Country United States | First awarded 1964 | |
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Awarded for the most outstanding basketball player in the Southland Conference Currently held by Erik Thomas, New Orleans | ||
The Southland Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year is a basketball award given to the Southland Conference's most outstanding player. The award was first given following the conference's inaugural basketball season of 1963–64. Five players have won the award two times: Jerry Rook, Larry Jeffries, Andrew Toney, Ryan Stuart and Thomas Walkup. No player has ever won three times.
As of 2017, McNeese State has the most all-time winners with eight. Three conference members have never had a winner—Central Arkansas, Houston Baptist, and Incarnate Word. All of these schools are relatively new to the league—Central Arkansas joined in 2006, and the other two joined in 2013. Another school that entered in 2013, Abilene Christian, has one winner from its past tenure in the conference (1963–1973).