The Patriot League Men's Basketball Player of the Year is an award given to the Patriot League's most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1990–91 season, the first under the Patriot League name and also the league's first season as an all-sports conference. There have been five repeat winners of the award: Adonal Foyle of Colgate (1996, 1997), Brian Ehlers of Lafayette (1999, 2000), CJ McCollum of Lehigh (2010, 2012), Mike Muscala of Bucknell (2011, 2013), and Tim Kempton Jr. of Lehigh (2015, 2016). Bucknell claims the most awards (9) while Colgate is second with seven. Bucknell has the most individual players honored with eight. Two Patriot League members have not had a winner, Army and Loyola Maryland.
Key † Co-Players of the Year* Awarded a national player of the year award that same season: UPI College Basketball Player of the Year (1954–55 to 1995–96)Oscar Robertson Trophy (1958–59 to present) 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 Patriot League Player of the Year award at that point
Winners
Season Player School Position Class Reference 1990–91 Fordham C 1991–92 Bucknell SF 1992–93 Bucknell SF 1993–94 Colgate SG 1994–95 Holy Cross PF 1995–96 Colgate C 1996–97 (2) Colgate C 1997–98 Lafayette C 1998–99 Lafayette SG / PG 1999–00 (2) Lafayette SG / PG 2000–01 Holy Cross PF 2001–02 American PF / C 2002–03 Holy Cross C 2003–04 Lehigh PG 2004–05 Holy Cross SG / PG 2005–06 Bucknell G 2006–07 Holy Cross G 2007–08 Navy G 2008–09 American PG 2009–10 Lehigh PG 2010–11 Bucknell PF / C 2011–12 (2) Lehigh PG 2012–13 (2) Bucknell PF / C 2013–14 Bucknell PG / SG 2014–15 Lehigh PF / C 2015–16 (2) Lehigh PF / C 2016–17 Bucknell C 2017–18 Bucknell PF 2018–19 Colgate PF 2019–20 American PG 2020–21 Colgate PG 2021–22 Boston University PF 2022–23 Colgate PG 2023–24 Colgate PG 2024–25 Bucknell C 2025–26 Navy G
Winners by school School (year joined) Winners Years Bucknell (1990) 9 1992, 1993, 2006, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2025 Colgate (1990) 7 1994, 1996, 1997, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2024 Holy Cross (1990) 5 1995, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007 Lehigh (1990) 5 2004, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2016 American (2001) 3 2002, 2009, 2020 Lafayette (1990) 3 1998, 1999, 2000 Navy (1991) 2 2008, 2026 Boston University (2013) 1 2022 Fordham (1990) 1 1991 Army (1990) 0 — Loyola (MD) (2013) 0 — Fordham and Army were not charter members of the conference when it was established as the football-only Colonial League in 1986. They became members in 1990 when the conference became an all-sports league (and also adopted its current name). Fordham left for the Atlantic 10 Conference in 1995. They are still a Patriot League associate member in football.
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