Big West Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

The Big West Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year is an annual award given to the Big West Conference's most outstanding player. The conference was formed in 1969 and known as the Pacific Coast Athletic Association until 1988.^[1] The award was first given following the 1969–70 season. No player has won the award three times, but there have been eight two-time players of the year. Larry Johnson of UNLV was also the national player of the year in 1990–91, the same season of his second consecutive Big West Player of the Year accolade.

Big West Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

Awarded for	The most outstanding basketball player in the Big West Conference
Country	United States
History
First award	1970
Most recent	Elijah Pepper, UC Davis

Long Beach State has had the most all-time winners with 13. There have been three ties in the award's history, most recently in 2007–08. Among present Big West members, four schools have had no winners: established members Cal Poly and UC Riverside and 2020 arrivals Bakersfield and UC San Diego.

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 awarded the Big West Player of the Year award at that point

Winners

George Trapp, Long Beach State, 1970 and 1971

Ed Ratleff, Long Beach State, 1972 and 1973, 2000

Bob Gross, Long Beach State, 1975

Kevin Magee, UC Irvine, 1981 and 1982

Armon Gilliam, UNLV, 1987

Brian Shaw, UC Santa Barbara, 1988

Stacey Augmon, UNLV, 1989

Larry Johnson, UNLV, 1990 and 1991

Michael Olowokandi, Pacific, 1998

Jerry Green, UC Irvine, 2001 and 2002

Christian Maråker, Pacific, 2006

Josh Akognon, Cal State Fullerton, 2009

James Ennis, Long Beach State, 2013

Alan Williams, UC Santa Barbara, 2014

Stefan Janković, Hawaiʻi, 2016

JaQuori McLaughlin, UC Santa Barbara, 2021

Season	Player	School	Position	Class	Reference
1969–70	George Trapp	Long Beach State	F / C	Junior	[2]
1970–71	George Trapp (2)	Long Beach State	F / C	Senior	[2]
1971–72	Ed Ratleff	Long Beach State	SG / SF	Junior	[3]
1972–73	Ed Ratleff (2)	Long Beach State	SG / SF	Senior	[3]
1973–74	Leonard Gray	Long Beach State	F	Senior	[4]
1974–75	Bob Gross	Long Beach State	SF	Senior	[5]
1975–76†	Steve Copp	San Diego State	SF	Senior	[6]
	Greg Bunch	Cal State Fullerton	F	Sophomore	[7]
1976–77	Lloyd McMillian	Long Beach State	SF	Senior	[8]
1977–78	Joel Kramer	San Diego State	SF	Senior	[9]
1978–79	Ron Cornelius	Pacific	PF / C	Sophomore	[10]
1979–80	Dean Hunger	Utah State	F	Senior	[11]
1980–81	Kevin Magee	UC Irvine	PF	Junior	[12]
1981–82	Kevin Magee (2)	UC Irvine	PF	Senior	[12]
1982–83	Sidney Green	UNLV	C / PF	Senior	[13]
1983–84	Richie Adams	UNLV	C	Junior	[14]
1984–85	Richie Adams (2)	UNLV	C	Senior	[14]
1985–86†	Greg Grant	Utah State	F	Senior	[15]
	Anthony Jones	UNLV	SG	Senior	[15]
1986–87	Armon Gilliam	UNLV	PF	Senior	[16]
1987–88	Brian Shaw	UC Santa Barbara	PG	Senior	[17]
1988–89	Stacey Augmon	UNLV	SG / SF	Sophomore	[18]
1989–90	Larry Johnson	UNLV	PF	Junior	[19]
1990–91	Larry Johnson* (2)	UNLV	PF	Senior	[19]
1991–92	Lucius Davis	UC Santa Barbara	F	Senior	[20]
1992–93	J. R. Rider	UNLV	SG	Senior	[21]
