ASUN Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year Awarded for the most outstanding basketball player in theASUN Conference Country United States History First award 1979 Most recent Jacob Ognacevic ,Lipscomb
TheASUN Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year is an annual award given to theASUN Conference 's most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1978–79 season, the first year of the ASUN's existence, when it was known as the Trans America Athletic Conference (TAAC). Only two players have won the award three times:Willie Jackson ofCentenary (1982–1984) andDarius McGhee ofLiberty (2021–2023).
Centenary has the most all-time winners with six, but left the conference in 2000, when the league was still known as the TAAC. There has been only one tie in the award's history, which occurred in 1997–98 betweenMark Jones ofUCF andSedric Webber ofCharleston . Among the 12 current ASUN members, only four have had a winner:Eastern Kentucky ,Florida Gulf Coast ,Lipscomb , andNorth Florida .
School (year joined) Winners Years Centenary (1978)[ a] 6 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1990, 1991 Charleston (1992)[ b] 4 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998† Georgia Southern (1980)[ c] 4 1987, 1988, 1989, 1992 Liberty (2018)[ d] 4 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 Mercer (1978)[ e] 4 1981, 1985, 1993, 2014 East Tennessee State (2005)[ e] 3 2006, 2007, 2011 Lipscomb (2007)3 2010, 2019, 2025 Belmont (2001)[ f] 2 2003, 2009 Florida Gulf Coast (2007)2 2013, 2018 Georgia State (1984)[ g] 2 2001, 2002 North Florida (2005)2 2016, 2017 Troy (1997)[ h] 2 2000, 2004 USC Upstate (2007)[ i] 2 2012, 2015 Eastern Kentucky (2021)[ j] 1 2024 Little Rock (1980)[ k] 1 1986 UCF (1992)[ l] 1 1998† Florida Atlantic (1993)[ m] 1 2005 Gardner–Webb (2002)[ n] 1 2008 Louisiana–Monroe (1978)[ o] 1 1979 Austin Peay (2022)[ j] 0 — Bellarmine (2020)0 — Campbell (1994)[ p] 0 — Central Arkansas (2021)[ j] 0 — Jacksonville (1997)0 — Jacksonville State (1995, 2021)[ q] 0 — Kennesaw State (2005)[ r] 0 — NJIT (2015)[ s] 0 — North Alabama (2018)[ j] 0 — Northern Kentucky (2012)[ t] 0 — Oklahoma City (1978)[ u] 0 — Queens (2022)0 — Stetson (1985)0 — West Georgia (2024)[ j] 0 —
^ Centenary College of Louisiana left in 2000 and wentindependent . The Gents (and Ladies) have since dropped from Division I, and are now in theDivision III Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference .^ Charleston left in 1998 to join theSouthern Conference (SoCon), and is now in theCoastal Athletic Association (CAA). ^ Georgia Southern University left in 1992 to join the SoCon, and is now in theSun Belt Conference .^ Liberty University left forConference USA in 2023.^a b East Tennessee State University andMercer University left in 2014 to join the SoCon.^ Belmont University left in 2012 to join theOhio Valley Conference , and moved to theMissouri Valley Conference in 2022.^ Georgia State University left in 2005 to join the CAA, and is now in the Sun Belt.^ Troy University left in 2005 to join the Sun Belt.^ TheUniversity of South Carolina Upstate (USC Upstate) left in 2018 to join theBig South Conference . ^a b c d e Austin Peay, Central Arkansas, Eastern Kentucky, North Alabama, and West Georgia, all current members of the football-onlyUnited Athletic Conference (UAC), will leave after the 2025–26 season when the UAC expands to an all-sports conference. ^ TheUniversity of Arkansas at Little Rock left in 1991 to join the Sun Belt, and joined the Ohio Valley Conference in 2022. ^ TheUniversity of Central Florida left in 2005 to joinConference USA (CUSA), moved to theAmerican Athletic Conference in 2013, and joined theBig 12 Conference in 2023. ^ Florida Atlantic University left in 2006 to join the Sun Belt, and moved to CUSA in 2013 and The American in 2023.