Big South Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

Big South Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
Awarded for	the most outstanding basketball player in the Big South Conference
Country	United States
First awarded	1986
Currently held by	Stan Okoye, VMI

The Big South Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year is an annual college basketball award given to the Big South Conference's most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1985–86 season, the first year the league competed in varsity basketball competition.

The most notable recipient of the Big South Player of the Year Award is Tony Dunkin. Dunkin, a 6'7" small forward, played for the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers from 1990 to 1993 and won the award all four seasons. He is the only NCAA Division I men's basketball player to ever earn four conference player of the year awards.

Coastal Carolina has the most all-time winners with nine. Four schools are tied for second all-time with three winners each, and two other schools also have had two winners. Of established Big South members, Gardner–Webb and Presbyterian and Longwood have never had winners.

Key

†	Co-Players of the Year
Player (X)	Denotes the number of times the player has been awarded the Player of the Year award at that point

Winners

Arizona Reid of High Point compiled over 2,000 points and 1,000 rebounds in his career.

Season	Player	School	Position	Class
1985–86	McKinnon, FredFred McKinnon	Winthrop	Forward	4 !Senior
1986–87	Grier, ClarenceClarence Grier	Campbell	Forward	4 !Senior
1987–88	Wilson, DerekDerek Wilson	Coastal Carolina	Forward	3 !Junior
1988–89	Wilson, HenryHenry Wilson	Campbell	Center	4 !Senior
1989–90	Dunkin, TonyTony Dunkin	Coastal Carolina	Small forward	1 !Freshman
1990–91	Dunkin, TonyTony Dunkin (2)	Coastal Carolina	Small forward	2 !Sophomore
1991–92	Dunkin, TonyTony Dunkin (3)	Coastal Carolina	Small forward	3 !Junior
1992–93	Dunkin, TonyTony Dunkin (4)	Coastal Carolina	Small forward	4 !Senior
1993–94	Spinks, JoeJoe Spinks	Campbell	Power forward	4 !Senior
1994–95	Burks, EricEric Burks	Charleston Southern	Shooting guard	3 !Junior
1995–96	Latson, T. L.T. L. Latson	Charleston Southern	Small forward	4 !Senior
1996–97	Pittman, JoshJosh Pittman	UNC Asheville	Shooting guard	3 !Junior
1997–98	Pittman, JoshJosh Pittman (2)	UNC Asheville	Shooting guard	4 !Senior
1998–99	Martin, KevinKevin Martin	UNC Asheville	Small forward	4 !Senior
1999–00	Williams, JasonJason Williams	Radford	Forward	3 !Junior
2000–01	Butler, TorreyTorrey Butler	Coastal Carolina	Small forward	3 !Junior
2001–02	Lewis, GregGreg Lewis	Winthrop	Power forward	4 !Senior
2002–03	Butler, TorreyTorrey Butler (2)	Coastal Carolina	Small forward	4 !Senior
2003–04	Gathings, DannyDanny Gathings	High Point	Power forward	3 !Junior
2004–05	Paelay, PelePele Paelay	Coastal Carolina	Guard	3 !Junior
2005–06	Leasure, JackJack Leasure	Coastal Carolina	Point guard / Shooting guard	2 !Sophomore
2006–07	Reid, ArizonaArizona Reid	High Point	Power forward	3 !Junior
2007–08	Reid, ArizonaArizona Reid (2)	High Point	Power forward	4 !Senior
2008–09	Parakhouski, ArtsiomArtsiom Parakhouski	Radford	Center	3 !Junior
2009–10	Parakhouski, ArtsiomArtsiom Parakhouski (2)	Radford	Center	4 !Senior
2010–11	Sanders, JesseJesse Sanders	Liberty	Point guard	3 !Junior
2011–12	Dickey, MattMatt Dickey	UNC Asheville	Point guard	4 !Senior
2012–13	Okoye, StanStan Okoye	VMI	Power forward	4 !Senior

Winners by school

School (year joined)	Winners	Years
Coastal Carolina (1983)	9	1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006
UNC Asheville (1984)	4	1997, 1998, 1999, 2012
Campbell (1983/2011)	3	1987, 1989, 1994
High Point (1999)	3	2004, 2007, 2008
Radford (1983)	3	2000, 2009, 2010
Charleston Southern (1983)	2	1995, 1996
Winthrop (1983)	2	1986, 2002
Liberty (1991)	1	2011
VMI (2003)	1	2013
Gardner–Webb (2008)	0	—
Longwood (2012)	0	—
Presbyterian (2007)	0	—

Footnotes

• ^a The Big South Conference was formed in 1982–83 but did not compete in varsity basketball until 1985–86.
• ^b Campbell University left in 1994 to join the Trans America Athletic Conference, now known as the Atlantic Sun Conference. The Fighting Camels returned to the Big South in 2011.

References

General

• "History" (PDF, pg. 20). 2009–10 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Media Guide. Big South Conference. Retrieved 16 April 2010. 

Specific