Big East Basketball Rookie of the Year

Prior to the 1988-1989 season, the award was the Freshman of the Year. Five Syracuse basketball players have been named the Big East Rookie of the Year.

Season	Player	Team
1979-1980	David Russell	St. John’s
1980-1981	Fred Brown	Georgetown
1981-1982	Patrick Ewing	Georgetown
1982-1983	Earl Kelley	Connecticut
1983-1984	Pearl Washington	Syracuse
1984-1985	Charles Smith	Pittsburgh
1985-1986	Dana Barros	Boston College
1986-1987	Derrick Coleman	Syracuse
1987-1988	Sean Miller	Pittsburgh
1988-1989	Brian Shorter	Pittsburgh
1989-1990	Nadav Henefeld	Connecticut
1990-1991	Billy Curley	Boston College
1991-1992	Lawrence Moten	Syracuse
1992-1993	Othella Harrington	Georgetown
1993-1994	Doron Sheffer	Connecticut
1994-1995	Allen Iverson	Georgetown
1995-1996	James “Scoonie” Penn	Boston College
1996-1997	Tim Thomas	Villanova
1997-1998	Khalid El-Amin	Connecticut
1998-1999	Troy Murphy	Notre Dame
1999-2000	Troy Bell	Boston College
2000-2001	Eddie Griffin	Seton Hall
2001-2002	Chris Thomas	Notre Dame
2002-2003	Carmelo Anthony	Syracuse
2003-2004	Chris Taft	Pittsburgh
2004-2005	Rudy Gay	Connecticut
2004-2005	Jeff Green	Georgetown
2005-2006	Dominic James	Marquette
2006-2007	Scottie Reynolds	Villanova
2007-2008	Jonny Flynn	Syracuse
2007-2008	DeJuan Blair	Pittsburgh
2008-2009	Greg Monroe	Georgetown
2009-2010	Lance Stephenson	Cincinnati
2010-2011	Cleveland Melvin	DePaul
2011-2012	Moe Harkless	St John's
2012-2013	JaKarr Simpson	St John's