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

Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year

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	Hays, ButchButch Hays	California	Senior	^[8]
1984–85	Miguel, NigelNigel Miguel	UCLA	Senior	^[5]
1985–86	Morrison, KeithKeith Morrison	Washington State	Senior	^[3]
1986–87	Payton, GaryGary Payton	Oregon State	Freshman	^[4]
2007–08	Westbrook, RussellRussell Westbrook	UCLA	Sophomore	^[5]
2008–09	Gibson, TajTaj Gibson	USC	Junior	^[9]
2009–10	Tarver, SethSeth Tarver	Oregon State	Senior	^[3]
2010–11	Simmons, MarcusMarcus Simmons	USC	Senior	^[9]
2011–12	Gutiérrez, JorgeJorge Gutiérrez	California	Senior	^[8]
2012–13	Roberson, AndréAndré Roberson	Colorado	Senior	^[3]
2013–14	Bachynski, JordanJordan Bachynski	Arizona State	Senior	^[3]
2014–15	Payton II, GaryGary Payton II	Oregon State	Junior	^[4]
2015–16	Payton II, GaryGary Payton II (2)	Oregon State	Senior	^[10]

References

↑ "2015–16 Handbook" (PDF). Pac-12 Conference. pp. 105–06. Archived from the original on February 3, 2016.
1 2 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.
1 2 3 4 5 6 "Pac-12 Conference 2015–16 Men's Basketball Media Guide". Pac-12 Conference. 2015. p. 5. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
1 2 3 4 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.
1 2 3 "UCLA Dominates Pac-10 Player of the Year Honors". CSTV.com. March 10, 2008. Archived from the original on February 5, 2016.
1 2 Gress, Steve (September 4, 2013). "Looking back at The Glove". Corvallis Gazette-Times. Archived from the original on February 5, 2016.
↑ 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.
1 2 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.
1 2 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.
↑ 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.

Pac-12 Conference men's basketball

Teams	Arizona Wildcats Arizona State Sun Devils California Golden Bears Colorado Buffaloes Oregon Ducks Oregon State Beavers Stanford Cardinal UCLA Bruins USC Trojans Utah Utes Washington Huskies Washington State Cougars

Championships & awards	Pac-12 Tournament Player of the Year Coach of the Year All-Pac-12 teams Defensive Player of the Year Freshman of the Year Hall of Honor Big 12/Pac-10 Hardwood Series

Seasons	1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

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