Big West Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

Big West Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
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Awarded for	the most outstanding basketball player in the Big West Conference
Country	United States
First awarded	1970
Currently held by	Casper Ware, Long Beach State

The Big West Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year is an annual basketball award given to the Big West Conference's most outstanding player. The conference was formed in 1969 and was known as the Pacific Coast Athletic Association until 1988. The award was first given following the 1969–70 season. No player has won the award three times, but there have been six two-time Players of the Year. Larry Johnson of UNLV was also the National Player of the Year in 1990–91, the same season of his second consecutive Big West Player of the Year accolade.

As of 2011, UNLV and Long Beach State have the most all-time winners with 10 despite UNLV only being in the conference for 14 seasons. There have been three ties in the award's history, most recently in 2007–08. Among present BWC members, four schools have had no winners: Cal State Northridge, UC Davis, UC Riverside and Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo.

Key

†	Co-Players of the Year
*	Awarded a national Player of the Year award: the Naismith College Player of the Year or the John R. Wooden Award
Player (X)	Denotes the number of times the player has been awarded the Player of the Year award at that point

Winners

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Brian Shaw won in 1987–88 while at UC Santa Barbara.

Season	Player	School	Position	Class
1969–70	Trapp, GeorgeGeorge Trapp	Long Beach State	Forward / Center	Junior
1970–71	Trapp, GeorgeGeorge Trapp (2)	Long Beach State	Forward / Center	Senior
1971–72	Ratleff, EdEd Ratleff	Long Beach State	Shooting guard / Small forward	Junior
1972–73	Ratleff, EdEd Ratleff (2)	Long Beach State	Shooting guard / Small forward	Senior
1973–74	Gray, LeonardLeonard Gray	Long Beach State	Forward	Senior
1974–75	Gross, BobBob Gross	Long Beach State	Small forward	Senior
1975–76†	Copp, SteveSteve Copp	San Diego State	Small forward	Senior
1975–76†	Bunch, GregGreg Bunch	Cal State Fullerton	Forward	Sophomore
1976–77	McMillian, LloydLloyd McMillian	Long Beach State	Small forward	Senior
1977–78	Kramer, JoelJoel Kramer	San Diego State	Small forward	Senior
1978–79	Cornelius, RonRon Cornelius	Pacific		Sophomore
1979–80	Hunger, DeanDean Hunger	Utah State	Forward	Senior
1980–81	Magee, KevinKevin Magee	UC Irvine	Power forward	Junior
1981–82	Magee, KevinKevin Magee (2)	UC Irvine	Power forward	Senior
1982–83	Green, SidneySidney Green	UNLV	Center / Power forward	Senior
1983–84	Adams, RichieRichie Adams	UNLV	Small forward	Junior
1984–85	Adams, RichieRichie Adams (2)	UNLV	Small forward	Senior
1985–86†	Grant, GregGreg Grant	Utah State	Forward	Senior
1985–86†	Jones, AnthonyAnthony Jones	UNLV	Shooting guard	Senior
1986–87	Gilliam, ArmenArmen Gilliam	UNLV	Power forward	Senior
1987–88	Shaw, BrianBrian Shaw	UC Santa Barbara	Point guard	Senior
1988–89	Augmon, StaceyStacey Augmon	UNLV	Shooting guard / Small forward	Sophomore
1989–90	Johnson, LarryLarry Johnson	UNLV	Power forward	Junior
1990–91	Johnson, LarryLarry Johnson* (2)	UNLV	Power forward	Senior
1991–92	Davis, LuciusLucius Davis	UC Santa Barbara		Senior
1992–93	Rider, J. R.J. R. Rider	UNLV	Shooting guard	Senior
1993–94	Stewart, KebuKebu Stewart	UNLV	Forward	Freshman
1994–95	Franson, EricEric Franson	Utah State	Center	Junior
1995–96	Miglinieks, RaimondsRaimonds Miglinieks	UC Irvine	Point guard	Senior
1996–97	Hand, FaronFaron Hand	Nevada	Small forward	Junior
1997–98	Olowokandi, MichaelMichael Olowokandi	Pacific	Center	Senior
1998–99	Bergersen, RobertoRoberto Bergersen	Boise State	Shooting guard	Senior
1999–00	Milisa, MateMate Milisa	Long Beach State	Center	Junior
2000–01	Green, JerryJerry Green	UC Irvine	Shooting guard / Point guard	Junior
2001–02	Green, JerryJerry Green (2)	UC Irvine	Shooting guard / Point guard	Senior
2002–03	Fullove, BranduinnBranduinn Fullove	UC Santa Barbara	Guard	Junior
2003–04	Davis, MiahMiah Davis	Pacific	Point guard	Senior
2004–05	Doubley, DavidDavid Doubley	Pacific	Point guard	Senior
2005–06	Maråker, ChristianChristian Maråker	Pacific	Power forward	Senior
2006–07	Nixon, AaronAaron Nixon	Long Beach State	Shooting guard	Senior
2007–08†	Cutley, ScottScott Cutley	Cal State Fullerton	Power forward	Senior
2007–08†	Harris, AlexAlex Harris	UC Santa Barbara	Shooting guard	Senior
2008–09	Akognon, JoshJosh Akognon	Cal State Fullerton	Point guard	Senior
2009–10	Johnson, OrlandoOrlando Johnson	UC Santa Barbara	Forward	Sophomore
2010–11	Ware, CasperCasper Ware	Long Beach State	Point guard	Junior

Winners by school

School (year joined)	Winners	Years
Long Beach State (1969)	10	1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 2000, 2007, 2011
UNLV (1982)	10	1983, 1984, 1985, 1986†, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994
Pacific (1971)	5	1979, 1998, 2004, 2005, 2006
UC Irvine (1977)	5	1981, 1982, 1996, 2001, 2002
UC Santa Barbara (1969)	5	1988, 1992, 2003, 2008†, 2010
Cal State Fullerton (1974)	3	1976, 2008†, 2009†
Utah State (1978)	3	1980, 1986†, 1995
San Diego State (1969)	2	1976†, 1978
Boise State (1996)	1	1999
Nevada (1992)	1	1997
Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo (1996)	0	—
Cal State Northridge (2001)	0	—
UC Davis (2007)	0	—
UC Riverside (2001)	0	—

Footnotes

• ^a UNLV left in 1996 and is currently in the Mountain West Conference.
• ^b UC Santa Barbara joined the conference when it was founded in 1969, left to become an independent after the 1973–74 season, then rejoined in 1976.
• ^c Utah State left in 1995 and is currently in the Western Athletic Conference.
• ^d San Diego State left in 2005 and is currently in the Western Athletic Conference.
• ^e Boise State left in 2001 and is currently in the Western Athletic Conference.
• ^f Nevada left in 2000 and is currently a member of the Western Athletic Conference.

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