America East Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

The America East Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year, known also as the Kevin Roberson America East Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year, is an award given to the America East Conference's most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1979–80 season, the first year of the conference's existence (then called ECAC North). Ten players have earned the award multiple times. Only three, however, have been named player of the year three times: Reggie Lewis of Northeastern (1985–1987), Taylor Coppenrath of Vermont (2003–2005), and Jameel Warney of Stony Brook (2014–2016).

America East Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

Awarded for	the most outstanding basketball player in the America East Conference
Country	United States
History
First award	1980
Most recent	Clarence Daniels, New Hampshire

The award was named in honor of former winner Kevin Roberson of Vermont after he was killed by a drunk driver in his hometown of Buffalo, New York in May 1993.

Vermont has had the most all-time awards with 15. Former members Northeastern, Stony Brook, and Boston University (which respectively left in 2005, 2022, and 2013) are second with five, while four other schools have at least two awards apiece. In terms of individual winners, Vermont and BU are tied for the lead with five each. There has been one co-player of the year award tie (1979–80). Coincidentally, it was the first year that the award was given.

Key

†	Co-Players of the Year
*	Awarded a national player of the year award: UPI Player of the Year (1954–55 to 1995–96) Naismith 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 awarded the America East Player of the Year award at that point

Winners

Rufus Harris, Maine, 1980

Ron Perry, Holy Cross, 1980

Reggie Lewis, Northeastern, 1985 through 1987

Vin Baker, Hartford, 1993

Malik Rose, Drexel, 1995 and 1996

Speedy Claxton, Hofstra, 1998 and 2000

Taylor Coppenrath, Vermont, 2003 through 2005

Jamar Wilson, Albany, 2006 and 2007

Muhammad El-Amin, Stony Brook, 2010

John Holland, Boston University, 2011

Tommy Brenton, Stony Brook, 2013

Jameel Warney, Stony Brook, 2014 through 2016

Trae Bell-Haynes, Vermont, 2017 and 2018

Anthony Lamb, Vermont, 2019 and 2020

Season	Player	School	Position	Class	Reference
1979–80†	Rufus Harris	Maine	SF	Senior	[1]
	Ron Perry	Holy Cross	SG	Senior	[1]
1980–81	Mike Ferrara	Colgate	SG	Senior	[2]
1981–82	Perry Moss	Northeastern	PG / SG	Junior	[3]
1982–83	Jeff Cross	Maine	C	Junior	[4]
1983–84	Mark Halsel	Northeastern	F	Senior	[1]
1984–85	Reggie Lewis	Northeastern	SF	Sophomore	[5]
1985–86	Reggie Lewis (2)	Northeastern	SF	Junior	[5]
1986–87	Reggie Lewis (3)	Northeastern	SF	Senior	[5]
1987–88	Larry Jones	Boston University	PF	Senior	[6]
1988–89	Jeff Robinson	Siena	SF / SG	Junior	[7]
1989–90	Steven Key	Boston University	PG	Senior	[8]
1990–91	Matt Johnson	Vermont	SF	Senior	[9]
1991–92	Kevin Roberson	Vermont	C	Senior	[10]
1992–93	Vin Baker	Hartford	C	Senior	[11]
1993–94	Scott Drapeau	New Hampshire	PF	Junior	[12]
1994–95	Malik Rose	Drexel	PF	Junior	[13]
1995–96	Malik Rose (2)	Drexel	PF	Senior	[13]
1996–97	Tunji Awojobi	Boston University	PF	Senior	[14]
1997–98	Speedy Claxton	Hofstra	PG	Sophomore	[15]
1998–99	Mike Pegues	Delaware	PF	Junior	[16]
1999–00	Speedy Claxton (2)	Hofstra	PG	Senior	[15]
2000–01	Norman Richardson	Hofstra	SG	Senior	[17]
2001–02	T. J. Sorrentine	Vermont	PG	Sophomore	[18]
2002–03	Taylor Coppenrath	Vermont	PF	Sophomore	[19]
2003–04	Taylor Coppenrath (2)	Vermont	PF	Junior	[19]
2004–05	Taylor Coppenrath (3)	Vermont	PF	Senior	[19]
2005–06	Jamar Wilson	Albany	SG	Junior	[20]
2006–07	Jamar Wilson (2)	Albany	SG	Senior	[20]
2007–08	Marqus Blakely	Vermont	PF	Sophomore	[21]
2008–09	Marqus Blakely (2)	Vermont	PF	Junior	[21]
2009–10	Muhammad El-Amin	Stony Brook	SG	Senior	[22]
2010–11	John Holland	Boston University	SG / SF	Senior	[23]
2011–12	Darryl Partin	Boston University	SG	Senior	[24]
2012–13	Tommy Brenton	Stony Brook	SF	Senior	[25]
2013–14	Jameel Warney	Stony Brook	PF	Sophomore	[26]
2014–15	Jameel Warney (2)	Stony Brook	PF	Junior	[26]
2015–16	Jameel Warney (3)	Stony Brook	PF	Senior	[26]
2016–17	Trae Bell-Haynes	Vermont	PG	Junior	[27]
2017–18	Trae Bell-Haynes (2)	Vermont	PG	Senior	[27]
2018–19	Anthony Lamb	Vermont	PF	Junior	[28]
2019–20	Anthony Lamb (2)	Vermont	PF	Senior	[28]
2020–21	Ryan Davis	Vermont	PF	Junior	[29]
2021–22	Ryan Davis (2)	Vermont	PF	Senior	[29]
2022–23	Finn Sullivan	Vermont	SG	Graduate	[30]
2023–24	Clarence Daniels	New Hampshire	SF	Senior	[31]

Winners by school

School (year joined)	Winners	Years
Vermont (1979)	15	1991, 1992, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Boston University (1979)[a]	5	1988, 1990, 1997, 2011, 2012
Northeastern (1979)[b]	5	1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987
Stony Brook (2001)[c]	5	2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
Hofstra (1994)[d]	3	1998, 2000, 2001
Albany (2001)	2	2006, 2007
Drexel (1991)[d]	2	1995, 1996
Maine (1979)	2	1980†, 1983
New Hampshire (1979)	2	1994, 2024
Colgate (1979)[e]	1	1981
Delaware (1991)[d]	1	1999
Hartford (1985)[f]	1	1993
Holy Cross (1979)[g]	1	1980†
Siena (1984)[h]	1	1989
Binghamton (2001)	0
Bryant (2022)	0	—
NJIT (2020)	0	—
UMass Lowell (2013)	0	—
UMBC (2003)	0	—

1. Boston University left for the Patriot League in 2013.
2. Northeastern left for the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) in 2005.
3. Stony Brook leaves for the CAA in July 2022.
4. Delaware, Drexel, and Hofstra all left in 2001 to join the CAA.
5. Colgate left in 1990 to join its football team in the Patriot League.
6. Hartford's final season in the America East was in 2021–22 as part of a transition process to drop their affiliation down to NCAA Division III starting in 2023–24.
7. Holy Cross left in 1983 to join the MAAC. The Crusaders are now in the Patriot League.
8. Siena left in 1989 to join the MAAC.

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