American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Rookie of the Year

American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Rookie of the Year
Awarded for The most outstanding rookie basketball player in the American Athletic Conference
Country United States
First awarded 2014
Currently held by Shawn Williams, East Carolina

The American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Rookie of the Year is a basketball award given to the American Athletic Conference's one or more best men's basketball players in their first year of competitive play. The conference formed in 2013–14 after many schools departed from the original Big East Conference to form their own conference. Austin Nichols of Memphis was the first-ever winner.[1] This award is voted for by the coaches and can only be awarded once to any player.

Key

† Co-Players of the Year
* Awarded a national Player of the Year award: Naismith College Player of the Year (1968–69 to present)
or the John R. Wooden Award (1976–77 to present)

Winners

Season Player School Position Class Reference
2013–14 Austin Nichols Memphis Forward Freshman [1]
2014–15 Daniel Hamilton Connecticut Swingman Freshman [2]
2015–16 Dedric Lawson Memphis Forward Freshman [3]
2016–17 K. J. Lawson Memphis Swingman RS Freshman [4]
2017–18 Shawn Williams East Carolina Guard RS Freshman [5]

Winners by school

School (year joined) Winners Years
Memphis (2013) 3 2014, 2016, 2017
Connecticut (2013) 1 2015
East Carolina (2014) 1 2018
Cincinnati (2013) 0 —
Houston (2013) 0 —
Louisville (2013)[a 1] 0 —
Rutgers (2013)[a 1] 0 —
SMU (2013) 0 —
South Florida (2013) 0 —
Temple (2013) 0 —
Tulane (2014) 0 —
Tulsa (2014) 0 —
UCF (2013) 0 —
  1. 1 2 Louisville and Rutgers played only the 2013–14 season in The American. In July 2014, they respectively left for the ACC[6] and Big Ten.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 "American Athletic Conference - UConn's Shabazz Napier Named American Athletic Conference Player of the Year". Theamerican.org. Retrieved 2016-12-04.
  2. ↑ "American Athletic Conference - SMU's Nic Moore Named Men's Basketball Player of the Year". Theamerican.org. 2015-03-12. Retrieved 2016-12-04.
  3. ↑ "American Athletic Conference - SMU's Moore Named Men's Basketball Player of the Year for Second Consecutive Season". Theamerican.org. Retrieved 2016-12-04.
  4. ↑ http://sidearm.sites.s3.amazonaws.com/theamerican.sidearmsports.com/documents/2016/11/17/2016_17_American_Men_s_Basketball_Weekly_Release.pdf
  5. ↑ http://theamerican.org/news/2018/3/6/mens-basketball-clark-named-american-player-of-the-year-williams-rookie-of-the-year-sampson-coach-of-the-year.aspx
  6. ↑ "ACC Extends Formal Invitation for Membership to the University of Louisville" (Press release). Atlantic Coast Conference. November 28, 2012. Archived from the original on December 12, 2012. Retrieved November 28, 2012.
  7. ↑ "Rutgers University To Join The Big Ten Conference" (Press release). Big Ten Conference. November 20, 2012. Retrieved November 20, 2012.
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