^ Gardner–Webb University left in 2008 to join theBig South Conference .^ TheUniversity of Louisiana at Monroe left in 1983 to join theSouthland Conference , and is now in the Sun Belt. ^ Campbell University left in 2011 to rejoin its pre-1994 home of the Big South Conference, and moved to the CAA in 2023.^ Jacksonville State University left in 2003 to join theOhio Valley Conference , rejoined the ASUN in 2021, and left again in 2023 for Conference USA.^ Kennesaw State University left in 2024 to join Conference USA.^ NJIT left in 2020 to join theAmerica East Conference . ^ Northern Kentucky left for theHorizon League in 2015. ^ Oklahoma City University was a charter TAAC member in 1978, but was only a member in the first season of 1978–79. The Chiefs, now the Stars, left to become a charter member of the Midwestern City Conference (now theHorizon League ). Oklahoma City left the NCAA altogether in 1985, and is now a member of theNAIA Sooner Athletic Conference .^a b c d "Men's ASUN Conference Player of the Year Winners" .sports-reference.com . Sports Reference LLC. 2024. RetrievedJanuary 10, 2024 .^ "TAAC Honors Go To Lett, Rhone" .Shreveport Journal Shreveport, Louisiana . March 6, 1980. p. 19. RetrievedJanuary 10, 2024 – viaNewspapers.com .^ "TAAC Honors Willie Jackson" .Shreveport Journal . Shreveport, Louisiana. March 24, 1981. p. 17. RetrievedJanuary 10, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.^a b c "Jackson Tagged Top TAC Cager" .The Town Talk .Alexandria, Louisiana . March 25, 1984. p. 29. RetrievedJanuary 10, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.^ "Bibb, Mitchell named top TAAC coach, player" .The Telegraph Macon, Georgia . March 26, 1985. p. 21. RetrievedJanuary 10, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.^ "TAAC Awards" .The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Atlanta, Georgia . March 21, 1987. p. 46. RetrievedJanuary 10, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.^a b "Trio receives honors from TAAC" .The Telegraph . Macon, Georgia. March 31, 1989. p. 13. RetrievedJanuary 10, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.^ Grant, Evan (March 6, 1990)."Gents are getting a sneaking feeling" .The Times . RetrievedJanuary 10, 2024 – via Newspapers.com. ^ "Centenary gets first round win" .Daily World Opelousas, Louisiana . March 6, 1991. p. 9. RetrievedJanuary 10, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.^ "Gents' Taylor, Stephens honored" .The Times . Shreveport, Louisiana. March 8, 1993. p. 15. RetrievedJanuary 10, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.^ "All-TAAC" .The Times . Shreveport, Louisiana. March 8, 1994. p. 18. RetrievedJanuary 10, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.^ White, Neil (March 13, 1996)."Cougars three for three with Delaney" .The State Columbia, South Carolina . p. 28. RetrievedJanuary 10, 2024 – via Newspapers.com. ^ Rubin, Bob (March 2, 1997)."Tourney Tease, Late Collapse" .Miami Herald Miami, Florida . p. 10C. RetrievedJanuary 10, 2024 – via Newspapers.com. ^ Greene, Jerry (March 2, 1998)."Speraw, UCF can't wait for next season" .Orlando Sentinel Orlando, Florida . p. 25. RetrievedJanuary 10, 2024 – via Newspapers.com. ^ Fainaru-Wada, Mark (March 12, 1998)."Road to Final Four is paved with clichés" .San Francisco Examiner San Francisco, California . p. 62. RetrievedJanuary 10, 2024 – via Newspapers.com. ^ Delnagro, Mike (March 8, 1999)."Storm–Samford in South" .The Journal News White Plains, New York . p. 18. RetrievedJanuary 10, 2024 – via Newspapers.com. ^ Reese, Earnest (March 3, 2000)."Panthers advance; Mercer tips Troy" .The Atlanta Journal-Constitution . Atlanta, Georgia. p. 66. RetrievedJanuary 10, 2024 – via Newspapers.com. ^ Shearer, Ed (March 4, 2001)."Panthers are going dancing" .The Anniston Star Anniston, Alabama . p. 21. RetrievedJanuary 13, 2024 – via Newspapers.com. ^ Reese, Earnest (March 14, 2002)."NIT trip a short one" .The Atlanta Journal-Constitution . Atlanta, Georgia. p. D5. RetrievedJanuary 13, 2024 – via Newspapers.com. ^ "Belmont's Sonn A-Sun player of year" .The Tennessean Nashville, Tennessee . March 5, 2003. p. 94. RetrievedJanuary 13, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.