rock (1980) | 1 | 1986 |
| UCF (1992) | 1 | 1998$^†$ |
| Florida Atlantic (1993) | 1 | 2005 |
| Gardner–Webb (2002) | 1 | 2008 |
| Louisiana–Monroe (1978) | 1 | 1979 |
| Austin Peay (2022) | 0 | — |
| Bellarmine (2020) | 0 | — |
| Campbell (1994) | 0 | — |
| Central Arkansas (2021) | 0 | — |
| Jacksonville (1997) | 0 | — |
| Jacksonville State (1995, 2021) | 0 | — |
| Kennesaw State (2005) | 0 | — |
| NJIT (2015) | 0 | — |
| North Alabama (2018) | 0 | — |
| Northern Kentucky (2012) | 0 | — |
| Oklahoma City (1978) | 0 | — |
| Queens (2022) | 0 | — |
| Stetson (1985) | 0 | — |
| West Georgia (2024) | 0 | — |
* ↑ 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.
* ↑ Charleston left in 1998 to join the Southern Conference (SoCon), and is now in the Coastal Athletic Association (CAA).
* ↑ Georgia Southern University left in 1992 to join the SoCon, and is now in the Sun Belt Conference.
* ↑ Liberty University left for Conference USA in 2023.
* 1 2 East Tennessee State University and Mercer University left in 2014 to join the SoCon.
* ↑ Belmont University left in 2012 to join the Ohio Valley Conference, and moved to the Missouri Valley Conference in 2022.
* ↑ Georgia State University left in 2005 to join the CAA, and is now in the Sun Belt.
* ↑ Troy University left in 2005 to join the Sun Belt.
* ↑ The University of South Carolina Upstate (USC Upstate) left in 2018 to join the Big South Conference.
* ↑ The University of Arkansas at Little Rock left in 1991 to join the Sun Belt, and joined the Ohio Valley Conference in 2022.
* ↑ The University of Central Florida left in 2005 to join Conference USA (C-USA), moved to the American Athletic Conference in 2013, and joined the Big 12 Conference in 2023.
* ↑ Florida Atlantic University left in 2006 to join the Sun Belt, and moved to C-USA in 2013 and The American in 2023.
* ↑ Gardner–Webb University left in 2008 to join the Big South Conference.
* ↑ The University of Louisiana at Monroe left in 1983 to join the Southland Conference, and is now in the Sun Belt.
* ↑ Campbell University left in 2011 to rejoin its pre-1994 home of the Big South Conference, and moved to the CAA in 2023.
* ↑ Jacksonville State University left in 2003 to join the Ohio Valley Conference, rejoined the ASUN in 2021, and left again in 2023 for Conference USA.
* ↑ Kennesaw State University will leave to join Conference USA in 2024.
* ↑ NJIT left in 2020 to join the America East Conference.
* ↑ Northern Kentucky left for the Horizon League in 2015.
* ↑ 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.