MENS BASKETBALL AWARDS

Lefty Driesell Award

The Lefty Driesell Defensive Player of the Year Award is awarded to the most outstanding men's college basketball defender in NCAA Division I.

 
Season

2024-25 Joseph Tugler, Houston
2023-24 Boo Buie, Northwestern
2022-23 Caleb McConnell, Rutgers
2021-22 KC Ndefo, Saint Peter's
2020-21 Davion Mitchell, Baylor
2019-20 Juvaris Hayes, Merrimack
2018-19 Matisse Thybulle, Washington
2017-18 Jevon Carter, West Virginia
2016-17 Jevon Carter, West Virginia
2015-16 Vashil Fernandez, Valparaiso
2014-15 Darion Atkins, Virginia
2013-14 Elfrid Payton, Louisiana
2012-13 Tommy Brenton, Stony Brook
2011-12 Anthony Davis, Kentucky
2010-11 Kent Bazemore, Old Dominion
2009-10 Jarvis Varnado, Mississippi State