East Coast Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

East Coast Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
Awarded for	the most outstanding basketball player in the East Coast Conference
Country	United States
First awarded	1975
Last awarded	1994
Currently held by	Reggie Smith, Northeastern Illinois

The East Coast Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year was a basketball award given to the East Coast Conference's most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1974–75 season and was discontinued after the league folded following the 1993–94 season. In 1994 the East Coast Conference was absorbed into the Mid-Continent Conference.

There were two ties in the award's history — 1982 and 1987. In its first year, the ECC named Players of the Year for each division — with Wilbur Thomas of American named the East Player of the Year and Henry Horne of Lafayette winning the West award.

One player, Michael Brooks of La Salle, won the award three times (1978, 1979, 1980) and was also named the National Player of the Year (1980) by being presented the NABC Player of the Year. Two others, Michael Anderson of Drexel and Kurk Lee of Towson State, won the award twice.

Key

†	Co-Players of the Year
*	Awarded a national Player of the Year award: the Naismith College Player of the Year, the NABC 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

Season	Player	School	Position	Class
1974–75†	Horne, HenryHenry Horne	Lafayette	Power forward / Center	Senior
1974–75†	Thomas, WilburWilbur Thomas	American	Power forward / Small forward	Senior
1975–76	Tripucka, ToddTodd Tripucka	Lafayette	Shooting guard	Senior
1976–77	Laurel, RichRich Laurel	Hofstra	Small forward	Senior
1977–78	Brooks, MichaelMichael Brooks	La Salle	Small forward	Sophomore
1978–79	Brooks, MichaelMichael Brooks (2)	La Salle	Small forward	Junior
1979–80	Brooks, MichaelMichael Brooks* (3)	La Salle	Small forward	Senior
1980–81	Hatzenbeller, LenLen Hatzenbeller	Drexel	Center	Senior
1981–82†	Hall, GrangerGranger Hall	Temple	Center	Sophomore
1981–82†	Nickens, MarkMark Nickens	American	Shooting guard	Junior
1982–83	Taylor, DavidDavid Taylor	Hofstra	Power forward	Senior
1983–84	Congo, RichardRichard Congo	Drexel	Power forward	Senior
1984–85	Andrews, JayeJaye Andrews	Bucknell	Shooting guard	Senior
1985–86	Anderson, MichaelMichael Anderson	Drexel	Point guard	Sophomore
1986–87†	Queenan, DarenDaren Queenan	Lehigh	Small forward	Junior
1986–87†	Simpson, RonRon Simpson	Rider	Small forward	Junior
1987–88	Anderson, MichaelMichael Anderson (2)	Drexel	Point guard	Senior
1988–89	Lee, KurkKurk Lee	Towson State	Shooting guard	Junior
1989–90	Lee, KurkKurk Lee (2)	Towson State	Shooting guard	Senior
1990–91	Boyd, DevinDevin Boyd	Towson State	Point guard	Junior
1991–92	Jacobs, TerranceTerrance Jacobs	Towson State	Point guard / Shooting guard	Senior
1992–93	No Player of the Year selected
1993–94	Smith, ReggieReggie Smith	Northeastern Illinois	Shooting guard	Senior

Winners by school

School (year joined)	Winners	Years
Drexel (1958)	4	1981, 1984, 1986, 1988
Towson State (1982)	4	1989, 1990, 1991, 1992
La Salle (1958)	3	1978, 1979, 1980
American (1965)	2	1975†, 1982†
Hofstra (1965)	2	1977, 1983
Lafayette (1958)	2	1975†, 1976
Bucknell (1958)	1	1985
Lehigh (1958)	1	1987†
Northeastern Illinois (1993)	1	1994
Rider (1966)	1	1987†
Temple (1958)	1	1982†

References

• 1989-90 East Coast Conference Men's Basketball media guide, pp. 44-59
• 2009-10 Towson Tigers Men's Basketball Media Guide, p. 77

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