- Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
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- Not to be confused with the Mid-American Conference (MAC) 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 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.
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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 AwardPlayer (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 William Brown Saint Peter's 1982–83 Steve Burtt Iona Point guard Junior 1983–84 Steve Burtt (2) Iona Point guard Senior 1984–85 Randy Cozzens Army 1985–86 Tony George Fairfield 1986–87 Kevin 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 Marc Brown Siena Point guard Senior 1991–92 Randy Woods La Salle Point guard Senior 1992–93 Keith Bullock Manhattan 1993–94 Doremus Bennerman Siena 1994–95 Craig Wise Canisius 1995–96 Darrell Barley Canisius 1996–97 Mindaugas Timinskas Iona Small forward Senior 1997–98 Kashif Hameed Iona Center/Power forward Junior 1998–99 Alvin Young Niagara Shooting guard Senior 1999–00 Tariq Kirksay Iona Shooting guard/Small forward Senior 2000–01 Demond Stewart Niagara Shooting guard Sophomore 2001–02 Mario Porter Rider Forward Senior 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
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year 1982: W. Brown | 1983: Burtt | 1984: Burtt | 1985: Cozzens | 1986: George | 1987: Houston | 1988: Simmons | 1989: Simmons | 1990: Simmons | 1991: M. Brown | 1992: Woods | 1993: Bullock | 1994: Bennerman | 1995: Wise | 1996: Barley | 1997: Timinskas | 1998: Hameed | 1999: Young | 2000: Kirksay | 2001: Stewart | 2002: Porter | 2003: Flores | 2004: Flores | 2005: Mendez | 2006: Clark | 2007: Jordan | 2008: Thompson | 2009: Hasbrouck | 2010: Franklin | 2011: Rossiter
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference men's basketball Teams Canisius Golden Griffins • Fairfield Stags • Iona Gaels • Loyola Greyhounds • Manhattan Jaspers • Marist Red Foxes • Niagara Purple Eagles • Rider Broncs • Siena Saints • Saint Peter's Peacocks
Championships & awards MAAC Men's Basketball Tournament • Player of the Year
Men's college basketball awards (United States) National players of the year Naismith Trophy • Wooden Award
Adolph Rupp Trophy • AP Player of the Year • Helms Foundation Player of the Year (defunct) • NABC Player of the Year • Oscar Robertson Trophy • Sporting News Player of the Year • UPI Player of the Year (defunct)Individual awards Academic All-America of the Year • All-Americans (by year) • Bob Cousy Award (Point Guard) • Chip Hilton Award (Player Character) • Haggerty Award (NYC area) • Lefty Driesell Award (Top Defender) • Lowe's Senior CLASS Award • Lou Henson Award (Mid-Major Player of the Year) • Lute Olson Award (Top Non-Freshman) • Pete Newell Big Man Award • NABC Defensive Player of the Year • Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award (6'0" or shorter) • NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player • Robert V. Geasey Trophy (Big 5 Player of the Year) • USBWA National Freshman of the YearConference players of the year America East • American South • A-10 • ACC • A-Sun • Big 12 • Big East • Big Eight • Big Sky • Big South • Big Ten • Big West • CAA • Conference USA • East Coast • Great Midwest • Great West • Horizon • Ivy • MAAC • Metro • MAC • MEAC • MVC • Mountain West • NEC • OVC • Pac-12 • Patriot • SEC • SoCon • Southland • Summit • Sun Belt • SWAC • WCC • WACHead coach awards Naismith Coach of the Year
Adolph Rupp Cup • AP Coach of the Year • Ben Jobe Award (Top Minority Coach) • Henry Iba Award • Hugh Durham Award (Mid-Major Coach of the Year) • Jim Phelan Award (Major Conference Coach of the Year) • NABC Coach of the Year • Skip Prosser Man of the Year Award (Moral Character) • UPI Coach of the Year (defunct) • Clair Bee Award (Coaching Character) • Legends of Coaching (Lifetime)Conference coaches of the year ACC • Big 12 • CAADivision awards Halls of fame See also: Women's college basketball awardsCategories:- NCAA Division I men's basketball conference players of the year
- Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference men's basketball
- Awards established in 1982
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