ASUN Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

The ASUN Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year is an annual award given to the ASUN Conference's most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1978–79 season, the first year of the ASUN's existence, when it was known as the Trans America Athletic Conference (TAAC). Only two players have won the award three times: Willie Jackson of Centenary (1982–1984) and Darius McGhee of Liberty (2021–2023).

ASUN Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

Awarded for	the most outstanding basketball player in the ASUN Conference
Country	United States
History
First award	1979
Most recent	Isaiah Cozart, Eastern Kentucky

Centenary has the most all-time winners with six, but left the conference in 2000, when the league was still known as the TAAC. There has been only one tie in the award's history, which occurred in 1997–98 between Mark Jones of UCF and Sedric Webber of Charleston. Among the 12 current ASUN members, only four have had a winner: Eastern Kentucky, Florida Gulf Coast, Lipscomb, and North Florida.

Key

†	Co-Players of the Year
*	Awarded a national player of the year award: Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year (1904–05 to 1978–79) UPI College Basketball Player of the Year (1954–55 to 1995–96) Naismith College Player of the Year (1968–69 to present) John R. Wooden Award (1976–77 to present)
Player (X)	Denotes the number of times the player has been named ASUN Player of the Year at that point

Winners

Sam Mitchell, Mercer, 1985

Anthony Johnson, Charleston, 1997

Alex Renfroe, Belmont, 2009

Torrey Craig, USC Upstate, 2012

Sherwood Brown, Florida Gulf Coast, 2013

Langston Hall, Mercer, 2014

Dallas Moore, North Florida, 2016 and 2017

Brandon Goodwin, Florida Gulf Coast, 2018

Garrison Mathews, Lipscomb, 2019

Caleb Homesley, Liberty, 2020

Season	Player	School	Position	Class	Reference
1978–79	Calvin Natt	Louisiana–Monroe	SF	Senior	[1]
1979–80	George Lett	Centenary	F	Senior	[2]
1980–81	Benton Wade	Mercer	PF	Senior	[3]
1981–82	Willie Jackson	Centenary	F	Sophomore	[4]
1982–83	Willie Jackson (2)	Centenary	F	Junior	[4]
1983–84	Willie Jackson (3)	Centenary	F	Senior	[4]
1984–85	Sam Mitchell	Mercer	SF	Senior	[5]
1985–86	Myron Jackson	Little Rock	PG / SG	Junior	[1]
1986–87	Brian Newton	Georgia Southern	SF	Senior	[6]
1987–88	Jeff Sanders	Georgia Southern	C	Junior	[7]
1988–89	Jeff Sanders (2)	Georgia Southern	C	Senior	[7]
1989–90	Larry Robinson	Centenary	SG	Senior	[8]
1990–91	Patrick Greer	Centenary	PG	Senior	[9]
1991–92	Tony Windless	Georgia Southern	SF	Senior	[1]
1992–93	Kenny Brown	Mercer	G	Senior	[10]
1993–94	Marion Busby	Charleston	G	Junior	[11]
1994–95	Kerry Blackshear	Stetson	SG / SF	Junior	[1]
1995–96	Thaddeus Delaney	Charleston	C	Junior	[12]
1996–97	Anthony Johnson	Charleston	PG / SG	Senior	[13]
1997–98†	Mark Jones	UCF	SG	Senior	[14]
	Sedric Webber	Charleston	PF	Junior	[15]
1998–99	Reed Rawlings	Samford	PF	Junior	[16]
1999–00	Detric Golden	Troy	PG	Sophomore	[17]
2000–01	Shernard Long	Georgia State	SG / SF	Senior	[18]
2001–02	Thomas Terrell	Georgia State	F	Junior	[19]
2002–03	Adam Sonn	Belmont	PF / SF	Senior	[20]
2003–04	Greg Davis	Troy	PG / SG	Senior	[21]
2004–05	Mike Bell	Florida Atlantic	F	Senior	[22]
2005–06	Tim Smith	East Tennessee State	PG	Senior	[23]
2006–07	Courtney Pigram	East Tennessee State	PG	Sophomore	[24]
2007–08	Thomas Sanders	Gardner–Webb	PG	Senior	[25]
2008–09	Alex Renfroe	Belmont	PG	Senior	[26]
2009–10	Adnan Hodžić	Lipscomb	C	Junior	[27]
2010–11	Mike Smith	East Tennessee State	SG	Senior	[28]
2011–12	Torrey Craig	USC Upstate	PF	Sophomore	[29]
2012–13	Sherwood Brown	Florida Gulf Coast	SG	Senior	[30]
2013–14	Langston Hall	Mercer	PG	Senior	[31]
2014–15	Ty Greene	USC Upstate	SG	Senior	[32]
2015–16	Dallas Moore	North Florida	PG	Junior	[33]
2016–17	Dallas Moore (2)	North Florida	PG	Senior	[33]
2017–18	Brandon Goodwin	Florida Gulf Coast	PG	Senior	[34]
2018–19	Garrison Mathews	Lipscomb	SG	Senior	[35]
2019–20	Caleb Homesley	Liberty	SG	Senior	[36]
2020–21	Darius McGhee	Liberty	SG	Junior	[37]
2021–22	Darius McGhee (2)	Liberty	SG	Senior	[37]
2022–23	Darius McGhee (3)	Liberty	SG	Graduate	[37]
2023–24	Isaiah Cozart	Eastern Kentucky	C	Senior	[38]

