# Haggerty Award

The Lt. Frank J. Haggerty Award is given to the top men's college basketball player from an NCAA Division I school in the New York metropolitan area. The Haggerty Award is presented by the Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association (MBWA). First awarded in 1936, it is the oldest and arguably most prestigious award given to a metropolitan area player. It is named after Frank J. Haggerty, a basketball and baseball star athlete from Long Island, New York who "was the first graduate of both Chaminade High School and St. John's University to die in military service during World War II … The Fathers Club of the Mineola school, to honor Haggerty, class of 1936, introduced a basketball tournament in his memory," according to the MBWA's website.
The Haggerty Award has gone to players from 15 schools. St. John's in Jamaica, New York has the most at 27, roughly twice the 15 awards received by players from number two Seton Hall. The players on this list who represent modern day non-Division I schools are five players from NYU (Ben Auerbach, Sid Tanenbaum, Dolph Schayes, Satch Sanders, and Barry Kramer) and one player from CCNY (Bernie Fliegel). At the time of their awards, both NYU and CCNY were classified as Division I schools.
Three players won the award three times: Jim McMillian of Columbia (1968–1970), Chris Mullin of St. John's (1983–1985) and Charles Jenkins of Hofstra (2009–2011). McMillian went on to win the 1972 NBA championship with the Los Angeles Lakers; Mullin went on to win two Olympic gold medals with Team USA (1984, 1992), was a five-time NBA All-Star and was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2011; and Jenkins has played in the NBA and Europe.

## Key

| † | Co-Players of the Year |
| * | Awarded a national player of the year award: Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year (until 1979) UPI College Basketball Player of the Year (1954–96) Naismith College Player of the Year (after 1969) John R. Wooden Award (after 1976) |
| Player (X) | Denotes the number of times the player has been awarded the Haggerty Award at that point |

