Great Midwest Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

Not to be confused with the also-defunct Great West Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year.

Great Midwest Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
Awarded for	the most outstanding basketball player in the Great Midwest Conference
Country	United States
First awarded	1992
Last awarded	1995
Currently held by	Tom Kleinschmidt, DePaul

The Great Midwest Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year is a basketball award given to the Great Midwest Conference's most outstanding player. The award was short-lived and only handed out from 1992 to 1995. Four recipients received the award, but only Anfernee "Penny" Hardaway won more than once. Hardaway was the award's first and second all-time recipient as the Player of the Year.

The Great Midwest Conference was an NCAA Division I athletics conference which existed from 1991 to 1995. It was formed in 1990 with six members – Cincinnati and Memphis State (now Memphis) from the Metro Conference; UAB from the Sun Belt Conference; Marquette and Saint Louis from the Midwestern Collegiate Conference (now the Horizon League), and independent DePaul. Dayton joined in 1993.

In 1995 reunification with the Metro Conference and teams from the Southwest Conference formed Conference USA.

Winners

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

Season	Player	School	Position	Class
1991–92	Hardaway !Anfernee Hardaway	Memphis State	Guard/Small forward	2 !Sophomore
1992–93	Hardaway !Anfernee Hardaway (2)	Memphis State	Guard/Small forward	3 !Junior
1993–94	McIlvaine, JimJim McIlvaine	Marquette	Center	4 !Senior
1994–95	Kleinschmidt, TomTom Kleinschmidt	DePaul	Shooting guard/Small forward	4 !Senior

Winners by school

School (year joined)	Winners	Years
Memphis State (1991)	2	1992, 1993
Marquette (1991)	1	1994
DePaul (1991)	1	1995
Cincinnati (1991)	0	—
Saint Louis (1991)	0	—
UAB (1991)	0	—

References

Great Midwest Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

1992: Hardaway 1993: Hardaway 1994: McIlvaine 1995: Kleinschmidt

Men's college basketball awards (United States)

National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame Women's college basketball awards

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) Jerry West Award (Shooting Guard) Julius Erving Award (Small Forward) Karl Malone Award (Power Forward) Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award (Center) 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; defunct) 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 Athletic A-10 ACC A-Sun Big 12 Big East Big Sky Big South Big Ten Big West CAA C-USA Horizon Ivy MAAC MAC MEAC MVC Mountain West NEC OVC Pac-12 Patriot SEC SoCon Southland Summit Sun Belt SWAC WCC WAC Defunct – American South Big Eight East Coast Great Midwest Great West Metro Southwest

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 NEC Pac-12

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)

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