College basketball award
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 [ edit ] 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. Winners by school [ edit ] References [ edit ] General Specific ^ "Lefty Driesell Award" . CollegeInsider.com. 2010. Retrieved April 9, 2010 . ^ "Varnado Wins Lefty Driesell Award" . Southeastern Conference . 2 April 2010. Archived from the original on 28 June 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 .[permanent dead link ] ^ "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 . ^ "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 . ^ 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 . ^ Neville, Steven (April 5, 2016). "Valpo MBB's Fernandez Named National Defensive Player of the Year" . ValpoLife . Retrieved April 5, 2016 . ^ "Louisiana's Wright Named To Lefty Driesell Defensive All-America Team" . RaginCajuns.com . April 4, 2017. Retrieved April 8, 2017 . ^ "Carter garners Lefty Driesell award" . WV News. 3 April 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2018 . ^ "UW's Matisse Thybulle wins Lefty Driesell Defensive Player of the Year award" . Seattle Times. 5 April 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2019 . ^ "Hayes Receives 2019-20 Lefty Driesell Award" . Merrimack Warriors . March 24, 2020. Retrieved March 25, 2020 . ^ "Baylor's Davion Mitchell Named Lefty Driesell Award Winner" . Fox News . April 1, 2021. Retrieved April 5, 2021 . ^ "Ndefo Named Lefty Driesell Defensive Player of the Year" . Saint Peter's University Athletics . Retrieved April 1, 2022 . ^ "Rutgers' Caleb McConnell is the recipient of the 2023 Lefty Driesell National Defensive Player of the Year award" . ^ "Northwestern's Boo Buie is the recipient of the 2024 Lefty Driesell National Defensive Player of the Year award" . External links [ edit ]
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