Metro Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

Metro Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
Awarded for	the most outstanding basketball player in the Metro Conference
Country	United States
History
First award	1977
Final award	1995

Awarded forthe most outstanding basketball player in the Metro Conference

CountryUnited States

First award1977

Final award1995

The Metro Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year was an award given to the Metropolitan Intercollegiate Athletic (Metro) Conference's most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1976–77 season and was discontinued after the 1994–95 season. In 1995 the Metro Conference merged with the Great Midwest Conference to form Conference USA.

There were three ties in the award's history, in 1978, 1981 and 1988. One player, Darrell Griffith of Louisville, was also named the national player of the year (1980) by being presented the John R. Wooden Award.

Louisville represents the most all-time winners with eight. The second most belong to Southern Miss with three, all of which belong to Clarence Weatherspoon. Weatherspoon was the only three-time winner of the award, while two others earned it twice (Keith Lee and Clifford Rozier).

†	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 Metro Player of the Year award at that point

Season	Player	School	Position	Class	Reference
1976–77	Gary Yoder	Cincinnati	SG	Senior	^[1]
1977–78^†	Harry Davis	Florida State	SF	Senior	^[2]^[3]
1977–78^†	Rick Wilson	Louisville	SG/PG	Senior	^[2]^[3]
1978–79	Pat Cummings	Cincinnati	C	Senior	^[4]
1979–80	Darrell Griffith*	Louisville	SG	Senior	^[5]
1980–81^†	David Burns	Saint Louis	PG	Senior	^[6]
1980–81^†	Derek Smith	Louisville	SG	Junior	^[6]
1981–82	Keith Lee	Memphis	PF/C	Freshman	^[5]
1982–83	Rodney McCray	Louisville	SF	Senior	^[7]
1983–84	John "Hot Rod" Williams	Tulane	PF/C	Junior	^[8]
1984–85	Keith Lee (2)	Memphis	PF/C	Senior	^[9]
1985–86	Dell Curry	Virginia Tech	SF	Senior	^[10]
1986–87	Herbert Crook	Louisville	SF/SG	Junior	^[11]
1987–88^†	Bimbo Coles	Virginia Tech	PG	Sophomore	^[12]^[13]
1987–88^†	Pervis Ellison	Louisville	C	Junior	^[12]^[13]
1988–89	George McCloud	Florida State	SG/SF	Senior	^[14]
1989–90	Clarence Weatherspoon	Southern Miss	PF	Sophomore	^[15]
1990–91	Clarence Weatherspoon (2)	Southern Miss	PF	Junior	^[15]
1991–92	Clarence Weatherspoon (3)	Southern Miss	PF	Senior	^[15]
1992–93	Clifford Rozier	Louisville	C	Junior	^[16]
1993–94	Clifford Rozier (2)	Louisville	C	Senior	^[17]
1994–95	Jarvis Lang	Charlotte	PF	Senior	^[18]

School (year joined)	Winners	Years
Louisville (1975)	8	1978^†, 1980, 1981^†, 1983, 1987, 1988^†, 1993, 1994
Southern Miss (1982)	3	1990, 1991, 1992
Cincinnati (1975)	2	1977, 1979
Florida State (1976)	2	1978^†, 1989
Memphis (1975)	2	1982, 1985
Virginia Tech (1979)	2	1986, 1988^†
Charlotte (1991)	1	1995
Saint Louis (1975)	1	1981^†
Tulane (1975)	1	1984

Metro Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

Winners

Winners by school

References

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