Patriot League Men's Basketball Player of the Year

The Patriot League Men's Basketball Player of the Year is an award given to the Patriot League's most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1990–91 season, the first under the Patriot League name and also the league's first season as an all-sports conference. There have been five repeat winners of the award: Adonal Foyle of Colgate (1996, 1997), Brian Ehlers of Lafayette (1999, 2000), CJ McCollum of Lehigh (2010, 2012), Mike Muscala of Bucknell (2011, 2013), and Tim Kempton Jr. of Lehigh (2015, 2016). Bucknell claims the most awards (9) while Colgate is second with seven. Bucknell has the most individual players honored with eight. Two Patriot League members have not had a winner, Army and Loyola Maryland.

Patriot League Men's Basketball Player of the Year

Awarded for	the most outstanding basketball player in the Patriot League
Country	United States
History
First award	1991
Most recent	Noah Williamson, Bucknell

Key

†	Co-Players of the Year
*	Awarded a national player of the year award: 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 Patriot League Player of the Year award at that point

Winners

Adonal Foyle, Colgate, 1996 and 1997

Kevin Hamilton, Holy Cross, 2005

Greg Sprink, Navy, 2008

CJ McCollum, Lehigh, 2010 and 2012

Mike Muscala, Bucknell, 2011 and 2013

Cameron Ayers, Bucknell, 2014

Tim Kempton Jr., Lehigh, 2015 and 2016

Nana Foulland, Bucknell, 2017

Zach Thomas, Bucknell, 2018

Sa'eed Nelson, American, 2020

Season	Player	School	Position	Class	Reference
1990–91	Damon Lopez	Fordham	C	Senior	[1]
1991–92	Patrick King	Bucknell	SF	Senior	[2]
1992–93	Mike Bright	Bucknell	SF	Senior	[3]
1993–94	Tucker Neale	Colgate	SG	Junior	[4]
1994–95	Rob Feaster	Holy Cross	PF	Senior	[5]
1995–96	Adonal Foyle	Colgate	C	Sophomore	[6]
1996–97	Adonal Foyle (2)	Colgate	C	Junior	[6]
1997–98	Stefan Ciosici	Lafayette	C	Junior	[7]
1998–99	Brian Ehlers	Lafayette	SG / PG	Junior	[8]
1999–00	Brian Ehlers (2)	Lafayette	SG / PG	Senior	[8]
2000–01	Tim Szatko	Holy Cross	PF	Sophomore	[9]
2001–02	Patrick Doctor	American	PF / C	Senior	[10]
2002–03	Patrick Whearty	Holy Cross	C	Senior	[11]
2003–04	Austen Rowland	Lehigh	PG	Senior	[12]
2004–05	Kevin Hamilton	Holy Cross	SG / PG	Junior	[13]
2005–06	Charles Lee	Bucknell	G	Senior	[14]
2006–07	Keith Simmons	Holy Cross	G	Senior	[15]
2007–08	Greg Sprink	Navy	G	Senior	[16]
2008–09	Derrick Mercer	American	PG	Senior	[17]
2009–10	CJ McCollum	Lehigh	PG	Freshman	[18]
2010–11	Mike Muscala	Bucknell	PF / C	Sophomore	[19]
2011–12	CJ McCollum (2)	Lehigh	PG	Junior	[20]
2012–13	Mike Muscala (2)	Bucknell	PF / C	Senior	[19]
2013–14	Cameron Ayers	Bucknell	PG / SG	Senior	[21]
2014–15	Tim Kempton Jr.	Lehigh	PF / C	Sophomore	[22]
2015–16	Tim Kempton Jr. (2)	Lehigh	PF / C	Junior	[22]
2016–17	Nana Foulland	Bucknell	C	Junior	[23]
2017–18	Zach Thomas	Bucknell	PF	Senior	[24]
2018–19	Rapolas Ivanauskas	Colgate	PF	Junior	[25]
2019–20	Sa'eed Nelson	American	PG	Senior	[26]
2020–21	Jordan Burns	Colgate	PG	Senior	[27]
2021–22	Sukhmail Mathon	Boston University	PF	Graduate	[28]
2022–23	Tucker Richardson	Colgate	PG	Senior	[29]
2023–24	Braeden Smith	Colgate	PG	Sophomore	[30]
2024–25	Noah Williamson	Bucknell	C	Junior	[31]

Winners by school

School (year joined)	Winners	Years
Bucknell (1990)	9	1992, 1993, 2006, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2025
Colgate (1990)	7	1994, 1996, 1997, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2024
Holy Cross (1990)	5	1995, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007
Lehigh (1990)	5	2004, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2016
American (2001)	3	2002, 2009, 2020
Lafayette (1990)	3	1998, 1999, 2000
Boston University (2013)	1	2022
Fordham (1990)[a] b	1	1991
Navy (1991)	1	2008
Army (1990)a	0	—
Loyola (MD) (2013)	0	—

• ^a Fordham and Army were not charter members of the conference when it was established as the football-only Colonial League in 1986. They became members in 1990 when the conference became an all-sports league (and also adopted its current name).
• ^b Fordham left for the Atlantic 10 Conference in 1995. They are still a Patriot League associate member in football.