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A Brief History of the Haggerty Award
The Haggerty Award is given to the All-Metropolitan New York Division I Men's College Basketball Player of the Year, presented by the
National Invitation Tournament (NIT) and the Met Basketball Writers Association (MBWA). First presented in 1936, it is arguably the oldest and most prestigious award given to a metropolitan area player.

The award was named for Frank J. Haggerty, the first graduate of both Chaminade High School and St. John's University to die in military service during World War II. A shortstop as well as a basketball player, Haggerty was in the Army Air Force, as a pursuit pilot when his plane crashed over the Catawba River in North Carolina 1942.
 
Haggerty Award Winners by School

School Winners Years
St. John's 29 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 194, 1949, 1952, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1967, 1973, 1978, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2025, 2026
Seton Hall 15 1953, 1964, 1979, 1982, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1994, 1996, 2004, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021
Hofstra 9 1956, 1977, 2000, 2001, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2023, 2024
LIU 7 1936, 1937, 1939, 1950, 1966, 1995, 1997
Iona 6 1965, 1980, 1981, 1984, 2012, 2013
NYU * 6 1940, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1960, 1963
Columbia 5 1951, 1957, 1968, 1969, 1970
Fordham 5 1954, 1955, 1958, 1971, 1972
Manhattan 4 1972, 1974, 2003, 2004
Rutgers 3 1975, 1976, 2006
Marist 2 1994, 2007
Army West Point 1 1987
CCNY * 1 1938
Rider 1 2008
Saint Peter's 1 2005
Co-winners were named in: 1972, 1984, 1987, 1994, 2004
* No longer a Division I Member
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