## Winners

| Season | Player | School | Position | Class |
| 1935–36 | Jules Bender | LIU | F / G | Junior |
| 1936–37 | Ben Kramer | LIU | SF | Senior |
| 1937–38 | Bernie Fliegel | CCNY | C | Senior |
| 1938–39 | Irv Torgoff | LIU | PF | Senior |
| 1939–40 | Ben Auerbach | NYU | SF | Junior |
| 1940–41 | Jack Garfinkel | St. John's | PG | Senior |
| 1941–42 | Jim White | St. John's | G | Senior |
| 1942–43 | Andrew Levane | St. John's | SF / SG | Senior |
| 1943–44 | Dick McGuire | St. John's | PG | Freshman |
| 1944–45 | Bill Kotsores | St. John's | PF | Senior |
| 1945–46 | Sid Tanenbaum | NYU | SG | Junior |
| 1946–47 | Sid Tanenbaum (2) | NYU | SG | Senior |
| 1947–48 | Dolph Schayes | NYU | C | Senior |
| 1948–49 | Dick McGuire (2) | St. John's | PG | Senior |
| 1949–50 | Sherman White | LIU | PF | Junior |
| 1950–51 | John Azary | Columbia | SG | Senior |
| 1951–52 | Ronnie MacGilvray | St. John's | PG | Senior |
| 1952–53 | Walter Dukes | Seton Hall | C | Senior |
| 1953–54 | Ed Conlin | Fordham | PF | Junior |
| 1954–55 | Ed Conlin (2) | Fordham | PF | Senior |
| 1955–56 | Bill Thieben | Hofstra | PF | Senior |
| 1956–57 | Chet Forte* | Columbia | PG | Senior |
| 1957–58 | Jim Cunningham | Fordham | SG | Senior |
| 1958–59 | Al Seiden | St. John's | PG / SG | Senior |
| 1959–60 | Satch Sanders | NYU | PF | Senior |
| 1960–61 | Tony Jackson | St. John's | SF | Senior |
| 1961–62 | LeRoy Ellis | St. John's | C | Senior |
| 1962–63 | Barry Kramer | NYU | PF | Junior |
| 1963–64 | Nick Werkman | Seton Hall | PF | Senior |
| 1964–65 | Warren Isaac | Iona | PF | Senior |
| 1965–66 | Albie Grant | LIU | SF | Senior |
| 1966–67 | Sonny Dove | St. John's | C | Senior |
| 1967–68 | Jim McMillian | Columbia | SF | Sophomore |
| 1968–69 | Jim McMillian (2) | Columbia | SF | Junior |
| 1969–70 | Jim McMillian (3) | Columbia | SF | Senior |
| 1970–71 | Charlie Yelverton | Fordham | SG | Senior |
| 1971–72$^†$ | Richie Garner | Manhattan | SG | Senior |
| 1971–72$^†$ | Tom Sullivan | Fordham | C | Senior |
| 1972–73 | Billy Schaeffer | St. John's | PF | Senior |
| 1973–74 | Bill Campion | Manhattan | C | Junior |
| 1974–75 | Phil Sellers | Rutgers | SG | Junior |
| 1975–76 | Phil Sellers (2) | Rutgers | SG | Senior |
| 1976–77 | Rich Laurel | Hofstra | SG | Senior |
| 1977–78 | George Johnson | St. John's | PF | Senior |
| 1978–79 | Nikos Galis | Seton Hall | SG | Senior |
| 1979–80 | Jeff Ruland | Iona | C | Junior |
| 1980–81 | Gary Springer | Iona | PF | Freshman |
| 1981–82 | Dan Callandrillo | Seton Hall | SG | Senior |
| 1982–83 | Chris Mullin | St. John's | SF | Sophomore |
| 1983–84$^†$ | Steve Burtt Sr. | Iona | SG | Senior |
| 1983–84$^†$ | Chris Mullin (2) | St. John's | SF | Junior |
| 1984–85 | Chris Mullin* (3) | St. John's | SF | Senior |
| 1985–86 | Walter Berry* | St. John's | PF | Senior |
| 1986–87$^†$ | Kevin Houston | Army | PG | Senior |
| 1986–87$^†$ | Mark Jackson | St. John's | PG | Senior |
| 1987–88 | Mark Bryant | Seton Hall | PF | Senior |
| 1988–89 | John Morton | Seton Hall | PG | Senior |
| 1989–90 | Boo Harvey | St. John's | PG | Senior |
| 1990–91 | Malik Sealy | St. John's | SF | Junior |
| 1991–92 | Malik Sealy (2) | St. John's | SF | Senior |
| 1992–93 | Terry Dehere | Seton Hall | SG | Senior |
| 1993–94$^†$ | Izett Buchanan | Marist | SG | Senior |
| 1993–94$^†$ | Artūras Karnišovas | Seton Hall | SF | Senior |
| 1994–95 | Joe Griffin | LIU | SF | Senior |
| 1995–96 | Adrian Griffin | Seton Hall | SG / SF | Senior |
| 1996–97 | Charles Jones | LIU | PG | Junior |
| 1997–98 | Felipe López | St. John's | SG | Senior |
| 1998–99 | Ron Artest | St. John's | SF | Sophomore |
| 1999–00 | Speedy Claxton | Hofstra | PG | Senior |
| 2000–01 | Norman Richardson | Hofstra | SG / SF | Senior |
| 2001–02 | Marcus Hatten | St. John's | PG | Junior |
| 2002–03 | Luis Flores | Manhattan | PG | Junior |
| 2003–04$^†$ | Andre Barrett | Seton Hall | PG | Senior |
| 2003–04$^†$ | Luis Flores (2) | Manhattan | PG | Senior |
| 2004–05 | Keydren Clark | Saint Peter's | PG | Junior |
| 2005–06 | Quincy Douby | Rutgers | SG | Junior |
| 2006–07 | Jared Jordan | Marist | PG | Senior |
| 2007–08 | Jason Thompson | Rider | C | Senior |
| 2008–09 | Charles Jenkins | Hofstra | SG | Sophomore |
| 2009–10 | Charles Jenkins (2) | Hofstra | SG | Junior |
| 2010–11 | Charles Jenkins (3) | Hofstra | SG | Senior |
| 2011–12 | Scott Machado | Iona | PG | Senior |
| 2012–13 | Lamont Jones | Iona | PG | Senior |
| 2013–14 | D'Angelo Harrison | St. John's | SG | Junior |
| 2014–15 | Sir'Dominic Pointer | St. John's | SF | Senior |
| 2015–16 | Isaiah Whitehead | Seton Hall | SG | Sophomore |
| 2016–17 | Ángel Delgado | Seton Hall | C | Junior |
| 2017–18 | Shamorie Ponds | St. John's | PG | Sophomore |
| 2018–19 | Myles Powell | Seton Hall | SG | Junior |
| 2019–20 | Myles Powell (2) | Seton Hall | SG | Senior |
| 2020–21 | Sandro Mamukelashvili | Seton Hall | C | Senior |
| 2021–22 | Ron Harper Jr. | Rutgers | SF | Senior |
| 2022–23 | Aaron Estrada | Hofstra | PG | Senior |
| 2023–24 | Tyler Thomas | Hofstra | SG | Graduate |

## Winners by school

| School | Winners | Years |
| St. John's | 27 | 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1949, 1952, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1967, 1973, 1978, 1983, 1984$^†$, 1985, 1986, 1987$^†$, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2014, 2015, 2018 |
| Seton Hall | 15 | 1953, 1964, 1979, 1982, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1994$^†$, 1996, 2004$^†$, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021 |
| Hofstra | 9 | 1956, 1977, 2000, 2001, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2023, 2024 |
| LIU | 7 | 1936, 1937, 1939, 1950, 1966, 1995, 1997 |
| Iona | 6 | 1965, 1980, 1981, 1984$^†$, 2012, 2013 |
| NYU | 6 | 1940, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1960, 1963 |
| Columbia | 5 | 1951, 1957, 1968, 1969, 1970 |
| Fordham | 5 | 1954, 1955, 1958, 1971, 1972$^†$ |
| Manhattan | 4 | 1972$^†$, 1974, 2003, 2004$^†$ |
| Rutgers | 4 | 1975, 1976, 2006, 2022 |
| Marist | 2 | 1994$^†$, 2007 |
| Army | 1 | 1987$^†$ |
| CCNY | 1 | 1938 |
| Rider | 1 | 2008 |
| Saint Peter's | 1 | 2005 |