Continental Basketball Association MVP Award

The Continental Basketball Association (CBA) Player of the Year, formerly known as the Eastern Basketball Association (EBA) Most Valuable Player and the CBA Most Valuable Player, was an annual award given to the best player in the CBA. The winner was selected by a vote of the league's head coaches.^[1] Twenty-three of the winners have been guards, 30 have been forwards, and only four have been centers. There have been two players—Jack McCloskey and Vincent Askew—who were two time recipients of the award. The Scranton Miners/Apollos have had six players named the EBA Most Valuable Player. The league's name was changed from the Eastern Basketball Association to the Continental Basketball Association following the 1977–78 season. Since then the Quad City Thunder have had the most players to win the award with five. The Montana Golden Nuggets and the Yakima/Yakama Sun Kings are the only teams to have one of their players win the award for three seasons in a row.

Andy Panko, 2002–03 CBA MVP

Michael Young, 1985–86 CBA MVP

Charlie Criss, 1975–76 and 1976–77 EBA MVP

Andy Johnson, 1963–64 EBA MVP

Paul Arizin, 1962–63 EBA MVP

Jack McCloskey; 1952–53 and 1953–54 EBA MVP.

Key

^	Denotes player who is still active in professional basketball
†	Denotes player whose team won championship that year
Ref	Reference
Player (X)	Denotes the number of times the player has been named MVP
Team (X)	Denotes the number of times a player from this team has won

Table

Season	Player	Position	Nationality	Team	Ref
Eastern Basketball Association (EBA) Most Valuable Player
1949–50	Bill Zubic	Forward	United States	Lancaster Rockets	^[2]
1950–51†	Jerry Rullo	Guard	United States	Sunbury Mercuries	^[2]
1951–52†	Chink Crossin	Guard	United States	Pottsville Packers	^[2]
1952–53	Jack McCloskey	Guard	United States	Sunbury Mercuries (2)	^[2]
1953–54	Jack McCloskey (2)	Guard	United States	Sunbury Mercuries (3)	^[2]
1954–55	Sherman White	Forward	United States	Hazleton Hawks	^[2]
1955–56	Jack Molinas	Forward	United States	Wilmington Jets	^[2]
1956–57	Hal Lear	Guard	United States	Easton Madisons	^[2]
1957–58†	Larry Hennessy	Guard	United States	Wilkes-Barre Barons	^[2]
1958–59	Bill Spivey	Center	United States	Wilkes-Barre Barons (2)	^[2]
1959–60	Stacey Arceneaux	Forward	United States	Scranton Miners	^[2]
1960–61	Boo Ellis	Forward	United States	Wilkes-Barre Barons (3)	^[2]
1961–62†	Roman Turmon	Forward	United States	Allentown Jets	^[2]
1962–63†	Paul Arizin	Forward	United States	Camden Bullets	^[2]
1963–64†	Andy Johnson	Forward	United States	Allentown Jets (2)	^[2]
1964–65	Walt Simon	Forward	United States	Allentown Jets (3)	^[2]
1965–66	Julius McCoy	Forward	United States	Scranton Miners (2)	^[2]
1966–67	Willie Murrell	Forward	United States	Scranton Miners (3)	^[2]
1967–68	Ken Wilburn	Forward	United States	Trenton Colonials	^[2]
1968–69†	Stan Pawlak	Guard	United States	Wilkes-Barre Barons (4)	^[2]
1969–70	Waite Bellamy	Guard	United States	Wilmington Blue Bombers	^[2]^[3]
1970–71†	Willie Somerset	Guard	United States	Scranton Apollos (4)	^[2]
1971–72†	Harthorne Wingo	Forward	United States	Allentown Jets (4)	^[2]^[4]
1972–73	Ed Johnson	Center	United States	Hartford Capitols	^[2]
1973–74	Ken Wilburn	Forward	United States	Allentown Jets (5)	^[2]
1974–75	Jerry Baskerville	Forward	United States	Hazleton Bullets	^[2]
1975–76	Charlie Criss	Guard	United States	Scranton Apollos (5)	^[2]
1976–77†	Charlie Criss (2)	Guard	United States	Scranton Apollos (6)	^[2]
1977–78†	Paul McCracken	Guard	United States	Wilkes-Barre Barons (5)	^[2]
Continental Basketball Association (CBA) Most Valuable Player
1978–79†	Andre McCarter	Guard	United States	Rochester Zeniths
1979–80†	Ron Davis	Forward	United States	Anchorage Northern Knights
1980–81	Willie Smith	Guard	United States	Montana Golden Nuggets
1981–82	Ronnie Valentine	Forward	United States	Montana Golden Nuggets (2)	^[5]
1982–83	Robert Smith	Guard	United States	Montana Golden Nuggets (3)
1983–84	Geoff Crompton	Center	United States	Puerto Rico Coquis
1984–85†	Steve Hayes	Center	United States	Tampa Bay Thrillers	^[6]
1985–86	Michael Young	Forward	United States	Detroit Spirits
1986–87	Joe Binion	Forward	United States	Topeka Sizzlers	^[7]
1987–88†	Michael Brooks	Forward	United States	Albany Patroons
1988–89	Anthony Bowie	Guard	United States	Quad City Thunder
1989–90	Vincent Askew	Guard	United States	Albany Patroons (2)
1990–91	Vincent Askew (2)	Guard	United States	Albany Patroons (3)
1991–92	Barry Mitchell	Forward	United States	Quad City Thunder (2)	^[1]
1992–93	Derek Strong	Forward	United States	Quad City Thunder (3)
1993–94	Ronnie Grandison	Forward	United States	Rochester Renegade	^[8]
1994–95†	Eldridge Recasner	Guard	United States	Yakima Sun Kings	^[9]
1995–96	Shelton Jones	Forward	United States	Florida Beach Dogs
1996–97	Dexter Boney	Guard	United States	Florida Beach Dogs (2)	^[10]
1997–98	Jimmy King	Guard	United States	Quad City Thunder (4)	^[11]
1998–99†	Adrian Griffin	Forward	United States	Connecticut Pride	^[12]
1999–2000	Jeff McInnis	Guard	United States	Quad City Thunder (5)	^[13]
2000–01	Not awarded after league went defunct
2001–02	Miles Simon	Guard	United States	Dakota Wizards	^[14]
2002–03	Andy Panko	Forward	United States	Dakota Wizards (2)	^[15]
2003–04	Josh Davis	Forward	United States	Idaho Stampede
2004–05	Sam Clancy Jr.	Forward	United States	Idaho Stampede (2)
Continental Basketball Association (CBA) Player of the Year
2005–06	Anthony Goldwire	Guard	United States	Yakama Sun Kings (2)	^[16]
2006–07	Galen Young	Forward	United States	Yakama Sun Kings (3)	^[17]
2007–08	Daryan Selvy	Forward	United States	Yakama Sun Kings (4)

References

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