Australian International Player of the Year
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The Australian International Player of the Year (or Gaze Medal) is an award for the best Australian Boomers squad member. All members of the senior national team vote after each game and the player who receives the most votes is awarded the Gaze Medal.
- 1988 Phil SmythPhil SmythPhilip John Smyth AM is an Australian former basketball player and former three time championship winning head coach of the National Basketball League's Adelaide 36ers.-Professional career:...
- 1989 Luc LongleyLuc LongleyLucien James "Luc" Longley is a retired Australian professional basketball player, who was the first Australian to play in the NBA, where he played for eleven seasons...
- 1990 Andrew GazeAndrew GazeAndrew Barry Casson Gaze is Australia's best known basketball player, and one of its most successful. He is considered as the greatest player in the history of the NBL....
- 1991 Andrew VlahovAndrew VlahovAndrew Mitchell Vlahov is a retired Australian professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball League of Australia from 1991 through till the 2001/2002 season...
- 1992 Mark BradtkeMark BradtkeMark Robert Bradtke is a retired Australian professional basketball player who played mainly in Australia's National Basketball League but also had a single stint in the NBA with the Philadelphia 76ers in 1996-97...
- 1993 Andrew Vlahov
- 1994 Andrew Gaze
- 1995 Andrew Gaze
- 1996 Andrew Gaze
- 1997 Shane HealShane HealShane Douglas Heal is a retired Australia professional basketball player who last played with the Gold Coast Blaze of the National Basketball League, retiring at the end of the 2008/09 season. During his early years as a player, Heal played for the Brisbane Bullets and the Geelong Supercats...
- 1998 Andrew Gaze
- 1999 Mark Bradtke
- 2000 Andrew Gaze
- 2001 Brett MaherBrett MaherBrett Steven Maher is a retired Australian basketball player who played for the Adelaide 36ers in the NBL for his entire career, from 1992-2009.-Professional career:...
- 2002 Chris AnsteyChris AnsteyChristopher John Anstey is a former Australian professional basketball player. At 7'0" his career included stints in the NBA, Russia and Spain. Anstey was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers in the first round of the 1997 NBA Draft. He played for the Melbourne Tigers in the Australian NBL...
- 2003 Matthew NielsenMatthew NielsenMatthew "Matt" Peter Nielsen is an Australian professional basketball player.-Pro career:...
- 2004 Shane Heal
- 2005 C. J. Bruton
- 2006 Sam MackinnonSam MackinnonSamuel Mackinnon is a retired Australian professional basketball player whose last team was the NBL team Melbourne Tigers.-Playing career:...
- 2007 Sam MackinnonSam MackinnonSamuel Mackinnon is a retired Australian professional basketball player whose last team was the NBL team Melbourne Tigers.-Playing career:...
- 2008 Patrick MillsPatrick MillsPatrick "Patty" Sammie Mills is an Indigenous Australian professional basketball player who plays as a point guard for the Xinjiang Flying Tigers....
- 2009 Joe InglesJoe InglesJoe Ingles is an Australian professional basketball player, currently with Regal FC Barcelona. Joe is in a relationship with Australian Diamonds and Melbourne Vixens netball player, Renae Hallinan. On 17 March 2006, he became the first player to sign with the South Dragons National Basketball...
- 2010 Patrick Mills