American West Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

American West Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
Awarded for	the most outstanding basketball player in the American West Conference
Country	United States
History
First award	1995
Final award	1996

The American West Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year was an annual award given to the American West Conference's most outstanding player. The award was bestowed just twice (1995, 1996) coinciding with men's basketball being offered for only the 1994–95 and 1995–96 seasons. The American West Conference operated as a whole from 1993–94 to 1995–96. The award winners were Sean Allen from Southern Utah and Ben Larson from Cal Poly.

Winners

Season	Player	School	Position	Class	Reference
1994–95	Sean Allen^{[a 1]}	Southern Utah	PF / C	Senior	^[1]
1995–96	Ben Larson	Cal Poly	PG	Freshman	^[2]

Winners by school

School (year joined)	Winners	Years
Cal Poly (1993)	1	1996
Southern Utah (1993)	1	1995
Cal State Northridge (1993)	0	—
Sacramento State (1993)	0	—
UC Davis (1993)^{[a 2]}	0	—

Footnotes

^ Sean Allen later changed his last name to McCaw, but while he was still in college he kept his birth name.
^ UC Davis joined the American West Conference as a charter member in 1993–94 when it was still a football-only conference. They left after one year, before basketball was offered beginning in 1994–95.

References

General

"American West Conference Player of the Year Winners". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. 2021. Retrieved November 19, 2021.

Specific

^ "All-American West Conference Team". The Modesto Bee. Modesto, California. March 14, 1995. p. 18. Retrieved October 14, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Leef, Ralph (April 3, 1996). "Cal Poly team really turned things around". The Press Democrat. Santa Rosa, California. p. 22. Retrieved October 14, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

[1] Sean Allen later changed his last name to McCaw, but while he was still in college he kept his birth name.

[4] UC Davis joined the American West Conference as a charter member in 1993–94 when it was still a football-only conference. They left after one year, before basketball was offered beginning in 1994–95.

[2] "All-American West Conference Team". The Modesto Bee. Modesto, California. March 14, 1995. p. 18. Retrieved October 14, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

[3] Leef, Ralph (April 3, 1996). "Cal Poly team really turned things around". The Press Democrat. Santa Rosa, California. p. 22. Retrieved October 14, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

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