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Haggerty Award

NCAA college basketball award

Summary

NCAA college basketball award

FieldValue
nameHaggerty Award
descriptionthe New York area's top NCAA Division I men's college basketball player
presenterMBWA
countryUnited States
locationNew York metropolitan area
year1936
holderRJ Luis Jr., St. John's
websiteOfficial website

NOTOC The Lt. Frank J. Haggerty Award is given to the top men's college basketball player from an NCAA Division I school in the New York metropolitan area. The Haggerty Award is presented by the Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association (MBWA). First awarded in 1936, it is the oldest and arguably most prestigious award given to a metropolitan area player. It is named after Frank J. Haggerty, a basketball and baseball star athlete from Long Island, New York who "was the first graduate of both Chaminade High School and St. John's University to die in military service during World War II … The Fathers Club of the Mineola school, to honor Haggerty, class of 1936, introduced a basketball tournament in his memory," according to the MBWA's website.

The Haggerty Award has gone to players from 15 schools. St. John's in Jamaica, New York has the most at 28, roughly twice the 15 awards received by players from number two Seton Hall. The players on this list who represent modern day non-Division I schools are five players from NYU (Ben Auerbach, Sid Tanenbaum, Dolph Schayes, Satch Sanders, and Barry Kramer) and one player from CCNY (Bernie Fliegel). At the time of their awards, both NYU and CCNY were classified as Division I schools.

Three players won the award three times: Jim McMillian of Columbia (1968–1970), Chris Mullin of St. John's (1983–1985) and Charles Jenkins of Hofstra (2009–2011). McMillian went on to win the 1972 NBA championship with the Los Angeles Lakers; Mullin went on to win two Olympic gold medals with Team USA (1984, 1992), 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

Player (X)Denotes the number of times the player has been awarded the Haggerty Award at that point

