West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

WCC Men's Basketball Player of the Year
Awarded for	the most outstanding basketball player in the West Coast Conference
Country	United States
First awarded	1953
Currently held by	Kelly Olynyk, Gonzaga

The West Coast Conference (WCC) Men's Basketball Player of the Year is a basketball award given to the most outstanding men's basketball player in the West Coast Conference. The award was first given following the 1952–53 season, when the conference was known as the California Basketball Association. The only season in which the award was not presented was the conference's second season of 1953–54. There have been four ties in the award's history, most recently in 2006–07 between Sean Denison of Santa Clara and Derek Raivio of Gonzaga. There have also been 13 repeat winners, but only one—Bill Cartwright of San Francicso—has been Player of the Year three times.

Four schools in the West Coast Conference have dominated the total awards distribution. Before 2000, Pepperdine, San Francisco and Santa Clara had earned the bulk of the awards. Since then, Gonzaga has claimed a near-monopoly on it. In the 13 seasons from 2000–01 to the present, coinciding with the Bulldogs' rise to national prominence, Gonzaga players have won the award outright nine times and shared the award once. Gonzaga now claims the most winners with 13, while each of the three other schools are tied for the second most with 11 winners apiece. The next closest school, Saint Mary's, has seven. Two current members have yet to have a winner—Portland, members since 1976, and BYU, which joined in 2011.

Key

†	Co-Players of the Year
*	Awarded a national Player of the Year award: the Naismith College Player of the Year or the John R. Wooden Award
Player (X)	Denotes the number of times the player has received the Player of the Year award

Winners

USF's Bill Russell went on to become the winningest NBA champion in history.

John Stockton of Gonzaga is the NBA's all-time assists and steals leader.

Steve Nash, a former Santa Clara Bronco, is a two-time NBA Most Valuable Player.

Ronny Turiaf is now playing for the Los Angeles Clippers.

As a junior in 2005–06, Gonzaga's Adam Morrison lead the nation in scoring at 28.1 points per game.

Jeremy Pargo (right) won the award in 2008. He is the brother of NBA player Jannero Pargo.

Season	Player	School	Position	Class	Reference
1952–53	Sears, KenKen Sears	Santa Clara	Power forward	2 !Sophomore
1953–54	ZZ !None selected	—	—	—
1954–55	Sears, KenKen Sears (2)	Santa Clara	Power forward	4 !Senior
1955–56	Russell, BillBill Russell	San Francisco	Center	4 !Senior
1956–57	Farmer, MikeMike Farmer	San Francisco	Power forward	3 !Junior
1957–58†	Farmer, MikeMike Farmer (2)	San Francisco	Power forward	4 !Senior
1957–58†	Wright, LeroyLeroy Wright	Pacific	Power forward	3 !Junior
1958–59†	Doss, LaRoyLaRoy Doss	Saint Mary's	Power forward	4 !Senior
1958–59†	Wright, LeroyLeroy Wright (2)	Pacific	Power forward	4 !Senior
1959–60	Grote, JerryJerry Grote	Loyola Marymount	Shooting guard/Point guard	2 !Sophomore
1960–61	Meschery, TomTom Meschery	Saint Mary's	Power forward	4 !Senior
1961–62†	Dinnel, HarryHarry Dinnel	Pepperdine	Small forward/Shooting guard	3 !Junior
1961–62†	Gray, SteveSteve Gray	Saint Mary's	Guard	3 !Junior
1962–63	Gray, SteveSteve Gray (2)	Saint Mary's	Guard	4 !Senior
1963–64	Johnson, OllieOllie Johnson	San Francisco	Center	3 !Junior
1964–65	Johnson, OllieOllie Johnson (2)	San Francisco	Center	4 !Senior
1965–66	Swagerty, KeithKeith Swagerty	Pacific	Forward	3 !Junior
1966–67	Swagerty, KeithKeith Swagerty (2)	Pacific	Forward	4 !Senior
1967–68	Adelman, RickRick Adelman	Loyola Marymount	Shooting guard	4 !Senior
1968–69	Awtrey, DennisDennis Awtrey	Santa Clara	Center	3 !Junior
1969–70	Awtrey, DennisDennis Awtrey (2)	Santa Clara	Center	4 !Senior
1970–71	Gianelli, JohnJohn Gianelli	Pacific	Center/Power forward	2 !Sophomore
1971–72	Stewart, MikeMike Stewart	Santa Clara	Center	3 !Junior
1972–73	Averitt, William "Bird"William "Bird" Averitt	Pepperdine	Point guard	4 !Senior
1973–74	Oleynick, FrankFrank Oleynick	Seattle	Shooting guard	3 !Junior
1974–75	Sobers, RickyRicky Sobers	UNLV	Guard	4 !Senior
1975–76	Leite, MarcosMarcos Leite	Pepperdine	Power forward	3 !Junior
1976–77	Cartwright, BillBill Cartwright	San Francisco	Center	2 !Sophomore
1977–78	Cartwright, BillBill Cartwright (2)	San Francisco	Center	3 !Junior
1978–79	Cartwright, BillBill Cartwright (3)	San Francisco	Center	4 !Senior
1979–80	Rambis, KurtKurt Rambis	Santa Clara	Small forward	4 !Senior
1980–81	Dailey, QuintinQuintin Dailey	San Francisco	Shooting guard	2 !Sophomore
1981–82	Dailey, QuintinQuintin Dailey (2)	San Francisco	Shooting guard	3 !Junior
1982–83†	Phillips, OrlandoOrlando Phillips	Pepperdine	Center	4 !Senior
1982–83†	Suttle, DaneDane Suttle	Pepperdine	Guard	4 !Senior
1983–84	Stockton, JohnJohn Stockton	Gonzaga	Point guard	4 !Senior
1984–85	Polee, DwayneDwayne Polee	Pepperdine	Small forward/Shooting guard	3 !Junior
1985–86	Polee, DwayneDwayne Polee (2)	Pepperdine	Small forward/Shooting guard	4 !Senior
1986–87	Thompson, ScottScott Thompson	San Diego	Center	4 !Senior
1987–88	Middlebrooks, LevyLevy Middlebrooks	Pepperdine	Power forward	4 !Senior
1988–89	Gathers, HankHank Gathers	Loyola Marymount	Power forward	3 !Junior
1989–90	Kimble, BoBo Kimble	Loyola Marymount	Point guard	4 !Senior
1990–91	Christie, DougDoug Christie	Pepperdine	Shooting guard	3 !Junior
1991–92	Christie, DougDoug Christie (2)	Pepperdine	Shooting guard	4 !Senior
1992–93	Jones, DanaDana Jones	Pepperdine	Small forward	3 !Junior
1993–94	Brown, JeffJeff Brown	Gonzaga	Center	4 !Senior
1994–95	Nash, SteveSteve Nash	Santa Clara	Point guard	3 !Junior
1995–96	Nash, SteveSteve Nash (2)	Santa Clara	Point guard	4 !Senior
1996–97	Garnett, MarlonMarlon Garnett	Santa Clara	Guard	4 !Senior
1997–98	Hendrix, BakariBakari Hendrix	Gonzaga	Power forward	4 !Senior
1998–99	Schraeder, EricEric Schraeder	Saint Mary's	Power forward	4 !Senior
1999–00	Jones, KenyonKenyon Jones	San Francisco	Center	4 !Senior
2000–01	Calvary, CaseyCasey Calvary	Gonzaga	Power forward	4 !Senior
2001–02	Dickau, DanDan Dickau	Gonzaga	Point guard	4 !Senior
2002–03	Stepp, BlakeBlake Stepp	Gonzaga	Shooting guard	3 !Junior
2003–04	Stepp, BlakeBlake Stepp (2)	Gonzaga	Shooting guard	4 !Senior
2004–05	Turiaf, RonnyRonny Turiaf	Gonzaga	Center	4 !Senior
2005–06	Morrison, AdamAdam Morrison	Gonzaga	Shooting guard	3 !Junior
2006–07†	Denison, SeanSean Denison	Santa Clara	Forward	4 !Senior
2006–07†	Raivio, DerekDerek Raivio	Gonzaga	Point guard/Shooting guard	4 !Senior
2007–08	Pargo, JeremyJeremy Pargo	Gonzaga	Point guard	3 !Junior
2008–09	Bryant, JohnJohn Bryant	Santa Clara	Center	4 !Senior
2009–10	Bouldin, MattMatt Bouldin	Gonzaga	Point guard	4 !Senior	[1]
2010–11	McConnell, MickeyMickey McConnell	Saint Mary's	Point guard	4 !Senior	[2]
2011–12	Dellavedova, MatthewMatthew Dellavedova	Saint Mary's	Point guard	3 !Junior	[3]
2012–13	Olynyk, KellyKelly Olynyk	Gonzaga	Power forward / Center	3 !Junior	[4]

