Lefty Driesell Award

Lefty Driesell Award
Awarded for	the nation's top men's defensive player in NCAA Division I basketball
Country	United States
Presented by	CollegeInsider.com
First awarded	2010
Currently held by	Vashil Fernandez, Valparaiso
Official website	http://www.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 legendary 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 Maryland Terrapins program.^[1]

Winners

*	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	Varnado, JarvisJarvis Varnado	Mississippi State	4 !Senior	^[2]
2010–11	Bazemore, KentKent Bazemore	Old Dominion	3 !Junior	^[3]
2011–12	Davis, AnthonyAnthony Davis*	Kentucky	1 !Freshman	^[4]
2012–13	Brenton, TommyTommy Brenton	Stony Brook	4 !Senior	^[5]
2013–14	Payton, ElfridElfrid Payton	Louisiana–Lafayette	3 !Junior	^[6]
2014–15	Atkins, DarionDarion Atkins	Virginia	4 !Senior	^[7]
2015–16	Fernandez, VashilVashil Fernandez	Valparaiso	4 !Senior	^[8]

Winners by school

School	Winners	Years
Kentucky	1	2012
Louisiana–Lafayette	1	2014
Mississippi State	1	2010
Old Dominion	1	2011
Stony Brook	1	2013
Valparaiso	1	2016
Virginia	1	2015

References

General

"Lefty Driesell Defensive Player of the Year Award". CollegeInsider.com. 2010. Retrieved 9 April 2010.

Specific

↑ "Lefty Driesell Award". CollegeInsider.com. 2010. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
↑ "Varnado Wins Lefty Driesell Award". Southeastern Conference. 2 April 2010. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
↑ "ODU's Bazemore named Driesell National Defensive Player of the Year". Daily Press. 2 April 2011. Retrieved 2 April 2011.
↑ "Insells experienced UK's run together". DNJ.com. 31 March 2011. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
↑ "Brenton named Lefty Driesell National Defensive Player of the Year". GoSeawolves.com. 5 April 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
↑ "UL guard Elfrid Payton win Lefty Driesell Award". theAvertiser.com. 5 April 2014. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
↑ Oakes, Jamie (April 3, 2015). "Darion Atkins named National Defensive Player of the Year". 247Sports.com. Retrieved April 3, 2015.
↑ Neville, Steven (April 5, 2016). "Valpo MBB's Fernandez Named National Defensive Player of the Year". ValpoLife. Retrieved April 5, 2016.

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 A-10 ACC ASUN 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	American 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)

Other awards	USBWA Most Courageous Award

Lefty Driesell Award winners

2010: Varnado 2011: Bazemore 2012: Davis 2013: Brenton 2014: Payton 2015: Atkins 2016: Fernandez

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