Haggerty Award

The Lt. Frank J. Haggerty Award is given to the top men's college basketball player from an NCAA Division I school in the New York metropolitan area.^[1] The Haggerty Award is presented by the Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association (MBWA).^[2] First awarded in 1936, it is the oldest and arguably most prestigious award given to a metropolitan area player.^[2][3] It is named after Frank J. Haggerty, a basketball and baseball star athlete from Long Island, New York who "was the first graduate of both Chaminade High School and St. John's University to die in military service during World War II … The Fathers Club of the Mineola school, to honor Haggerty, class of 1936, introduced a basketball tournament in his memory," according to the MBWA's website.^[1]

Haggerty Award

Awarded for	the New York area's top NCAA Division I men's college basketball player
Location	New York metropolitan area
Country	United States
Presented by	MBWA
History
First award	1936
Most recent	RJ Luis Jr., St. John's
Website	Official website

The Haggerty Award has gone to players from 15 schools. St. John's in Jamaica, New York has the most at 28, roughly twice the 15 awards received by players from number two Seton Hall. The players on this list who represent modern day non-Division I schools are five players from NYU (Ben Auerbach, Sid Tanenbaum, Dolph Schayes, Satch Sanders, and Barry Kramer) and one player from CCNY (Bernie Fliegel). At the time of their awards, both NYU and CCNY were classified as Division I schools.^[4][5]

Three players won the award three times: Jim McMillian of Columbia (1968–1970), Chris Mullin of St. John's (1983–1985) and Charles Jenkins of Hofstra (2009–2011). McMillian went on to win the 1972 NBA championship with the Los Angeles Lakers; Mullin went on to win two Olympic gold medals with Team USA (1984, 1992), was a five-time NBA All-Star and was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2011; and Jenkins has played in the NBA and Europe.

Key

†	Co-Players of the Year
*	Awarded a national player of the year award: Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year (until 1979) UPI College Basketball Player of the Year (1954–96) Naismith College Player of the Year (after 1969) John R. Wooden Award (after 1976)
Player (X)	Denotes the number of times the player has been awarded the Haggerty Award at that point

