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UPI College Basketball Player of the Year
Awarded for	the most outstanding NCAA Division I men's basketball player
Country	United States
Presented by	United Press International
First awarded	1955
Last awarded	1996
Currently held by	Ray Allen, Connecticut

The UPI College Basketball Player of the Year was an annual basketball award given to the best men's basketball player in NCAA Division I competition. The award was first given following the 1954–55 season and was discontinued following the 1995–96 season. It was given by United Press International (UPI), a news agency in the United States that rivaled the Associated Press but began to decline with the advent of television news.

Five players—Oscar Robertson, Jerry Lucas, Lew Alcindor^[a], Bill Walton and Ralph Sampson—won the award multiple times. Of these five, only Robertson, Walton and Sampson were three-time UPI Players of the Year.

UCLA had the most all-time winners with six. Ohio State was second with four winners, while Cincinnati and Virginia were tied for third with three winners apiece. Five other schools had two winners and sixteen schools had only one UPI Player of the Year.

Eight of the winners were sophomores, seven were juniors, and the remaining 27 were seniors. No freshman was ever presented the award.

1 Key
2 Winners
3 Winners by school
4 Footnotes
5 References

Key [edit]

Player (X)	Denotes the number of times the player has been awarded the Player of the Year award at that point

Winners [edit]

Bill Russell won the award in 1956.

Bill Bradley (42) won the award in 1965.

Bill Walton won the award three times from 1972–74.

Michael Jordan won the award in 1984.

David Robinson won the award in 1987.

Ray Allen won the award in 1996.

Season	Player	School	Position	Class
1954–55	Gola, TomTom Gola	La Salle	Forward	4 !Senior
1955–56	Russell, BillBill Russell	San Francisco	Center	4 !Senior
1956–57	Forte, ChetChet Forte	Columbia	Point guard	4 !Senior
1957–58	Robertson, OscarOscar Robertson	Cincinnati	Point guard	2 !Sophomore
1958–59	Robertson, OscarOscar Robertson (2)	Cincinnati	Point guard	3 !Junior
1959–60	Robertson, OscarOscar Robertson (3)	Cincinnati	Point guard	4 !Senior
1960–61	Lucas, JerryJerry Lucas	Ohio State	Forward / Center	3 !Junior
1961–62	Lucas, JerryJerry Lucas (2)	Ohio State	Forward / Center	4 !Senior
1962–63	Heyman, ArtArt Heyman	Duke	Guard / Forward	4 !Senior
1963–64	Bradds, GaryGary Bradds	Ohio State	Forward	4 !Senior
1964–65	Bradley, BillBill Bradley	Princeton	Small forward / Shooting guard	4 !Senior
1965–66	Russell, CazzieCazzie Russell	Michigan	Shooting guard	4 !Senior
1966–67	Alcindor, LewLew Alcindor^[a]	UCLA	Center	2 !Sophomore
1967–68	Hayes, ElvinElvin Hayes	Houston	Forward / Center	4 !Senior
1968–69	Alcindor, LewLew Alcindor^[a] (2)	UCLA	Center	4 !Senior
1969–70	Maravich, PetePete Maravich	LSU	Guard	4 !Senior
1970–71	Carr, AustinAustin Carr	Notre Dame	Guard	4 !Senior
1971–72	Walton, BillBill Walton	UCLA	Center	2 !Sophomore
1972–73	Walton, BillBill Walton (2)	UCLA	Center	3 !Junior
1973–74	Walton, BillBill Walton (3)	UCLA	Center	4 !Senior
1974–75	Thompson, DavidDavid Thompson	NC State	Shooting guard / Small forward	4 !Senior
1975–76	May, ScottScott May	Indiana	Forward	4 !Senior
1976–77	Johnson, MarquesMarques Johnson	UCLA	Guard / Forward	4 !Senior
1977–78	Lee, ButchButch Lee	Marquette	Point guard	4 !Senior
1978–79	Bird, LarryLarry Bird	Indiana State	Small forward	4 !Senior
1979–80	Aguirre, MarkMark Aguirre	DePaul	Small forward	2 !Sophomore
1980–81	Sampson, RalphRalph Sampson	Virginia	Center	2 !Sophomore
1981–82	Sampson, RalphRalph Sampson (2)	Virginia	Center	3 !Junior
1982–83	Sampson, RalphRalph Sampson (3)	Virginia	Center	4 !Senior
1983–84	Jordan, MichaelMichael Jordan	North Carolina	Shooting guard	3 !Junior
1984–85	Mullin, ChrisChris Mullin	St. John's	Small forward / Shooting guard	4 !Senior
1985–86	Berry, WalterWalter Berry	St. John's	Power forward	4 !Senior
1986–87	Robinson, DavidDavid Robinson	Navy	Center	4 !Senior
1987–88	Hawkins, HerseyHersey Hawkins	Bradley	Shooting guard	4 !Senior
1988–89	Ferry, DannyDanny Ferry	Duke	Power forward / Center	4 !Senior
1989–90	Simmons, LionelLionel Simmons	La Salle	Small forward	4 !Senior
1990–91	O'Neal, ShaquilleShaquille O'Neal	LSU	Center	2 !Sophomore
1991–92	Jackson, JimJim Jackson	Ohio State	Shooting guard	3 !Junior
1992–93	Cheaney, CalbertCalbert Cheaney	Indiana	Small forward	4 !Senior
1993–94	Robinson, GlennGlenn Robinson	Purdue	Small forward / Power forward	2 !Sophomore
1994–95	Smith, JoeJoe Smith	Maryland	Center	2 !Sophomore
1995–96	Allen, RayRay Allen	Connecticut	Shooting guard	3 !Junior

