Haggerty Award

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Haggerty Award

Awarded for	the New York area's top men's Division I basketball player
Location	New York metropolitan area
Country	United States
Presented by	MBWA
History
First award	1936
Most recent	Tyler Thomas, Hofstra
Website	Official website

The Lt. Frank J. Haggerty Award is given to the All-

and are therefore ineligible to have future winners.

The award has gone to players from 15 Division I schools. St. John's in Jamaica, New York has the most at 27, roughly twice the 15 awards received by players from number two Seton Hall.

Three players won the award three times:

and Europe.

Key

†	Co-Players of the Year
*	Awarded a national player of the year award: Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year (until 1979) UPI College Basketball Player of the Year (1954–96) Naismith College Player of the Year (after 1969) John R. Wooden Award (after 1976)
Player (X)	Denotes the number of times the player has been awarded the Haggerty Award at that point

Winners

Metta World Peace

, known as Ron Artest in college, won the Haggerty Award in 1999.

Season	Player	School	Position	Class	Reference
1935–36	Jules Bender	LIU Brooklyn	G	Junior
1936–37	Ben Kramer	LIU Brooklyn	SF	Senior
1937–38	Bernie Fliegel	CCNY	C	Senior
1938–39	Irv Torgoff	LIU Brooklyn	PF	Senior
1939–40	Ben Auerbach	NYU	SF	Junior
1940–41	Jack Garfinkel	St. John's	PG	Senior
1941–42	Jim White	St. John's	G	Senior
1942–43	Andrew Levane	St. John's	SF/SG	Senior
1943–44	Dick McGuire	St. John's	PG	Freshman
1944–45	Bill Kotsores	St. John's	PF	Senior
1945–46	Sid Tanenbaum	NYU	SG	Junior
1946–47	Sid Tanenbaum (2)	NYU	SG	Senior
1947–48	Dolph Schayes	NYU	C	Senior
1948–49	Dick McGuire (2)	St. John's	PG	Senior
1949–50	Sherman White	LIU Brooklyn	PF	Junior
1950–51	John Azary	Columbia	SG	Senior
1951–52	Ronnie MacGilvray	St. John's	PG	Senior
1952–53	Walter Dukes	Seton Hall	C	Senior
1953–54	Ed Conlin	Fordham	PF	Junior
1954–55	Ed Conlin (2)	Fordham	PF	Senior
1955–56	Bill Thieben	Hofstra	PF	Senior
1956–57	Chet Forte*	Columbia	PG	Senior
1957–58	Jim Cunningham	Fordham	SG	Senior
1958–59	Al Seiden	St. John's	PG/SG	Senior
1959–60	Satch Sanders	NYU	PF	Senior
1960–61	Tony Jackson	St. John's	SF	Senior
1961–62	LeRoy Ellis	St. John's	C	Senior
1962–63	Barry Kramer	NYU	PF	Junior
1963–64	Nick Werkman	Seton Hall	PF	Senior
1964–65	Warren Isaac	Iona	PF	Senior
1965–66	Albie Grant	LIU Brooklyn	SF	Senior
1966–67	Sonny Dove	St. John's	C	Senior
1967–68	Jim McMillian	Columbia	SF	Sophomore
1968–69	Jim McMillian (2)	Columbia	SF	Junior
1969–70	Jim McMillian (3)	Columbia	SF	Senior
1970–71	Charlie Yelverton	Fordham	SG	Senior
1971–72†	Richie Garner	Manhattan	SG	Senior
	Tom Sullivan	Fordham	C	Senior
1972–73	Billy Schaeffer	St. John's	PF	Senior
1973–74	Bill Campion	Manhattan	C	Junior
1974–75	Phil Sellers	Rutgers	SG	Junior
1975–76	Phil Sellers (2)	Rutgers	SG	Senior
1976–77	Rich Laurel	Hofstra	SG	Senior
1977–78	George Johnson	St. John's	PF	Senior
1978–79	Nikos Galis	Seton Hall	SG	Senior
1979–80	Jeff Ruland	Iona	C	Junior
1980–81	Gary Springer	Iona	PF	Freshman
1981–82	Dan Callandrillo	Seton Hall	SG	Senior
