American West Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year explained

American West Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
Description:	the most outstanding basketball player in the American West Conference
Country:	United States
Year:	1995
Year2:	1996

The American West Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year was an annual award given to the American West Conference's most outstanding player. The award was bestowed just twice (1995, 1996) coinciding with men's basketball being offered for only the 1994–95 and 1995–96 seasons. The American West Conference operated as a whole from 1993–94 to 1995–96. The award winners were Sean Allen from Southern Utah and Ben Larson from Cal Poly.

Winners

Season	Player	School	Position	Class	Reference
1994–95	^[1]	Southern Utah	PF / C		^[2]
1995–96		Cal Poly	PG		^[3]

Winners by school

School (year joined)	Winners	Years
Cal Poly (1993)	1	1996
Southern Utah (1993)	1	1995
Cal State Northridge (1993)	0	—
Sacramento State (1993)	0	—
UC Davis (1993)^[4]	0	—

References

General

• Web site: American West Conference Player of the Year Winners . Sports Reference, LLC . 2021 . sports-reference.com . November 19, 2021.

Specific

Notes and References

1. Sean Allen later changed his last name to McCaw, but while he was still in college he kept his birth name.
2. News: All-American West Conference Team . . . March 14, 1995. 18. Newspapers.com. October 14, 2021.
3. News: Leef. Ralph. Cal Poly team really turned things around . . . April 3, 1996. 22. Newspapers.com. October 14, 2021.
4. [University of California, Davis|UC Davis]