1993–94	Kebu Stewart	UNLV	F	Freshman	[22]
1994–95	Eric Franson	Utah State	C	Junior	[23]
1995–96	Raimonds Miglinieks	UC Irvine	PG	Senior	[24]
1996–97	Faron Hand	Nevada	SF	Junior	[25]
1997–98	Michael Olowokandi	Pacific	C	Senior	[26]
1998–99	Roberto Bergersen	Boise State	SG	Senior	[27]
1999–00	Mate Milisa	Long Beach State	C	Junior	[28]
2000–01	Jerry Green	UC Irvine	PG	Junior	[29]
2001–02	Jerry Green (2)	UC Irvine	PG	Senior	[29]
2002–03	Branduinn Fullove	UC Santa Barbara	G	Junior	[30]
2003–04	Miah Davis	Pacific	PG	Senior	[31]
2004–05	David Doubley	Pacific	PG	Senior	[32]
2005–06	Christian Maråker	Pacific	PF	Senior	[33]
2006–07	Aaron Nixon	Long Beach State	SG	Senior	[34]
2007–08†	Scott Cutley	Cal State Fullerton	PF	Senior	[35]
	Alex Harris	UC Santa Barbara	SG	Senior	[35]
2008–09	Josh Akognon	Cal State Fullerton	PG	Senior	[36]
2009–10	Orlando Johnson	UC Santa Barbara	SG	Sophomore	[37]
2010–11	Casper Ware	Long Beach State	PG	Junior	[38]
2011–12	Casper Ware (2)	Long Beach State	PG	Senior	[38]
2012–13	James Ennis	Long Beach State	SF	Senior	[39]
2013–14	Alan Williams	UC Santa Barbara	C	Junior	[40]
2014–15	Corey Hawkins	UC Davis	G	Senior	[41]
2015–16	Stefan Janković	Hawaiʻi	F	Junior	[42]
2016–17	Luke Nelson	UC Irvine	SG	Senior	[43]
2017–18	T. J. Shorts	UC Davis	PG	Junior	[44]
2018–19	Lamine Diane	Cal State Northridge	PF	Freshman	[45]
2019–20	Lamine Diane (2)	Cal State Northridge	PF	Sophomore	[46]
2020–21	JaQuori McLaughlin	UC Santa Barbara	PG	Senior	[47]
2021–22	Colin Slater	Long Beach State	SG	Senior	[48]
2022–23	Ajay Mitchell	UC Santa Barbara	PG / SG	Sophomore	[49]
2023–24	Elijah Pepper	UC Davis	PG	Graduate	[50]

Winners by school

School (year joined)	Winners	Years
Long Beach State (1969)	13	1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 2000, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2022
UNLV (1982)[a]	10	1983, 1984, 1985, 1986†, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994
UC Santa Barbara (1969)[c]	8	1988, 1992, 2003, 2008†, 2010, 2014, 2021, 2023
UC Irvine (1977)	6	1981, 1982, 1996, 2001, 2002, 2017
Pacific (1971)[b]	5	1979, 1998, 2004, 2005, 2006
Cal State Fullerton (1974)	3	1976, 2008†, 2009†
UC Davis (2007)	3	2015, 2018, 2024
Utah State (1978)[d]	3	1980, 1986†, 1995
Cal State Northridge (2001)	2	2019, 2020
San Diego State (1969)[e]	2	1976†, 1978
Boise State (1996)[f]	1	1999
Hawaiʻi (2012)	1	2016
Nevada (1992)[g]	1	1997
Bakersfield (2020)	0	—
Cal Poly (1996)	0	—
UC Riverside (2001)	0	—
UC San Diego (2020)	0	—

• ^a UNLV left in 1996 to join the Western Athletic Conference (WAC), and is now in the Mountain West Conference (MW).
• ^b Pacific left for the West Coast Conference in 2013.
• ^c UC Santa Barbara joined the conference when it was founded in 1969, left to become an independent after the 1973–74 season, then rejoined in 1976.
• ^d Utah State left in 2005 to join the WAC, and is now in the MW.
• ^e San Diego State left in 1978 to join the WAC, and is now in the MW.
• ^f Boise State left in 2001 to join the WAC, and is now in the MW.
• ^g Nevada left in 2000 to join the WAC, and is now in the MW.

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