Pac-12 Conference Men's Basketball Defensive Player of the Year

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Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year
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Awarded forthe top defensive player in men's basketball in the Pac-12
CountryUnited States
Presented byPac-12 Conference
First awarded1983
Currently held byEvan Mobley, USC

The Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year is an annual college basketball award presented to the top defensive player in men's basketball in the Pac-12 Conference. The winner is selected by conference coaches, who are not allowed to vote for players on their own team.[1] The award began in 1984,[2] when the conference consisted of 10 teams and was known as the Pacific-10.[3] It stopped being issued starting in 1988 but was restarted in 2008.[4][5] The conference added two teams and became the Pac-12 in 2011.[3]

Jorge Gutiérrez of California (2012) and Evan Mobley of USC (2021) are the only players to also win the Pac-12 Player of the Year in the same season.[2][6] Gary Payton won both awards in separate seasons with Oregon State, capturing the defensive honor as a freshman in 1987 and the conference player of the year as a senior in 1990.[7][8] He credited Beavers coach Ralph Miller with molding him into a standout defender. Payton played 17 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and became the only point guard to be named the NBA Defensive Player of the Year.[7] His son, Gary Payton II, later played with Oregon State as well, and was voted the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year in 2015 and 2016.[9] He and Matisse Thybulle (2018, 2019) are the only repeat winners of the award.[10]

Gary Payton II won the award in 2015 and 2016.
Matisse Thybulle won the award in 2018 and 2019.
Season Player School Class Ref
Butch Hays California Senior
[11]
Nigel Miguel UCLA Senior
[5]
Washington State Senior
[3]
Gary Payton Oregon State Freshman
[4]
Russell Westbrook UCLA Sophomore
[5]
2008–09 Taj Gibson USC Junior
[12]
2009–10 Seth Tarver Oregon State Senior
[3]
2010–11 Marcus Simmons USC Senior
[12]
2011–12 Jorge Gutiérrez California Senior
[11]
2012–13 André Roberson Colorado Senior
[3]
2013–14 Jordan Bachynski Arizona State Senior
[3]
2014–15 Gary Payton II Oregon State Junior
[4]
2015–16 Gary Payton II (2) Oregon State Senior
[13]
2016–17 Jordan Bell Oregon Junior
[14]
2017–18 Matisse Thybulle Washington Junior
[9]
2018–19 Matisse Thybulle (2) Washington Senior
[10]
2019–20 Tyler Bey Colorado Junior
[15]
2020–21 Evan Mobley USC Freshman [16]

Winners by school[]

School Winners Years
Oregon State 4 1987, 2010, 2015, 2016
USC 3 2009, 2011, 2021
California 2 1984, 2012
UCLA 2 1985, 2008
Colorado 2 2013, 2020
Washington 2 2018, 2019
Arizona State 1 2014
Oregon 1 2017
Washington State 1 1986
Arizona 0 —
Stanford 0 —
Utah 0 —

References[]

  1. ^ "2015–16 Handbook" (PDF). Pac-12 Conference. pp. 105–06. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 3, 2016. Retrieved February 5, 2016.
  2. ^ a b Faraudo, Jeff (March 5, 2012). "Basketball: Gutierrez sweeps awards ��� is named Pac-12 Player of Year, Defensive Player of Year". ibabuzz.com. Bay Area News Group. Archived from the original on February 5, 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Pac-12 Conference 2015–16 Men's Basketball Media Guide". Pac-12 Conference. 2015. p. 5. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
  4. ^ a b c Letourneau, Connor (March 9, 2015). "Gary Payton II, Oregon State Beavers guard, named first team All-Pac-12, Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on February 5, 2016.
  5. ^ a b c "UCLA Dominates Pac-10 Player of the Year Honors". CSTV.com. March 10, 2008. Archived from the original on February 5, 2016.
  6. ^ Kartje, Ryan (March 9, 2021). "USC's Evan Mobley joins Anthony Davis in making college basketball history". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
  7. ^ a b Gress, Steve (September 4, 2013). "Looking back at The Glove". Corvallis Gazette-Times. Archived from the original on February 5, 2016.
  8. ^ Buker, Paul (August 11, 2009). "Ex-Oregon State great Gary Payton will be inducted into Oregon Sports Hall of Fame". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on February 5, 2016.
  9. ^ a b "2017-18 Pac-12 Men's Basketball All-Conference individual honors" (Press release). Pac-12 Conference. March 5, 2018. Archived from the original on March 10, 2018.
  10. ^ a b "Pac-12 announces 2018-19 Men's Basketball annual major awards" (Press release). Pac-12 Conference. March 11, 2019. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
  11. ^ a b Finley, Patrick (March 6, 2012). "Pac-12 basketball: Player of the Year starts with 'D'". Arizona Daily Star. Archived from the original on February 5, 2016.
  12. ^ a b Lev, Michael (March 7, 2011). "USC's Marcus Simmons named Pac-10 DPOY". The Orange County Register. Archived from the original on February 5, 2016.
  13. ^ Letourneau, Connor (March 7, 2016). "Cal's Jaylen Brown named Pac-12 Freshman of the Year". San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on June 8, 2016.
  14. ^ "2016-17 Pac-12 Men's Basketball All-Conference Honors" (Press release). Pac-12. March 6, 2017. Archived from the original on March 9, 2017.
  15. ^ "Pac-12 announces 2019-20 Men's Basketball annual major awards" (Press release). Pac-12 Conference. March 9, 2020. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
  16. ^ "2020-21 Pac-12 Men's Basketball All-Conference honors and Annual Performance Awards, presented by Nextiva" (Press release). Pac-12 Conference. March 9, 2021. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
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