1982–83	Chris Mullin	St. John's	SF	Sophomore
1983–84†	Steve Burtt Sr.	Iona	SG	Senior
	Chris Mullin (2)	St. John's	SF	Junior
1984–85	Chris Mullin* (3)	St. John's	SF	Senior
1985–86	Walter Berry*	St. John's	PF	Senior
1986–87†	Kevin Houston	Army	PG	Senior
	Mark Jackson	St. John's	PG	Senior
1987–88	Mark Bryant	Seton Hall	PF	Senior
1988–89	John Morton	Seton Hall	PG	Senior
1989–90	Boo Harvey	St. John's	PG	Senior
1990–91	Malik Sealy	St. John's	SF	Junior
1991–92	Malik Sealy (2)	St. John's	SF	Senior
1992–93	Terry Dehere	Seton Hall	SG	Senior
1993–94†	Izett Buchanan	Marist	SG	Senior
	Artūras Karnišovas	Seton Hall	SF	Senior
1994–95	Joe Griffin	LIU Brooklyn	SF	Senior
1995–96	Adrian Griffin	Seton Hall	SG/SF	Senior
1996–97	Charles Jones	LIU Brooklyn	PG	Junior
1997–98	Felipe López	St. John's	SG	Senior
1998–99	Ron Artest	St. John's	SF	Sophomore
1999–00	Speedy Claxton	Hofstra	PG	Senior
2000–01	Norman Richardson	Hofstra	SG/SF	Senior
2001–02	Marcus Hatten	St. John's	PG	Junior
2002–03	Luis Flores	Manhattan	PG	Junior
2003–04†	Andre Barrett	Seton Hall	PG	Senior
	Luis Flores (2)	Manhattan	PG	Senior
2004–05	Keydren Clark	Saint Peter's	PG	Junior
2005–06	Quincy Douby	Rutgers	SG	Junior
2006–07	Jared Jordan	Marist	PG	Senior
2007–08	Jason Thompson	Rider	C	Senior
2008–09	Charles Jenkins	Hofstra	SG	Sophomore	[1]
2009–10	Charles Jenkins (2)	Hofstra	SG	Junior	[2]
2010–11	Charles Jenkins (3)	Hofstra	SG	Senior	[3]
2011–12	Scott Machado	Iona	PG	Senior	[4]
2012–13	Lamont Jones	Iona	PG	Senior	[5]
2013–14	D'Angelo Harrison	St. John's	SG	Junior	[6]
2014–15	Sir'Dominic Pointer	St. John's	SF	Senior	[7]
2015–16	Isaiah Whitehead	Seton Hall	SG	Sophomore	[8]
2016–17	Ángel Delgado	Seton Hall	C	Junior	[9]
2017–18	Shamorie Ponds	St. John's	PG	Sophomore	[10]
2018–19	Myles Powell	Seton Hall	SG	Junior	[11]
2019–20	Myles Powell (2)	Seton Hall	SG	Senior
2020–21	Sandro Mamukelashvili	Seton Hall	C	Senior	[12]
2021–22	Ron Harper Jr.	Rutgers	SF	Senior	[13]
2022–23	Aaron Estrada	Hofstra	PG	Senior	[14]
2023–24	Tyler Thomas	Hofstra	SG	Graduate	[15]

Winners by school

School	Winners	Years
St. John's	27	1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1949, 1952, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1967, 1973, 1978, 1983, 1984†, 1985, 1986, 1987†, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2014, 2015, 2018
Seton Hall	15	1953, 1964, 1979, 1982, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1994†, 1996, 2004†, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021
Hofstra	9	1956, 1977, 2000, 2001, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2023, 2024
LIU Brooklyn	7	1936, 1937, 1939, 1950, 1966, 1995, 1997
Iona	6	1965, 1980, 1981, 1984†, 2012, 2013
NYU	6	1940, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1960, 1963
Columbia	5	1951, 1957, 1968, 1969, 1970
Fordham	5	1954, 1955, 1958, 1971, 1972†
Manhattan	4	1972†, 1974, 2003, 2004†
Rutgers	4	1975, 1976, 2006, 2022
Marist	2	1994†, 2007
Army	1	1987†
CCNY	1	1938
Rider	1	2008
Saint Peter's	1	2005

References

General

• "All-Time Haggerty Award Winners" (PDF). Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association. April 30, 2019. Retrieved April 30, 2019.

Specific