Winners by school

School (year joined)	Winners	Years
Centenary (1978)[a]	6	1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1990, 1991
Charleston (1992)[b]	4	1994, 1996, 1997, 1998†
Georgia Southern (1980)[c]	4	1987, 1988, 1989, 1992
Liberty (2018)[d]	4	2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Mercer (1978)[e]	4	1981, 1985, 1993, 2014
East Tennessee State (2005)[e]	3	2006, 2007, 2011
Belmont (2001)[f]	2	2003, 2009
Florida Gulf Coast (2007)	2	2013, 2018
Georgia State (1984)[g]	2	2001, 2002
Lipscomb (2007)	2	2010, 2019
North Florida (2005)	2	2016, 2017
Troy (1997)[h]	2	2000, 2004
USC Upstate (2007)[i]	2	2012, 2015
Eastern Kentucky (2021)	1	2024
Little Rock (1980)[j]	1	1986
UCF (1992)[k]	1	1998†
Florida Atlantic (1993)[l]	1	2005
Gardner–Webb (2002)[m]	1	2008
Louisiana–Monroe (1978)[n]	1	1979
Austin Peay (2022)	0	—
Bellarmine (2020)	0	—
Campbell (1994)[o]	0	—
Central Arkansas (2021)	0	—
Jacksonville (1997)	0	—
Jacksonville State (1995, 2021)[p]	0	—
Kennesaw State (2005)[q]	0	—
NJIT (2015)[r]	0	—
North Alabama (2018)	0	—
Northern Kentucky (2012)[s]	0	—
Oklahoma City (1978)[t]	0	—
Queens (2022)	0	—
Stetson (1985)	0	—
West Georgia (2024)	0	—

1. Centenary College of Louisiana left in 2000 and went independent. The Gents (and Ladies) have since dropped from Division I, and are now in the Division III Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference.
2. Charleston left in 1998 to join the Southern Conference (SoCon), and is now in the Coastal Athletic Association (CAA).
3. Georgia Southern University left in 1992 to join the SoCon, and is now in the Sun Belt Conference.
4. Liberty University left for Conference USA in 2023.
5. East Tennessee State University and Mercer University left in 2014 to join the SoCon.
6. Belmont University left in 2012 to join the Ohio Valley Conference, and moved to the Missouri Valley Conference in 2022.
7. Georgia State University left in 2005 to join the CAA, and is now in the Sun Belt.
8. Troy University left in 2005 to join the Sun Belt.
9. The University of South Carolina Upstate (USC Upstate) left in 2018 to join the Big South Conference.
10. The University of Arkansas at Little Rock left in 1991 to join the Sun Belt, and joined the Ohio Valley Conference in 2022.
11. The University of Central Florida left in 2005 to join Conference USA (C-USA), moved to the American Athletic Conference in 2013, and joined the Big 12 Conference in 2023.
12. Florida Atlantic University left in 2006 to join the Sun Belt, and moved to C-USA in 2013 and The American in 2023.
13. Gardner–Webb University left in 2008 to join the Big South Conference.
14. The University of Louisiana at Monroe left in 1983 to join the Southland Conference, and is now in the Sun Belt.
15. Campbell University left in 2011 to rejoin its pre-1994 home of the Big South Conference, and moved to the CAA in 2023.
16. Jacksonville State University left in 2003 to join the Ohio Valley Conference, rejoined the ASUN in 2021, and left again in 2023 for Conference USA.
17. Kennesaw State University will leave to join Conference USA in 2024.
18. NJIT left in 2020 to join the America East Conference.
19. Northern Kentucky left for the Horizon League in 2015.
20. Oklahoma City University was a charter TAAC member in 1978, but was only a member in the first season of 1978–79. The Chiefs, now the Stars, left to become a charter member of the Midwestern City Conference (now the Horizon League). Oklahoma City left the NCAA altogether in 1985, and is now a member of the NAIA Sooner Athletic Conference.

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