Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Rookie of the Year

The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Rookie of the Year is a basketball award given to the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference's one or more best men's basketball players in their first year of competitive play, as voted on by the coaches in the conference. The award was first given following the 1981–82 season, the first year of the conference's existence, to Tim Cain of Manhattan.^[1]

Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Rookie of the Year
Awarded for	the most outstanding rookie basketball player in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Country	United States
First award	1981
Currently held by	Jao Ituka, Marist

Key

†	Co-Players of the Year

Winners

Season	Player	School	Position	Class	Ref.
1981–82	Tim Cain	Manhattan	Forward	Freshman
1982–83	Perry Bromwell	Manhattan	Guard	Freshman
1983–84	Kevin Houston	Army	PG/SG	Freshman
1984–85†	Richie Simmonds	Iona	Guard	Freshman
	Leo Parent	Manhattan	Center	Freshman
1985–86	Joe Paterno	Fordham	Forward	Freshman
1986–87	Lionel Simmons	La Salle	SF	Freshman
1987–88	Derrick Canada	Army	Guard	Freshman
1988–89	Jack Hurd	La Salle	Forward	Freshman
1989–90	Keith Bullock	Manhattan	Forward	Freshman
1990–91	Brian Clifford	Niagara	Forward	Freshman
1991–92†	Harun Ramey	Saint Peter's	Forward	Freshman
	Craig Wise	Canisius	Forward	Freshman
1992–93	Michael Meeks	Canisius	Center	Freshman
1993–94	Jason Hoover	Manhattan	Forward	Freshman
1994–95	Heshimu Evans	Manhattan	Forward	Freshman
1995–96	Nsilo Abraham	Loyola (MD)	Forward	Freshman
1996–97	Ricky Bellinger	Saint Peter's	Guard	Freshman
1997–98	Scott Knapp	Siena	Guard	Freshman
1998–99	Jermaine Clark	Fairfield	Guard	Freshman
1999–00	Bruce Seals	Manhattan	Guard	Freshman
2000–01	John Reimold	Loyola (MD)	Forward	Freshman
2001–02	Jerry Johnson	Rider	Guard	Freshman
2002–03	Keydren Clark	Saint Peter's	Guard	Freshman
2003–04	Shane Nichols	Saint Peter's	Guard	Freshman
2004–05	CJ Anderson	Manhattan	Guard	Freshman
2005–06	Kenny Hasbrouck	Siena	Guard	Freshman
2006–07†	Edwin Ubiles	Siena	Forward	Freshman
	Frank Turner	Canisius	Guard	Freshman
2007–08†	Jay Gavin	Marist	Guard	Freshman
	Brian Rudolph	Loyola (MD)	Guard	Freshman
2008–09	Scott Machado	Iona	Guard	Freshman
2009–10	Derek Needham	Fairfield	Guard	Freshman
2010–11	Danny Stewart	Rider	Forward	Freshman
2011–12	Juan'ya Green	Niagara	Guard	Freshman
2012–13†	Amadou Sidibé	Fairfield	Center	Freshman
	Shane Richards	Manhattan	Forward	Freshman
2013–14	Khalid Hart	Marist	Guard	Freshman
2014–15	Schadrac Casimir	Iona	Guard	Freshman
2015–16	Micah Seaborn	Monmouth	Guard	Freshman
2016–17	Mikey Dixon	Quinnipiac	Guard	Freshman
2017–18	Takal Molson	Canisius	Guard	Freshman
2018–19	Jalen Pickett	Siena	Guard	Freshman
2019–20	Aaron Estrada	Saint Peter's	Guard	Freshman
2020–21	Nelly Junior Joseph	Iona	Forward	Freshman
2021–22	Jao Ituka	Marist	Guard	Freshman
2022–23	Michael Eley	Siena	Guard	Freshman

Winners by school

School (year joined)	Winners	Years
Manhattan (1981)	9	1982, 1983, 1985†, 1990, 1994, 1995, 2000, 2005, 2013
Saint Peter's (1981)	5	1992†, 1997, 2003, 2004, 2020
Iona (1981)	4	1985†, 2009, 2015, 2021
Canisius (1989)	4	1992†, 1993, 2007†, 2018
Siena (1989)	4	1998, 2006, 2007†, 2019
Fairfield (1981)	3	1999, 2010, 2013†
Loyola (MD) (1989)[a 1]	3	1996, 2001, 2008†
Marist (1997)	3	2008†, 2014, 2022
Army (1981)[a 2]	2	1984, 1988
La Salle (1983)[a 3]	2	1987, 1989
Niagara (1989)	2	1991, 2012
Rider (1997)	2	2002, 2011
Fordham (1981)[a 4]	1	1986
Monmouth (2013)[a 5]	1	2016
Quinnipiac (2013)	1	2017
Holy Cross (1983)[a 6]	0	—

1. Loyola (MD) left for the Patriot League in 2013.
2. The United States Military Academy (Army) left for the Patriot League in 1990.
3. La Salle left for the Midwestern Collegiate Conference in 1992.
4. Fordham left for the Patriot League in 1990.
5. Monmouth left for the Colonial Athletic Association in 2022.
6. Holy Cross left for the Patriot League in 1990.