# West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

The West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year is an award given to the most outstanding men's basketball player in the West Coast Conference (WCC). The award was first given following the conference's inaugural 1952–53 season, when it was known as the California Basketball Association. The only season in which the award was not presented was the conference's second season of 1953–54. There have been six ties in the award's history, most recently in 2022–23 between Brandin Podziemski of Santa Clara and Drew Timme of Gonzaga. There have also been 13 repeat winners, but only one, Bill Cartwright of San Francisco, has been player of the year three times.
Four schools in the WCC have dominated the total awards distribution. Before 2000, Pepperdine, San Francisco and Santa Clara had earned the bulk of the awards. Since then, Gonzaga has had the overwhelming majority of selections. In the 23 seasons from 2000–01 to the present, coinciding with the Bulldogs' rise to national prominence, Gonzaga players have won or shared the award 17 times. Gonzaga now claims the most awards with 20 and most individual winners with 18. Santa Clara is second in awards with 12, and its nine individual winners give it a share of second place in that category with Pepperdine. The next closest school, Saint Mary's, has 10 awards. One current member has yet to have a winner (Portland); two other schools, Oregon State and Washington State, will play their first WCC season in 2024–25.

## 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 WCC Player of the Year award at that point |

## Winners

| Season | Player | School | Position | Class | Reference |
| 1952–53 | Ken Sears | Santa Clara | PF | Sophomore | |
| 1953–54 | None selected | None selected | None selected | None selected | None selected |
| 1954–55 | Ken Sears (2) | Santa Clara | PF | Senior | |
| 1955–56 | Bill Russell * | San Francisco | C | Senior | |
| 1956–57 | Mike Farmer | San Francisco | PF | Junior | |
| 1957–58$^†$ | Mike Farmer (2) | San Francisco | PF | Senior | |
| 1957–58$^†$ | Leroy Wright | Pacific | PF | Junior | |
| 1958–59$^†$ | LaRoy Doss | Saint Mary's | PF | Senior | |
| 1958–59$^†$ | Leroy Wright (2) | Pacific | PF | Senior | |
| 1959–60 | Jerry Grote | Loyola Marymount | SG / PG | Sophomore | |
| 1960–61 | Tom Meschery | Saint Mary's | PF | Senior | |
| 1961–62$^†$ | Harry Dinnel | Pepperdine | SF / SG | Junior | |
| 1961–62$^†$ | Steve Gray | Saint Mary's | G | Junior | |
| 1962–63 | Steve Gray (2) | Saint Mary's | G | Senior | |
| 1963–64 | Ollie Johnson | San Francisco | C | Junior | |
| 1964–65 | Ollie Johnson (2) | San Francisco | C | Senior | |
| 1965–66 | Keith Swagerty | Pacific | F | Junior | |
| 1966–67 | Keith Swagerty (2) | Pacific | F | Senior | |
| 1967–68 | Rick Adelman | Loyola Marymount | SG | Senior | |
| 1968–69 | Dennis Awtrey | Santa Clara | C | Junior | |
| 1969–70 | Dennis Awtrey (2) | Santa Clara | C | Senior | |
| 1970–71 | John Gianelli | Pacific | C / PF | Junior | |
| 1971–72 | Mike Stewart | Santa Clara | C | Junior | |
| 1972–73 | Bird Averitt | Pepperdine | PG | Junior | |
| 1973–74 | Frank Oleynick | Seattle | SG | Sophomore | |
| 1974–75 | Ricky Sobers | UNLV | G | Senior | |
| 1975–76 | Marcos Leite | Pepperdine | PF | Junior | |
| 1976–77 | Bill Cartwright | San Francisco | C | Sophomore | |
| 1977–78 | Bill Cartwright (2) | San Francisco | C | Junior | |
| 1978–79 | Bill Cartwright (3) | San Francisco | C | Senior | |
| 1979–80 | Kurt Rambis | Santa Clara | SF | Senior | |
| 1980–81 | Quintin Dailey | San Francisco | SG | Sophomore | |
| 1981–82 | Quintin Dailey (2) | San Francisco | SG | Junior | |
| 1982–83$^†$ | Orlando Phillips | Pepperdine | C | Senior | |
| 1982–83$^†$ | Dane Suttle | Pepperdine | G | Senior | |
| 1983–84 | John Stockton | Gonzaga | PG | Senior | |
| 1984–85 | Dwayne Polee | Pepperdine | SF / SG | Junior | |
| 1985–86 | Dwayne Polee (2) | Pepperdine | SF / SG | Senior | |
| 1986–87 | Scott Thompson | San Diego | C | Senior | |
| 1987–88 | Levy Middlebrooks | Pepperdine | PF | Senior | |
| 1988–89 | Hank Gathers | Loyola Marymount | PF | Junior | |
| 1989–90 | Bo Kimble | Loyola Marymount | SG | Senior | |
| 1990–91 | Doug Christie | Pepperdine | SG | Junior | |
| 1991–92 | Doug Christie (2) | Pepperdine | SG | Senior | |
| 1992–93 | Dana Jones | Pepperdine | SF | Junior | |
| 1993–94 | Jeff Brown | Gonzaga | PF | Senior | |
| 1994–95 | Steve Nash | Santa Clara | PG | Junior | |
| 1995–96 | Steve Nash (2) | Santa Clara | PG | Senior | |
| 1996–97 | Marlon Garnett | Santa Clara | G | Senior | |
| 1997–98 | Bakari Hendrix | Gonzaga | PF | Senior | |
| 1998–99 | Eric Schraeder | Saint Mary's | PF | Senior | |
| 1999–00 | Kenyon Jones | San Francisco | C | Senior | |
| 2000–01 | Casey Calvary | Gonzaga | PF | Senior | |
| 2001–02 | Dan Dickau | Gonzaga | PG | Senior | |
| 2002–03 | Blake Stepp | Gonzaga | PG | Junior | |
| 2003–04 | Blake Stepp (2) | Gonzaga | PG | Senior | |
| 2004–05 | Ronny Turiaf | Gonzaga | C | Senior | |
| 2005–06 | Adam Morrison | Gonzaga | SF | Junior | |
| 2006–07$^†$ | Sean Denison | Santa Clara | F | Senior | |
| 2006–07$^†$ | Derek Raivio | Gonzaga | PG / SG | Senior | |
| 2007–08 | Jeremy Pargo | Gonzaga | PG | Junior | |
| 2008–09 | John Bryant | Santa Clara | C | Senior | |
| 2009–10 | Matt Bouldin | Gonzaga | SG | Senior | |
| 2010–11 | Mickey McConnell | Saint Mary's | PG | Senior | |
| 2011–12 | Matthew Dellavedova | Saint Mary's | PG | Junior | |
| 2012–13 | Kelly Olynyk | Gonzaga | C | Junior | |
| 2013–14 | Tyler Haws | BYU | SG | Junior | |
| 2014–15 | Kevin Pangos | Gonzaga | PG | Senior | |
| 2015–16 | Kyle Collinsworth | BYU | PG | Senior | |
| 2016–17 | Nigel Williams-Goss | Gonzaga | PG | Junior | |
| 2017–18 | Jock Landale | Saint Mary's | C | Senior | |
| 2018–19 | Rui Hachimura | Gonzaga | PF | Junior | |
| 2019–20 | Filip Petrušev | Gonzaga | PF | Sophomore | |
| 2020–21 | Corey Kispert | Gonzaga | SF | Senior | |
| 2021–22 | Drew Timme | Gonzaga | PF | Junior | |
| 2022–23$^†$ | Brandin Podziemski | Santa Clara | SG | Sophomore | |
| 2022–23$^†$ | Drew Timme (2) | Gonzaga | PF | Senior | |
| 2023–24 | Augustas Marčiulionis | Saint Mary's | PG | Junior | |
| 2024–25 | Augustas Marčiulionis (2) | Saint Mary's | PG | Senior | |

