Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

	MAAC Men's Basketball Player of the Year
Awarded for	the most outstanding basketball player in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Country	United States
First awarded	1982
Currently held by	Ryan Rossiter, Siena
Official website	http://www.maacsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=17400&ATCLID=940275

Not to be confused with the Mid-American Conference (MAC) Men's Basketball Player of the Year.

The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Men's Basketball Player of the Year is a basketball award given to the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference's most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1981–82 season. Three players have won the award multiple times: Steve Burtt and Luis Flores each won twice, while Lionel Simmons won three times. Simmons, along with winning his third MAAC Player of the Year award, was also the consensus National Player of the Year in 1990.

The 2011 recipient is Ryan Rossiter from Siena. Unlike most other Division I conferences' Men's Basketball Player of the Year awards, there has never been a tie in the MAAC award's history. Of current member schools, only Loyola (MD) has never had a winner.

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

Winners[]

Season	Player	School	Position	Class	Reference
1981–82	Brown, WilliamWilliam Brown	Saint Peter's
1982–83	Steve Burtt	Iona	Point guard	Junior
1983–84	Steve Burtt (2)	Iona	Point guard	Senior
1984–85	Cozzens, RandyRandy Cozzens	Army
1985–86	George, TonyTony George	Fairfield
1986–87	Houston, KevinKevin Houston	Army
1987–88	Lionel Simmons	La Salle	Small forward	Sophomore
1988–89	Lionel Simmons (2)	La Salle	Small forward	Junior
1989–90	Lionel Simmons* (3)	La Salle	Small forward	Senior
1990–91	Brown, MarcMarc Brown	Siena
1991–92	Woods, RandyRandy Woods	La Salle	Point guard	Senior
1992–93	Bullock, KeithKeith Bullock	Manhattan
1993–94	Bennerman, DoremusDoremus Bennerman	Siena
1994–95	Wise, CraigCraig Wise	Canisius
1995–96	Barley, DarrellDarrell Barley	Canisius
1996–97	Timinskas, MindaugasMindaugas Timinskas	Iona	Small forward	Senior
1997–98	Hameed, KashifKashif Hameed	Iona
1998–99	Young, AlvinAlvin Young	Niagara	Shooting guard	Senior
1999–00	Tariq Kirksay	Iona	Shooting guard/Small forward	Senior
2000–01	Stewart, DemondDemond Stewart	Niagara
2001–02	Porter, MarioMario Porter	Rider
2002–03	Luis Flores	Manhattan	Point guard	Junior
2003–04	Luis Flores (2)	Manhattan	Point guard	Senior
2004–05	Juan Mendez	Niagara	Center/Power forward	Senior
2005–06	Keydren Clark	Saint Peter's	Point guard	Senior
2006–07	Jared Jordan	Marist	Point guard	Senior
2007–08	Jason Thompson	Rider	Center	Senior
2008–09	Kenny Hasbrouck	Siena	Shooting guard	Senior
2009–10	Alex Franklin	Siena	Small forward	Senior	[1]
2010–11	Ryan Rossiter	Siena	Power forward	Senior	[2]

Winners by school[]

School (year joined)	Winners	Years
Iona (1981)	5	1983, 1984, 1997, 1998, 2000
Siena (1989)	5	1991, 1994, 2009, 2010, 2011
La Salle^[a]	4	1988, 1989, 1990, 1992
Manhattan (1981)	3	1993, 2003, 2004
Niagara (1989)	3	1999, 2001, 2005
Army (1981)^[b]	2	1985, 1987
Canisius (1989)	2	1995, 1996
Rider (1995)	2	2002, 2008
Saint Peter's (1981)	2	1982, 2006
Fairfield (1981)	1	1986
Marist (1995)	1	2007
Loyola (MD) (1989)	0	—

Footnotes[]

^a La Salle University was a member until they left to join the Atlantic 10 Conference in 1995.
^b Army was a charter member in 1981, but left for the Patriot League in 1990.

References[]

General

"Men's Basketball All-MAAC Awards". MAAC Sports. 7 March 2007. http://www.maacsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=17400&ATCLID=940275. Retrieved 5 September 2009.

Specific

Men's College Basketball Awards

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