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

The East Coast Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year was an 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 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 awarded the ECC Player of the Year award at that point

Winners

Season Player School Position ClassReference 1974–75† Lafayette PF / C American PF / SF 1975–76 Lafayette SG 1976–77 Hofstra SF 1977–78 La Salle SF 1978–79 (2) La Salle SF 1979–80 * (3) La Salle SF 1980–81 Drexel C 1981–82† Temple C American SG 1982–83 Hofstra PF 1983–84 Drexel PF 1984–85 Bucknell SG / SF 1985–86 Drexel PG 1986–87† Lehigh SF Rider SF 1987–88 (2) Drexel PG 1988–89 Towson SG 1989–90 (2) Towson SG 1990–91 Towson PG 1991–92 Towson PG / SG 1992–93 1993–94 Northeastern Illinois SG / SF

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) 0— Buffalo (1991) 0— Central Connecticut (1990) 0— Chicago State (1993) 0— Delaware (1958) 0— Saint Joseph's (1958) 0— Troy (1993) 0— UMBC (1990) 0— West Chester (1969) 0— These schools were not charter members of the ECC and instead joined later. Brooklyn and UMBC left in 1992, while Buffalo, Central Connecticut, Chicago State, and Troy left in 1994 once the ECC permanently disbanded. 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.

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