Southwest Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

Southwest Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
Awarded for	the most outstanding basketball player in the Southwest Conference
Country	United States
Last awarded	1996

The Southwest Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year was an annual basketball award given to the Southwest Conference (SWC)'s most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 19??–?? season and concluded after the 1995–96 season (the SWC disbanded with four members establishing the Big 12 Conference, three members joining the Western Athletic Conference, and one joining Conference USA).

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 Southwest Player of the Year award at that point

Winners

Sonny Parker won back-to-back awards in 1975 and 1976.

Clyde Drexler of Houston shared the 1983 award with teammate Michael Young.

Future Hall of Fame inductee Hakeem Olajuwon (then known as Akeem) won in 1984.

David Wesley was a co-player of the year in 1992.

Bo Outlaw won in 1993 and was Houston's sixth and final recipient.

Season	Player	Team	Position	Class
1957–58	Herrscher, RickRick Herrscher	SMU	Guard / forward	Senior
1958–59	Kirchner, H. E.H. E. Kirchner	TCU	Center	Senior
1959–60	Broussard, CarrollCarroll Broussard	Texas A&M	Forward	Sophomore
1960–61	Broussard, CarrollCarroll Broussard (2)	Texas A&M	Forward	Junior
1961–62	Broussard, CarrollCarroll Broussard (3)	Texas A&M	Forward	Senior
1962–63	Lenox, BennieBennie Lenox	Texas A&M	Guard	Junior
1963–64	Lenox, BennieBennie Lenox (2)	Texas A&M	Guard	Senior
1964–65	Beasley, JohnJohn Beasley	Texas A&M	Center	Junior
1965–66	Beasley, JohnJohn Beasley (2)	Texas A&M	Center	Senior
1966–67	Holman, DennyDenny Holman	SMU	Guard	Senior
1967–68	Arnold, BillyBilly Arnold	Texas	Guard	Senior
1968–69^†	Peret, RonnieRonnie Peret	Texas A&M	Center	Senior
1968–69^†	Phillips, GeneGene Phillips	SMU	Forward	Sophomore
1968–69^†	Williams, GregGreg Williams	Rice		Junior
1969–70	Phillips, GeneGene Phillips (2)	SMU	Forward	Junior
1970–71^†	Kennedy, GooGoo Kennedy	TCU	Forward	Senior
1970–71^†	Phillips, GeneGene Phillips (3)	SMU	Forward	Senior
1971–72	Robinson, LarryLarry Robinson	Texas	Forward	Sophomore
1972–73	Terry, MartinMartin Terry	Arkansas	Guard	Senior
1973–74	Robinson, LarryLarry Robinson (2)	Texas	Forward	Senior
1974–75	Parker, SonnySonny Parker	Texas A&M	Guard / forward	Junior
1975–76^†	Parker, SonnySonny Parker (2)	Texas A&M	Guard / forward	Senior
1975–76^†	Terrell, IraIra Terrell	SMU	Center	Senior
1976–77	Birdsong, OtisOtis Birdsong	Houston	Guard	Senior
1977–78	Brewer, RonRon Brewer	Arkansas	Guard	Senior
1978–79	Moncrief, SidneySidney Moncrief	Arkansas	Guard	Senior
1979–80^†	Baxter, RonRon Baxter	Texas	Guard	Senior
1979–80^†	Teagle, TerryTerry Teagle	Baylor	Guard / forward	Sophomore
1980–81	Williams, RobRob Williams	Houston	Guard	Sophomore
1981–82	Pierce, RickyRicky Pierce	Rice	Forward	Senior
1982–83^†	Drexler, ClydeClyde Drexler	Houston	Guard / forward	Junior
1982–83^†	Young, MichaelMichael Young	Houston	Forward / guard	Junior
1983–84	Olajuwon, AkeemAkeem Olajuwon	Houston	Center	Junior
1984–85	Jennings, BubbaBubba Jennings	Texas Tech	Guard	Senior
1985–86	Brownlee, JohnJohn Brownlee	Texas	Forward / center	Senior
1986–87	Holcombe, CarvenCarven Holcombe	TCU	Guard	Senior
1987–88	McKinney, CarltonCarlton McKinney	SMU	Guard	Senior
1988–89	Mays, TravisTravis Mays	Texas	Guard	Junior
1989–90	Mays, TravisTravis Mays (2)	Texas	Guard	Senior
1990–91^†	Day, ToddTodd Day	Arkansas	Forward	Junior
1990–91^†	Miller, OliverOliver Miller	Arkansas	Center	Junior
1991–92^†	Flemons, WillWill Flemons	Texas Tech	Forward	Junior
1991–92^†	Wesley, DavidDavid Wesley	Baylor	Guard	Senior
1992–93^†	Flemons, WillWill Flemons (2)	Texas Tech	Forward	Senior
1992–93^†	Outlaw, BoBo Outlaw	Houston	Forward / center	Senior
1992–93^†	Wilson, MikeMike Wilson	SMU	Guard	Senior
1993–94	Tyler, B. J.B. J. Tyler	Texas	Guard	Senior
1994–95	Thomas, KurtKurt Thomas	TCU	Center	Senior
1995–96	Sasser, JasonJason Sasser	Texas Tech	Forward	Senior

Winners by school

School (year joined)	Winners	Years
Texas A&M (1915)	10	1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1969^†, 1975, 1976^†
SMU (1918)	8	1958, 1967, 1969^†, 1970, 1971^†, 1976^†, 1988, 1993^†
Texas (1915)	8	1968, 1972, 1974, 1980^†, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1994
Houston (1971)	6	1977, 1981, 1983 (×2)^†, 1984, 1993^†
Arkansas (1915)	5	1973, 1978, 1979, 1991 (×2)^†
TCU (1923)	4	1959, 1971^†, 1987, 1995
Texas Tech (1956)	4	1985, 1992^†, 1993^†, 1996
Baylor (1915)	2	1980^†, 1992
Rice (1918)	2	1969^†, 1982

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