# Conference USA Men's Basketball Player of the Year

The Conference USA Men's Basketball Player of the Year is an award given to Conference USA's (CUSA) most outstanding player. The award was first given following CUSA's inaugural 1995–96 season. Two players have received the award multiple times: Danny Fortson (1996, 1997) and Steve Logan (2001, 2002). Coincidentally, both players attended the University of Cincinnati. Another Bearcat, Kenyon Martin, won the CUSA Player of the Year award the same season he was selected as the consensus national player of the year (2000).
Cincinnati and Memphis have the most awards, with five each; Memphis has the most individual winners, with all of its awards having been won by different players. However, neither school is currently a member of the conference. Due to CUSA having lost many members in all three of the major conference realignment cycles of the 21st century (2005, early 2010s, and 2020s), only five of the 10 current member schools have had a winner, with only Louisiana Tech and Middle Tennessee having had more than one. Kennesaw State is playing its first CUSA season in 2024–25.

## 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 Conference USA Player of the Year award at that point |

## Winners

| Season | Player | School | Position | Class |
| 1995–96 | Danny Fortson | Cincinnati | PF | Sophomore |
| 1996–97 | Danny Fortson (2) | Cincinnati | PF | Junior |
| 1997–98 | DeMarco Johnson | Charlotte | F | Senior |
| 1998–99 | Quentin Richardson | DePaul | SG / SF | Freshman |
| 1999–00 | Kenyon Martin* | Cincinnati | PF | Senior |
| 2000–01 | Steve Logan | Cincinnati | PG | Junior |
| 2001–02 | Steve Logan (2) | Cincinnati | PG | Senior |
| 2002–03 | Dwyane Wade | Marquette | SG | Junior |
| 2003–04 | Antonio Burks | Memphis | PG | Senior |
| 2004–05 | Eddie Basden | Charlotte | SG / SF | Senior |
| 2005–06 | Rodney Carney | Memphis | SF | Senior |
| 2006–07 | Morris Almond | Rice | G | Senior |
| 2007–08 | Chris Douglas-Roberts | Memphis | SG | Junior |
| 2008–09 | Jermaine Taylor | UCF | G | Senior |
| 2009–10 | Randy Culpepper | UTEP | G | Junior |
| 2010–11 | Aaron Johnson | UAB | PG | Senior |
| 2011–12 | Will Barton | Memphis | SG | Sophomore |
| 2012–13 | Joe Jackson | Memphis | PG | Junior |
| 2013–14 | Shawn Jones | Middle Tennessee | PF | Senior |
| 2014–15 | Speedy Smith | Louisiana Tech | PG | Senior |
| 2015–16 | Alex Hamilton | Louisiana Tech | SG | Senior |
| 2016–17 | JaCorey Williams | Middle Tennessee | PF | Senior |
| 2017–18 | Nick King | Middle Tennessee | PF | Senior |
| 2018–19 | B. J. Stith | Old Dominion | SG | Senior |
| 2019–20 | Javion Hamlet | North Texas | PG | Junior |
| 2020–21 | Charles Bassey | Western Kentucky | C | Junior |
| 2021–22 | Jordan Walker | UAB | PG | Senior |
| 2022–23 | Tylor Perry | North Texas | SG | Senior |
| 2023–24 | Isaiah Crawford | Louisiana Tech | F | Graduate |
| 2024–25 | Jaron Pierre Jr. | Jacksonville State | SG | Senior |

## Winners by school

| School (year joined) | Winners | Years |
| Cincinnati (1995) | 5 | 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002 |
| Memphis (1995) | 5 | 2004, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2013 |
| Louisiana Tech (2013) | 3 | 2015, 2016, 2024 |
| Middle Tennessee (2013) | 3 | 2014, 2017, 2018 |
| Charlotte (1995/2013) | 2 | 1998, 2005 |
| North Texas (2013) | 2 | 2020, 2023 |
| UAB (1995) | 2 | 2011, 2022 |
| DePaul (1995) | 1 | 1999 |
| Jacksonville State (2023) | 1 | 2025 |
| Marquette (1995) | 1 | 2003 |
| Old Dominion (2013) | 1 | 2019 |
| Rice (2005) | 1 | 2007 |
| UCF (2005) | 1 | 2009 |
| UTEP (2005) | 1 | 2010 |
| Western Kentucky (2014) | 1 | 2021 |
| East Carolina (2001) | 0 | — |
| FIU (2013) | 0 | — |
| Florida Atlantic (2013) | 0 | — |
| Houston (1996) | 0 | — |
| Kennesaw State (2024) | 0 | — |
| Liberty (2023) | 0 | — |
| Marshall (2005) | 0 | — |
| New Mexico State (2023) | 0 | — |
| Sam Houston (2023) | 0 | — |
| SMU (2005) | 0 | — |
| Southern Miss (1995) | 0 | — |
| Tulane (1995) | 0 | — |
| Tulsa (2005) | 0 | — |
| UTSA (2013) | 0 | — |
* 1 2 3 4 Charlotte, Cincinnati, DePaul and Marquette were founding members of CUSA in 1995, but all joined other conferences in 2005. Charlotte left for the Atlantic 10 Conference while the other three left for the Big East Conference. Following the 2013 split of the Big East into a non-football Big East and the football-sponsoring American Athletic Conference (The American), Cincinnati joined The American, while DePaul and Marquette remained in the current Big East. Cincinnati would move to the Big 12 Conference in 2023.
* 1 2 3 4 Houston, Memphis, SMU, and UCF left for The American in 2013. Houston and UCF moved to the Big 12 in 2023, and SMU moved to the Atlantic Coast Conference in 2024.
* ↑ Charlotte rejoined CUSA in 2013, but moved to The American in 2023.
* 1 2 3 4 5 Florida Atlantic, North Texas, Rice, UAB, and UTSA joined The American alongside Charlotte in 2023.
* 1 2 3 Marshall, Old Dominion, and Southern Miss joined the Sun Belt Conference in 2022.
* ↑ UTEP will leave CUSA for the Mountain West Conference after the 2025–26 season.
* 1 2 3 East Carolina, Tulane, and Tulsa joined The American in 2014.
* ↑ The University of Houston was a founding member in 1995, but did not begin competing until 1996 because of its commitments to the final year of competition of the Southwest Conference.