Pac-12 Conference Men's Basketball Defensive Player of the Year
| Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year | |
|---|---|
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| Awarded for | the top defensive player in men's basketball in the Pac-12 |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Pac-12 Conference |
| First awarded | 1983 |
| Currently held by | Gary Payton II, Oregon State |
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 won with California in 2012 and became the first player to also win the Pac-12 Player of the Year in the same season.[2] 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.[6][7] 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.[6] 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. He is the only player to have won the award twice.[4]
| Season | Coach | School | Class | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983–84 | Butch Hays | California | Senior | |
| 1984–85 | Nigel Miguel | UCLA | Senior | |
| 1985–86 | Keith Morrison | Washington State | Senior | |
| 1986–87 | Gary Payton | Oregon State | Freshman | |
| 2007–08 | Russell Westbrook | UCLA | Sophomore | |
| 2008–09 | Taj Gibson | USC | Junior | |
| 2009–10 | Seth Tarver | Oregon State | Senior | |
| 2010–11 | Marcus Simmons | USC | Senior | |
| 2011–12 | Jorge Gutiérrez | California | Senior | |
| 2012–13 | André Roberson | Colorado | Senior | |
| 2013–14 | Jordan Bachynski | Arizona State | Senior | |
| 2014–15 | Gary Payton II | Oregon State | Junior | |
| 2015–16 | Gary Payton II (2) | Oregon State | Senior |
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