Horizon League Men's Basketball Player of the Year

Horizon League Men's Basketball Player of the Year
Awarded for	the most outstanding basketball player in the Horizon League
Country	United States
History
First award	1980
Most recent	DeSean Goode, Robert Morris

Awarded forthe most outstanding basketball player in the Horizon League

CountryUnited States

First award1980

Most recentDeSean Goode, Robert Morris

The Horizon League Men's Basketball Player of the Year is an award given to the Horizon League's most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1979–80 season, the first year of the conference's existence. Seven players have won the award multiple times: Byron Larkin, Brian Grant, Rashad Phillips, Alfredrick Hughes, Keifer Sykes, Loudon Love, and Antoine Davis. Hughes, unlike the other four who each won twice, was awarded the player of the year on three occasions.

There have only been three ties in the award's history (1981, 1983, 2022). Butler, which left for the Atlantic 10 Conference in 2012 and is now in the Big East Conference, has seven recipients, which is tied for the most all-time with Detroit Mercy. Three current members of the Horizon League have never had a winner – IU Indy, Purdue Fort Wayne, and Youngstown State. However, these schools include two of the conference's newest members—IU Indy joined in 2017 and Purdue Fort Wayne joined in 2020. The only long-established member without a winner is Youngstown State, which joined in 2002. Future member Northern Illinois, which rejoins in 2026, did not have a recipient during its first conference tenure from 1994 to 1997.

†	Co-Players of the Year
*	Awarded a national player of the year award: 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 Horizon League Player of the Year award at that point

Season	Player	School	Position	Class	Reference
1979–80	Calvin Garrett	Oral Roberts	F	Senior	^[1]
1980–81^†	Darius Clemons	Loyola Chicago	PG	Junior	^[2]
1980–81^†	Rubin Jackson	Oklahoma City	F	Junior	^[2]
1981–82	Wayne Sappleton	Loyola Chicago	PF	Senior	^[3]
1982–83^†	Mark Acres	Oral Roberts	C	Sophomore	^[4]
1982–83^†	Alfredrick Hughes	Loyola Chicago	SF	Sophomore	^[4]
1983–84	Alfredrick Hughes (2)	Loyola Chicago	SF	Junior	^[5]
1984–85	Alfredrick Hughes (3)	Loyola Chicago	SF	Senior	^[6]
1985–86	Byron Larkin	Xavier	SG	Sophomore	^[7]
1986–87	Andre Moore	Loyola Chicago	PF	Senior	^[8]
1987–88	Byron Larkin (2)	Xavier	SG	Senior	^[9]
1988–89	Scott Haffner	Evansville	PG	Senior	^[10]
1989–90	Tyrone Hill	Xavier	PF	Senior	^[11]
1990–91	Darin Archbold	Butler	SG	Junior	^[12]
1991–92	Parrish Casebier	Evansville	PF	Sophomore	^[13]
1992–93	Brian Grant	Xavier	PF / C	Junior	^[14]
1993–94	Brian Grant (2)	Xavier	PF / C	Senior	^[14]
1994–95	Sherell Ford	UIC	F	Senior	^[15]
1995–96	Jeff Nordgaard	Green Bay	SF	Senior	^[16]
1996–97	Jon Neuhouser	Butler	PF	Junior	^[17]
1997–98	Mark Miller	UIC	G	Senior	^[18]
1998–99	Jermaine Jackson	Detroit Mercy	SG	Senior	^[19]
1999–00	Rashad Phillips	Detroit Mercy	PG	Junior	^[20]
2000–01	Rashad Phillips (2)	Detroit Mercy	PG	Senior	^[20]
2001–02	Rylan Hainje	Butler	SG	Senior	^[21]
2002–03	Willie Green	Detroit Mercy	SG	Senior	^[22]
2003–04	Dylan Page	Milwaukee	PF / C	Senior	^[23]
2004–05	Ed McCants	Milwaukee	SG	Senior	^[24]
2005–06	Brandon Polk	Butler	F	Senior	^[25]
2006–07	DaShaun Wood	Wright State	PG	Senior	^[26]
2007–08	Mike Green	Butler	SG	Senior	^[27]
2008–09	Matt Howard	Butler	PF	Sophomore	^[28]
2009–10	Gordon Hayward	Butler	SG	Sophomore	^[29]
2010–11	Norris Cole	Cleveland State	PG	Senior	^[30]
2011–12	Ryan Broekhoff	Valparaiso	SF	Junior	^[31]
2012–13	Ray McCallum Jr.	Detroit Mercy	PG	Junior	^[32]
2013–14	Keifer Sykes	Green Bay	PG	Junior	^[33]
2014–15	Keifer Sykes (2)	Green Bay	PG	Senior	^[33]
2015–16	Kay Felder	Oakland	PG	Junior	^[34]
2016–17	Alec Peters	Valparaiso	SF	Senior	^[35]
2017–18	Kendrick Nunn	Oakland	SG	Senior	^[36]
2018–19	Drew McDonald	Northern Kentucky	PF / C	Senior	^[37]
2019–20	Loudon Love	Wright State	C	Junior	^[38]
2020–21	Loudon Love (2)	Wright State	C	Senior	^[38]
2021–22^†	Jamal Cain	Oakland	PF	Graduate	^[39]
2021–22^†	Antoine Davis	Detroit Mercy	SG	Senior	^[39]
2022–23	Antoine Davis (2)	Detroit Mercy	SG	Graduate	^[40]
2023–24	Trey Townsend	Oakland	SF	Senior	^[41]
2024–25	Alvaro Folgueiras	Robert Morris	PF	Sophomore	^[42]
2025–26	DeSean Goode	Robert Morris	PF	Sophomore	^[43]

School (year joined)	Winners	Years
Butler (1980)^[a]	7	1991, 1997, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010
Detroit Mercy (1981)	7	1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2013, 2022^†, 2023
Loyola Chicago (1980)^[b]	6	1981^†, 1982, 1983^†, 1984, 1985, 1987
Xavier (1980)^[c]	5	1986, 1988, 1990, 1993, 1994
Oakland (2013)	4	2016, 2018, 2022^†, 2024
Green Bay (1995)	3	1996, 2014, 2015
Wright State (1995)	3	2007, 2020, 2021
Evansville (1980)^[d]	2	1989, 1992
Milwaukee (1995)	2	2004, 2005
Oral Roberts (1980)^[e]	2	1980, 1983^†
Robert Morris (2020)	2	2025, 2026
UIC (1995)^[f]	2	1995, 1998
Valparaiso (2008)^[g]	2	2012, 2017
Cleveland State (1995)	1	2011
Northern Kentucky (2015)	1	2019
Oklahoma City (1980)^[h]	1	1981^†
IU Indy (2017)^[i]	0	—
Purdue Fort Wayne (2020)	0	—
Youngstown State (2002)	0	—

v t e Horizon League men's basketball
Current teams	Cleveland State Vikings Detroit Mercy Titans Green Bay Phoenix IU Indy Jaguars Milwaukee Panthers Northern Kentucky Norse Oakland Golden Grizzlies Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons Robert Morris Colonials Wright State Raiders Youngstown State Penguins
Future team	Northern Illinois Huskies (rejoining in 2026)
Championships & awards	Conference tournament Player of the Year
Seasons	1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26

Horizon League Men's Basketball Player of the Year

Winners

Winners by school

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