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Chip Hilton Player of the Year Award

Men's college basketball player award, 1997–2011

Field	Value
name	Chip Hilton Player of the Year Award
description	the men's college basketball player senior who demonstrated character, leadership, and sportsmanship
presenter	NABC
country	United States
first	1997
last	2011

The Chip Hilton Player of the Year Award was presented by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) to an NCAA Division I men's college basketball player who was a senior and who had demonstrated outstanding character, leadership, integrity, humility, sportsmanship and talent, similar to the fictional Chip Hilton character depicted by Hall of Fame coach Clair Bee in the classic Chip Hilton series of sports stories. It was first awarded in 1996–97 and discontinued after the 2010–11 season.

Winners

Season	Player	School	Reference
1996–97		Wake Forest
1997–98		Navy
1998–99		Harvard
1999–00		Oklahoma
2000–01		Duke
2001–02		Maryland
2002–03		Butler
2003–04		UConn
2004–05		Texas Tech
2005–06		Syracuse
2006–07		Texas A&M
2007–08		Butler
2008–09		Washington
2009–10		New Mexico
2010–11		Hofstra

Okafor graduated as a finance major in only three years. He was a senior academically in 2003–04, but was still considered a junior as it related to his athletic eligibility.

References

(April 8, 2003). "Butler's Miller honored". [[The Indianapolis Star]].
(April 19, 1997). "Etc. / Duncan gets another award". [[The News & Observer]].
(May 1, 1998). "Mids' Booker captures elite basketball award". [[The Capital]].
(April 9, 1999). "O'Brien gets coaching honors after turnaround". [[The Advocate (Newark).
Rohde, John. (March 29, 2000). "Najera receives prestigious honor". [[The Oklahoman]].
(March 30, 2001). "Hall of Fame honors Olson, Battier". [[Kennebec Journal]].
(March 30, 2002). "Knight, Dixon honored". [[Ledger-Enquirer]].
(2022). "Men's Basketball Award Winners: Chip Hilton Award". [[NCAA]].
Ruiz, Don. (April 3, 2005). "Awards time". [[The News Tribune]].
Matthews, Bob. (April 2, 2006). "Short shots". [[Democrat and Chronicle]].
(March 31, 2007). "Basketball: Law wins Bob Cousy, Chip Hilton Awards". [[The Bryan-College Station Eagle]].
Woods, David. (April 4, 2008). "Award fits Butler's Green just right". The Indianapolis Star.
(April 3, 2009). "Brockman Named Chip Hilton Award Recipient". [[University of Washington]].
(April 17, 2010). "Etc./ Yank my chain". [[Albuquerque Journal]].
(April 5, 2011). "New York Top 10: Week of March 28 – April 3". [[Newsday]].
Hall, Claire. (August 29, 2016). "Driven and Kind". [[University of Connecticut]].

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