The Atlantic Sun Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year is an annual award given to the most outstanding player in the Atlantic Sun Conference (ASUN; officially the "ASUN Conference" from 2016–2023). The award was first given following the 1978–79 season, the first year of the ASUN's existence, when it was known as the Trans America Athletic Conference (TAAC). Only two players have won the award three times: Willie Jackson of Centenary (1982–1984) and Darius McGhee of Liberty (2021–2023).
Centenary has the most all-time winners with six, but left the conference in 2000, when the league was still known as the TAAC. There has been only one tie in the award's history, which occurred in 1997–98 between Mark Jones of UCF and Sedric Webber of Charleston.
Among the eight current ASUN members, only three have had a winner: Florida Gulf Coast (FGCU), Lipscomb, and North Florida. Lipscomb has had three awards, all won by different players; FGCU has had two awards and individual recipients; and North Florida has had one player receive two awards.
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 (1904–05 to 1978–79)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 named ASUN Player of the Year at that point
Winners
Season Player School Position Class Reference 1978–79 Louisiana–Monroe SF 1979–80 Centenary F 1980–81 Mercer PF 1981–82 Centenary F 1982–83 (2) Centenary F 1983–84 (3) Centenary F 1984–85 Mercer SF 1985–86 Little Rock PG / SG 1986–87 Georgia Southern SF 1987–88 Georgia Southern C 1988–89 (2) Georgia Southern C 1989–90 Centenary SG 1990–91 Centenary PG 1991–92 Georgia Southern SF 1992–93 Mercer G 1993–94 Charleston G 1994–95 Stetson SG / SF 1995–96 Charleston C 1996–97 Charleston PG / SG 1997–98† UCF SG Charleston PF 1998–99 Samford PF 1999–00 Troy PG 2000–01 Georgia State SG / SF 2001–02 Georgia State F 2002–03 Belmont PF / SF 2003–04 Troy PG / SG 2004–05 Florida Atlantic F 2005–06 East Tennessee State PG 2006–07 East Tennessee State PG 2007–08 Gardner–Webb PG 2008–09 Belmont PG 2009–10 Lipscomb C 2010–11 East Tennessee State SG 2011–12 USC Upstate PF 2012–13 Florida Gulf Coast SG 2013–14 Mercer PG 2014–15 USC Upstate SG 2015–16 North Florida PG 2016–17 (2) North Florida PG 2017–18 Florida Gulf Coast PG 2018–19 Lipscomb SG 2019–20 Liberty SG 2020–21 Liberty SG 2021–22 (2) Liberty SG 2022–23 (3) Liberty SG 2023–24 Eastern Kentucky C 2024–25 Lipscomb PF 2025–26 Central Arkansas SG
Winners by school School (year joined) Winners Years Centenary (1978) 6 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1990, 1991 Charleston (1992) 4 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998† Georgia Southern (1980) 4 1987, 1988, 1989, 1992 Liberty (2018) 4 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 Mercer (1978) 4 1981, 1985, 1993, 2014 East Tennessee State (2005) 3 2006, 2007, 2011 Lipscomb (2007) 3 2010, 2019, 2025 Belmont (2001) 2 2003, 2009 Florida Gulf Coast (2007) 2 2013, 2018 Georgia State (1984) 2 2001, 2002 North Florida (2005) 2 2016, 2017 Troy (1997) 2 2000, 2004 USC Upstate (2007) 2 2012, 2015 Central Arkansas (2021) 1 2026 Eastern Kentucky (2021) 1 2024 Little Rock (1980) 1 1986 UCF (1992) 1 1998† Florida Atlantic (1993) 1 2005 Gardner–Webb (2002) 1 2008 Louisiana–Monroe (1978) 1 1979 Austin Peay (2022) 0 — Bellarmine (2020) 0 — Campbell (1994) 0 — Jacksonville (1997) 0 — Jacksonville State (1995, 2021) 0 — Kennesaw State (2005) 0 — NJIT (2015) 0 — North Alabama (2018) 0 — Northern Kentucky (2012) 0 — Oklahoma City (1978) 0 — Queens (2022) 0 — Stetson (1985) 0 — West Florida (2026) 0 — West Georgia (2024) 0 —
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