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 awarded2009
Currently held byMaxime Raynaud, Stanford

The Pac-12 Most Improved Player of The Year was 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 [12]
2017–18 Robert Franks Washington StateJunior [13]
2018–19 Tyler Bey ColoradoSophomore [14]
2019–20 Chris Smith UCLA Junior [15]
2020–21 Jaiden DelaireStanfordJunior [16]
2021–22 Christian Koloko Arizona Junior [17]
2022–23 Oumar Ballo Arizona RS Junior [18]
2023–24 Maxime RaynaudStanfordJunior [19]

Winners by school

SchoolWinnersYears
Stanford 32013, 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

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