Chip Hilton Player of the Year Award

The Chip Hilton Player of the Year Award is presented to a men's college basketball player who is a senior and who has demonstrated personal character both on and off the court, similar to the fictional Chip Hilton character depicted by Hall of Fame coach Clair Bee in the classic Chip Hilton series of sports stories.

The NCAA has given the national award since 1997 to a Division I men’s basketball player who demonstrates outstanding character, leadership, integrity, humility, sportsmanship and talent.

Winners

Tim Duncan of Wake Forest won in 1997.

Shane Battier of Duke won in 2001.

Gerry McNamara of Syracuse won in 2006.

Season	Player	School
1996–97	Duncan, TimTim Duncan	Wake Forest
1997–98	Booker, HassanHassan Booker	Navy
1998–99	Hill, TimTim Hill	Harvard
1999–00	Nájera, EduardoEduardo Nájera	Oklahoma
2000–01	Battier, ShaneShane Battier	Duke
2001–02	Dixon, JuanJuan Dixon	Maryland
2002–03	Miller, BrandonBrandon Miller	Butler
2003–04	Okafor, EmekaEmeka Okafor	Connecticut
2004–05	Ross, RonaldRonald Ross	Texas Tech
2005–06	McNamara, GerryGerry McNamara	Syracuse
2006–07	Law IV, AcieAcie Law IV	Texas A&M
2007–08	Green, MikeMike Green	Butler
2008–09	Brockman, JonJon Brockman	Washington
2009–10	Martinez, RomanRoman Martinez	New Mexico
2010–11	Jenkins, CharlesCharles Jenkins	Hofstra

Footnotes

• ^a Okafor graduated as a finance major in only three years. He was a senior academically in 2003–04, but was still a junior socially and therefore had one more season of NCAA eligibility left if he had chosen to come back to Connecticut for one more season.

External links

• Chip Hilton Award at HoopHall.com