Pac-12 Conference Men's Basketball Freshman of the Year

Pac-12 Men's Basketball Freshman of the Year
Pac-12 Men's Basketball Freshman of the Year
Awarded for	The most outstanding freshman male basketball player in the Pac-12
Country	United States
First awarded	1979
Currently held by	Myles Rice, Washington State

The Pac-12 Freshman of the Year is an annual award in the Pac-12 Conference presented to its top freshman player in men's basketball. The winner is chosen by the Pac-12 coaches. The honor began in 1978–79, when it was known as the Rookie of the Year and players in their first year in the conference, including transfers, were eligible. Junior guard Bryan Rison of Washington State was the first honoree and the only non-freshman to ever win. The candidates were limited to freshman starting in 1983–84, when the award was renamed to Freshman of the Year.^[1] The conference was known as the Pacific-10 before becoming the Pac-12 in 2011.^[2] Four winners were also named the conference's player of the year in the same year: Shareef Abdur-Rahim (California, 1996), Kevin Love (UCLA, 2008), Deandre Ayton (Arizona, 2018) and Evan Mobley (USC, 2021).^[3]

Key

†	Co-winners.

Winners

Season	Player	School	Position	Ref
1978–79	Bryan Rison	Washington State	Guard	^[1]
1979–80	Byron Scott	Arizona State	Guard
1980–81	John Revelli	Stanford	Forward
1981–82	Johnny Rogers	Stanford	Forward
1982–83	Dave Butler	California	Forward
1983–84	Chris Welp	Washington	Center
1984–85	Leonard Taylor	California	Forward
1985–86^†	Sean Elliott	Arizona	Forward
1985–86^†	Pooh Richardson	UCLA	Guard
1986–87	Gary Payton	Oregon State	Guard
1987–88	Mike Hayward	Washington	Forward
1988–89	Don MacLean	UCLA	Forward
1989–90	Harold Miner	USC	Guard
1990–91	Jamal Faulkner	Arizona State	Forward
1991–92	Mark Pope	Washington	Forward
1992–93	Jason Kidd	California	Guard
1993–94	Brevin Knight	Stanford	Guard
1994–95	Tremaine Fowlkes	California	Forward
1995–96	Shareef Abdur-Rahim	California	Forward
1996–97	Mike Bibby	Arizona	Guard
1997–98	Baron Davis	UCLA	Guard
1998–99	Michael Wright	Arizona	Forward
1999–2000^†	Casey Jacobsen	Stanford	Forward
1999–2000^†	Jason Kapono	UCLA	Forward
2000–01	Luke Ridnour	Oregon	Guard
2001–02	Salim Stoudamire	Arizona	Guard
2002–03	Ike Diogu	Arizona State	Forward
2003–04	Leon Powe	California	Forward
2004–05	Jordan Farmar	UCLA	Guard
2005–06	Luc Richard Mbah a Moute	UCLA	Forward
2006–07	Chase Budinger	Arizona	Forward
2007–08	Kevin Love	UCLA	Forward
2008–09	Isaiah Thomas	Washington	Guard
2009–10	Derrick Williams	Arizona	Forward
2010–11	Allen Crabbe	California	Guard
2011–12	Tony Wroten	Washington	Guard
2012–13^†	Shabazz Muhammad	UCLA	Guard
2012–13^†	Jahii Carson	Arizona State	Guard
2013–14	Aaron Gordon	Arizona	Forward
2014–15	Stanley Johnson	Arizona	Forward
2015–16	Jaylen Brown	California	Forward	^[4]
2016–17	Lonzo Ball	UCLA	Guard	^[5]
2017–18	Deandre Ayton	Arizona	Center	^[6]
2018–19	Luguentz Dort	Arizona State	Guard	^[7]
2019–20	Zeke Nnaji	Arizona	Forward	^[8]
2020–21	Evan Mobley	USC	Forward	^[3]
2021–22	Harrison Ingram	Stanford	Forward	^[9]
2022–23	Adem Bona	UCLA	Center	^[10]
2023–24	Myles Rice	Washington State	Guard	^[11]

