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The Lt. Frank J. Haggerty Award is given to the top men's college basketball player from an NCAA Division I school in the New York metropolitan area. The Haggerty Award is presented by the Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association (MBWA). First awarded in 1936, it is the oldest and arguably most prestigious award given to a metropolitan area player. It is named after Frank J. Haggerty, a basketball and baseball star athlete from Long Island, New York who "was the first graduate of both Chaminade High School and St. John's University to die in military service during World War II … The Fathers Club of the Mineola school, to honor Haggerty, class of 1936, introduced a basketball tournament in his memory," according to the MBWA's website.

The Haggerty Award has gone to players from 15 schools. St. John's in Jamaica, New York has the most at 29, roughly twice the 15 awards received by players from number two Seton Hall. The players on this list who represent modern day non-Division I schools are five players from NYU (Ben Auerbach, Sid Tanenbaum, Dolph Schayes, Satch Sanders, and Barry Kramer) and one player from CCNY (Bernie Fliegel). At the time of their awards, both NYU and CCNY were classified as Division I schools.

Three players won the award three times: Jim McMillian of Columbia (1968–1970), Chris Mullin of St. John's (1983–1985) and Charles Jenkins of Hofstra (2009–2011). McMillian went on to win the 1972 NBA championship with the Los Angeles Lakers; Mullin went on to win two Olympic gold medals with Team USA (1984, 1992), was a five-time NBA All-Star and was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2011; and Jenkins has played in the NBA and Europe.

Key † Co-Players of the Year* Awarded a national player of the year award that same season: Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year (until 1979) UPI College Basketball Player of the Year (1954–96)Oscar Robertson Trophy (after 1959) Naismith College Player of the Year (after 1969) John R. Wooden Award (after 1976) Player (X) Denotes the number of times the player has been awarded the Haggerty Award at that point

Winners

Season Player School Position Class Reference 1935–36 LIU F / G 1936–37 SF 1937–38 C 1938–39 LIU PF 1939–40 SF 1940–41 PG 1941–42 G 1942–43 St. John's SF / SG 1943–44 St. John's PG 1944–45 St. John's PF 1945–46 SG 1946–47 (2) SG 1947–48 C 1948–49 (2) PG 1949–50 PF 1950–51 SG 1951–52 St. John's PG 1952–53 C 1953–54 PF 1954–55 (2) PF 1955–56 PF 1956–57 * PG 1957–58 SG 1958–59 St. John's PG / SG 1959–60 NYU PF 1960–61 St. John's SF 1961–62 St. John's C 1962–63 PF 1963–64 PF 1964–65 PF 1965–66 SF 1966–67 St. John's C 1967–68 SF 1968–69 (2) SF 1969–70 (3) SF 1970–71 SG 1971–72† SG C 1972–73 St. John's PF 1973–74 C 1974–75 SG 1975–76 (2) Rutgers SG 1976–77 SG 1977–78 St. John's PF 1978–79 SG 1979–80 Iona C 1980–81 PF 1981–82 SG 1982–83 St. John's SF 1983–84† Iona SG (2) St. John's SF 1984–85 * (3) St. John's SF 1985–86 * St. John's PF 1986–87† PG St. John's PG 1987–88 Seton Hall PF 1988–89 Seton Hall PG 1989–90 St. John's PG 1990–91 St. John's SF 1991–92 (2) St. John's SF 1992–93 Seton Hall SG 1993–94† SG Seton Hall SF 1994–95 SF 1995–96 SG / SF 1996–97 LIU PG 1997–98 St. John's SG 1998–99 St. John's SF 1999–00 Hofstra PG 2000–01 Hofstra SG / SF 2001–02 St. John's PG 2002–03 Manhattan PG 2003–04† Seton Hall PG (2) Manhattan PG 2004–05 PG 2005–06 SG 2006–07 Marist PG 2007–08 C 2008–09 SG 2009–10 (2) Hofstra SG 2010–11 (3) Hofstra SG 2011–12 Iona PG 2012–13 Iona PG 2013–14 St. John's SG 2014–15 St. John's SF 2015–16 Seton Hall SG 2016–17 Seton Hall C 2017–18 St. John's PG 2018–19 Seton Hall SG 2019–20 (2) Seton Hall SG 2020–21 Seton Hall C 2021–22 Rutgers SF 2022–23 Hofstra PG 2023–24 Hofstra SG 2024–25 St. John's SG 2025–26 St. John's PF

Winners by school

School Winners YearsSt. John's 29 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1949, 1952, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1967, 1973, 1978, 1983, 1984†, 1985, 1986, 1987†, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2025, 2026Seton Hall 15 1953, 1964, 1979, 1982, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1994†, 1996, 2004†, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021Hofstra 9 1956, 1977, 2000, 2001, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2023, 2024 7 1936, 1937, 1939, 1950, 1966, 1995, 1997Iona 6 1965, 1980, 1981, 1984†, 2012, 2013NYU 6 1940, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1960, 1963Columbia 5 1951, 1957, 1968, 1969, 1970 Fordham 5 1954, 1955, 1958, 1971, 1972†Manhattan 4 1972†, 1974, 2003, 2004†Rutgers 4 1975, 1976, 2006, 2022Marist 2 1994†, 2007Army 1 1987†CCNY 1 1938Rider 1 2008 1 2005

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