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]
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 |
Winners
edit![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Jevon_Carter_vs._Va_Tech.jpg/150px-Jevon_Carter_vs._Va_Tech.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Darion_Atkins.jpg/150px-Darion_Atkins.jpg)
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* | 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 |
Winners by school
editSchool | 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
edit- 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".
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