Atlantic 10 Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

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The Atlantic 10 Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year is an award given to the Atlantic 10 Conference's (A-10) most outstanding player. The award was first given following the conference's inaugural 1976–77 season, when the conference was officially known as the Eastern Collegiate Basketball League but popularly known as the Eastern 8. David West of Xavier is the only player to have won the award three times (2001–2003). Four other players (James Bailey, Earl Belcher, Greg Jones and Steven Smith) have won the award twice. Three players have also won the award in the same season that they were named the Naismith College Player of the Year or received the John R. Wooden Award, the nation's two most prestigious men's college basketball awards: Marcus Camby in 1996, Jameer Nelson in 2004, and Obi Toppin in 2020.

Awarded forthe most outstanding basketball player in the Atlantic 10 Conference
CountryUnited States
First award1977
Most recentRobbie Avila, Saint Louis
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A-10 Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
Awarded forthe most outstanding basketball player in the Atlantic 10 Conference
CountryUnited States
History
First award1977
Most recentRobbie Avila, Saint Louis
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As of 2026, Temple has the most all-time winners with 10, but the Owls left for the American Athletic Conference in July 2013. Among schools remaining in the conference beyond 2013, Saint Joseph's and UMass have the most winners, with five each. There have been four ties in the award's history (1983, 2005, 2018, 2024). Three current member schools have had no winners—Fordham, George Mason, and the league's newest member Loyola Chicago, which joined in 2022.

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 A-10 Player of the Year award at that point

Winners

Norm Nixon, Duquesne, 1977
Terence Stansbury, Temple, 1984
Harper Williams, UMass, 1992
Aaron McKie, Temple, 1993
Eddie Jones, Temple, 1994
Marcus Camby, UMass, 1996
Marc Jackson, Temple, 1997
Cuttino Mobley, Rhode Island, 1998
David West, Xavier, 2001 through 2003
Jameer Nelson, Saint Joseph's, 2004
Steven Smith, La Salle, 2005 and 2005
Stéphane Lasme, UMass, 2007
Gary Forbes, UMass, 2008
DeAndre' Bembry, Saint Joseph's, 2016
T. J. Cline, Richmond, 2017
Obi Toppin, Dayton, 2020
Bones Hyland, VCU, 2021
DaRon Holmes II, Dayton, 2024
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Season Player School Position Class Reference
1976–77 Norm Nixon Duquesne PG Senior [1]
1977–78 James Bailey Rutgers F / C Junior [2]
1978–79 James Bailey (2) Rutgers F / C Senior [3]
1979–80 Earl Belcher St. Bonaventure F Junior [4]
1980–81 Earl Belcher (2) St. Bonaventure F Senior [5]
1981–82 Greg Jones West Virginia PG Junior [6]
1982–83† Roy Hinson Rutgers C Senior [7]
Greg Jones (2) West Virginia PG Senior [7]
1983–84 Terence Stansbury Temple SG Senior [8]
1984–85 Granger Hall Temple C Senior [9]
1985–86 Maurice Martin Saint Joseph's SF / SG Senior [10]
1986–87 Nate Blackwell Temple G Senior [11]
1987–88 Tim Perry Temple PF Senior [12]
1988–89 Mark Macon Temple SG Sophomore [13]
1989–90 Kenny Green Rhode Island C Senior [14]
1990–91 Keith Hughes Rutgers PF Senior [15]
1991–92 Harper Williams UMass PF / C Junior [16]
1992–93 Aaron McKie Temple PG / SG Junior [17]
1993–94 Eddie Jones Temple SG Senior [18]
1994–95 Lou Roe UMass F Senior [19]
1995–96 Marcus Camby* UMass C Junior [20]
1996–97 Marc Jackson Temple C Senior [21]
1997–98 Cuttino Mobley Rhode Island PG / SG Senior [22]
1998–99 Shawnta Rogers George Washington PG Senior [23]
1999–00 Pepe Sánchez Temple PG Senior [24]
2000–01 David West Xavier PF Sophomore [25]
2001–02 David West (2) Xavier PF Junior [25]
2002–03 David West (3) Xavier PF Senior [25]
2003–04 Jameer Nelson* Saint Joseph's PG Senior [26]
2004–05† Pat Carroll Saint Joseph's SG Senior [27]
Steven Smith La Salle SF Junior [27]
2005–06 Steven Smith (2) La Salle SF Senior [28]
2006–07 Stéphane Lasme UMass PF Senior [29]
2007–08 Gary Forbes UMass SF / SG Senior [30]
2008–09 Ahmad Nivins Saint Joseph's PF / C Senior [31]
2009–10 Kevin Anderson Richmond PG Junior [32]
2010–11 Tu Holloway Xavier PG Junior [33]
2011–12 Andrew Nicholson St. Bonaventure PF Senior [34]
2012–13 Khalif Wyatt Temple SG Senior [35]
2013–14 Jordair Jett Saint Louis SG Senior [36]
2014–15 Tyler Kalinoski Davidson PG Senior [37]
2015–16 DeAndre' Bembry Saint Joseph's F Junior [38]
2016–17 T. J. Cline Richmond F / C Senior [39]
2017–18† Jaylen Adams St. Bonaventure PG Senior [40]
Peyton Aldridge Davidson SF Senior [40]
2018–19 Jón Axel Guðmundsson[a] Davidson G Junior [41]
2019–20 Obi Toppin* Dayton F Sophomore [42]
2020–21 Bones Hyland VCU G Sophomore [43]
2021–22 Luka Brajkovic Davidson PF Senior [44]
2022–23 Ace Baldwin Jr. VCU PG Junior [45]
2023–24† DaRon Holmes II Dayton PF Junior [46]
Jordan King Richmond PG Graduate [46]
2024–25 Max Shulga VCU PG / SG Graduate [47]
2025–26 Robbie Avila Saint Louis C Senior [48]
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Winners by school

