# Patriot League Men's Basketball Player of the Year

The Patriot League Men's Basketball Player of the Year is an award given to the Patriot League's most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1990–91 season, the first under the Patriot League name and also the league's first season as an all-sports conference. There have been five repeat winners of the award: Adonal Foyle of Colgate (1996, 1997), Brian Ehlers of Lafayette (1999, 2000), CJ McCollum of Lehigh (2010, 2012), Mike Muscala of Bucknell (2011, 2013), and Tim Kempton Jr. of Lehigh (2015, 2016). Bucknell claims the most awards (9) while Colgate is second with seven. Bucknell has the most individual players honored with eight.
Two Patriot League members have not had a winner, Army and Loyola Maryland.

## Key

| † | Co-Players of the Year |
| * | Awarded a national player of the year award: 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 Patriot League Player of the Year award at that point |

## Winners

| Season | Player | School | Position | Class |
| 1990–91 | Damon Lopez | Fordham | C | Senior |
| 1991–92 | Patrick King | Bucknell | SF | Senior |
| 1992–93 | Mike Bright | Bucknell | SF | Senior |
| 1993–94 | Tucker Neale | Colgate | SG | Junior |
| 1994–95 | Rob Feaster | Holy Cross | PF | Senior |
| 1995–96 | Adonal Foyle | Colgate | C | Sophomore |
| 1996–97 | Adonal Foyle (2) | Colgate | C | Junior |
| 1997–98 | Stefan Ciosici | Lafayette | C | Junior |
| 1998–99 | Brian Ehlers | Lafayette | SG/PG | Junior |
| 1999–00 | Brian Ehlers (2) | Lafayette | SG/PG | Senior |
| 2000–01 | Tim Szatko | Holy Cross | PF | Sophomore |
| 2001–02 | Patrick Doctor | American | PF/C | Senior |
| 2002–03 | Patrick Whearty | Holy Cross | C | Senior |
| 2003–04 | Austen Rowland | Lehigh | PG | Senior |
| 2004–05 | Kevin Hamilton | Holy Cross | SG/PG | Junior |
| 2005–06 | Charles Lee | Bucknell | G | Senior |
| 2006–07 | Keith Simmons | Holy Cross | G | Senior |
| 2007–08 | Greg Sprink | Navy | G | Senior |
| 2008–09 | Derrick Mercer | American | PG | Senior |
| 2009–10 | CJ McCollum | Lehigh | PG | Freshman |
| 2010–11 | Mike Muscala | Bucknell | PF/C | Sophomore |
| 2011–12 | CJ McCollum (2) | Lehigh | PG | Junior |
| 2012–13 | Mike Muscala (2) | Bucknell | PF/C | Senior |
| 2013–14 | Cameron Ayers | Bucknell | PG/SG | Senior |
| 2014–15 | Tim Kempton Jr. | Lehigh | PF/C | Sophomore |
| 2015–16 | Tim Kempton Jr. (2) | Lehigh | PF/C | Junior |
| 2016–17 | Nana Foulland | Bucknell | C | Junior |
| 2017–18 | Zach Thomas | Bucknell | PF | Senior |
| 2018–19 | Rapolas Ivanauskas | Colgate | PF | Junior |
| 2019–20 | Sa'eed Nelson | American | PG | Senior |
| 2020–21 | Jordan Burns | Colgate | PG | Senior |
| 2021–22 | Sukhmail Mathon | Boston University | PF | Graduate |
| 2022–23 | Tucker Richardson | Colgate | PG | Senior |
| 2023–24 | Braeden Smith | Colgate | PG | Sophomore |
| 2024–25 | Noah Williamson | Bucknell | C | Junior |

## Winners by school

| School (year joined) | Winners | Years |
| Bucknell (1990) | 9 | 1992, 1993, 2006, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2025 |
| Colgate (1990) | 7 | 1994, 1996, 1997, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2024 |
| Holy Cross (1990) | 5 | 1995, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007 |
| Lehigh (1990) | 5 | 2004, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2016 |
| American (2001) | 3 | 2002, 2009, 2020 |
| Lafayette (1990) | 3 | 1998, 1999, 2000 |
| Boston University (2013) | 1 | 2022 |
| Fordham (1990) $^b$ | 1 | 1991 |
| Navy (1991) | 1 | 2008 |
| Army (1990)$^a$ | 0 | — |
| Loyola (MD) (2013) | 0 | — |
* $^a$ Fordham and Army were not charter members of the conference when it was established as the football-only Colonial League in 1986. They became members in 1990 when the conference became an all-sports league (and also adopted its current name).
* $^b$ Fordham left for the Atlantic 10 Conference in 1995. They are still a Patriot League associate member in football.