Winners

Irv Torgoff, LIU Brooklyn, 1939

Jack Garfinkel, St. John's, 1941

Jim White, St. John's, 1942

Andrew Levane, St. John's, 1943

Dolph Schayes, NYU, 1948

Walter Dukes, Seton Hall, 1953

Satch Sanders, NYU, 1960

LeRoy Ellis, St. John's, 1962

Barry Kramer (r), NYU, 1963

Warren Isaac, Iona, 1965

Jim McMillian, Columbia, 1968 through 1970

Charlie Yelverton, Fordham, 1971

Mark Jackson, St. John's, 1987

Ron Artest, St. John's, 1999

Speedy Claxton, Hofstra, 2000

Andre Barrett, Seton Hall, 2004

Quincy Douby, Rutgers, 2006

Jared Jordan, Marist, 2007

Jason Thompson, Rider, 2008

Charles Jenkins, Hofstra, 2009 through 2011

Scott Machado, Iona, 2012

Lamont Jones, Iona, 2013

D'Angelo Harrison, St. John's, 2014

Sir'Dominic Pointer, St. John's, 2015

Ron Harper Jr., Rutgers, 2022

Aaron Estrada, Hofstra, 2023

Season	Player	School	Position	Class	Reference
1935–36	Jules Bender	LIU	F / G	Junior	[6]
1936–37	Ben Kramer	LIU	SF	Senior	[6]
1937–38	Bernie Fliegel	CCNY	C	Senior	[7]
1938–39	Irv Torgoff	LIU	PF	Senior	[6]
1939–40	Ben Auerbach	NYU	SF	Junior	[7]
1940–41	Jack Garfinkel	St. John's	PG	Senior	[7]
1941–42	Jim White	St. John's	G	Senior	[7]
1942–43	Andrew Levane	St. John's	SF / SG	Senior	[7]
1943–44	Dick McGuire	St. John's	PG	Freshman	[8]
1944–45	Bill Kotsores	St. John's	PF	Senior	[8]
1945–46	Sid Tanenbaum	NYU	SG	Junior	[8]
1946–47	Sid Tanenbaum (2)	NYU	SG	Senior	[8]
1947–48	Dolph Schayes	NYU	C	Senior	[9]
1948–49	Dick McGuire (2)	St. John's	PG	Senior	[8]
1949–50	Sherman White	LIU	PF	Junior	[9]
1950–51	John Azary	Columbia	SG	Senior	[9]
1951–52	Ronnie MacGilvray	St. John's	PG	Senior	[8]
1952–53	Walter Dukes	Seton Hall	C	Senior	[9]
1953–54	Ed Conlin	Fordham	PF	Junior	[8]
1954–55	Ed Conlin (2)	Fordham	PF	Senior	[8]
1955–56	Bill Thieben	Hofstra	PF	Senior	[9]
1956–57	Chet Forte*	Columbia	PG	Senior	[9]
1957–58	Jim Cunningham	Fordham	SG	Senior	[9]
1958–59	Al Seiden	St. John's	PG / SG	Senior	[8]
1959–60	Satch Sanders	NYU	PF	Senior	[9]
1960–61	Tony Jackson	St. John's	SF	Senior	[8]
1961–62	LeRoy Ellis	St. John's	C	Senior	[8]
1962–63	Barry Kramer	NYU	PF	Junior	[10]
1963–64	Nick Werkman	Seton Hall	PF	Senior	[11]
1964–65	Warren Isaac	Iona	PF	Senior	[8]
1965–66	Albie Grant	LIU	SF	Senior	[12]
1966–67	Sonny Dove	St. John's	C	Senior	[8]
1967–68	Jim McMillian	Columbia	SF	Sophomore	[8]
1968–69	Jim McMillian (2)	Columbia	SF	Junior	[8]
1969–70	Jim McMillian (3)	Columbia	SF	Senior	[8]
1970–71	Charlie Yelverton	Fordham	SG	Senior	[13]
1971–72†	Richie Garner	Manhattan	SG	Senior	[14]
	Tom Sullivan	Fordham	C	Senior	[14]
1972–73	Billy Schaeffer	St. John's	PF	Senior	[8]
1973–74	Bill Campion	Manhattan	C	Junior	[15]
1974–75	Phil Sellers	Rutgers	SG	Junior	[8]
1975–76	Phil Sellers (2)	Rutgers	SG	Senior	[8]
1976–77	Rich Laurel	Hofstra	SG	Senior	[16]
1977–78	George Johnson	St. John's	PF	Senior	[8]
1978–79	Nikos Galis	Seton Hall	SG	Senior	[17]
1979–80	Jeff Ruland	Iona	C	Junior	[8]
1980–81	Gary Springer	Iona	PF	Freshman	[8]
1981–82	Dan Callandrillo	Seton Hall	SG	Senior	[18]
1982–83	Chris Mullin	St. John's	SF	Sophomore	[8]
1983–84†	Steve Burtt Sr.	Iona	SG	Senior	[19]
	Chris Mullin (2)	St. John's	SF	Junior	[19]
1984–85	Chris Mullin* (3)	St. John's	SF	Senior	[20]
1985–86	Walter Berry*	St. John's	PF	Senior	[21]
1986–87†	Kevin Houston	Army	PG	Senior	[22]
	Mark Jackson	St. John's	PG	Senior	[23]
1987–88	Mark Bryant	Seton Hall	PF	Senior	[24]
1988–89	John Morton	Seton Hall	PG	Senior	[25]
1989–90	Boo Harvey	St. John's	PG	Senior	[26]
1990–91	Malik Sealy	St. John's	SF	Junior	[27]
1991–92	Malik Sealy (2)	St. John's	SF	Senior	[28]
1992–93	Terry Dehere	Seton Hall	SG	Senior	[29]
1993–94†	Izett Buchanan	Marist	SG	Senior	[30]
	Artūras Karnišovas	Seton Hall	SF	Senior	[30]
1994–95	Joe Griffin	LIU	SF	Senior	[31]
1995–96	Adrian Griffin	Seton Hall	SG / SF	Senior	[32]
1996–97	Charles Jones	LIU	PG	Junior	[33]
1997–98	Felipe López	St. John's	SG	Senior	[34]
1998–99	Ron Artest	St. John's	SF	Sophomore	[35]
1999–00	Speedy Claxton	Hofstra	PG	Senior	[36]
2000–01	Norman Richardson	Hofstra	SG / SF	Senior	[37]
2001–02	Marcus Hatten	St. John's	PG	Junior	[38]
2002–03	Luis Flores	Manhattan	PG	Junior	[39]
2003–04†	Andre Barrett	Seton Hall	PG	Senior	[40]
	Luis Flores (2)	Manhattan	PG	Senior	[40]
2004–05	Keydren Clark	Saint Peter's	PG	Junior	[41]
2005–06	Quincy Douby	Rutgers	SG	Junior	[42]
2006–07	Jared Jordan	Marist	PG	Senior	[43]
2007–08	Jason Thompson	Rider	C	Senior	[44]
2008–09	Charles Jenkins	Hofstra	SG	Sophomore	[45]
2009–10	Charles Jenkins (2)	Hofstra	SG	Junior	[45]
2010–11	Charles Jenkins (3)	Hofstra	SG	Senior	[45]
2011–12	Scott Machado	Iona	PG	Senior	[46]
2012–13	Lamont Jones	Iona	PG	Senior	[47]
2013–14	D'Angelo Harrison	St. John's	SG	Junior	[48]
2014–15	Sir'Dominic Pointer	St. John's	SF	Senior	[49]
2015–16	Isaiah Whitehead	Seton Hall	SG	Sophomore	[50]
2016–17	Ángel Delgado	Seton Hall	C	Junior	[51]
2017–18	Shamorie Ponds	St. John's	PG	Sophomore	[52]
2018–19	Myles Powell	Seton Hall	SG	Junior	[53]
2019–20	Myles Powell (2)	Seton Hall	SG	Senior	[53]
2020–21	Sandro Mamukelashvili	Seton Hall	C	Senior	[54]
2021–22	Ron Harper Jr.	Rutgers	SF	Senior	[55]
2022–23	Aaron Estrada	Hofstra	PG	Senior	[56]
2023–24	Tyler Thomas	Hofstra	SG	Graduate	[57]
2024–25	RJ Luis Jr.	St. John's	SG	Junior	[58]

Winners by school

School	Winners	Years
St. John's	28	1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1949, 1952, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1967, 1973, 1978, 1983, 1984†, 1985, 1986, 1987†, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2025
Seton Hall	15	1953, 1964, 1979, 1982, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1994†, 1996, 2004†, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021
Hofstra	9	1956, 1977, 2000, 2001, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2023, 2024
LIU	7	1936, 1937, 1939, 1950, 1966, 1995, 1997
Iona	6	1965, 1980, 1981, 1984†, 2012, 2013
NYU	6	1940, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1960, 1963
Columbia	5	1951, 1957, 1968, 1969, 1970
Fordham	5	1954, 1955, 1958, 1971, 1972†
Manhattan	4	1972†, 1974, 2003, 2004†
Rutgers	4	1975, 1976, 2006, 2022
Marist	2	1994†, 2007
Army	1	1987†
CCNY	1	1938
Rider	1	2008
Saint Peter's	1	2005