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Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

The Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year is an award given to the Mountain West Conference's most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1999–2000 season, the first year of the conference's existence. As of 2023, no player has received the award multiple times. Two winners of the conference award were consensus national players of the year: Andrew Bogut of Utah (2005) and Jimmer Fredette of BYU (2011).

Among current conference members, San Diego State has the most winners with five, with New Mexico in second place with five and Colorado State in third place with two. Other current conference members with a winner include Air Force, Boise State, Fresno State, San Jose State, and Nevada with one each. The remaining three current all-sports members are yet to have a winner—charter members UNLV and Wyoming. Former conference members BYU and Utah had five and four players who won the award, respectively — both schools left for other conferences in 2011.

Key

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

Winners

Nick Welch, Air Force, 2004
Andrew Bogut, Utah, 2005
J. R. Giddens, New Mexico, 2008
Darington Hobson, New Mexico, 2010
Jimmer Fredette, BYU, 2011
Jamaal Franklin, San Diego State, 2012
Marvelle Harris, Fresno State, 2016
Caleb Martin, Nevada, 2018
Matt Mitchell, San Diego State, 2021
David Roddy, Colorado State, 2022
Season Player School Position Class Reference
1999–00 Alex Jensen Utah F Senior [1]
2000–01 Mekeli Wesley BYU F Senior [2]
2001–02 Britton Johnsen Utah F Junior [3]
2002–03 Ruben Douglas New Mexico PG/SG Senior [4]
2003–04† Rafael Araújo BYU C Senior [5]
Nick Welch Air Force C Sophomore [5]
2004–05 Andrew Bogut* Utah PF/C Sophomore [6]
2005–06 Brandon Heath San Diego State SG Junior [7]
2006–07 Keena Young BYU G Senior [8]
2007–08† Lee Cummard BYU SF Junior [9]
J. R. Giddens New Mexico SG Senior [9]
2008–09 Luke Nevill Utah C Senior [10]
2009–10 Darington Hobson New Mexico SF Junior [11]
2010–11 Jimmer Fredette* BYU PG Senior [12]
2011–12 Jamaal Franklin San Diego State SG Sophomore [13]
2012–13 Kendall Williams New Mexico SG Junior [14]
2013–14 Xavier Thames San Diego State SG Senior [15]
2014–15 Derrick Marks Boise State SG Senior [16]
2015–16 Marvelle Harris Fresno State SG Senior [17]
2016–17 Gian Clavell Colorado State SG Senior [18]
2017–18 Caleb Martin Nevada SF Junior [19]
2018–19 Sam Merrill Utah State PG Junior [20]
2019–20 Malachi Flynn San Diego State PG Junior [21]
2020–21 Matt Mitchell San Diego State SF Senior [22]
2021–22 David Roddy Colorado State SF Junior [23]
2022–23 Omari Moore San Jose State PG/SG Senior [24]
2023–24 Great Osobor Utah State PF Junior [25]
2024–25 Donovan Dent New Mexico PG Junior [26]

Winners by school

School (year joined) Winners Years
BYU (1999)[a 1] 5 2001, 2004†, 2007, 2008†, 2011
New Mexico (1999) 5 2003, 2008†, 2010, 2013, 2025
San Diego State (1999)[a 2] 5 2006, 2012, 2014, 2020, 2021
Utah (1999)[a 3] 4 2000, 2002, 2005, 2009
Colorado State (1999)[a 2] 2 2017, 2022
Utah State (2013)[a 2] 2 2019, 2024
Air Force (1999) 1 2004†
Boise State (2011)[a 2] 1 2015
Fresno State (2012)[a 2] 1 2016
Nevada (2012) 1 2018
San Jose State (2013) 1 2023
UNLV (1999) 0 —
Wyoming (1999) 0 —
  1. ^ BYU left in 2011 to join the West Coast Conference, and moved from there to the Big 12 Conference in 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, San Diego State, and Utah State will leave in 2026 for the Pac-12 Conference.
  3. ^ Utah left in 2011 to join what is now the Pac-12, and moved to the Big 12 in 2024.

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