Awarded for | the most outstanding defensive player in college basketball |
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Country | United States |
Presented by | Atlanta Tipoff Club |
History | |
First award | 2018 |
Most recent | Ryan Kalkbrenner, Creighton (men) Lauren Betts, UCLA (women) |
Website | Official website |
The Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Award is an annual basketball award given to the most outstanding defensive player in men's and women's college basketball. [1] It has been awarded by the Atlanta Tipoff Club since 2018 and is named in honor of James Naismith, the inventor of the sport. [1]
* | Awarded a national player of the year award: Men – Sporting News ; Oscar Robertson Trophy; Associated Press; NABC; Naismith; Wooden Women – Wade; Associated Press; Naismith; Wooden |
Player (X) | Denotes the number of times the player has been awarded the Naismith Defensive Player of the Year at that point |
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