NBL1 West Grand Final Most Valuable Player Award

The NBL1 West Grand Final Most Valuable Player is an annual NBL1 West award given to the best performing player in both the Women's Grand Final and Men's Grand Final. Known as the State Basketball League (SBL) Grand Final Most Valuable Player from 1996 (earliest known case) to 2019, the SBL was rebranded to NBL1 West in 2021.

Winners

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Denotes players that won the award as a member of the losing grand final side.
 
Morcom (Hawks) and Bedford (Redbacks), co-MVPs in 2001
Year Women Men Ref
Player Team Player Team
1996 Tully Bevilaqua Willetton Tigers James Fitch Bunbury City Slammers [1]
1997 Tully Bevilaqua (2) Willetton Tigers Dwayne Michaels Perth Redbacks [2]
1998 Jenny Whittle Perry Lakes Hawks James Fitch (2) Bunbury City Slammers [3]
1999 Rohanee Cox Willetton Tigers James Fitch (3) Bunbury City Slammers [4][5]
2000 Jenny Bedford Perth Redbacks Greg Brown Geraldton Buccaneers [6][7]
2001 Kim Morcom Perry Lakes Hawks Matt Burston Perry Lakes Hawks [8]
Jenny Bedford (2) Perth Redbacks
2002 Kate Simkovic Perry Lakes Hawks Stephen Black Willetton Tigers [9]
2003 Melissa McClure Perry Lakes Hawks Alan Erickson Cockburn Cougars [10]
2004 Melissa Marsh Willetton Tigers Eric Carter Perry Lakes Hawks [11]
2005 Sue Williams Willetton Tigers Andy Gilbert Lakeside Lightning [12]
2006 Kristi Channing Lakeside Lightning Ben Earle Lakeside Lightning [13][14]
2007 Carli Boyanich Perry Lakes Hawks Shamus Ballantyne Goldfields Giants [15][16]
2008 Deanna Smith Perry Lakes Hawks Darnell Dialls Goldfields Giants [17][18]
2009 Ashley Gilmore Willetton Tigers Luke Payne Lakeside Lightning [19]
2010 Jasmine Hooper Willetton Tigers Cameron Tovey Willetton Tigers [20]
2011 Kate Malpass Willetton Tigers Greg Hire Wanneroo Wolves [21][22]
2012 Kim Sitzmann South West Slammers Jeremiah Wilson Cockburn Cougars [23][24]
2013 Nikita-Lee Martin Wanneroo Wolves Justin Cecil Lakeside Lightning [25][26]
2014 Sami Whitcomb Rockingham Flames Joe-Alan Tupaea East Perth Eagles [27][28]
2015 Sami Whitcomb (2) Rockingham Flames Trian Iliadis Joondalup Wolves [29][30]
2016 Kate Malpass (2) Willetton Tigers Rhett Della Cockburn Cougars [31][32]
2017 Antonia Farnworth Perry Lakes Hawks Lee Roberts Perth Redbacks [33]
2018 Alison Schwagmeyer Lakeside Lightning Ben Purser Perry Lakes Hawks [34][35]
2019 Maddie Allen Rockingham Flames Liam Hunt Geraldton Buccaneers [36][37]
2020 Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Alexandra Sharp Willetton Tigers Andrew Ferguson Perry Lakes Hawks [38][39]
2022 Leonie Fiebich Warwick Senators Devondrick Walker Rockingham Flames [40][41]
2023 Stephanie Gorman Cockburn Cougars Johny Narkle Geraldton Buccaneers [42][43]
2024 Alexandra Sharp (2) Rockingham Flames Joel Murray Mandurah Magic [44][45]

References

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