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School (year joined) Winners Years
Temple (1982)[b] 10 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1994, 1997, 2000, 2013
Saint Joseph's (1982) 5 1986, 2004, 2005†, 2009, 2016
UMass (1976)[c] 5 1992, 1995, 1996, 2007, 2008
Davidson (2014) 4 2015, 2018†, 2019, 2022
Rutgers (1976)[d] 4 1978, 1979, 1983†, 1991
St. Bonaventure (1979) 4 1980, 1981, 2012, 2018†
Xavier (1995)[e] 4 2001, 2002, 2003, 2011
Richmond (2001) 3 2010, 2017, 2024†
VCU (2012) 3 2021, 2023, 2025
Dayton (1995) 2 2020, 2024†
La Salle (1995) 2 2005†, 2006
Rhode Island (1980) 2 1990, 1998
Saint Louis (2005) 2 2014, 2026
West Virginia (1976)[d] 2 1982, 1983
Duquesne (1976)[f] 1 1977
George Washington (1976) 1 1999
Butler (2012)[e] 0 —
Charlotte (2005)[g] 0 —
Fordham (1995) 0 —
George Mason (2013) 0 —
Loyola Chicago (2022) 0 —
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  1. [a]
    The 2018–19 award winner is properly referred to as Jón Axel. He is a native of Iceland, in which the standard naming system does not include family names, instead using one or more given names followed by a patronymic (as in his case) or sometimes a matronymic.
  2. [b]
    Temple University left in 2013 to join the American Athletic Conference (The American).
  3. [c]
    The University of Massachusetts Amherst, known for sports purposes interchangeably as UMass and Massachusetts, leaves the A-10 in 2025 for the Mid-American Conference.
  4. [d]
    Rutgers University and West Virginia University left in 1995 to join their football teams in the original Big East. Rutgers remained in The American in the 2013–14 season before leaving for the Big Ten Conference. West Virginia left in 2012 to join the Big 12 Conference.
  5. [e]
    Xavier University and Butler University left in July 2013 to join the current Big East Conference, the latter after only one season in the A-10.
  6. [f]
    Duquesne University left the A–10 for the Midwestern Collegiate Conference during the 1992–93 academic year, but returned the following season.
  7. [g]
    The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, known for sports purposes as Charlotte, left in 2013 for Conference USA.

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