Lt. Frank J. Haggerty Met Player of the Year / Men's Division I
The Lt. Frank J. Haggerty Award is given to the All-Metropolitan New York 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.
The award was named for
Frank J. Haggerty, the first graduate of both Chaminade High School and St. John's University to die in military service during World War II. A shortstop as well as a basketball player, Haggerty was in the Army Air Force, as a pursuit pilot when his plane crashed over the Catawba River in North Carolina 1942.
As of 2022, the award has been earned by players from 15 Division I schools. St. John's University has the most at 27, almost twice the 15 awards received by players from number two Seton Hall University. The NIT/MBWA Collegiate Awards Dinner, which is now the Haggerty Awards Dinner was held at Mama Leone's Restaurant in Manhattan's Theater District for over twenty years until 1984. Then from 1985 through 2009, the annual event was held at the Giants Stadium Club in East Rutherford, NJ. Since 2010, the Hagggertys moved to the Westchester Marriott in Tarrytown, NY.
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 starred in the NBA and Europe.
Seven players have been awarded the honor twice, including Naismith Hall of Famer Dick McGuire, who won in 1944 and again after military service in 1949. The most recent winner Myles Powell became the latest two-time winner with back to-back awards in 2019 and 2020. The Haggery has also had co-winners four times and been given to a freshman twice in its 81-year history.
Year-by-Year Winners
| 2020 |
Myles Powell, Seton Hall |
| 2019 |
Myles Powell, Seton Hall |
| 2018 |
Shamorie Ponds, St. John's |
| 2017 |
Angel Delgado, Seton Hall |
| 2016 |
Isaiah Whitehead, Seton Hall |
| 2015 |
Sir'Dominic Pointer, St. John's |
| 2014 |
D'Angelo Harrison, St. John's |
| 2013 |
Lamont Jones, Iona |
| 2012 |
Scott Machado, Iona |
| 2011 |
Charles Jenkins, Hofstra |
| 2010 |
Charles Jenkins, Hofstra |
| 2009 |
Charles Jenkins, Hofstra |
| 2008 |
Jason Thompson, Rider |
| 2007 |
Jared Jordan, Marist |
| 2006 |
Quincy Douby, Rutgers |
| 2005 |
Keydren Clark, Saint Peter's |
| 2004 |
Andre Barrett, Seton Hall (tie) |
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Luis Flores, Manhattan (tie) |
| 2003 |
Luis Flores, Manhattan |
| 2002 |
Marcus Hatten, St. John's |
| 2001 |
Norm Richardson, Hofstra |
| 2000 |
Speedy Claxton, Hofstra |
| 1999 |
Ron Artest, St. John's |
| 1998 |
Felipe Lopez, St. John's |
| 1997 |
Charles Jones, LIU |
| 1996 |
Adrian Griffin, Seton Hall |
| 1995 |
Joe Griffin, LIU |
| 1994 |
Izett Buchanan, Marist (tie) |
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Arturas Karnishovas, Seton Hall (tie) |
| 1993 |
Terry Dehere, Seton Hall |
| 1992 |
Malik Sealy, St. John's |
| 1991 |
Malik Sealy, St. John's |
| 1990 |
Greg "Boo" Harvey, St. John's |
| 1989 |
John Morton, Seton Hall |
| 1988 |
Mark Bryant, Seton Hall |
| 1987 |
Kevin Houston, Army-West Point (tie) |
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Mark Jackson, St. John's (tie) |
| 1986 |
Walter Berry, St. John's |
| 1985 |
Chris Mullin, St. John's |
| 1984 |
Steve Burtt, Iona (tie) |
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Chris Mullin, St. John's (tie) |
| 1983 |
Chris Mullin, St. John's |
| 1982 |
Dan Callandrillo, Seton Hall |
| 1981 |
Gary Springer, Iona |
| 1980 |
Jeff Ruland, Iona |
| 1979 |
Nick Galis, Seton Hall |
| 1978 |
George Johnson, St. John's |
| 1977 |
Rich Laurel, Hofstra |
| 1976 |
Phil Sellers, Rutgers |
| 1975 |
Phil Sellers, Rutgers |
| 1974 |
Bill Campion, Manhattan |
| 1973 |
Bill Schaefer, St. John's |
| 1972 |
Rich Garner, Manhattan (tie) |
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Tom Sullivan, Fordham (tie) |
| 1971 |
Charlie Yelverton, Fordham |
| 1970 |
Jim McMillian, Columbia |
| 1969 |
Jim McMillian, Columbia |
| 1968 |
Jim McMillian, Columbia |
| 1967 |
Lloyd "Sonny" Dove, St. John's |
| 1966 |
Albie Grant, LIU |
| 1965 |
Warren Isaac, Iona |
| 1964 |
Nick Werkman, Seton Hall |
| 1963 |
Barry Kramer, NYU |
| 1962 |
LeRoy Ellis, St. John's |
| 1961 |
Tony Jackson, St. John's |
| 1960 |
Tom "Satch" Sanders, NYU |
| 1959 |
Al Seiden, St. John's |
| 1958 |
Jim Cunningham, Fordham |
| 1957 |
Chet Forte, Columbia |
| 1956 |
Bill Thieben, Hofstra |
| 1955 |
Ed Conlin, Fordham |
| 1954 |
Ed Conlin, Fordham |
| 1953 |
Walter Dukes, Seton Hall |
| 1952 |
Ron MacGilvray, St. John's |
| 1951 |
John Azary, Columbia |
| 1950 |
Sherman White, LIU |
| 1949 |
Dick McGuire, St. John's |
| 1948 |
Dolph Schayes, NYU |
| 1947 |
Sid Tanenbaum, NYU |
| 1946 |
Sid Tanenbaum, NYU |
| 1945 |
Bill Kotsores, St. John's |
| 1944 |
Dick McGuire, St. John's |
| 1943 |
Andrew "Fuzzy" Levane, St. John's |
| 1942 |
Jim White, St. John's |
| 1941 |
Jack "Dutch" Garfinkel, St. John's |
| 1940 |
Ben Auerbach, NYU |
| 1939 |
Irving Torgoff, LIU |
| 1938 |
Bernie Fliegel, CCNY |
| 1937 |
Ben Kramer, LIU |
| 1936 |
Jules Bender, LIU |
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