UPI Student Basketball Player of the Year

UPI Student Basketball Player of the Year
UPI Student Basketball Player of the Year
	UPI College Basketball Player of the Year
A country	USA
Type of	Reward
To whom is awarded	The best player in the US basketball tournament among students according to the United Press International news agency ( NCAA 1st Division)
Who is handed	United Press International News Agency
Statistics
Established
First award	1955 Tom Gola , La Salle
Last reward	1996 Ray Allen , Connecticut

UPI College Basketball Player of the Year is the annual basketball award awarded to the best basketball player of the first division of the NCAA according to the results of voting among sports observers. The award was established by United Press, an American news agency, and was first presented to Tom Gole of La Salle University in the 1954/55 season. It constantly competed with the Associated Press , but with the advent of television news, its popularity gradually faded away, and the last time the winner of the prize was Ray Allen from the University of Connecticut in the 1995/96 season.

Only five players, Oscar Robertson , Jerry Lucas , Lew Alsindor , Bill Walton and Ralph Sampson , received this prize several times, with Robertson, Walton and Sampson winning it three times. More often than others, winners of the honorary award were basketball players at the University of California at Los Angeles (6 times).

Content

1 Legend
2 Winners
3 Comments
4 notes
5 Links

Legend

*	Elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame
Player (X)	Number of titles

Winners

Season	Player	University	Position	Year of study
1954/55	Gola, Tom Tom Gola *	University of La Salla	Forward	four ! Fourth
1955/56	Russell, Bill Bill Russell *	University of San Francisco	Center	four ! Fourth
1956/57	Forte, Chet Chet Forte	Columbia University	Point guard	four ! Fourth
1957/58	Robertson, Oscar Oscar Robertson *	University of Cincinnati	Point guard	2! Second
1958/59	Robertson, Oscar Oscar Robertson * (2)	University of Cincinnati	Point guard	3! Third
1959/60	Robertson, Oscar Oscar Robertson * (3)	University of Cincinnati	Point guard	four ! Fourth
1960/61	Lucas, Jerry Jerry Lucas *	Ohio State University	Forward / Center	3! Third
1961/62	Lucas, Jerry Jerry Lucas * (2)	Ohio State University	Forward / Center	four ! Fourth
1962/63	Hayman, Art Art Hayman	Duke University	Defender / Forward	four ! Fourth
1963/64	Brads, Gary Gary Brads	Ohio State University	Forward	four ! Fourth
1964/65	Bradley, Bill Bill Bradley *	Princeton University	Light Forward / Attack Defender	four ! Fourth
1965/66	Russell, kazzy kazzy russell	University of Michigan	Attacking defender	four ! Fourth
1966/67	Alsindor, Lew Lew Alsindor * ^[a]	UCLA	Center	2! Second
1967/68	Hayes, Alvin Alvin Hayes *	University of Houston	Forward / Center	four ! Fourth
1968/69	Alsindor, Lew Lew Alsindor * ^[a] (2)	UCLA	Center	four ! Fourth
1969/70	Maravić, Pete Pete Maravić *	Louisiana State University	Defender	four ! Fourth
1970/71	Carr, Austin Austin Carr	University of Notre Dame	Defender	four ! Fourth
1971/72	Walton, Bill Bill Walton *	UCLA	Center	2! Second
1972/73	Walton, Bill Bill Walton * (2)	UCLA	Center	3! Third
1973/74	Walton, Bill Bill Walton * (3)	UCLA	Center	four ! Fourth
1974/75	Thompson, David David Thompson *	North Carolina State University	Attacking Defender / Light Forward	four ! Fourth
1975/76	May, Scott Scott May	Indiana University of Bloomington	Forward	four ! Fourth
1976/77	Johnson, Marquez Marquez Johnson	UCLA	Defender / Forward	four ! Fourth
1977/78	Lee Butch Butch Lee	Marquette University	Point guard	four ! Fourth
1978/79	Bird, Larry Larry Bird *	Indiana State University	Light forward	four ! Fourth
1979/80	Aguirre, Mark Marc Aguirre	De Paul University	Light forward	2! Second
1980/81	Sampson, Ralph Ralph Sampson *	Virgin university	Center	2! Second
1981/82	Sampson, Ralph Ralph Sampson * (2)	Virgin university	Center	3! Third
1982/83	Sampson, Ralph Ralph Sampson * (3)	Virgin university	Center	four ! Fourth
1983/84	Jordan, Michael Michael Jordan *	North Carolina	Attacking defender	3! Third
1984/85	Mullin, Chris Chris Mullin *	St. Johns University	Light Forward / Attack Defender	four ! Fourth
1985/86	Berry, Walter Walter Berry	St. Johns University	Heavy forward	four ! Fourth
1986/87	Robinson, David David Robinson *	U.S. Naval Academy	Center	four ! Fourth
1987/88	Hawkins, Hersey Hersey Hawkins	Bradley University	Attacking defender	four ! Fourth
1988/89	Ferry, Danny Danny Ferry	Duke University	Heavy Forward / Center	four ! Fourth
1989/90	Simmons, Lionel Lionel Simmons	University of La Salla	Light forward	four ! Fourth
1990/91	O'Neill, Shaquille Shaquille O'Neal *	Louisiana State University	Center	2! Second
1991/92	Jackson, Jim Jim Jackson	Ohio State University	Attacking defender	3! Third
1992/93	Chiney, calbert calbert chiney	Indiana University of Bloomington	Light forward	four ! Fourth
1993/94	Robinson, Glenn Glenn Robinson	Purdue University	Light forward / Heavy forward	2! Second
1994/95	Smith, Joe Joe Smith	University of Maryland College Park	Center	2! Second
1995/96	Allen, Ray Ray Allen	University of Connecticut	Attacking defender	3! Third

Comments

^a Change his name on May 1, 1971 after the first victory in the NBA and the adoption of Islam , the birth name Ferdinand Lewis Alsindor Jr. or just Lewis Alsindor. His new name, Karim Abdul-Jabbar, means: “generous, servant of the all-powerful” ( Allah ) ^[1] .

Notes

↑ Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Complete Bio . nba.com . NBA Media Ventures, LLC. Date of treatment December 1, 2012.

Links

UPI Player of the Year Winners . sports-reference.com . Sports Reference LLC. Date of treatment December 1, 2012.
United Press International Player of the Year . americasbestonline.net . America's Best & Top 10. Date accessed December 1, 2012. Archived January 24, 2013.
Men's College Basketball: Player of the Year Awards - United Press International . hickoksports.com . Sports History. Date of treatment December 1, 2012. Archived January 24, 2013.

[1] Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Complete Bio . nba.com . NBA Media Ventures, LLC. Date of treatment December 1, 2012.