Pac-12 Conference Men's Basketball Sixth Man of the Year

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Pac-12 Sixth Man Player of the Year
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Awarded forthe top bench player in men's basketball in the Pac-12
CountryUnited States
Presented byPac-12 Conference
First award1983
Currently held byKoren Johnson, Washington

The Pac-12 Sixth Man Player of the Year is an annual college basketball award presented to the top bench player in men's basketball in the Pac-12 Conference. To be eligible for Pac-12 Sixth Man of the Year, players must not have exceeded more than one-third starts in league games. The winner was selected by conference coaches, who were not allowed to vote for players on their own team. [1] The award began in 1984, when the conference consisted of 10 teams and was known as the Pacific-10. [2] It stopped being issued starting in 1987 but was restarted in 2018. [3] The conference added two teams and became the Pac-12 in 2011.

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Mike Wurm was the conferences first Sixth Man of the Year with Washington State in 1984. [4] The conference stopped giving the award after the 1986–87 season but reinstated the award before the 2017–18 season. The most recent winner of the award is Koren Johnson, Washington.

Winners

Co-winners.
SeasonPlayerSchoolClassRef
1983–84Mike Wurm Washington State Senior
[5]
1984–85Glenn Smith USC Senior
1985–86Al Moscatel Washington Junior
1986–87Montel Hatcher UCLA Senior
2017–18 Dominique Collier Colorado Senior
[6]
Remy Martin Arizona State Freshman
2018–19 Donnie Tillman Utah Sophomore
[7]
2019–20 Alonzo Verge Jr. Arizona State Junior
[8]
2020–21 Jordan Brown Arizona Sophomore
[9]
2021–22 Pelle Larsson Arizona Sophomore
2022–23 Reese Dixon-Waters USC Sophomore
2023–24 Koren Johson Washington Sophomore

Winners by school

School (year joined) a WinnersYears
Arizona (1978)22021, 2022
Arizona State (1978)22018, 2020
USC (1922)21985, 2023
Washington (1915)21986, 2024
Colorado (2011)12018
UCLA (1928)11987
Utah (2011)12019
Washington State (1917)11984
California (1915)0
Oregon (1915)0
Oregon State (1915)0
Stanford (1918)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. "Pac-12 Conference 2015–16 Men's Basketball Media Guide".
  3. "As expected, dominant Arizona Wildcats big man Deandre Ayton named Pac-12's Player of Year". 5 March 2018.
  4. "SIXTH MAN OF THE YEAR, Page 129" (PDF).
  5. "SIXTH MAN OF THE YEAR" (PDF) (Press release). Pac-12 Conference. March 9, 2021. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
  6. "2017-18 Pac-12 Men's Basketball All-Conference individual honors" (Press release). Pac-12 Conference. March 5, 2018. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  7. "Pac-12 announces 2018-19 Men's Basketball annual major awards" (Press release). Pac-12 Conference. March 11, 2019. Archived from the original on March 30, 2019. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
  8. "2019-20 Pac-12 Men's Basketball All-Conference awards announced" (Press release). Pac-12 Conference. March 9, 2020. Archived from the original on March 26, 2020. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
  9. "2020-21 Pac-12 Men's Basketball All-Conference honors and Annual Performance Awards, presented by Nextiva" (Press release). Pac-12 Conference. March 8, 2022. Retrieved March 8, 2022.
  10. "2021-22 Pac-12 Men's Basketball All-Conference honors and Annual Performance Awards, presented by Nextiva" (Press release). Pac-12 Conference. March 8, 2022. Retrieved March 8, 2022.
  11. "2022-23 Pac-12 Men's Basketball All-Conference honors and Annual Performance Awards, presented by Nextiva" (Press release). Pac-12 Conference. March 7, 2023. Retrieved March 7, 2023.
  12. "2023-24 Pac-12 Men's Basketball All-Conference honors and Annual Performance Awards, presented by Nextiva" (Press release). Pac-12 Conference. March 12, 2024. Retrieved March 12, 2024.