Southland Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

The Southland Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year is an award given to the Southland Conference's (SLC) most outstanding player. The award was first given following the conference's inaugural basketball season of 1963–64. Five players have won the award two times: Jerry Rook, Larry Jeffries, Andrew Toney, Ryan Stuart and Thomas Walkup. No player has ever won three times. McNeese has the most all-time winners with nine. Among current SLC members, three have never had a winner: Houston Christian and Incarnate Word, both of which joined in 2013, and Texas A&M–Commerce, which joined in 2022.

Southland Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
Awarded forthe most outstanding basketball player in the Southland Conference
CountryUnited States
History
First award1964
Most recentShahada Wells, McNeese

Key

Co-Players of the Year
*Awarded a national player of the year award:
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)
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 Southland Player of the Year award at that point

Winners

Jerry Rook, Arkansas State, 1964 and 1965
Bo Lamar, Louisiana, 1972
Andrew Toney, Louisiana, 1978 and 1980
Karl Malone, Louisiana Tech, 1983
Joe Dumars, McNeese, 1985
Donte Mathis, Texas State, 1999
Demond Mallet, McNeese, 2001
MarQuez Haynes, UT Arlington, 2010
Patrick Richard, McNeese, 2012
Taylor Smith, Stephen F. Austin, 2013
Thomas Walkup, Stephen F. Austin, 2015 and 2016
Jordan Howard, Central Arkansas, 2018
SeasonPlayerSchoolPositionClassReference
1963–64Jerry RookArkansas StateFJunior[1]
1964–65Jerry Rook (2)Arkansas StateFSenior[2]
1965–66John DicksonArkansas StateCSenior[3]
1966–67Larry JeffriesTrinityFSophomore[4]
1967–68John Ray GodfreyAbilene ChristianGSenior[5]
1968–69Larry Jeffries (2)TrinityFSenior[6]
1969–70Kenny HaynesLamarGSenior[7]
1970–71Luke AdamsLamarFSenior[8]
Allan PruettArkansas StateGSenior[8]
1971–72Bo LamarLouisianaSGJunior[9]
1972–73Mike GreenLouisiana TechCSenior[10]
1973–74Steve BrooksArkansas StateCSenior[11]
1974–75Henry RayMcNeeseFSophomore[12]
1975–76Mike McConathyLouisiana TechSGJunior[13]
1976–77Dan HendersonArkansas StateCSenior[14]
1977–78Andrew ToneyLouisianaGSophomore[1]
1978–79David LawrenceMcNeesePFJunior[1]
1979–80Andrew Toney (2)LouisianaGSenior[1]
1980–81Mike OlliverLamarPGSenior[15]
1981–82Albert CultonUT ArlingtonSFSenior[16]
1982–83Karl MaloneLouisiana TechPFFreshman[17]
1983–84Tom SewellLamarSGJunior[18]
1984–85Joe DumarsMcNeesePG / SGSenior[19]
1985–86Bobby JenkinsLouisiana–MonroeFSenior[20]
1986–87Jerome BatisteMcNeeseFSenior[21]
1987–88Tony WorrellNorth TexasFSenior[22]
1988–89Deon HunterNorth TexasPGSenior[23]
1989–90Anthony PullardMcNeeseCSenior[24]
1990–91Carlos FunchessLouisiana–MonroePG / SGSenior[25]
Anthony JonesLouisiana–MonroeFSenior[25]
1991–92Ryan StuartLouisiana–MonroeSFJunior[26]
1992–93Ryan Stuart (2)Louisiana–MonroeSFSenior[27]
1993–94Eric KubelNorthwestern StateCSenior[28]
1994–95Reggie JacksonNichollsSGSenior[29]
1995–96Paul MarshallLouisiana–MonroeSGJunior[30]
1996–97Rosell EllisMcNeeseFSenior[31]
1997–98Roderic HallUTSAGSophomore[32]
1998–99Donte MathisTexas StatePGSenior[33]
1999–00Mike SmithLouisiana–MonroePFSenior[34]
2000–01Demond MalletMcNeesePGSenior[35]
2001–02McEverett PowersUTSAPFSenior[36]
2002–03Donald ColeSam Houston StateSFSophomore[37]
2003–04LeRoy HurdUTSASFSenior[38]
2004–05Joe ThompsonSam Houston StateSF / SGSophomore[39]
2005–06Ricky WoodsSoutheastern LouisianaFJunior[40]
2006–07Chris DanielsTexas A&M–Corpus ChristiCJunior[41]
2007–08Josh AlexanderStephen F. AustinSFJunior[42]
2008–09Matt KingsleyStephen F. AustinCSenior[43]
2009–10MarQuez HaynesUT ArlingtonGSenior[44]
2010–11Gilberto ClavellSam Houston StateSFSenior[45]
2011–12Patrick RichardMcNeeseSG / SFSenior[46]
2012–13Taylor SmithStephen F. AustinPFSenior[47]
2013–14Jacob ParkerStephen F. AustinPFJunior[48]
2014–15Thomas WalkupStephen F. AustinSG / SFJunior[49]
2015–16Thomas Walkup (2)Stephen F. AustinSG / SFSenior[49]
2016–17Erik ThomasNew OrleansPFSenior[50]
2017–18Jordan HowardCentral ArkansasSGSenior[51]
2018–19Cameron DelaneySam Houston StateSGSenior[52]
2019–20Kevon HarrisStephen F. AustinSGSenior[53]
2020–21Zach NutallSam Houston StateSGJunior[54]
2021–22Ty GordonNichollsPGGraduate[55]
2022–23DeMarcus SharpNorthwestern StatePGSenior[56]
2023–24Shahada WellsMcNeeseSGGraduate[57]

Winners by school

School (year joined)WinnersYears
McNeese (1972)91975, 1979, 1985, 1987, 1990, 1997, 2001, 2012, 2024
Louisiana–Monroe[a]71986, 1991 (×2), 1992, 1993, 1996, 2000
Stephen F. Austin (1987)[b]72008, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2020
Arkansas State (1963)[c]61964, 1965, 1966, 1971, 1974, 1977
Sam Houston State (1987)[b]52003, 2005, 2011, 2019, 2021
Lamar (1963/1999/2022)[d]41970, 1971, 1981, 1984
Louisiana Tech[e]31973, 1976, 1983
Louisiana[f]31972, 1978, 1980
UTSA (1991)[g]31998, 2002, 2004
Nicholls (1991)21995, 2022
North Texas[h]21988, 1989
Northwestern State (1987)21994, 2023
Trinity (1963)[i]21967, 1969
UT Arlington (1963)[j]21982, 2010
Abilene Christian (1963/2013)[k]11968
Central Arkansas (2006)[b]12018
New Orleans (2013)12017
Southeastern Louisiana (1997)12006
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi (2006)12007
Texas State (1987))[j]11999
Houston Christian (2013)[l]0
Incarnate Word (2013)0
Oral Roberts (2012)[m]0
Texas A&M–Commerce (2022)0

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