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

Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
Description:the most outstanding basketball player in Mountain West Conference
Country:United States
Year:2000
Holder:Great Osobor, Utah State

The Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year is an award given to the Mountain West Conference's most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1999–2000 season, the first year of the conference's existence. As of 2023, no player has received the award multiple times. Two winners of the conference award were consensus national players of the year: Andrew Bogut of Utah (2005) and Jimmer Fredette of BYU (2011).

Among current conference members, San Diego State has the most winners with five, with New Mexico in second place with four and Colorado State in third place with two. Other current conference members with a winner include Air Force, Boise State, Fresno State, San Jose State, and Nevada with one each. The remaining three current all-sports members are yet to have a winner—charter members UNLV and Wyoming. Former conference members BYU and Utah had five and four players who won the award, respectively — both schools left for other conferences in 2011.

Key

†Co-Players of the Year
Awarded a national player of the year award:
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 Mountain West Player of the Year award at that point

Winners

SeasonPlayerSchoolPositionClassReference
1999–00UtahF[1]
2000–01BYUF[2]
2001–02UtahF[3]
2002–03New MexicoPG/SG[4]
2003–04†BYUC[5]
Air ForceC
2004–05UtahPF/C[6]
2005–06San Diego StateSG[7]
2006–07BYUG[8]
2007–08†BYUSF[9]
New MexicoSG
2008–09UtahC[10]
2009–10New MexicoSF[11]
2010–11BYUPG[12]
2011–12San Diego StateSG[13]
2012–13New MexicoSG[14]
2013–14San Diego StateSG[15]
2014–15Boise StateSG[16]
2015–16Fresno StateSG[17]
2016–17Colorado StateSG[18]
2017–18NevadaSF[19]
2018–19Utah StatePG[20]
2019–20San Diego StatePG[21]
2020–21San Diego StateSF[22]
2021–22Colorado StateSF[23]
2022–23San Jose StatePG/SG[24]
2023–24Utah StatePF[25]

Winners by school

School (year joined)WinnersYears
BYU (1999)[26] 52001, 2004†, 2007, 2008†, 2011
San Diego State (1999)52006, 2012, 2014, 2020, 2021
New Mexico (1999)42003, 2008†, 2010, 2013
Utah (1999)[27] 42000, 2002, 2005, 2009
Colorado State (1999)22017, 2022
Utah State (2013)22019, 2024
Air Force (1999)12004†
Boise State (2011)12015
Fresno State (2012)12016
Nevada (2012)12018
San Jose State (2013)12023
UNLV (1999)0—
Wyoming (1999)0—

Notes and References

  1. News: Rexrode. Joe. Harmless-looking Jensen is major pain for Utah foes . . . March 18, 2000 . 16. Newspapers.com. December 24, 2023.
  2. News: Perry. Michael. Wesley BYU's rock . . . March 12, 2001 . 34. Newspapers.com. December 24, 2023.
  3. News: Kinahan. Patrick. Majerus Not Convinced Johnsen Is MWC's Best . . . March 5, 2002 . 33. Newspapers.com. December 24, 2023.
  4. News: Mountain West . . . March 12, 2003 . 30. Newspapers.com. December 24, 2023.
  5. News: Reaping rewards . . . March 9, 2004 . 13. Newspapers.com. December 24, 2023.
  6. News: Smith. Mark. Croatian Motivation . . . March 8, 2005 . 19. Newspapers.com. December 24, 2023.
  7. News: Heath named Mountain West player of the year . . . March 7, 2006 . 12. Newspapers.com. December 24, 2023.
  8. News: The difference-makers: BYU . . . March 15, 2007 . 34. Newspapers.com. December 24, 2023.
  9. News: Trujillo. Tommy. Giddens, Cummard share honor . The Santa Fe New Mexican . Santa Fe, New Mexico . March 11, 2008 . B004. Newspapers.com. December 24, 2023.
  10. News: Luke Nevill . . . March 20, 2009 . B006. Newspapers.com. December 24, 2023.
  11. News: Players to watch: Darington Hobson, 6-7, F, New Mexico . . . March 15, 2010 . C6. Newspapers.com. December 24, 2023.
  12. News: Schmoldt. Eric. Jimmer Wins POY . . . March 8, 2011 . 17. Newspapers.com. December 24, 2023.
  13. News: Jamaal Franklin, San Diego State guard . . . March 12, 2012 . C7. Newspapers.com. December 24, 2023.
  14. News: Grammer. Geoff. Sorting out MWC awards . Albuquerque Journal . Albuquerque, New Mexico . March 8, 2013 . 25. Newspapers.com. December 24, 2023.
  15. News: All-Mountain West team . . . March 11, 2014 . B4. Newspapers.com. December 24, 2023.
  16. News: Southorn. Dave. Marks an honorable mention All-American . Idaho Statesman . Boise, Idaho . March 31, 2015 . A10. Newspapers.com. December 24, 2023.
  17. News: All-Mountain West Team . The Fresno Bee . Fresno, California . March 9, 2016 . B2. Newspapers.com. December 24, 2023.
  18. News: Humphreys. Austin. CSU senior Gian Clavell passing torch to Prentiss Nixon . . . March 23, 2017 . D1. Newspapers.com. December 24, 2023.
  19. News: Top players: Caleb Martin, forward, Nevada . . . March 12, 2018 . D8. Newspapers.com. December 24, 2023.
  20. News: Key Stat . . . March 22, 2019 . B3. Newspapers.com. December 24, 2023.
  21. News: 2019–20 All-Mountain West . Albuquerque Journal . Albuquerque, New Mexico . March 3, 2020 . B3. Newspapers.com. December 24, 2023.
  22. News: Syracuse (from B1) . . . March 19, 2021 . B2. Newspapers.com. December 24, 2023.
  23. News: Congratulations to David Roddy! . Fort Collins Coloradoan . Fort Collins, Colorado . March 16, 2022 . D1. Newspapers.com. December 24, 2023.
  24. News: 2022–23 All-Mountain West Men's Basketball Team . . . March 9, 2023 . B4. Newspapers.com. December 24, 2023.
  25. News: Midwest: (1) Purdue 106, (8) Utah State 61 . . . March 25, 2024 . B3. Newspapers.com. June 23, 2024.
  26. BYU left in 2011 to join the West Coast Conference, and moved from there to the Big 12 Conference in 2023.
  27. Utah left in 2011 to join what is now the Pac-12 Conference, and will move to the Big 12 in 2024.

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