Winners by school [edit]

School	Winners	Years
UCLA	6	1967, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1977
Ohio State	4	1961, 1962, 1964, 1992
Cincinnati	3	1958, 1959, 1960
Virginia	3	1981, 1982, 1983
Duke	2	1963, 1989
Indiana	2	1976, 1993
La Salle	2	1955, 1990
LSU	2	1970, 1991
St. John's	2	1985, 1986
Bradley	1	1988
Columbia	1	1957
Connecticut	1	1996
DePaul	1	1980
Houston	1	1968
Indiana State	1	1979
Marquette	1	1978
Maryland	1	1995
Michigan	1	1966
Navy	1	1987
NC State	1	1975
North Carolina	1	1984
Notre Dame	1	1971
Princeton	1	1965
Purdue	1	1994
San Francisco	1	1956

Footnotes [edit]

^a Lew Alcindor changed his name to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in 1971 after converting to Islam.^[1]^[2]

References [edit]

General

"United Press International Player of the Year". AmericasBestOnline.com. Retrieved 12 April 2010.
"Men's College Basketball: Player of the Year Awards → United Press International". HickokSports.com. 2006. Retrieved 12 April 2010.

Specific

^ Associated Press (4 June 1971). "Call Me 'Kareem' says Lew Alcindor" (Google News Archive). The Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
^ "'Big O' Completes Bucks' Championship Run". NBA Encyclopedia Playoff Edition. National Basketball Association. 2010. Retrieved 13 April 2010.

v t e Men's college basketball awards (United States)

National players of the year	Naismith Trophy Wooden Award Adolph Rupp Trophy AP Player of the Year Helms Foundation Player of the Year (defunct) NABC Player of the Year Oscar Robertson Trophy Sporting News Player of the Year UPI Player of the Year (defunct)

Individual awards	Academic All-America of the Year All-Americans (by year) Bob Cousy Award (Point Guard) Chip Hilton Award (Player Character; defunct) Haggerty Award (NYC area) Lefty Driesell Award (Top Defender) Senior CLASS Award Lou Henson Award (Mid-Major Player of the Year) Lute Olson Award (Top Non-Freshman) Pete Newell Big Man Award NABC Defensive Player of the Year Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award (senior 6'0" or shorter) NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player Robert V. Geasey Trophy (Big 5 Player of the Year) USBWA National Freshman of the Year

Conference players of the year	America East American South (defunct) A-10 ACC A-Sun Big 12 Big East Big Eight (defunct) Big Sky Big South Big Ten Big West CAA C-USA East Coast (defunct) Great Midwest (defunct) Great West Horizon Ivy MAAC Metro (defunct) MAC MEAC MVC Mountain West NEC OVC Pac-12 Patriot SEC SoCon Southland SWC (defunct) Summit Sun Belt SWAC WCC WAC

Head coach awards	Naismith Coach of the Year Adolph Rupp Cup AP Coach of the Year Ben Jobe Award (Top Minority Coach) Henry Iba Award Hugh Durham Award (Mid-Major Coach of the Year) Jim Phelan Award (Major Conference Coach of the Year) NABC Coach of the Year Skip Prosser Man of the Year Award (Moral Character) UPI Coach of the Year (defunct) Clair Bee Award (Coaching Character) Legends of Coaching (Lifetime)

Conference coaches of the year	ACC Big 12 CAA MVC

Division awards	NABC Players of the Year: Division II Division III NAIA Junior College NAIA Tournament MVP Clarence Gaines Award (Division II Coach of the Year)

Halls of fame	National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame

See also: Women's college basketball awards

UPI College Basketball Player of the Year Award winners

1955: Gola
1956: B. Russell
1957: Forte
1958: Robertson
1959: Robertson
1960: Robertson
1961: Lucas
1962: Lucas
1963: Heyman
1964: Bradds
1965: Bradley
1966: C. Russell
1967: Alcindor
1968: Hayes
1969: Alcindor
1970: Maravich
1971: Carr
1972: Walton
1973: Walton
1974: Walton
1975: Thompson
1976: May
1977: Johnson
1978: Lee
1979: Bird
1980: Aguirre
1981: Sampson
1982: Sampson
1983: Sampson
1984: Jordan
1985: Mullin
1986: Berry
1987: D. Robinson
1988: Hawkins
1989: Ferry
1990: Simmons
1991: O'Neal
1992: Jackson
1993: Cheaney
1994: G. Robinson
1995: Smith
1996: Allen

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