Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
Awarded for | the most outstanding basketball player in the Big Sky Conference |
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Country | United States |
History | |
First award | 1979 |
Most recent | Steele Venters, Eastern Washington |
The Big Sky Conference Player of the Year Award, officially known as the Big Sky Conference Most Valuable Player Award, is an annual basketball award given to the Big Sky Conference's most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1978–79 season. Only one player, Larry Krystkowiak of Montana, has won the award three times (1984–1986). Three others have been two-time winners: Orlando Lightfoot of Idaho (1993, 1994), and Weber State's Harold Arceneaux (1999, 2000) and Damian Lillard (2010, 2012). Weber State has the most all-time awards (11) and individual winners (9). Montana and Eastern Washington are tied for second in total awards with seven apiece.
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 Big Sky Player of the Year award at that point |
Winners
Winners by school
School (year joined) | Winners | Years |
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Weber State (1963) | 11 | 1995, 1996†, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016 |
Eastern Washington (1987) | 7 | 2004, 2006, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2023 |
Montana (1963) | 7 | 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1991, 1992†, 2013 |
Idaho (1963, 2014) | 6 | 1980, 1981, 1982, 1990, 1993, 1994 |
Montana State (1963) | 4 | 1987, 1996†, 2002, 2022 |
Boise State (1970) | 2 | 1988, 1989 |
Northern Arizona (1970) | 2 | 1997, 1998 |
Northern Colorado (2006) | 2 | 2011, 2019 |
Portland State (1996) | 2 | 2005, 2008 |
Cal State Northridge (1996) | 1 | 2001 |
Idaho State (1963) | 1 | 1979 |
Nevada (1979) | 1 | 1992† |
Sacramento State (1996) | 1 | 2015 |
North Dakota (2012) | 0 | — |
Southern Utah (2012) | 0 | — |
Footnotes
- ^ The University of Idaho left in 1996 to join the Big West Conference, and rejoined the Big Sky for non-football sports in 2014 (and football in 2018).
- ^ Boise State University left in 1996 to join the Big West. The Broncos are now in the Mountain West Conference (MW).
- ^ California State University, Northridge left in 2001 to join the Big West.
- ^ The University of Nevada, Reno left in 1992 to join the Big West. The Wolf Pack are now in the MW.
- ^ The University of North Dakota left in 2018 to join the Summit League.
- ^ Southern Utah University will leave in 2022 for the Western Athletic Conference.