East Coast Conference (Division I) Men's Basketball Player of the Year

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East Coast Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

The East Coast Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year was a basketball award given to the East Coast Conference's most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1974–75 season and was discontinued after the league folded following the 1993–94 season. In 1994 the East Coast Conference was absorbed into the Mid-Continent Conference, now known as the Summit League.

There were two ties in the award's history, 1982 and 1987. In its first year, the ECC named players of the year for each division — with Wilbur Thomas of American named the East Player of the Year and Henry Horne of Lafayette winning the West award.

One player, Michael Brooks of La Salle, won the award three times (1978–1980) and was also named the national player of the year in 1980. Two others, Michael Anderson of Drexel and Kurk Lee of Towson, won the award twice.

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 ECC Player of the Year award at that point

Winners

File:Michael Brooks La Salle.jpg
Michael Brooks of La Salle won the award three times, from 1978 to 1980.
File:Len Hatzenbeller.jpg
Len Hatzenbeller of Drexel won in 1981.
Season Player School Position Class Reference
1974–75† Henry Horne Lafayette PF / C Senior [1]
Wilbur Thomas American PF / SF Senior [1]
1975–76 Todd Tripucka Lafayette SG Senior [2]
1976–77 Rich Laurel Hofstra SF Senior [3]
1977–78 Michael Brooks La Salle SF Sophomore [4]
1978–79 Michael Brooks (2) La Salle SF Junior [4]
1979–80 Michael Brooks* (3) La Salle SF Senior [4]
1980–81 Len Hatzenbeller Drexel C Senior [5]
1981–82† Granger Hall Temple C Sophomore [6]
Mark Nickens American SG Junior [6]
1982–83 David Taylor Hofstra PF Senior [7]
1983–84 Richard Congo Drexel PF Senior [8]
1984–85 Jaye Andrews Bucknell SG / SF Senior [9]
1985–86 Michael Anderson Drexel PG Sophomore [10]
1986–87† Daren Queenan Lehigh SF Junior [11]
Ron Simpson Rider SF Junior [11]
1987–88 Michael Anderson (2) Drexel PG Senior [12]
1988–89 Kurk Lee Towson SG Junior [13]
1989–90 Kurk Lee (2) Towson SG Senior [13]
1990–91 Devin Boyd Towson PG Junior [14]
1991–92 Terrance Jacobs Towson PG / SG Senior [15]
1992–93 East Coast Conference temporarily disbanded [16]
1993–94 Reggie Smith Northeastern Illinois SG / SF Senior [17]

Winners by school

School (year joined) Winners Years
Drexel (1958) 4 1981, 1984, 1986, 1988
Towson (1982) 4 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992
La Salle (1958) 3 1978, 1979, 1980
American (1965) 2 1975†, 1982†
Hofstra (1965) 2 1977, 1983
Lafayette (1958) 2 1975†, 1976
Bucknell (1958) 1 1985
Lehigh (1958) 1 1987†
Northeastern Illinois (1993) 1 1994
Rider (1966) 1 1987†
Temple (1958) 1 1982†
Brooklyn (1991)[a] 0 —
Buffalo (1991)[a] 0 —
Central Connecticut (1990)[a] 0 —
Chicago State (1993)[a] 0 —
Delaware (1958)[b] 0 —
Saint Joseph's (1958)[b] 0 —
Troy (1993)[a] 0 —
UMBC (1990)[a] 0 —
West Chester (1969)[b] 0 —

Footnotes

  • [a] These schools were not charter members of the ECC and instead joined later. Brooklyn and UMBC left in 1992,[18] while Buffalo, Central Connecticut, Chicago State, and Troy left in 1994 once the ECC permanently disbanded.[19]
  • [b] Delaware, Saint Joseph's, and West Chester were original members of the newly chartered ECC in 1974, having split off with the rest of the schools from the Middle Atlantic Conferences. Saint Joseph's and West Chester left in 1982, while Delaware left in 1991.[20]

References

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