## Winners by school

| School (year joined) | Winners | Years |
| Gonzaga (1979) | 20 | 1984, 1994, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007$^†$, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023$^†$ |
| Santa Clara (1952) | 12 | 1953, 1955, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1980, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2007$^†$, 2009, 2023$^†$ |
| Pepperdine (1955) | 11 | 1962$^†$, 1973, 1976, 1983 (×2)$^†$, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1993 |
| San Francisco (1952) | 11 | 1956, 1957, 1958$^†$, 1964, 1965, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 2000 |
| Saint Mary's (1952) | 10 | 1959$^†$, 1961, 1962$^†$, 1963, 1999, 2011, 2012, 2018, 2024, 2025 |
| Pacific (1952/2013) | 5 | 1958$^†$, 1959$^†$, 1966, 1967, 1971 |
| Loyola Marymount (1955) | 4 | 1960, 1968, 1989, 1990 |
| BYU (2011) | 2 | 2014, 2016 |
| San Diego (1979) | 1 | 1987 |
| Seattle (1971) | 1 | 1974 |
| UNLV (1969) | 1 | 1975 |
| Fresno State (1955) | 0 | — |
| Nevada (1969) | 0 | — |
| Oregon State (2024) | 0 | — |
| Portland (1976) | 0 | — |
| San Jose State (1952) | 0 | — |
| UC Santa Barbara (1964) | 0 | — |
| Washington State (2024) | 0 | — |
* ↑ Gonzaga University will leave the WCC in 2026 to join the Pac-12 Conference.
* ↑ The University of the Pacific left in 1971 to join its football team in the Pacific Coast Athletic Association (PCAA), now known as the Big West Conference. Pacific had been a charter PCAA member for football only in 1969. The school, which dropped football in 1995, rejoined the WCC in 2013.
* ↑ Brigham Young University left the WCC in 2023 to join the Big 12 Conference.
* ↑ Seattle University left in 1980 to become an NAIA school. It has since rejoined the NCAA, first as a Division II school and now in Division I, and is now a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC). The Redhawks will rejoin the WCC in July 2025.
* ↑ The University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) left in 1975 to become a Division I independent. UNLV is now a member of the Mountain West Conference (MW).
* ↑ California State University, Fresno, more commonly known as Fresno State, spent two seasons as a dual member of the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) and the then-WCAC. The Bulldogs returned to exclusive CCAA membership in 1957, and are now in the MW.
* ↑ The University of Nevada, Reno (Nevada) left in 1979 for the Big Sky Conference. The Wolf Pack are now in the MW.
* 1 2 Oregon State University and Washington State University, the only schools that did not leave the Pac-12 in 2024, will leave the WCC upon the expiration of their affiliation contract in 2026, coinciding with the addition of at least six schools, including Gonzaga, to the Pac-12.
* ↑ San Jose State University left in 1969 to become a founding member of the PCAA. The Spartans are now in the MW.
* ↑ The University of California, Santa Barbara left in 1969 to become a founding member of the PCAA. Apart from a two-year stint in the mid-1970s in which they were independent, the Gauchos have remained in the PCAA/Big West to this day.