Lefty Driesell Award
College basketball award
Awarded for | the nation's top men's defensive player in NCAA Division I basketball |
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Country | United States |
Presented by | CollegeInsider.com |
History | |
First award | 2010 |
Most recent | Boo Buie, Northwestern |
Website | www |
The Lefty Driesell Defensive Player of the Year Award is an award given annually to the most outstanding men's college basketball defender in NCAA Division I competition. The award was established in 2010 and is named for head coach Lefty Driesell, who is the only head coach to amass 100 wins at four different Division I schools and is best remembered for his success with the Davidson Wildcats and Maryland Terrapins programs.[1]
Winners
* | Awarded a national Player of the Year award: the Naismith College Player of the Year or the John R. Wooden Award |
Player (X) | Denotes the number of times the player has been awarded the Lefty Driesell Award |
Year | Player | School | Class | Reference |
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2009–10 | Jarvis Varnado | Mississippi State | Senior | [2] |
2010–11 | Kent Bazemore | Old Dominion | Junior | [3] |
2011–12 | Anthony Davis* | Kentucky | Freshman | [4] |
2012–13 | Tommy Brenton | Stony Brook | Senior | [5] |
2013–14 | Elfrid Payton | Louisiana–Lafayette | Junior | [6] |
2014–15 | Darion Atkins | Virginia | Senior | [7] |
2015–16 | Vashil Fernandez | Valparaiso | Senior | [8] |
2016–17 | Jevon Carter | West Virginia | Junior | [9] |
2017–18 | Jevon Carter (2) | West Virginia | Senior | [10] |
2018–19 | Matisse Thybulle | Washington | Senior | [11] |
2019–20 | Juvaris Hayes | Merrimack | Senior | [12] |
2020–21 | Davion Mitchell | Baylor | Junior | [13] |
2021–22 | KC Ndefo | Saint Peter's | Senior | [14] |
2022–23 | Caleb McConnell | Rutgers | Senior | [15] |
2023–24 | Boo Buie | Northwestern | Graduate | [16] |
Winners by school
School | Winners | Years |
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West Virginia | 2 | 2017, 2018 |
Baylor | 1 | 2021 |
Kentucky | 1 | 2012 |
Louisiana–Lafayette | 1 | 2014 |
Merrimack | 1 | 2020 |
Mississippi State | 1 | 2010 |
Northwestern | 1 | 2024 |
Old Dominion | 1 | 2011 |
Rutgers | 1 | 2023 |
Saint Peter's | 1 | 2022 |
Stony Brook | 1 | 2013 |
Valparaiso | 1 | 2016 |
Virginia | 1 | 2015 |
Washington | 1 | 2019 |
References
- General
- "Lefty Driesell Defensive Player of the Year Award". CollegeInsider.com. 2010. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
- Specific
- ^ "Lefty Driesell Award". CollegeInsider.com. 2010. Retrieved April 9, 2010.
- ^ "Varnado Wins Lefty Driesell Award". Southeastern Conference. 2 April 2010. Archived from the original on 28 June 2010. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
- ^ "ODU's Bazemore named Driesell National Defensive Player of the Year". Daily Press. 2 April 2011. Retrieved 2 April 2011.
- ^ "Insells experienced UK's run together". DNJ.com. 31 March 2011. Retrieved 2 April 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Brenton named Lefty Driesell National Defensive Player of the Year". GoSeawolves.com. 5 April 2013. Archived from the original on 8 April 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
- ^ "UL guard Elfrid Payton win Lefty Driesell Award". theAvertiser.com. 5 April 2014. Archived from the original on 5 April 2014. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
- ^ Oakes, Jamie (April 3, 2015). "Darion Atkins named National Defensive Player of the Year". 247Sports.com. Archived from the original on April 14, 2015. Retrieved April 3, 2015.
- ^ Neville, Steven (April 5, 2016). "Valpo MBB's Fernandez Named National Defensive Player of the Year". ValpoLife. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
- ^ "Louisiana's Wright Named To Lefty Driesell Defensive All-America Team". RaginCajuns.com. April 4, 2017. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
- ^ "Carter garners Lefty Driesell award". WV News. 3 April 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
- ^ "UW's Matisse Thybulle wins Lefty Driesell Defensive Player of the Year award". Seattle Times. 5 April 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
- ^ "Hayes Receives 2019-20 Lefty Driesell Award". Merrimack Warriors. March 24, 2020. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
- ^ "Baylor's Davion Mitchell Named Lefty Driesell Award Winner". Fox News. April 1, 2021. Retrieved April 5, 2021.
- ^ "Ndefo Named Lefty Driesell Defensive Player of the Year". Saint Peter's University Athletics. Retrieved April 1, 2022.
- ^ "Rutgers' Caleb McConnell is the recipient of the 2023 Lefty Driesell National Defensive Player of the Year award".
- ^ "Northwestern's Boo Buie is the recipient of the 2024 Lefty Driesell National Defensive Player of the Year award".
External links
- Official site
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U.S. men's college basketball awards
- National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame
- Women's college basketball awards
National players of the year |
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Conference players of the year |
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- All-Americans (by year)
- Bob Cousy Award
- Jerry West Award
- Julius Erving Award
- Karl Malone Award
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award
- Haggerty Award
- Howell Trophy
- Lefty Driesell Award
- Lou Henson Award
- Lute Olson Award
- Pete Newell Big Man Award
- NABC Defensive Player of the Year
- NABC Freshman of the Year
- Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Award
- NCAA tournament Most Outstanding Player
- Robert V. Geasey Trophy
- USBWA National Freshman of the Year
- On hiatus – Senior CLASS Award
- Discontinued – Best Player ESPY Award
- Chicago Tribune Silver Basketball
- Chip Hilton Award
- Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award
National coaches of the year | |
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Conference coaches of the year |
- NABC Coaches of the Year – Division I
- Division II
- Division II
- NAIA
- Two-year schools
NAIA tournament MVP - Clarence Gaines Award
- Bevo Francis Award