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

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Pac-12 Most Improved Player of The Year
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Awarded forthe most improved player in men's basketball in the Pac-12
CountryUnited States
Presented byPac-12 Conference
First award2009;16 years ago (2009)
Currently held by Maxime 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 was selected by conference coaches, who were 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.

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Justin Dentmon of Washington was the conference's 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

SeasonPlayerSchoolClassRef
2008–09 Justin Dentmon Washington Senior [4]
2009–10 Nikola Vucevic USC Sophomore [5]
2010–11 Matthew Bryan-Amaning WashingtonSenior [6]
2011–12 Brock Motum Washington State Junior [7]
2012–13 Dwight Powell Stanford Junior [8]
2013–14 Anthony Brown StanfordR–Junior [9]
2014–15 Josh Hawkinson Washington StateSophomore [10]
2015–16 George King Colorado Sophomore [11]
2016–17 Chimezie Metu USCSophomore [10]
2017–18 Robert Franks Washington StateJunior [12]
2018–19 Tyler Bey ColoradoSophomore [13]
2019–20 Chris Smith UCLA Junior [14]
2020–21 Jaiden DelaireStanfordJunior [15]
2021–22 Christian Koloko Arizona Junior [16]
2022–23 Oumar Ballo Arizona RS Junior [16]
2023–24 Maxime Raynaud StanfordJunior [17]

Winners by school

SchoolWinnersYears
Stanford 42013, 2014, 2021, 2024
Washington State 32012, 2015, 2018
Arizona 22022, 2023
Colorado 22016, 2020
USC 22010, 2017
Washington 22009, 2011
UCLA 12020
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 March 2014.
  10. 1 2 Kaufman, Joey (September 5, 2017). "USC's Chimeze Metu learns to vary shots". Los Angeles Daily News. Retrieved May 21, 2025.
  11. ↑ "Pac-12 Conference announces 2015-16 men's basketball honors". Pac12.com. Pac 12. Archived from the original on March 13, 2016.
  12. ↑ Lawson, Theo (May 30, 2018). "Leading scorer Robert Franks returning to Washington State to finish out college career". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved May 21, 2025. He earned the Pac-12's Most Improved award – the second WSU player in three years to do so after Josh Hawkinson – and was named All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention. Franks also became one of the conference's premier 3-point shooters, making 66 of them on 40.5 percent from behind the arc.
  13. ↑ "Pac-12 announces 2018-19 Men's Basketball annual major awards". Pac12.com. Pac 12. Archived from the original on March 30, 2019.
  14. ↑ "2019-20 Pac-12 Men's Basketball All-Conference awards announced". Pac12.com. Pac 12. Archived from the original on March 26, 2020.
  15. ↑ "2020-21 Pac-12 Men's Basketball All-Conference honors and Annual Performance Awards, presented by Nextiva". Pac12.com. Pac 12. 9 March 2021.
  16. 1 2 "All-Pac-12 teams include Arizona bigs, ASU's Cambridge Jr". Arizona Sports. March 7, 2023. Retrieved May 21, 2025.
  17. ↑ "2023-24 Pac-12 Men's Basketball All-Conference honors and Annual Performance Awards, presented by Nextiva". Pac12.com. Pac 12. 12 March 2024.
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