Winners by school

School (year joined)	Winners	Years
Gonzaga (1979)	13	1984, 1994, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2013
Pepperdine (1955)	11	1962†, 1973, 1976, 1983 (×2)†, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1993
San Francisco (1952)	11	1956, 1957, 1958†, 1964, 1965, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 2000
Santa Clara (1952)	11	1953, 1955, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1980, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2007†, 2009
Saint Mary's (1952)	7	1959†, 1961, 1962†, 1963, 1999, 2011, 2012
Pacific (1952)	5	1958†, 1959†, 1966, 1967, 1971
Loyola Marymount (1955)	4	1960, 1968, 1989, 1990
San Diego (1979)	1	1987
Seattle (1971)	1	1974
UNLV (1969)	1	1975
BYU (2011)	0	—
Fresno State (1955)	0	—
Nevada (1969)	0	—
Portland (1976)	0	—
San Jose State (1952)	0	—
UC Santa Barbara (1964)	0	—

Footnotes

• ^a The University of the Pacific left in 1971 to join its football team in the Pacific Coast Athletic Association (PCAA), now known as the Big West Conference. Pacific had been a charter PCAA member for football only in 1969. The school, which dropped football in 1995, has announced that it will rejoin the WCC in 2013.
• ^b Seattle University left in 1980 to become an NAIA school. It has since rejoined the NCAA, first as a Division II school and now in Division I, and is now a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC).
• ^c The University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) left in 1975 to become a Division I independent. UNLV is now a member of the Mountain West Conference (MW).
• ^d California State University, Fresno, more commonly known as Fresno State, spent two seasons as a dual member of the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) and the then-WCAC. The Bulldogs returned to exclusive CCAA membership in 1957, and are now in the MW.
• ^e The University of Nevada, Reno (Nevada) left in 1979 for the Big Sky Conference. The Wolf Pack are now in the MW.
• ^f San Jose State University left in 1969 to become a founding member of the PCAA. The Spartans are now in the WAC, but will join the MW in July 2013.
• ^g The University of California, Santa Barbara left in 1969 to become a founding member of the PCAA. Apart from a two-year stint in the mid-1970s in which they were independent, the Gauchos have remained in the PCAA/Big West to this day.

References

• "WCC Men's Basketball History" (PDF). West Coast Conference. 2008. p. 26. Retrieved 14 September 2009.