Winners by school

School	Winners	Years
Arizona	10	1986, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2007, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2020
UCLA	10	1986, 1989, 1998, 2000, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2013, 2017, 2023
California	8	1983, 1985, 1993, 1995, 1996, 2004, 2011, 2016
Arizona State	5	1980, 1991, 2003, 2013, 2019
Stanford	5	1981, 1982, 1994, 2000, 2022
Washington	5	1984, 1988, 1992, 2009, 2012
Washington State	2	1979, 2024
USC	2	1990, 2021
Oregon	1	2001
Oregon State	1	1987
Colorado	0	N/A
Utah	0	N/A

References

^ ^a ^b "2015–16 Pac-12 Men's Basketball Media Guide". Pac-12 Conference. p. 139. Retrieved January 30, 2016.
^ "Pac-12 Conference 2011–12 Men's Basketball Media Guide". Pac-12 Conference. 2011. p. 5. Retrieved February 9, 2012.
^ ^a ^b "2020-21 Pac-12 Men's Basketball All-Conference honors and Annual Performance Awards, presented by Nextiva" (Press release). Pac-12 Conference. March 9, 2021. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
^ Letourneau, Connor (March 7, 2016). "Cal's Jaylen Brown named Pac-12 Freshman of the Year". San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on May 23, 2016. Retrieved June 8, 2016.
^ Bolch, Ben (March 6, 2017). "UCLA's Lonzo Ball is Pac-12 freshman of the year and one of three Bruins on first team". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on March 8, 2017. Retrieved March 7, 2017.
^ Bolch, Ben (March 5, 2018). "Arizona's Deandre Ayton is Pac-12 Conference's player, freshman of the year". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on March 7, 2018.
^ "Pac-12 announces 2018-19 Men's Basketball annual major awards" (Press release). Pac-12 Conference. March 11, 2019. Archived from the original on March 30, 2019. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
^ "Pac-12 announces 2019-20 Men's Basketball annual major awards" (Press release). Pac-12 Conference. March 9, 2020. Archived from the original on March 26, 2020. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
^ "Pac-12 announces 2021-22 Men's Basketball annual major awards" (Press release). Pac-12 Conference. March 8, 2022. Retrieved March 8, 2022.
^ "Pac-12 announces 2022-23 Men's Basketball annual major awards" (Press release). Pac-12 Conference. March 7, 2023. Retrieved March 7, 2023.
^ "2023-24 Pac-12 Men's Basketball All-Conference honors and Annual Performance Awards, presented by Nextiva" (Press release). Pac-12 Conference. March 12, 2024. Retrieved March 12, 2024.

[201516mg-1] "2015–16 Pac-12 Men's Basketball Media Guide". Pac-12 Conference. p. 139. Retrieved January 30, 2016.

[2] "Pac-12 Conference 2011–12 Men's Basketball Media Guide". Pac-12 Conference. 2011. p. 5. Retrieved February 9, 2012.

[2021_awards-3] "2020-21 Pac-12 Men's Basketball All-Conference honors and Annual Performance Awards, presented by Nextiva" (Press release). Pac-12 Conference. March 9, 2021. Retrieved March 9, 2021.

[4] Letourneau, Connor (March 7, 2016). "Cal's Jaylen Brown named Pac-12 Freshman of the Year". San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on May 23, 2016. Retrieved June 8, 2016.

[5] Bolch, Ben (March 6, 2017). "UCLA's Lonzo Ball is Pac-12 freshman of the year and one of three Bruins on first team". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on March 8, 2017. Retrieved March 7, 2017.

[6] Bolch, Ben (March 5, 2018). "Arizona's Deandre Ayton is Pac-12 Conference's player, freshman of the year". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on March 7, 2018.

[7] "Pac-12 announces 2018-19 Men's Basketball annual major awards" (Press release). Pac-12 Conference. March 11, 2019. Archived from the original on March 30, 2019. Retrieved March 11, 2019.

[8] "Pac-12 announces 2019-20 Men's Basketball annual major awards" (Press release). Pac-12 Conference. March 9, 2020. Archived from the original on March 26, 2020. Retrieved March 9, 2020.

[9] "Pac-12 announces 2021-22 Men's Basketball annual major awards" (Press release). Pac-12 Conference. March 8, 2022. Retrieved March 8, 2022.

[10] "Pac-12 announces 2022-23 Men's Basketball annual major awards" (Press release). Pac-12 Conference. March 7, 2023. Retrieved March 7, 2023.

[11] "2023-24 Pac-12 Men's Basketball All-Conference honors and Annual Performance Awards, presented by Nextiva" (Press release). Pac-12 Conference. March 12, 2024. Retrieved March 12, 2024.

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