NBL Grand Final Most Valuable Player Award

The National Basketball League Grand Final Most Valuable Player is an annual National Basketball League (NBL) award given since the league's inaugural season to the best performing player of the Grand Final series. The winner receives the Larry Sengstock Medal, which is named in honour of Larry Sengstock, the winner of the league's first Grand Final MVP award.^[1][2]

Winners

Year Player Nationality Team 1979 Larry Sengstock  Australia St. Kilda Saints 1980 Rocky Smith  United States St. Kilda Saints 1981 N/A N/A N/A 1982 N/A N/A N/A 1983 N/A N/A N/A 1984 N/A N/A N/A 1985 N/A N/A N/A 1986 Mark Davis  United States Adelaide 36ers 1987 Leroy Loggins  United States Brisbane Bullets 1988 Phil Smyth  Australia Canberra Cannons 1989 Scott Fisher  United States North Melbourne Giants 1990 Ricky Grace  United States Perth Wildcats 1991 Pete Hansen  United States Perth Wildcats 1992 Bruce Bolden  Australia South East Melbourne Magic 1993 Ricky Grace (2)  United States Perth Wildcats 1994 Paul Rees  Australia North Melbourne Giants 1995 Andrew Vlahov  Australia Perth Wildcats 1996 Mike Kelly  Australia South East Melbourne Magic 1997 Lanard Copeland  United States Melbourne Tigers 1998 Kevin Brooks  United States Adelaide 36ers 1999 Brett Maher  Australia Adelaide 36ers 2000 Marcus Timmons  United States Perth Wildcats 2001 Glen Saville  Australia Wollongong Hawks 2002 Brett Maher (2)  Australia Adelaide 36ers 2003 Chris Williams  United States Sydney Kings 2004 Matthew Nielsen  Australia Sydney Kings 2005 Jason Smith  Australia Sydney Kings 2006 Chris Anstey  Australia Melbourne Tigers 2007 Sam Mackinnon  Australia Brisbane Bullets 2008 Chris Anstey (2)  Australia Melbourne Tigers 2009 Donta Smith  United States South Dragons 2010 Kevin Lisch  United States Perth Wildcats 2011 Thomas Abercrombie  New Zealand New Zealand Breakers 2012 C. J. Bruton  Australia New Zealand Breakers 2013 Cedric Jackson  United States New Zealand Breakers 2014 Jermaine Beal  United States Perth Wildcats 2015 Cedric Jackson (2)  United States New Zealand Breakers 2016 Damian Martin  Australia Perth Wildcats 2017 Bryce Cotton  United States Perth Wildcats

See also

• WNBL Grand Final Most Valuable Player Award

References

1. ↑ "Grand Final MVP". andthefoul.net. Retrieved 17 February 2016. 
2. ↑ "LARRY SENGSTOCK: THE MAN BEHIND THE MEDAL". NBL.com.au. 10 June 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2016.