Summit League Men's Basketball Player of the Year
Awarded formost outstanding basketball player in the Summit League
CountryUnited States
History
First award1983
Most recentMax Abmas, Oral Roberts

The Summit League Men's Basketball Player of the Year is an annual college basketball award given to the most outstanding men's basketball player in the Summit League (which had been known as the Mid-Continent Conference up until June 1, 2007). The award was first given following the 1982–83 season. Two players—Caleb Green of Oral Roberts and Mike Daum of South Dakota State—have won the award three times. Five other players have won the award twice: Jon Collins of Eastern Illinois, Tony Bennett of Wisconsin–Green Bay, Bryce Drew of Valparaiso, Keith Benson of Oakland and Max Abmas of Oral Roberts.

Oral Roberts has the most winners with seven. Current member South Dakota State has had six. Oakland has had three winners, but left after the 2012–13 season to join the Horizon League. Of current conference members, North Dakota, Omaha, St. Thomas, and South Dakota have had no winners. However, all are among the conference's newer members, with South Dakota having joined in 2011, Omaha in 2012, North Dakota in 2018, and St. Thomas in 2021.

Key

† Co-Players of the Year
* Awarded a national player of the year award:
UPI College Basketball Player of the Year (1954–55 to 1995–96)
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 Summit League Player of the Year award at that point

Winners

Tony Bennett also won the Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award in 1992.
Luboš Bartoň won in 2002 while at Valparaiso.
Two-time winner Oakland's Keith Benson also took home the 2010 Lou Henson Award.
Oral Roberts' Max Abmas won in 2021 after leading the NCAA in scoring. He won the award again two years later.
Season Player School Position Class
1982–83 Joe Dykstra Western Illinois SF Senior
1983–84 Craig Lathen UIC PG Junior
1984–85 Jon Collins Eastern Illinois SF Junior
1985–86 Jon Collins (2) Eastern Illinois SF Senior
1986–87 Winston Garland Missouri State PG Senior
1987–88 Ken McFadden Cleveland State G Junior
1988–89 Jay Taylor Eastern Illinois SG Senior
1989–90 Lee Campbell Missouri State F Senior
1990–91 Tony Bennett Wisconsin–Green Bay PG Junior
1991–92 Tony Bennett (2) Wisconsin–Green Bay PG Senior
1992–93 Bill Edwards Wright State SF Senior
1993–94 Kenny Williams UIC PG Senior
1994–95 David Redmon Valparaiso G Senior
1995–96 Anthony Allison Valparaiso SF Senior
1996–97 Bryce Drew Valparaiso PG Junior
1997–98 Bryce Drew (2) Valparaiso PG Senior
1998–99 Chad Wilkerson Oral Roberts SF/PF Junior
1999–00 Michael Jackson UMKC C Sophomore
2000–01 Jeff Monaco Southern Utah PG Senior
2001–02 Luboš Bartoň Valparaiso PF Senior
2002–03 Mike Helms Oakland G Junior
2003–04 Odell Bradley IUPUI SF / SG Sophomore
2004–05 Caleb Green Oral Roberts PF Sophomore
2005–06 Caleb Green (2) Oral Roberts PF Junior
2006–07 Caleb Green (3) Oral Roberts PF Senior
2007–08 George Hill IUPUI PG/SG Junior
2008–09 Ben Woodside North Dakota State PG Senior
2009–10 Keith Benson Oakland C Junior
2010–11 Keith Benson (2) Oakland C Senior
2011–12 Dominique Morrison Oral Roberts SF Senior
2012–13 Nate Wolters South Dakota State PG Senior
2013–14 Taylor Braun North Dakota State PG Senior
2014–15 Lawrence Alexander North Dakota State SG Senior
2015–16 Max Landis IPFW SG Senior
2016–17 Mike Daum[1] South Dakota State PF Sophomore
2017–18 Mike Daum (2)[2] South Dakota State PF Junior
2018–19 Mike Daum (3)[3] South Dakota State PF Senior
2019–20 Douglas Wilson[4] South Dakota State SF Junior
2020–21 Max Abmas[5] Oral Roberts PG/SG Sophomore
2021–22 Baylor Scheierman[6] South Dakota State SG Junior
2022–23 Max Abmas (2)[7] Oral Roberts PG/SG Senior

Winners by school

In this table, the "year joined" refers to the calendar year in which each school joined the conference. The "Years" column reflects the calendar years in which each award was presented.

