Southland Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

Southland Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
Awarded for	the most outstanding basketball player in the Southland Conference
Country	United States
History
First award	1964
Most recent	Keon Thompson, Stephen F. Austin

Awarded forthe most outstanding basketball player in the Southland Conference

CountryUnited States

First award1964

Most recentKeon Thompson, Stephen F. Austin

The Southland Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year is an award given to the Southland Conference's (SLC) most outstanding player. The award was first given following the conference's inaugural basketball season of 1963–64. Five players have won the award two times: Jerry Rook, Larry Jeffries, Andrew Toney, Ryan Stuart and Thomas Walkup. No player has ever won three times. McNeese has the most all-time winners with ten. Among current SLC members, four have never had a winner: Houston Christian and Incarnate Word, both of which joined in 2013; East Texas A&M, which joined in 2022; and UTRGV, which joined in 2024.

†	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 Southland Player of the Year award at that point

Season	Player	School	Position	Class	Reference
1963–64	Jerry Rook	Arkansas State	F	Junior	^[1]
1964–65	Jerry Rook (2)	Arkansas State	F	Senior	^[2]
1965–66	John Dickson	Arkansas State	C	Senior	^[3]
1966–67	Larry Jeffries	Trinity	F	Sophomore	^[4]
1967–68	John Ray Godfrey	Abilene Christian	G	Senior	^[5]
1968–69	Larry Jeffries (2)	Trinity	F	Senior	^[6]
1969–70	Kenny Haynes	Lamar	G	Senior	^[7]
1970–71^†	Luke Adams	Lamar	F	Senior	^[8]
1970–71^†	Allan Pruett	Arkansas State	G	Senior	^[8]
1971–72	Bo Lamar	Louisiana	SG	Junior	^[9]
1972–73	Mike Green	Louisiana Tech	C	Senior	^[10]
1973–74	Steve Brooks	Arkansas State	C	Senior	^[11]
1974–75	Henry Ray	McNeese	F	Sophomore	^[12]
1975–76	Mike McConathy	Louisiana Tech	SG	Junior	^[13]
1976–77	Dan Henderson	Arkansas State	C	Senior	^[14]
1977–78	Andrew Toney	Louisiana	G	Sophomore	^[1]
1978–79	David Lawrence	McNeese	PF	Junior	^[1]
1979–80	Andrew Toney (2)	Louisiana	G	Senior	^[1]
1980–81	Mike Olliver	Lamar	PG	Senior	^[15]
1981–82	Albert Culton	UT Arlington	SF	Senior	^[16]
1982–83	Karl Malone	Louisiana Tech	PF	Freshman	^[17]
1983–84	Tom Sewell	Lamar	SG	Junior	^[18]
1984–85	Joe Dumars	McNeese	PG / SG	Senior	^[19]
1985–86	Bobby Jenkins	Louisiana–Monroe	F	Senior	^[20]
1986–87	Jerome Batiste	McNeese	F	Senior	^[21]
1987–88	Tony Worrell	North Texas	F	Senior	^[22]
1988–89	Deon Hunter	North Texas	PG	Senior	^[23]
1989–90	Anthony Pullard	McNeese	C	Senior	^[24]
1990–91^†	Carlos Funchess	Louisiana–Monroe	PG / SG	Senior	^[25]
1990–91^†	Anthony Jones	Louisiana–Monroe	F	Senior	^[25]
1991–92	Ryan Stuart	Louisiana–Monroe	SF	Junior	^[26]
1992–93	Ryan Stuart (2)	Louisiana–Monroe	SF	Senior	^[27]
1993–94	Eric Kubel	Northwestern State	C	Senior	^[28]
1994–95	Reggie Jackson	Nicholls	SG	Senior	^[29]
1995–96	Paul Marshall	Louisiana–Monroe	SG	Junior	^[30]
1996–97	Rosell Ellis	McNeese	F	Senior	^[31]
1997–98	Roderic Hall	UTSA	G	Sophomore	^[32]
1998–99	Donte Mathis	Texas State	PG	Senior	^[33]
1999–00	Mike Smith	Louisiana–Monroe	PF	Senior	^[34]
2000–01	Demond Mallet	McNeese	PG	Senior	^[35]
2001–02	McEverett Powers	UTSA	PF	Senior	^[36]
2002–03	Donald Cole	Sam Houston State	SF	Sophomore	^[37]
2003–04	LeRoy Hurd	UTSA	SF	Senior	^[38]
2004–05	Joe Thompson	Sam Houston State	SF / SG	Sophomore	^[39]
2005–06	Ricky Woods	Southeastern Louisiana	F	Junior	^[40]
2006–07	Chris Daniels	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	C	Junior	^[41]
2007–08	Josh Alexander	Stephen F. Austin	SF	Junior	^[42]
2008–09	Matt Kingsley	Stephen F. Austin	C	Senior	^[43]
2009–10	MarQuez Haynes	UT Arlington	G	Senior	^[44]
2010–11	Gilberto Clavell	Sam Houston State	SF	Senior	^[45]
2011–12	Patrick Richard	McNeese	SG / SF	Senior	^[46]
2012–13	Taylor Smith	Stephen F. Austin	PF	Senior	^[47]
2013–14	Jacob Parker	Stephen F. Austin	PF	Junior	^[48]
2014–15	Thomas Walkup	Stephen F. Austin	SG / SF	Junior	^[49]
2015–16	Thomas Walkup (2)	Stephen F. Austin	SG / SF	Senior	^[49]
2016–17	Erik Thomas	New Orleans	PF	Senior	^[50]
2017–18	Jordan Howard	Central Arkansas	SG	Senior	^[51]
2018–19	Cameron Delaney	Sam Houston State	SG	Senior	^[52]
2019–20	Kevon Harris	Stephen F. Austin	SG	Senior	^[53]
2020–21	Zach Nutall	Sam Houston State	SG	Junior	^[54]
2021–22	Ty Gordon	Nicholls	PG	Graduate	^[55]
2022–23	DeMarcus Sharp	Northwestern State	PG	Senior	^[56]
2023–24	Shahada Wells	McNeese	SG	Graduate	^[57]
2024–25	Javohn Garcia	McNeese	SG	Senior	^[58]
2025–26	Keon Thompson	Stephen F. Austin	PG / SG	Senior	^[59]

