Pacific-12 Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

Pacific-12 Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

Awarded for	the most outstanding basketball player in the Pacific-12 Conference
Country	United States
First awarded	1976
Currently held by	Joseph Young, Oregon

The Pacific-12 Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year is a basketball award given to the Pacific-12 Conference's most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1975–76 season, when the conference was known as the Pacific-8, and is determined by voting from the Pac-12 media and coaches. There have been two players honored multiple times: David Greenwood of UCLA and Sean Elliott of Arizona. Two freshmen have also won the award: Shareef Abdur-Rahim of California and Kevin Love of UCLA.

The only current Pac-12 members without a winner are the two newest members, Colorado and Utah. Between the arrival of Arizona and Arizona State in 1978 and the entry of Colorado and Utah in 2011, the conference was known as the Pacific–10.

Key

†	Co-Players of the Year
*	Awarded a national Player of the Year award: Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year (1904–05 to 1978–79) UPI College Basketball Player of the Year (1954–55 to 1995–96) Naismith College Player of the Year (1968–69 to present) John R. Wooden Award (1976–77 to present)
Player (X)	Denotes the number of times the player has been awarded the Pacific-12 Player of the Year award at that point

Winners

UCLA's Marques Johnson also won numerous national Player of the Year honors in 1977.

California's Jason Kidd won as a sophomore in 1993–94.

Eddie House was the first player to ever win from Arizona State (1999–00).

UCLA's Kevin Love was named Player of the Year as a freshman.

Season	Player	School	Position	Class
1975–76	Lee, RonRon Lee	Oregon	Point guard/Shooting guard	4 !Senior
1976–77	Johnson, MarquesMarques Johnson*	UCLA	Power forward	4 !Senior
1977–78	Greenwood, DavidDavid Greenwood	UCLA	Power forward	3 !Junior
1978–79	Greenwood, DavidDavid Greenwood (2)	UCLA	Power forward	4 !Senior
1979–80	Collins, DonDon Collins	Washington State	Small forward	4 !Senior
1980–81	Johnson, SteveSteve Johnson	Oregon State	Center	4 !Senior
1981–82	Conner, LesterLester Conner	Oregon State	Point guard	4 !Senior
1982–83	Fields, KennyKenny Fields	UCLA	Small forward	3 !Junior
1983–84	Green, A. C.A. C. Green	Oregon State	Power forward	3 !Junior
1984–85	Carlander, WayneWayne Carlander	USC	Power forward	4 !Senior
1985–86	Welp, ChristianChristian Welp	Washington	Center	3 !Junior
1986–87	Ortiz, JoséJosé Ortiz	Oregon State	Center	4 !Senior
1987–88	Elliott, SeanSean Elliott	Arizona	Small forward	3 !Junior
1988–89	Elliott, SeanSean Elliott* (2)	Arizona	Small forward	4 !Senior
1989–90	Payton, GaryGary Payton	Oregon State	Point guard	4 !Senior
1990–91	Brandon, TerrellTerrell Brandon	Oregon	Point guard	3 !Junior
1991–92	Miner, HaroldHarold Miner	USC	Shooting guard	3 !Junior
1992–93	Mills, ChrisChris Mills	Arizona	Small forward	4 !Senior
1993–94	Kidd, JasonJason Kidd	California	Point guard	2 !Sophomore
1994–95^†	O'Bannon, EdEd O'Bannon*	UCLA	Small forward	4 !Senior
1994–95^†	Stoudamire, DamonDamon Stoudamire	Arizona	Point guard	4 !Senior
1995–96	Abdur-Rahim, ShareefShareef Abdur-Rahim	California	Power forward	1 !Freshman
1996–97	Gray, EdEd Gray	California	Shooting guard	4 !Senior
1997–98	Bibby, MikeMike Bibby	Arizona	Point guard	2 !Sophomore
1998–99	Terry, JasonJason Terry	Arizona	Point guard	4 !Senior
1999–00	House, EddieEddie House	Arizona State	Shooting guard	4 !Senior
2000–01	Lampley, SeanSean Lampley	California	Power forward	4 !Senior
2001–02	Clancy !Sam Clancy	USC	Power forward	4 !Senior
2002–03	Ridnour, LukeLuke Ridnour	Oregon	Point guard	3 !Junior
2003–04	Childress, JoshJosh Childress	Stanford	Shooting guard/Small forward	3 !Junior
2004–05	Diogu, IkeIke Diogu	Arizona State	Power forward/Center	3 !Junior
2005–06	Roy, BrandonBrandon Roy	Washington	Shooting guard	4 !Senior
2006–07	Afflalo, ArronArron Afflalo	UCLA	Shooting guard	3 !Junior
2007–08	Love, KevinKevin Love	UCLA	Power forward	1 !Freshman
2008–09	Harden, JamesJames Harden	Arizona State	Shooting guard	2 !Sophomore
2009–10	Randle, JeromeJerome Randle	California	Point guard	4 !Senior
2010–11	Williams, DerrickDerrick Williams	Arizona	Small forward/Power forward	2 !Sophomore
2011–12	Gutierrez, JorgeJorge Gutierrez	California	Point guard	4 !Senior
2012–13	Crabbe, AllenAllen Crabbe	California	Shooting guard	3 !Junior
2013–14	Johnson, NickNick Johnson	Arizona	Point guard / Shooting guard	3 !Junior
2014–15	Young, JosephJoseph Young	Oregon	Point guard	4 !Senior