Winners

SeasonPlayerSchoolPositionClassReference
1935–36LIUF / Glast =first =title=Honorsurl=https://www.newspapers.com/image/411405233newspaper=Billings Gazettelocation=Billings, Montanadate=January 18, 2009page= 9via =Newspapers.comaccessdate = April 29, 2024}}
1936–37LIUSF
1937–38CCNYClast =Carinofirst =Jerrytitle=Here are the all-time Haggerty Award winnersurl=https://www.newspapers.com/image/559371431newspaper=The Recordlocation=Woodland Park, New Jerseydate=May 1, 2019page= S2via =Newspapers.comaccessdate = April 29, 2024}}
1938–39LIUPF
1939–40NYUSF
1940–41St. John'sPG
1941–42St. John'sG
1942–43St. John'sSF / SG
1943–44St. John'sPGlast =first =title=Iona's Kennedy cited by writersurl=https://www.newspapers.com/image/145998645newspaper=Asbury Park Presslocation=Neptune Township, New Jerseydate=April 29, 1984page= 59via =Newspapers.comaccessdate = April 29, 2024}}
1944–45St. John'sPF
1945–46NYUSG
1946–47(2)NYUSG
1947–48NYUClast =Carinofirst =Jerrytitle=Seton Hall's Myles Powell wins Haggerty Awardurl=https://www.newspapers.com/image/559367816newspaper=Asbury Park Presslocation=Neptune Township, New Jerseydate=May 1, 2019page= B5via =Newspapers.comaccessdate = April 29, 2024}}
1948–49(2)St. John'sPG
1949–50LIUPF
1950–51ColumbiaSG
1951–52St. John'sPG
1952–53Seton HallC
1953–54FordhamPF
1954–55(2)FordhamPF
1955–56HofstraPF
1956–57*ColumbiaPG
1957–58FordhamSG
1958–59St. John'sPG / SG
1959–60NYUPF
1960–61St. John'sSF
1961–62St. John'sC
1962–63NYUPF
1963–64Seton HallPF
1964–65IonaPF
1965–66LIUSF
1966–67St. John'sC
1967–68ColumbiaSF
1968–69(2)ColumbiaSF
1969–70(3)ColumbiaSF
1970–71FordhamSG
1971–72†ManhattanSGlast =Delpitfirst =Rontitle=Garner: Rich Little Kidurl=https://www.newspapers.com/image/678453990newspaper=The Herald Statesmanlocation=White Plains, New Yorkdate=March 23, 1972page= 49via =Newspapers.comaccessdate = April 29, 2024}}
FordhamC
1972–73St. John'sPF
1973–74ManhattanC
1974–75RutgersSG
1975–76(2)RutgersSG
1976–77HofstraSG
1977–78St. John'sPF
1978–79Seton HallSG
1979–80IonaC
1980–81IonaPF
1981–82Seton HallSG
1982–83St. John'sSF
1983–84†IonaSGlast =Lyonsfirst =Dennistitle=Mullin, Burtt share Haggerty Awardurl=https://www.newspapers.com/image/927561200newspaper=The Standard-Starlocation=New Rochelle, New Yorkdate=April 24, 1984page= 27via =Newspapers.comaccessdate = April 29, 2024}}
(2)St. John'sSF
1984–85* (3)St. John'sSF
1985–86*St. John'sPF
1986–87†ArmyPG
St. John'sPG
1987–88Seton HallPF
1988–89Seton HallPG
1989–90St. John'sPG
1990–91St. John'sSF
1991–92(2)St. John'sSF
1992–93Seton HallSG
1993–94†MaristSGlast =Robbinsfirst =Lenntitle=Karnishovas, Buchanan share awardurl=https://www.newspapers.com/image/911371182newspaper=The Recordlocation=Woodland Park, New Jerseydate=April 19, 1994page= 51via =Newspapers.comaccessdate = April 30, 2024}}
Seton HallSF
1994–95LIUSF
1995–96Seton HallSG / SF
1996–97LIUPG
1997–98St. John'sSG
1998–99St. John'sSF
1999–00HofstraPG
2000–01HofstraSG / SF
2001–02St. John'sPG
2002–03ManhattanPG
2003–04†Seton HallPGlast =Pelzmanfirst =J.P.title=Barrett shares Haggertyurl=https://www.newspapers.com/image/499995552newspaper=The Recordlocation=Woodland Park, New Jerseydate=April 22, 2004page= 95via =Newspapers.comaccessdate = April 30, 2024}}
(2)ManhattanPG
2004–05Saint Peter'sPG
2005–06RutgersSG
2006–07MaristPG
2007–08RiderC
2008–09HofstraSGlast =Loganfirst =Gregtitle=Hofstra's Jenkins wins Haggertyurl=https://www.newspapers.com/image/827200304newspaper=Newsdaylocation=Nassau County, New Yorkdate=April 27, 2011page= A58via =Newspapers.comaccessdate = May 1, 2024}}
2009–10(2)HofstraSG
2010–11(3)HofstraSG
2011–12IonaPG
2012–13IonaPG
2013–14St. John'sSG
2014–15St. John'sSF
2015–16Seton HallSG
2016–17Seton HallC
2017–18St. John'sPG
2018–19Seton HallSGlast =Carinofirst =Jerrytitle=Powell wins Haggerty Award againurl=https://www.newspapers.com/image/658244001newspaper=Herald Newslocation=Woodland Park, New Jerseydate=April 22, 2020page= S3via =Newspapers.comaccessdate = May 1, 2024}}
2019–20(2)Seton HallSG
2020–21Seton HallC
2021–22RutgersSF
2022–23HofstraPG
2023–24HofstraSG
2024–25St. John'sSG

Winners by school

SchoolWinnersYears
St. John's281941, 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, 2025
Seton Hall151953, 1964, 1979, 1982, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1994†, 1996, 2004†, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021
Hofstra91956, 1977, 2000, 2001, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2023, 2024
LIU71936, 1937, 1939, 1950, 1966, 1995, 1997
Iona61965, 1980, 1981, 1984†, 2012, 2013
NYU61940, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1960, 1963
Columbia51951, 1957, 1968, 1969, 1970
Fordham51954, 1955, 1958, 1971, 1972†
Manhattan41972†, 1974, 2003, 2004†
Rutgers41975, 1976, 2006, 2022
Marist21994†, 2007
Army11987†
CCNY11938
Rider12008
Saint Peter's12005

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