Conference USA Men's Basketball Player of the Year


The Conference USA Men's Basketball Player of the Year is an award given to Conference USA's most outstanding player. The award was first given following CUSA's inaugural 1995–96 season. Two players have received the award multiple times: Danny Fortson and Steve Logan. Coincidentally, both players attended the University of Cincinnati. Another Bearcat, Kenyon Martin, won the CUSA Player of the Year award the same season he was selected as the consensus national player of the year.
Cincinnati and Memphis have the most awards, with five each; Memphis has the most individual winners, with all of its awards having been won by different players. However, neither school is currently a member of the conference. Due to CUSA having lost many members in all three of the major conference realignment cycles of the 21st century, only five of the 10 current member schools have had a winner, with only Louisiana Tech and Middle Tennessee having had more than one. Delaware and Missouri State will play their first CUSA seasons in 2025–26.

Winners

SeasonPlayerSchoolPositionClassReference
1995–96CincinnatiPF
1996–97 CincinnatiPF
1997–98CharlotteF
1998–99DePaulSG / SF
1999–00*CincinnatiPF
2000–01CincinnatiPG
2001–02 CincinnatiPG
2002–03MarquetteSG
2003–04MemphisPG
2004–05CharlotteSG / SF
2005–06MemphisSF
2006–07RiceG
2007–08MemphisSG
2008–09UCFG
2009–10UTEPG
2010–11UABPG
2011–12MemphisSG
2012–13MemphisPG
2013–14Middle TennesseePF
2014–15Louisiana TechPG
2015–16Louisiana TechSG
2016–17Middle TennesseePF
2017–18Middle TennesseePF
2018–19Old DominionSG
2019–20North TexasPG
2020–21Western KentuckyC
2021–22UABPG
2022–23North TexasSG
2023–24Louisiana TechF
2024–25Jacksonville StateSG