School (year joined)	Winners	Years
McNeese (1972)	10	1975, 1979, 1985, 1987, 1990, 1997, 2001, 2012, 2024, 2025
Stephen F. Austin (1987/2024)^[a]	8	2008, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2020, 2026
Louisiana–Monroe^[b]	7	1986, 1991 (×2)^†, 1992, 1993, 1996, 2000
Arkansas State (1963)^[c]	6	1964, 1965, 1966, 1971^†, 1974, 1977
Sam Houston State (1987)^[a]	5	2003, 2005, 2011, 2019, 2021
Lamar (1963/1999/2022)^[d]	4	1970, 1971^†, 1981, 1984
Louisiana Tech^[e]	3	1973, 1976, 1983
Louisiana^[f]	3	1972, 1978, 1980
UTSA (1991)^[g]	3	1998, 2002, 2004
Nicholls (1991)	2	1995, 2022
North Texas^[h]	2	1988, 1989
Northwestern State (1987)	2	1994, 2023
Trinity (1963)^[i]	2	1967, 1969
UT Arlington (1963)^[j]	2	1982, 2010
Abilene Christian (1963/2013)^[k]	1	1968
Central Arkansas (2006)^[a]	1	2018
New Orleans (2013)	1	2017
Southeastern Louisiana (1997)	1	2006
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi (2006)	1	2007
Texas State (1987)^[j]	1	1999
East Texas A&M (2022)^[l]	0	—
Houston Christian (2013)^[m]	0	—
Incarnate Word (2013)	0	—
Oral Roberts (2012)^[n]	0	—
UT Rio Grande Valley (2024)	0	—

v t e Southland Conference men's basketball
Teams	East Texas A&M Lions Houston Christian Huskies Incarnate Word Cardinals Lamar Cardinals McNeese Cowboys New Orleans Privateers Nicholls Colonels Northwestern State Demons Southeastern Louisiana Lions Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Islanders UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros
Championships & awards	Southland Conference men's basketball tournament Player of the Year
Seasons	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

Southland Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

Winners

Winners by school

References

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