Chip Hilton Player of the Year Award

The Chip Hilton Player of the Year Award was presented to a men's college basketball player who was a senior and who had demonstrated strong personal character both on and off the court, similar to the fictional Chip Hilton character depicted by Hall of Fame coach Clair Bee in the classic Chip Hilton series of sports stories.

The NCAA had given the national award since 1997 to a Division I player who demonstrated outstanding character, leadership, integrity, humility, sportsmanship and talent. The award has evidently ceased to be given out following 2011 as no 2012 announcements were ever made.

Winners

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Tim Duncan of Wake Forest won in 1997.

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Shane Battier of Duke won in 2001.

Gerry McNamara of Syracuse won in 2006.

Season	Player	School
1996–97	Tim Duncan	Wake Forest
1997–98	Hassan Booker	Navy
1998–99	Tim Hill	Harvard
1999–00	Eduardo Nájera	Oklahoma
2000–01	Shane Battier	Duke
2001–02	Juan Dixon	Maryland
2002–03	Brandon Miller	Butler
2003–04	Emeka Okafor	Connecticut
2004–05	Ronald Ross	Texas Tech
2005–06	Gerry McNamara	Syracuse
2006–07	Acie Law IV	Texas A&M
2007–08	Mike Green	Butler
2008–09	Jon Brockman	Washington
2009–10	Román Martínez	New Mexico
2010–11	Charles Jenkins	Hofstra

Footnotes

• ^a 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.