Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

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 and Norfolk State have the most recipients with eight each. The only current member of the MEAC without a winner is Maryland Eastern Shore.

Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

Awarded for	the most outstanding basketball player in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Country	United States
History
First award	1972
Most recent	Blake Harper, Howard

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 MEAC Player of the Year award at that point

Winners

Elmer Austin, North Carolina A&T, 1972

Roderick Blakney, South Carolina State, 1997

Tommy Adams, Hampton, 2002

Tywain McKee, Coppin State, 2009

Kyle O'Quinn, Norfolk State, 2012

Pendarvis Williams, Norfolk State, 2013

Patrick Cole, North Carolina Central, 2017

Season	Player	School	Position	Class	Reference
1971–72	Elmer Austin	North Carolina A&T	F	Senior	[1]
1972–73	Marvin Webster	Morgan State	C	Sophomore	[2]
1973–74	Marvin Webster (2)	Morgan State	C	Junior	[2]
1974–75	Marvin Webster (3)	Morgan State	C	Senior	[2]
1975–76	James Sparrow	North Carolina A&T	F	Sophomore	[3]
1976–77	Eric Evans	Morgan State	C	Junior	[4]
1977–78	Gerald Glover	Howard	F	Senior	[5]
1978–79	Joe Brawner	North Carolina A&T	G	Junior	[6]
1979–80	James Ratiff	Howard	PF	Sophomore	[7]
1980–81	Larry Spriggs	Howard	SF	Senior	[8]
1981–82	Joe Binion	North Carolina A&T	SF	Sophomore	[9]
1982–83	Joe Binion (2)	North Carolina A&T	SF	Junior	[9]
1983–84	Joe Binion (3)	North Carolina A&T	SF	Senior	[9]
1984–85	Eric Boyd	North Carolina A&T	G	Junior	[10]
1985–86	Don Hill	Bethune–Cookman	C	Senior	[11]
1986–87	George Cale	North Carolina A&T	G	Senior	[12]
1987–88	Claude Williams	North Carolina A&T	F	Senior	[13]
1988–89	Tom Davis	Delaware State	PF	Sophomore	[14]
1989–90	Larry Stewart	Coppin State	PF	Junior	[15]
1990–91	Larry Stewart (2)	Coppin State	PF	Senior	[15]
1991–92	Delon Turner	Florida A&M	PF	Junior	[16]
1992–93	Jackie Robinson	South Carolina State	F	Senior	[17]
1993–94	Stephen Stewart	Coppin State	SG / SF	Junior	[18]
1994–95	Stephen Stewart (2)	Coppin State	SG / SF	Senior	[18]
1995–96	Terquin Mott	Coppin State	PF	Junior	[19]
1996–97	Roderick Blakney	South Carolina State	PG	Junior	[20]
1997–98	Antoine Brockington	Coppin State	PG	Junior	[21]
1998–99	Damian Woolfolk	Norfolk State	SG	Junior	[22]
1999–00	Damian Woolfolk (2)	Norfolk State	SG	Senior	[22]
2000–01	Tarvis Williams	Hampton	C	Junior	[23]
2001–02	Tommy Adams	Hampton	PG / SG	Senior	[24]
2002–03	Ron Williamson	Howard	SG	Senior	[25]
2003–04	Thurman Zimmerman	South Carolina State	SG / SF	Sophomore	[26]
2004–05	Chakowby Hicks	Norfolk State	PG	Senior	[27]
2005–06	Jahsha Bluntt	Delaware State	SF	Junior	[28]
2006–07	Jahsha Bluntt (2)	Delaware State	SF	Senior	[29]
2007–08	Jamar Smith	Morgan State	SG	Senior	[30]
2008–09	Tywain McKee	Coppin State	PG	Senior	[31]
2009–10	Reggie Holmes	Morgan State	SG	Senior	[32]
2010–11	C. J. Reed	Bethune–Cookman	PG	Junior	[33]
2011–12	Kyle O'Quinn	Norfolk State	C	Senior	[34]
2012–13	Pendarvis Williams	Norfolk State	PG	Junior	[35]
2013–14	Jeremy Ingram	North Carolina Central	SG	Senior	[36]
2014–15	Kendall Gray	Delaware State	C	Senior	[37]
2015–16	James Daniel III	Howard	SG	Junior	[38]
2016–17	Patrick Cole	North Carolina Central	PG	Senior	[39]
2017–18	Brandon Tabb	Bethune–Cookman	SG / SF	Senior	[40]
2018–19	R. J. Cole	Howard	PG	Sophomore	[41]
2019–20	Jibri Blount	North Carolina Central	SF	Senior	[42]
2020–21	Anthony Tarke	Coppin State	SG	Senior	[43]
2021–22	Joe Bryant Jr.	Norfolk State	PG	Senior	[44]
2022–23	Joe Bryant Jr. (2)	Norfolk State	PG	Graduate	[44]
2023–24	Jamarii Thomas	Norfolk State	PG	Junior	[45]
2024–25	Blake Harper	Howard	SG	Freshman	[46]

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)[a]	9	1972, 1976, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988
Coppin State (1985)	8	1990, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2009, 2021
Norfolk State (1997)	8	1999, 2000, 2005, 2012, 2013, 2022, 2023, 2024
Howard (1970)	7	1978, 1980, 1981, 2003, 2016, 2019, 2025
Morgan State (1970)[b]	6	1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 2008, 2010
Delaware State (1970)	4	1989, 2006, 2007, 2015
Bethune–Cookman (1979)[c]	3	1986, 2011, 2018
North Carolina Central (1970)[d]	3	2014, 2017, 2020
South Carolina State (1970)	3	1993, 1997, 2004
Hampton (1995)	2	2001, 2002
Florida A&M (1979)[e]	1	1992
Maryland Eastern Shore (1970)[f]	0	—
Savannah State (2010)[g]	0	—

1. North Carolina A&T State University left for the Big South Conference in 2021.
2. Morgan State University left the MEAC in 1979 but rejoined in 1984.
3. Bethune–Cookman University left for the Southwestern Athletic Conference in 2021.
4. North Carolina Central University left the MEAC in 1979 but rejoined in 2010.
5. Florida A&M University left the MEAC in 1984, rejoined in 1986, and left again in 2021 for the Southwestern Athletic Conference.
6. The University of Maryland Eastern Shore left the MEAC in 1979 but rejoined in 1981.
7. Savannah State University left for the NCAA Division II Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference in 2019.