Haggerty Award

The Lt. Frank J. Haggerty Award is given to the All-New York Metropolitan NCAA Division I men's college basketball player of the year, presented by the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) and the Met Basketball Writers Association (MBWA). First presented in 1936, it is arguably the oldest and most prestigious award given to a metropolitan area player. Two schools with previous winners are no longer classified as Division I – CCNY and NYU are now Division III and are therefore ineligible to have future winners.

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	NIT; MBWA
History
First award	1936
Most recent	Ron Harper Jr., Rutgers

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

Three players won the award three times: Jim McMillian from Columbia University (1968–1970), Chris Mullin of St. John's (1983–1985) and Charles Jenkins of Hofstra (2009–2011). McMillian would go on to win the 1972 NBA Championship with the Los Angeles Lakers; Mullin went on to win two Olympic gold medals (1984, 1992) with Team USA, was a five-time NBA All-Star and was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2011; and Jenkins has played in the NBA 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

Winners

 

Jack Garfinkel was St. John's first winner, in 1941.

 

Jim McMillian was a three-time winner, from 1968 to 1970.

 

St. John's Chris Mullin is one of three players to win the award three times.

 

Terry Dehere won in 1993 while playing as a Seton Hall Pirate.

 

NBA champion Metta World Peace, known as Ron Artest in college, won the Haggerty Award in 1999.

 

Mark Jackson shared the Haggerty Award in 1987 with Kevin Houston.

 

Charles Jenkins is one of just three players to earn the award three times.

 

St. John's player Shamorie Ponds earned the award in 2018 as a sophomore.

 

Myles Powell became the first Seton Hall player to win the award twice.

Season	Player	School	Position	Class	Reference
1935–36	Jules Bender	LIU Brooklyn	F/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]

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	7	1956, 1977, 2000, 2001, 2009, 2010, 2011
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

1. Brennan, Sean (15 April 2009). "Day of Pride as Hofstra's Charles Jenkins wins Haggerty Award, Tom Pecora named Coach of the Year". New York Daily News. Retrieved 20 April 2010.
2. Jenkins Repeats as Haggerty Award Winner
3. Jenkins Wins Haggerty Award For Third Straight Year
4. Iona’s Machado highlights Haggerty Awards dinner
5. Iona's Jones wins Haggerty Award
6. St. John’s Guard D'Angelo Harrison Wins Haggerty Award
7. Sir’Dominic Pointer wins Haggerty Award, Glenn Braica and Jim Engles split All-Met Coach of the Year honors
8. Seton Hall's Whitehead wins Haggerty Award
9. "Seton Hall's Angel Delgado wins Haggerty Award".
10. "Shamorie Ponds on 'hard' NBA decision, prestigious award". 25 April 2018.
11. "Seton Hall basketball: Myles Powell wins Haggerty Award as metro area's top player".
12. "Sandro Mamukelashvili Wins 2021 Haggerty Met Player of the Year Award".
13. "2022 MBWA AWARDS Rutgers' Harper to Hold Haggerty Award; Holloway Named Div. I Coach of the Year; 2021-22 All-Met Teams Revealed".