NABC Defensive Player of the Year

NABC Defensive Player of the Year
Awarded for	the most outstanding defensive basketball player in the NCAA
Presented by	National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC)
Country	United States
First awarded	1987
Currently held by	Kenneth Faried, Morehead State

The NABC Defensive Player of the Year is an award given annually by the National Association of Basketball Coaches to recognize the top defensive player in United States college basketball. The award has been given since 1987 and was previously known as the Henry Iba Corinthian Award, named after Hall of Fame coach Henry Iba, who coached at Oklahoma State University from 1934–1970.

Duke University has dominated the award with six recipients who have won a total of nine awards. The only other school with more than one recipient is Connecticut, with two recipients who combined for four awards. Three players have been named the NABC Defensive Player of the Year on three occasions—Stacey Augmon of UNLV (1989–91), Tim Duncan of Wake Forest (1995–97), and Shane Battier of Duke (1999–2001). Greg Oden (2006-2007) is the only freshman to have won the award.

Two winners of this award were born outside the main territory of the United States. Duncan was born in the United States Virgin Islands, an insular area of the U.S.; by U.S. law, all natives of the USVI are U.S. citizens by birth. Hasheem Thabeet, the 2008 and 2009 winner, is a native of Tanzania.

Key

†	Co-Players of the Year
*	Awarded a national Player of the Year award: the Naismith College Player of the Year or the John R. Wooden Award
Player (X)	Denotes the number of times the player has been awarded the Defensive Player of the Year award at that point

Winners

Tim Duncan is one of three players to win the award three times.

Kenyon Martin was also named the Naismith and Wooden Award winner in 2000.

In 2007, Greg Oden became the first freshman to be named Defensive Player of the Year.

Season	Player	School	Position	Class
1986–87	Amaker, TommyTommy Amaker	Duke	Point guard	4 !Senior
1987–88	King, BillyBilly King	Duke	Forward	4 !Senior
1988–89	Augmon, StaceyStacey Augmon	UNLV	Small forward	2 !Sophomore
1989–90	Augmon, StaceyStacey Augmon (2)	UNLV	Small forward	3 !Junior
1990–91	Augmon, StaceyStacey Augmon (3)	UNLV	Small forward	4 !Senior
1991–92	Mourning, AlonzoAlonzo Mourning	Georgetown	Center	4 !Senior
1992–93	Hill, GrantGrant Hill	Duke	Shooting guard / Small forward	3 !Junior
1993–94	McIlvaine, JimJim McIlvaine	Marquette	Center	4 !Senior
1994–95	Duncan, TimTim Duncan	Wake Forest	Center	2 !Sophomore
1995–96	Duncan, TimTim Duncan (2)	Wake Forest	Center	3 !Junior
1996–97	Duncan, TimTim Duncan* (3)	Wake Forest	Center	4 !Senior
1997–98	Wojciechowski, SteveSteve Wojciechowski	Duke	Shooting guard	4 !Senior
1998–99	Battier, ShaneShane Battier	Duke	Small forward	2 !Sophomore
1999–00†	Battier, ShaneShane Battier (2)	Duke	Small forward	3 !Junior
1999–00†	Martin, KenyonKenyon Martin*	Cincinnati	Center	4 !Senior
2000–01	Battier, ShaneShane Battier* (3)	Duke	Small forward	4 !Senior
2001–02	Linehan, JohnJohn Linehan	Providence	Point guard	4 !Senior
2002–03	Okafor, EmekaEmeka Okafor	Connecticut	Center	2 !Sophomore
2003–04	Okafor, EmekaEmeka Okafor (2)	Connecticut	Center	3 !Junior
2004–05	Williams, SheldenShelden Williams	Duke	Power forward	3 !Junior
2005–06	Williams, SheldenShelden Williams (2)	Duke	Power forward	4 !Senior
2006–07	Oden, GregGreg Oden	Ohio State	Center	1 !Freshman
2007–08	Thabeet, HasheemHasheem Thabeet	Connecticut	Center	2 !Sophomore
2008–09	Thabeet, HasheemHasheem Thabeet (2)	Connecticut	Center	3 !Junior
2009–10	Varnado, JarvisJarvis Varnado	Mississippi State	Center	4 !Senior
2010–11	Faried, KennethKenneth Faried	Morehead State	Power forward/Center	4 !Senior

Winners by school

School	Winners	Years
Duke	9	1987, 1988, 1993, 1998, 1999, 2000†, 2001, 2005, 2006
Connecticut	4	2003, 2004, 2008, 2009
UNLV	3	1989, 1990, 1991
Wake Forest	3	1995, 1996, 1997
Cincinnati	1	2000†
Georgetown	1	1992
Marquette	1	1994
Mississippi State	1	2010
Morehead State	1	2011
Ohio State	1	2007
Providence	1	2002

See also

• NABC Player of the Year
• NABC Coach of the Year