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NEC Women's Basketball Player of the Year Awarded for the most outstanding basketball player in the Northeast Conference Country United States First award 1987 Currently held by Belle Lanpher, Central Connecticut
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.[ 1]
School
Winners
Years
Mount St. Mary's [ a]
9
1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2001, 2021
Saint Francis (PA)
8
1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2011, 2018, 2019
Robert Morris [ b]
6
2005, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2017
Sacred Heart [ c]
6
2006, 2009, 2012, 2016, 2023, 2024
LIU [ d]
2
2002, 2007
Monmouth [ e]
2
1987, 1988
Wagner
1
1989
Bryant [ f]
1
2015
Fairleigh Dickinson
1
2022
Marist [ g]
1
1993
Merrimack [ c]
1
2020
Quinnipiac [ h]
1
2003
Central Connecticut
1
2025
Chicago State
0
Le Moyne
0
Mercyhurst
0
St. Francis Brooklyn [ i]
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 .[ 10]
^ a b 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 .[ 11]
^ Bryant left the NEC after the 2021–22 season to join the America East Conference .[ 12]
^ 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.
^ "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 .
^ "History Made! Belle Lanpher Becomes CCSU's First-Ever NEC Player of the Year" . northeastconference.org . Retrieved March 30, 2025 .
^ "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 .
U.S. women's college basketball awards
Player awards
National players of the year Conference players of the year
Head coach awards
National coaches of the year Conference coaches of the year
Other awards
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