School (year joined) Winners Years
Oral Roberts (1997, 2014)[lower-alpha 1] 7 1999, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2021, 2023
South Dakota State (2007) 6 2013, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022
Valparaiso (1982)[lower-alpha 2] 5 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2002
Eastern Illinois (1982)[lower-alpha 3] 3 1985, 1986, 1989
North Dakota State (2007) 3 2009, 2014, 2015
Oakland (1998)[lower-alpha 4] 3 2003, 2010, 2011
Green Bay (1982)[lower-alpha 5] 2 1991, 1992
IUPUI (1998)[lower-alpha 6] 2 2004, 2008
Missouri State (1982)[lower-alpha 7] 2 1987, 1990
UIC (1982)[lower-alpha 5] 2 1984, 1994
Cleveland State (1982)[lower-alpha 5] 1 1988
Kansas City (1994, 2020)[lower-alpha 8] 1 2000
Purdue Fort Wayne (2007)[lower-alpha 9][lower-alpha 10] 1 2016
Southern Utah (1997)[lower-alpha 11] 1 2001
Western Illinois (1982)[lower-alpha 12] 1 1983
Wright State (1991)[lower-alpha 5] 1 1993
Centenary (2003)[lower-alpha 13] 0 —
Denver (2013) 0 —
North Dakota (2018) 0 —
Omaha (2012) 0 —
St. Thomas (2021) 0 —
South Dakota (2011) 0 —
  1. ↑ Oral Roberts left in 2012 for the Southland Conference and rejoined The Summit League in 2014.
  2. ↑ Valparaiso left in 2007 for the Horizon League.
  3. ↑ Eastern Illinois left in 1996 for the Ohio Valley Conference.
  4. ↑ Oakland left in 2013 for the Horizon League.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Illinois–Chicago (UIC), Wisconsin-Green Bay (Green Bay), Cleveland State, and Wright State left in 1994 for the Midwestern Collegiate Conference, now known as the Horizon League.
  6. ↑ IUPUI left in 2017 for the Horizon League.
  7. ↑ Missouri State left in 1990 for the Missouri Valley Conference.
  8. ↑ Kansas City, then athletically branded with its academic identity of UMKC, left in 2013 for the Western Athletic Conference. UMKC adopted the new athletic identity of "Kansas City Roos" in 2019, a year before rejoining the Summit League.
  9. ↑ Purdue Fort Wayne inherited its athletic program from the former Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW), which was dissolved after the 2017–18 season with the creation of separate Indiana University and Purdue University-affiliated institutions.
  10. ↑ Purdue Fort Wayne left in 2020 for the Horizon League.
  11. ↑ Southern Utah left in 2012 for the Big Sky Conference.
  12. ↑ Western Illinois left in 2023 for the Ohio Valley Conference.
  13. ↑ Centenary left in 2011 to begin a transition to NCAA Division III.

References

  • "The Summit League Men's Basketball History → Year-by-Year Award Winners" (PDF). The Summit League. p. 83. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2010.
  1. ↑ "South Dakota State's Daum Named #SummitMBB Player of the Year" (Press release). The Summit League. March 2, 2017. Retrieved March 3, 2017.
  2. ↑ "South Dakota State's Daum Claims Second Straight #SummitMBB Player of the Year Award" (Press release). Summit League. February 28, 2018. Retrieved February 28, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Daum collects record-tying third #SummitMBB Player of the Year Award". Summit League. March 7, 2019. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
  4. ↑ "SDSU's Wilson tabbed as Summit League Player and Newcomer of the Year". Summit League. March 5, 2020. Retrieved March 5, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Oral Roberts' Abmas collects #SummitMBB Player of the Year honors" (Press release). Summit League. March 4, 2021. Retrieved March 4, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Oral Roberts' Abmas collects #SummitMBB Player of the Year honors" (Press release). Summit League. March 4, 2021. Retrieved March 4, 2021.
  7. ↑ "ORU's Abmas nets second #SummitMBB Player of the Year Award" (Press release). Summit League. March 2, 2023. Retrieved March 2, 2023.
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