Winners by school

School (year joined)^a	Winners	Years
Arizona (1978)	8	1988, 1989, 1993, 1995^†, 1998, 1999, 2011, 2014
California (1959)	7	1994, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2010, 2012, 2013
UCLA (1959)	7	1977, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1995^†, 2007, 2008
Oregon State (1964)	5	1981, 1982, 1984, 1987, 1990
Oregon (1964)	4	1976, 1991, 2003, 2015
Arizona State (1978)	3	2000, 2005, 2009
USC (1959)	3	1985, 1992, 2002
Washington (1959)	2	1986, 2006
Stanford (1959)	1	2004
Washington State (1962)	1	1980
Colorado (2011)	0	—
Utah (2011)	0	—

Footnotes

^a For purposes of this table, the "year joined" reflects the year that each team joined the conference now known as the Pacific-12 as currently chartered. Although the Pac-12 claims the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC), founded in 1915, as part of its own history, that conference disbanded in 1959 due to infighting and scandal. That same year, five PCC members established the Athletic Association of Western Universities (AAWU) under a new charter that functions to this day. The Player of the Year Award was not established until 1976, by which time all of the final members of the PCC except for Idaho were reunited in what was then the Pac-8.

References

Pac-10 Conference. "2008-09 Pac-10 men's basketball media guide - Honors section (1976-2008 winners)" (PDF). Pac-10 Conference. Retrieved July 31, 2009.
Pac-10 Conference. "2008-09 Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Honors". Pac-10 Conference. Retrieved July 31, 2009.

Pacific-12 Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

1976: Lee
1977: M. Johnson
1978: Greenwood
1979: Greenwood
1980: Collins
1981: S. Johnson
1982: Conner
1983: Fields
1984: Green
1985: Carlander
1986: Welp
1987: Ortiz
1988: Elliott
1989: Elliott
1990: Payton
1991: Brandon
1992: Miner
1993: Mills
1994: Kidd
1995: O'Bannon & Stoudamire
1996: Abdur-Rahim
1997: Gray
1998: Bibby
1999: Terry
2000: House
2001: Lampley
2002: Clancy
2003: Ridnour
2004: Childress
2005: Diogu
2006: Roy
2007: Afflalo
2008: Love
2009: Harden
2010: Randle
2011: Williams
2012: Gutiérrez
2013: Crabbe
2014: N. Johnson
2015: Young

Pacific-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 All-Pac-12 teams 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

Men's college basketball awards (United States)

National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame • Women's college basketball awards

National players of the year	Naismith Trophy Wooden Award Adolph Rupp Trophy AP Player of the Year Helms Foundation Player of the Year (defunct) NABC Player of the Year Oscar Robertson Trophy Sporting News Player of the Year UPI Player of the Year (defunct)

Individual awards	Academic All-America of the Year All-Americans (by year) Bob Cousy Award (Point Guard) Chip Hilton Award (Player Character; defunct) Haggerty Award (NYC area) Lefty Driesell Award (Top Defender) Senior CLASS Award Lou Henson Award (Mid-Major Player of the Year) Lute Olson Award (Top Non-Freshman) Pete Newell Big Man Award NABC Defensive Player of the Year Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award (senior 6'0" or shorter) NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player Robert V. Geasey Trophy (Big 5 Player of the Year) USBWA National Freshman of the Year

Conference players of the year	America East American Athletic A-10 ACC A-Sun Big 12 Big East Big Sky Big South Big Ten Big West CAA C-USA Horizon Ivy MAAC MAC MEAC MVC Mountain West NEC OVC Pac-12 Patriot SEC SoCon Southland Summit Sun Belt SWAC WCC WAC Defunct – American South Big Eight East Coast Great Midwest Great West Metro Southwest

Head coach awards	Naismith Coach of the Year Adolph Rupp Cup AP Coach of the Year Ben Jobe Award (Top Minority Coach) Henry Iba Award Hugh Durham Award (Mid-Major Coach of the Year) Jim Phelan Award (Major Conference Coach of the Year) NABC Coach of the Year Skip Prosser Man of the Year Award (Moral Character) UPI Coach of the Year (defunct) Clair Bee Award (Coaching Character) Legends of Coaching (Lifetime)

Conference coaches of the year	ACC Big 12 CAA MVC

Division awards	NABC Players of the Year – Division II Division III NAIA Junior College NAIA Tournament MVP Clarence Gaines Award (Division II Coach of the Year)

Pacific-12 Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

Key

Winners

Winners by school

Footnotes

See also

References