Lefty Driesell Award
Awarded forthe nation's top men's defensive player in NCAA Division I basketball
CountryUnited States
Presented byCollegeInsider.com
History
First award2010
Most recentCaleb McConnell, Rutgers
Websitewww.collegeinsider.com/lefty

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

Jevon Carter of West Virginia is the only two-time winner of the award.
Darion Atkins of Virginia won it in 2015.
KC Ndefo of Saint Peter's won it in 2022.
* 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
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]

Winners by school

School Winners Years
West Virginia 2 2017, 2018
Baylor 1 2021
Kentucky 1 2012
Louisiana–Lafayette 1 2014
Merrimack 1 2020
Mississippi State 1 2010
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
  1. ↑ "Lefty Driesell Award". CollegeInsider.com. 2010. Retrieved April 9, 2010.
  2. ↑ "Varnado Wins Lefty Driesell Award". Southeastern Conference. 2 April 2010. Archived from the original on 28 June 2010. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
  3. ↑ "ODU's Bazemore named Driesell National Defensive Player of the Year". Daily Press. 2 April 2011. Retrieved 2 April 2011.
  4. ↑ "Insells experienced UK's run together". DNJ.com. 31 March 2011. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
  5. ↑ "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.
  6. ↑ "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.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ Neville, Steven (April 5, 2016). "Valpo MBB's Fernandez Named National Defensive Player of the Year". ValpoLife. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
  9. ↑ "Louisiana's Wright Named To Lefty Driesell Defensive All-America Team". RaginCajuns.com. April 4, 2017. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
  10. ↑ "Carter garners Lefty Driesell award". WV News. 3 April 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  11. ↑ "UW's Matisse Thybulle wins Lefty Driesell Defensive Player of the Year award". Seattle Times. 5 April 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  12. ↑ "Hayes Receives 2019-20 Lefty Driesell Award". Merrimack Warriors. March 24, 2020. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
  13. ↑ "Baylor's Davion Mitchell Named Lefty Driesell Award Winner". Fox News. April 1, 2021. Retrieved April 5, 2021.
  14. ↑ "Ndefo Named Lefty Driesell Defensive Player of the Year". Saint Peter's University Athletics. Retrieved April 1, 2022.
  15. ↑ "Rutgers' Caleb McConnell is the recipient of the 2023 Lefty Driesell National Defensive Player of the Year award".
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