Pac-12 Conference Men's Basketball Most Improved Player of The Year

Award
Pac-12 Most Improved Player of The Year
Awarded forthe most improved player in men's basketball in the Pac-12
CountryUnited States
Presented byPac-12 Conference
First awarded2009
Currently held byMaxime Raynaud, Stanford

The Pac-12 Most Improved Player of The Year is an annual college basketball award presented to the most improved player in men's basketball in the Pac-12 Conference. The winner is selected by conference coaches, who are not allowed to vote for players on their own team.[1] The award began in 2009 when the conference consisted of 10 teams and was known as the Pacific-10.[2] The conference added two teams and became the Pac-12 in 2011.

Justin Dentmon of Washington was the conferences first Most Improved Player of the Year in 2009.[3] The most recent winner of the award is Maxime Raynaud of the Stanford Cardinal

Winners

Season Player School Class Ref
2008–2009 Justin Dentmon Washington Senior [4]
2009–2010 Nikola Vucevic USC Sophomore [5]
2010–11 Matthew Bryan-Amaning Washington Senior [6]
2011–12 Brock Motum Washington State Junior [7]
2012–13 Dwight Powell Stanford Junior [8]
2013–14 Anthony Brown Stanford R–Junior [9]
2014–15 Josh Hawkinson Washington State Sophomore [10]
2015–16 George King Colorado Sophomore [11]
2016–17 Chimezie Metu USC Sophomore [12]
2017–18 Robert Franks Washington State Junior [13]
2018–19 Tyler Bey Colorado Sophomore [14]
2019–20 Chris Smith UCLA Junior [15]
2020–2021 Jaiden Delaire Stanford Junior [16]
2021–2022 Christian Koloko Arizona Junior [17]
2022–2023 Oumar Ballo Arizona RS Junior [18]
2023–2024 Maxime Raynaud Stanford Junior [19]

Winners by school

School Winners Years
Stanford 3 2013, 2014, 2021, 2024
Washington State 3 2012, 2015, 2018
Arizona 2 2022, 2023
Colorado 2 2016, 2020
USC 2 2010, 2017
Washington 2 2009, 2011
UCLA 1 2020
Arizona State 0 —
California 0 —
Oregon 0 —
Oregon State 0 —
Utah 0 —

References

  1. ^ "2015–16 Handbook" (PDF). Pac-12 Conference. pp. 105–06. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 20, 2016. Retrieved February 5, 2016.
  2. ^ "MOST IMPROVED PLAYER OF THE YEAR" (PDF). Pac12.com.
  3. ^ Schroeder, Scott (11 January 2012). "Justin Dentmon Gets Closer To NBA With His Play On Second Day Of D-League Showcase". NBC Sports.
  4. ^ Schroeder, Scott (11 January 2012). "Justin Dentmon Gets Closer To NBA With His Play On Second Day Of D-League Showcase". NBC Sports.
  5. ^ "Pac-10 announces 2009-10 Men's Basketball annual major awards" (PDF). Pac12.com. Pac 12.
  6. ^ "Pac-10 announces 2010-111 Men's Basketball annual major awards" (PDF). Pac12.com. Pac 12.
  7. ^ "Pac-12 announces 2011-12 Men's Basketball annual major awards" (PDF). Pac12.com. Pac 12.
  8. ^ "Pac-12 announces 2012-13 Men's Basketball annual major awards" (PDF). Pac12.com. Pac 12.
  9. ^ "2013-14 Pac-12 Conference Men's Basketball Honors". Pac12.com. Pac 12.
  10. ^ "2014-15 Pac-12 Conference Men's Basketball Honors". Pac12.com. Pac 12.
  11. ^ "Pac-12 Conference announces 2015-16 men's basketball honors". Pac12.com. Pac 12.
  12. ^ "2016-17 Pac-12 Men's Basketball All-Conference Honors". Pac12.com. Pac 12.
  13. ^ "2017-18 Pac-12 Men's Basketball All-Conference individual honorss". Pac12.com. Pac 12.
  14. ^ "Pac-12 announces 2018-19 Men's Basketball annual major awards". Pac12.com. Pac 12.
  15. ^ "2019-20 Pac-12 Men's Basketball All-Conference awards announced". Pac12.com. Pac 12.
  16. ^ "2020-21 Pac-12 Men's Basketball All-Conference honors and Annual Performance Awards, presented by Nextiva". Pac12.com. Pac 12.
  17. ^ "2021-22 Pac-12 Men's Basketball All-Conference honors and Annual Performance Awards, presented by Nextiva". Pac12.com. Pac 12.
  18. ^ "2022-23 Pac-12 Men's Basketball All-Conference honors and Annual Performance Awards, presented by Nextiva". Pac12.com. Pac 12.
  19. ^ "2023-24 Pac-12 Men's Basketball All-Conference honors and Annual Performance Awards, presented by Nextiva". Pac12.com. Pac 12.
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