America East Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

The America East Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year, known also as the Kevin Roberson America East Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year, is an award given to the America East Conference's most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1979–80 season, the first year of the conference's existence (then called ECAC North). Ten players have earned the award multiple times. Only three, however, have been named player of the year three times: Reggie Lewis of Northeastern (1985–1987), Taylor Coppenrath of Vermont (2003–2005), and Jameel Warney of Stony Brook (2014–2016).

The award was named in honor of former winner Kevin Roberson of Vermont after he was killed by a drunk driver in his hometown of Buffalo, New York in May 1993.

Vermont has had the most all-time awards with 16. Former members Northeastern, Stony Brook, and Boston University (which respectively left in 2005, 2022, and 2013) are second with five, while four other schools have at least two awards apiece. In terms of individual winners, Vermont and BU are tied for the lead with five each. There has been one co-player of the year award tie (1979–80). Coincidentally, it was the first year that the award was given.

Key † Co-Players of the Year* Awarded a national player of the year award that same season: UPI Player of the Year (1954–55 to 1995–96)Oscar Robertson Trophy (1958–59 to present) Naismith 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 America East Player of the Year award at that point

Winners

Season Player School Position Class Reference1979–80† Maine SF Holy Cross SG 1980–81 Colgate SG 1981–82 Northeastern PG / SG 1982–83 Maine C 1983–84 Northeastern F 1984–85 Northeastern SF 1985–86 (2) Northeastern SF 1986–87 (3) Northeastern SF 1987–88 Boston University PF 1988–89 Siena SF / SG 1989–90 Boston University PG 1990–91 Vermont SF 1991–92 Vermont C 1992–93 Hartford C 1993–94 New Hampshire PF 1994–95 Drexel PF 1995–96 (2) Drexel PF 1996–97 Boston University PF 1997–98 Hofstra PG 1998–99 Delaware PF 1999–00 (2) Hofstra PG 2000–01 Hofstra SG 2001–02 Vermont PG 2002–03 Vermont PF 2003–04 (2) Vermont PF 2004–05 (3) Vermont PF 2005–06 Albany SG 2006–07 (2) Albany SG 2007–08 Vermont PF 2008–09 (2) Vermont PF 2009–10 Stony Brook SG 2010–11 Boston University SG / SF 2011–12 Boston University SG 2012–13 Stony Brook SF 2013–14 Stony Brook PF 2014–15 (2) Stony Brook PF 2015–16 (3) Stony Brook PF 2016–17 Vermont PG 2017–18 (2) Vermont PG 2018–19 Vermont PF 2019–20 (2) Vermont PF 2020–21 Vermont PF 2021–22 (2) Vermont PF 2022–23 Vermont SG 2023–24 New Hampshire SF 2024–25 Bryant SG 2025–26 Vermont G

Winners by school School (year joined) Winners Years Vermont (1979) 16 1991, 1992, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2026 Boston University (1979) 5 1988, 1990, 1997, 2011, 2012 Northeastern (1979) 5 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987 Stony Brook (2001) 5 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 Hofstra (1994) 3 1998, 2000, 2001 Albany (2001) 2 2006, 2007 Drexel (1991) 2 1995, 1996 Maine (1979) 2 1980†, 1983 New Hampshire (1979) 2 1994, 2024 Bryant (2022) 1 2025 Colgate (1979) 1 1981 Delaware (1991) 1 1999 Hartford (1985) 1 1993 Holy Cross (1979) 1 1980† Siena (1984) 1 1989 Binghamton (2001) 0 NJIT (2020) 0— UMass Lowell (2013) 0— UMBC (2003) 0—

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