^ Edge, Jeff (March 3, 2004)."Maestri, Davis earn A-Sun honors" .Dothan Eagle Dothan, Alabama . p. 29. RetrievedJanuary 13, 2024 – via Newspapers.com. ^ Nelson, Marcus (March 2, 2005)."FAU's Bell named A-Sun's top player" .The Palm Beach Post West Palm Beach, Florida . p. 42. RetrievedJanuary 13, 2024 – via Newspapers.com. ^ Farkas, Michael (March 1, 2006)."Smith named A-Sun player of year" .Bristol Herald Courier Bristol, Virginia . p. 17. RetrievedJanuary 13, 2024 – via Newspapers.com. ^ Davis, Ben (March 4, 2007)."After loss, State will look to rebound in NIT" .Elizabethton Star .Elizabethton, Tennessee . p. 16. RetrievedJanuary 13, 2024 – via Newspapers.com. ^ "All-Atlantic Sun teams" .Johnson City Press .Johnson City, Tennessee . March 5, 2008. p. 18. RetrievedJanuary 13, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.^ "A-Sun Postseason Honors" .Bristol Herald Courier . Bristol, Virginia. March 4, 2009. p. 16. RetrievedJanuary 13, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.^ "Despite loss, Hodzic ends season in style" .The Telegraph . Macon, Georgia. March 4, 2010. p. C8. RetrievedJanuary 13, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.^ "All-A-Sun teams" .The Telegraph . Macon, Georgia. March 2, 2011. p. C3. RetrievedJanuary 13, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.^ Lough, Michael A. (March 15, 2012)."Mercer shakes off slow start for victory in CIT opening round" .The Telegraph . Macon, Georgia. p. C4. RetrievedJanuary 13, 2024 – via Newspapers.com. ^ "Florida Gulf Coast is a hot spot" .The Olympian Olympia, Washington . March 24, 2013. p. B7. RetrievedJanuary 13, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.^ "Comer, Thompson first-team all-league selections" .Naples Daily News Naples, Florida . March 4, 2014. p. 29. RetrievedJanuary 13, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.^ "USC Upstate 90, Kennesaw State 54" .The State . Columbia, South Carolina. March 4, 2015. p. B6. RetrievedJanuary 13, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.^a b Caldwell, Dana (March 5, 2017)."Eagles must get past Ospreys for NCAA bid" .Naples Daily News . Naples, Florida. p. 63. RetrievedJanuary 13, 2024 – via Newspapers.com. ^ "Three things to know" .The Oklahoman Oklahoma City, Oklahoma . March 13, 2018. p. 13. RetrievedJanuary 13, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.^ Organ, Mike (March 16, 2019)."Lipscomb giving star Mathews help" .The Tennessean . Nashville, Tennessee. p. B4. RetrievedJanuary 13, 2024 – via Newspapers.com. ^ "All-Atlantic Sun" .The Tennessean . Nashville, Tennessee. March 4, 2020. p. B3. RetrievedJanuary 13, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.^a b c Sordelett, Damien (March 5, 2023)." .The News & Advance Lynchburg, Virginia . p. C5. RetrievedJanuary 13, 2024 – via Newspapers.com. ^ "Cozart Earns ASUN Player Of The Year & Defensive Player Of The Year Awards, Hamilton Named Coach Of The Year" .Eastern Kentucky University Athletics . Retrieved2024-03-05 .^ "Cozart Earns ASUN Player Of The Year & Defensive Player Of The Year Awards, Hamilton Named Coach Of The Year" .EKUsports.com . March 4, 2025. RetrievedMarch 4, 2025 .
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