The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year is an annual award given to the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference's (MEAC) most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1971–72 season. There has never been a tie for co-player of the year in the award's history, nor has there been a national player of the year. Two players have been named the MEAC Player of the Year three times: Marvin Webster of Morgan State (1973–75) and Joe Binion of North Carolina A&T (1982–84). The school with the most all-time honorees is North Carolina A&T, now a member of the Big South Conference, which has had nine winners, but its last award before its 2021 departure was in 1988. Among current members, Coppin State, Norfolk State and Howard have the most recipients with eight each. The only current member of the MEAC without a winner is Maryland Eastern Shore.
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 MEAC Player of the Year award at that point
Winners
Season Player School Position Class Reference 1971–72 North Carolina A&T F 1972–73 Morgan State C 1973–74 (2) Morgan State C 1974–75 (3) Morgan State C 1975–76 North Carolina A&T F 1976–77 Morgan State C 1977–78 Howard F 1978–79 North Carolina A&T G 1979–80 Howard PF 1980–81 Howard SF 1981–82 North Carolina A&T SF 1982–83 (2) North Carolina A&T SF 1983–84 (3) North Carolina A&T SF 1984–85 North Carolina A&T G 1985–86 Bethune–Cookman C 1986–87 North Carolina A&T G 1987–88 North Carolina A&T F 1988–89 Delaware State PF 1989–90 Coppin State PF 1990–91 (2) Coppin State PF 1991–92 Florida A&M PF 1992–93 South Carolina State F 1993–94 Coppin State SG / SF 1994–95 (2) Coppin State SG / SF 1995–96 Coppin State PF 1996–97 South Carolina State PG 1997–98 Coppin State PG 1998–99 Norfolk State SG 1999–00 (2) Norfolk State SG 2000–01 Hampton C 2001–02 Hampton PG / SG 2002–03 Howard SG 2003–04 South Carolina State SG / SF 2004–05 Norfolk State PG 2005–06 Delaware State SF 2006–07 (2) Delaware State SF 2007–08 Morgan State SG 2008–09 Coppin State PG 2009–10 Morgan State SG 2010–11 Bethune–Cookman PG 2011–12 Norfolk State C 2012–13 Norfolk State PG 2013–14 North Carolina Central SG 2014–15 Delaware State C 2015–16 Howard SG 2016–17 North Carolina Central PG 2017–18 Bethune–Cookman SG / SF 2018–19 Howard PG 2019–20 North Carolina Central SF 2020–21 Coppin State SG 2021–22 Norfolk State PG 2022–23 (2) Norfolk State PG 2023–24 Norfolk State PG 2024–25 Howard SG 2025–26 Howard PG / SG
Winners by school In this table, "year joined" reflects the calendar year in which each school joined the conference, and years of departure for former members indicated in footnotes reflect the calendar year of departure. The "years" column reflects the calendar year of each award. School (year joined) Winners Years North Carolina A&T (1970) 9 1972, 1976, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988 Coppin State (1985) 8 1990, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2009, 2021 Howard (1970) 8 1978, 1980, 1981, 2003, 2016, 2019, 2025, 2026 Norfolk State (1997) 8 1999, 2000, 2005, 2012, 2013, 2022, 2023, 2024 Morgan State (1970) 6 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 2008, 2010 Delaware State (1970) 4 1989, 2006, 2007, 2015 Bethune–Cookman (1979) 3 1986, 2011, 2018 North Carolina Central (1970) 3 2014, 2017, 2020 South Carolina State (1970) 3 1993, 1997, 2004 Hampton (1995) 2 2001, 2002 Florida A&M (1979) 1 1992 Maryland Eastern Shore (1970) 0 — Savannah State (2010) 0 —
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