Lute Olson Award

Lute Olson Award
Lute Olson
Awarded for	the nation's top non-freshman and non-transfer men's player in NCAA Division I basketball
Country	United States
Presented by	Collegeinsider.com
First awarded	2010
Currently held by	Cameron Payne, Murray State
Official website	http://www.collegeinsider.com/lute/

The Lute Olson Award is an award given annually to the most outstanding non-freshman men's college basketball player in NCAA Division I competition. The award was established in 2010 and is named for former Arizona Wildcats head coach Lute Olson.^[1]

Selection

Only players who have completed at least two seasons at their current school are eligible for the award. As such, freshmen and first-year transfers are not eligible. The recipient is chosen by a committee including current and former coaches, NBA players, media members, Lute Olson himself, and others involved in the basketball community.^[1]

Winners

Kansas' Sherron Collins is the award's inaugural winner in 2010.

*	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 Lute Olson Award

Year	Player	School	Position	Class	Reference
2009–10	Collins, SherronSherron Collins	Kansas	Point guard	4 !Senior	^[2]
2010–11	Walker, KembaKemba Walker	Connecticut	Point guard	3 !Junior	^[3]
2011–12	McDermott, DougDoug McDermott	Creighton	Small forward	2 !Sophomore	^[4]
2012–13	Larkin, ShaneShane Larkin	Miami (FL)	Point guard	2 !Sophomore	^[5]
2013–14	McDermott, DougDoug McDermott* (2)	Creighton	Small forward	4 !Senior	^[6]
2014–15	Payne, CameronCameron Payne	Murray State	Point guard	2 !Sophomore

Winners by school

School	Winners	Years
Creighton	2	2012, 2014
Connecticut	1	2011
Kansas	1	2010
Miami (FL)	1	2013
Murray State	1	2015

References

General

"Lute Olson National Player of the Year Award". CollegeInsider.com. Retrieved 9 April 2010.

Specific

1 2 "Lute Olson National Player of the Year Award". CollegeInsider.com. 2010. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
↑ "Kansas' Sherron Collins Recipient of 2010 Lute Olson Player of the Year Award" (Press release). University of Kansas. 2 April 2010. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
↑ Associated Press (April 5, 2011). "Kemba Walker wins Lute Olson National Player of the Year". UConn Bball. Retrieved January 30, 2012.
↑ Creighton University (March 30, 2012). "McDermott wins Lute Olson National Player of the Year". Creighton Bball. Retrieved April 1, 2012.
↑ "Larkin Named Lute Olson Player of the Year" (Press release). University of Miami Athletics. April 5, 2013. Retrieved April 9, 2013.
↑ "McDermott Wins Second Lute Olson National Player of the Year Award" (Press release). Creighton University Athletics. April 4, 2014. Retrieved April 5, 2014.

External links

Official site

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) Jerry West Award (Shooting Guard) Julius Erving Award (Small Forward) Karl Malone Award (Power Forward) Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award (Center) 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; defunct) 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 NEC Pac-12

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)

Lute Olson Award winners

2010: Collins 2011: Walker 2012: McDermott 2013: Larkin 2014: McDermott 2015: Payne

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Saturday, April 04, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.