NABC Player of the Year

The NABC Player of the Year is an award given annually by the National Association of Basketball Coaches to recognize the top player in college basketball. The award has been given since 1975 to Division I basketball players. The association added awards for Division II and III Players in 1983 and for NAIA and Junior College players in 2008. The awards are sponsored by State Farm Insurance.

State Farm Division I Players of the Year

Year	Award Winner	College
1975	David Thompson	North Carolina State
1976	Scott May	Indiana
1977	Marques Johnson	UCLA
1978	Phil Ford	North Carolina
1979	Larry Bird	Indiana State
1980	Michael Brooks	La Salle
1981	Danny Ainge	Brigham Young
1982	Ralph Sampson	Virginia
1983	Ralph Sampson	Virginia
1984	Michael Jordan	North Carolina
1985	Patrick Ewing	Georgetown
1986	Walter Berry	St. John's
1987	David Robinson	Navy
1988	Danny Manning	Kansas
1989	Sean Elliott	Arizona
1990	Lionel Simmons	La Salle
1991	Larry Johnson	UNLV
1992	Christian Laettner	Duke
1993	Calbert Cheaney	Indiana
1994	Glenn Robinson	Purdue
1995	Shawn Respert	Michigan State
1996	Marcus Camby	Massachusetts
1997	Tim Duncan	Wake Forest
1998	Antawn Jamison	North Carolina
1999	Elton Brand	Duke
2000	Kenyon Martin	Cincinnati
2001	Jason Williams	Duke
2002	Jason Williams	Duke
2002	Drew Gooden	Kansas
2003	Nick Collison	Kansas
2004	Emeka Okafor	Connecticut
2004	Jameer Nelson	St. Joseph's
2005	Andrew Bogut	Utah
2006	J.J. Redick	Duke
2006	Adam Morrison	Gonzaga
2007	Kevin Durant	Texas
2008	Tyler Hansbrough	North Carolina
2009	Blake Griffin	Oklahoma

State Farm Division II Player of the Year

Year	Award Winner	College
1983	Earl Jones	District of Columbia
1984	Earl Jones	District of Columbia
1985	Charles Oakley	Virginia Union
1986	Todd Linder	Tampa
1987	Ralph Talley	Norfolk State
1988	Jerry Johnson	Florida Southern
1989	Kris Kearney	Florida Southern
1990	A.J. English	Virginia Union
1991	Corey Crowder	Kentucky Wesleyan
1992	Eric Manuel	Oklahoma City
1993	Alex Wright	Central Oklahoma
1994	Derrick Johnson	Virginia Union
1995	Stan Gourard	Southern Indiana
1996	Stan Gourard	Southern Indiana
1997	Kebu Stewart	Cal State Bakersfield
1998	Joe Newton	Central Oklahoma
1999	Antonio Garica	Kentucky Wesleyan
2000	Ajumu Gaines	Charleston (WV)
2001	Colin Ducharme	Longwood
2002	Ronald Murray	Shaw
2003	Marlon Parmer	Kentucky Wesleyan
2004	Elad Inbar	Massachusetts-Lowell
2005	Mark Worthington	Metropolitan State
2006	Daruis Hargrove	Virginia Union
2006	Turner Trofholz	University of South Dakota
2007	John Smith	Winona State
2008	John Smith	Winona State
2009	Josh Bostic	Findlay
2010	Jason Westrol	Bentley

State Farm Division III Player of the Year

Year	Award Winner	College
1983	Leroy Witherspoon	Potsdam State
1984	Leroy Witherspoon	Potsdam State
1985	Tim Casey	Wittenberg
1986	Dick Hempy	Otterbein
1987	Brendan Mitchell	Potsdam State
1988	Scott Tedder	Ohio Wesleyan
1989	Greg Grant	Trenton State
1990	Matt Hancock	Colby
1991	Brad Baldridge	Wittenberg
1992	Andre Foreman	Salisbury State
1993	Steve Hondred	Calvin
1994	Scott Fitch	SUNY-Geneseo
1995	D'Artis Jones	Ohio Northern
1996	David Benter	Hanover
1997	Bryan Crabtree	Illinois Wesleyan
1998	Mike Nogelo	Williams
1999	Merrill Brunson	Wisconsin-Platteville
2000	Aaron Winkle	Calvin
2001	Horace Jenkins	William Paterson
2002	Jeff Gibbs	Otterbein
2003	Bryan Nelson	Wooster
2004	Richard Melzer	Wisconsin-River Falls
2005	Jason Kalsow	Wisconsin-Stevens Point
2006	Brandon Adair	Virginia Wesleyan
2007	Andrew Olson	Amherst
2007	Ben Strong	Guilford
2008	Andrew Olson	Amherst
2009	Jimmy Bartolotta	MIT

State Farm NAIA Player of the Year

Year	Award Winner	College
2008	Ryan Fiegi	Oregon Tech

State Farm Junior College Player of the Year

Year	Award Winner	College
2008	Jeremie Simmons	Mott Community College