Northeast Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Year

Award

NEC Women's Basketball Player of the Year
Awarded for	the most outstanding basketball player in the Northeast Conference
Country	United States
First awarded	1987
Currently held by	Ny'Ceara Pryor, Sacred Heart

The Northeast Conference (NEC) Women's Basketball Player of the Year is an annual college basketball award given to the Northeast Conference's most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1986–87 season.

Key

†	Co-Players of the Year
*	Awarded a national Player of the Year award: the Naismith College Player of the Year, Wade Trophy or the John R. Wooden Award
Player (X)	Denotes the number of times the player has been awarded the Northeast Conference Player of the Year award at that point

Winners

Season	Player	School	Position	Class
1986–87	Linda Wilson	Monmouth
1987–88	Sandra Cook	Monmouth
1988–89	Maureen Coughlin	Wagner
1989–90	Kim Rhock	Mount St. Mary's
1990–91	Vanessa Blair	Mount St. Mary's
1991–92	Vanessa Blair (2)	Mount St. Mary's
1992–93	Charlene Fields	Marist
1993–94	Susie Rowlyk	Mount St. Mary's
1994–95	Susie Rowlyk	Mount St. Mary's
1994–95	Stacy Alexander	Saint Francis (PA)
1995–96	Amy Langville	Mount St. Mary's
1996–97	Mary Markey	Saint Francis (PA)
1997–98	Jess Zinobile	Saint Francis (PA)
1998–99	Megan Gardiner	Mount St. Mary's	F	Senior
1999–00	Jess Zinobile (2)	Saint Francis (PA)	F	Senior
2000–01	Kia Williams	Mount St. Mary's	G	Senior
2001–02	Tamika Dudley	LIU Brooklyn	F	Junior
2002–03	Ashlee Kelly	Quinnipiac	C	Junior
2003–04	Beth Swink	Saint Francis (PA)
2004–05	Sugeiry Monsac	Robert Morris	F	Junior
2005–06	Amanda Pape	Sacred Heart	G	Junior
2006–07	Valeire Nainima	LIU Brooklyn	G	Freshman
2007–08	Sade Logan	Robert Morris	G	Junior
2008–09	Alisa Apo	Sacred Heart	G	Sophomore
2009–10	Angela Pace	Robert Morris	G	Senior
2010–11	Samantha Leach	Saint Francis (PA)	G	Senior
2011–12	Callan Taylor	Sacred Heart	F	Senior
2012–13	Artemis Spanou	Robert Morris	F	Junior
2013–14	Artemis Spanou (2)	Robert Morris	F	Senior
2014–15	Breanna Rucker	Bryant	F	Junior
2015–16	Hannah Kimmel	Sacred Heart	F	Senior
2016–17	Anna Niki Stamolamprou	Robert Morris	G	Senior
2017–18	Jess Kovatch	Saint Francis (PA)	G	Junior
2018–19	Jess Kovatch (2)	Saint Francis (PA)	G	Senior
2019–20	Denia Davis-Stewart	Merrimack	F	Senior
2020–21	Kendall Bresee	Mount St. Mary's	F	Senior
2021–22	Madison Stanley	Fairleigh Dickinson	G	Graduate student
2022–23	Ny'Ceara Pryor	Sacred Heart	G	Freshman
2023–24	Ny'Ceara Pryor (2)	Sacred Heart	G	Sophomore

Winners by school

School	Winners	Years
Mount St. Mary's	9	1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2001, 2021
Saint Francis (PA)	8	1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2011, 2018, 2019
Robert Morris	6	2005, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2017
Sacred Heart	6	2006, 2009, 2012, 2016, 2023, 2024
LIU	2	2002, 2007
Monmouth	2	1987, 1988
Wagner	1	1989
Bryant	1	2015
Fairleigh Dickinson	1	2022
Marist	1	1993
Merrimack	1	2020
Quinnipiac	1	2003
Central Connecticut	0
Chicago State	0
Le Moyne	0
Mercyhurst	0
St. Francis Brooklyn	0
Stonehill	0

Mount St. Mary's left the NEC after the 2021–22 season for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.
Robert Morris left the NEC after the 2019–20 season for the Horizon League.
^ Merrimack and Sacred Heart left after the 2023–24 season for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.
From 1981 to 2019, Long Island University was represented in the Northeast Conference by its Brooklyn campus, known for athletic purposes as "Long Island" through the 2012–13 season and "LIU Brooklyn" from 2013–14 forward. After the 2018–19 season, LIU merged the athletic programs of its Brooklyn and Post campuses into a single program, now competing as the LIU Sharks, that inherited the NCAA Division I and Northeast Conference memberships of the Brooklyn campus. The current LIU women's basketball program inherited Brooklyn's athletic history.
Monmouth left the NEC after the 2021–22 season to join the Colonial Athletic Association, now known as the Coastal Athletic Association.
Bryant left the NEC after the 2021–22 season to join the America East Conference.
Marist left the NEC after the 1996–97 season to join the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.
Quinnipiac left the NEC after the 2012–13 season to join the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.
St. Francis Brooklyn shut down its athletic program after the 2022–23 season.

References

"NEC Women's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). NortheastConference.org. Retrieved November 22, 2015.
"#NECWBB Regular Season Champion Sacred Heart Secures Three Major Awards; Second-Place Bryant Lands Most All-League Honors" (Press release). Northeast Conference. March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
"Kovatch Makes More History; Major #NECWBB Award Winners Announced" (Press release). Northeast Conference. March 11, 2019. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
"Denia Davis-Stewart Makes History for Merrimack; All-NEC Honors Announced" (Press release). Northeast Conference. March 9, 2020. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
"Mounties Bresee and Marchesano Top #NECWBB Major Awards List; All-NEC Teams Unveiled" (Press release). Northeast Conference. March 8, 2021. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
"FDU and Saint Francis U Highlight #NECWBB Major Award Winners" (Press release). Northeast Conference. March 7, 2022. Retrieved March 7, 2022.
"Triple Threat: SHU's Ny'Ceara Pryor Makes #NECWBB History With Landmark Awards Sweep" (Press release). Northeast Conference. March 6, 2023. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
"Twice as NY-ce! Sacred Heart's Ny'Ceara Pryor Repeats as NEC Women's Basketball Player of the Year" (Press release). Northeast Conference. March 11, 2024. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
"Robert Morris to Join Horizon League" (Press release). Horizon League. June 15, 2020. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
"CAA Welcomes Hampton University, Monmouth University and Stony Brook University as New Members" (Press release). Colonial Athletic Association. January 25, 2022. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
"Bryant University to Join America East Conference as Newest Member Institution" (Press release). America East Conference. March 29, 2022. Retrieved March 30, 2022.

v t e Northeast Conference women's basketball
Current teams	Central Connecticut Blue Devils Chicago State Cougars Fairleigh Dickinson Knights Le Moyne Dolphins LIU Sharks Mercyhurst Lakers Saint Francis Red Flash Stonehill Skyhawks Wagner Seahawks
Championships & awards	Regular season champions Conference tournament Coach of the Year Player of the Year "Battle of Brooklyn"
Seasons	1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

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