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NABC Defensive Player of the Year

College men's basketball defensive player of the year award

College men's basketball defensive player of the year award

FieldValue
nameNABC Defensive Player of the Year
descriptionthe most outstanding men's defensive basketball player in NCAA Division I
presenterNABC
countryUnited States
year1987
holderRyan Kalkbrenner, Creighton
website

The NABC Defensive Player of the Year is a college basketball award given annually by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) to recognize the top men's defensive player in NCAA Division I competition. It has been given since 1987 and was previously known as the Henry Iba Corinthian Award, named after Naismith Hall of Fame coach Henry Iba, who coached at Oklahoma State from 1934 to 1970.

Duke has dominated the award with six recipients who have won a total of nine awards. The only other schools with more than one recipient are UConn, with two recipients who combined for four awards, and Ohio State, Kentucky, and Virginia with two recipients who each won the award once. Three players have been named the NABC Defensive Player of the Year on three occasions—Stacey Augmon of UNLV (1989–1991), Tim Duncan of Wake Forest (1995–1997), and Shane Battier of Duke (1999–2001). Greg Oden (2007) and Anthony Davis (2012) are the only freshmen 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

Player (X)Denotes the number of times the player has been awarded the NABC DPOY award at that point

Winners

SeasonPlayerSchoolPositionClassReference
1986–87DukePG
1987–88DukeF
1988–89UNLVSFlast =Denbergfirst =Jeffreytitle=Augmon expected to sign soonurl=https://www.newspapers.com/image/976316248newspaper=The Atlanta Journal-Constitutionlocation=Atlanta, Georgiadate=September 25, 1991page= 64via =Newspapers.comaccessdate = September 2, 2024}}
1989–90(2)UNLVSF
1990–91(3)UNLVSF
1991–92GeorgetownClast =DeCourcyfirst =Miketitle=UAB guard has super defenseurl=https://www.newspapers.com/image/774375086newspaper=The Commercial Appeallocation=Memphis, Tennesseedate=January 15, 1994page= 33via =Newspapers.comaccessdate = September 2, 2024}}
1992–93DukeSF
1993–94MarquetteC
1994–95Wake ForestClast =first =title=Number one guyurl=https://www.newspapers.com/image/1004041632newspaper=The Bryan-College Station Eaglelocation=Bryan, Texasdate=June 26, 1997page= 21via =Newspapers.comaccessdate = September 2, 2024}}
1995–96(2)Wake ForestC
1996–97* (3)Wake ForestC
1997–98DukeSG
1998–99DukeSFlast =Dufresnefirst =Christitle=Another title for Battierurl=https://www.newspapers.com/image/188085593newspaper=Los Angeles Timeslocation=Los Angeles, Californiadate=April 7, 2001page= 59via =Newspapers.comaccessdate = September 2, 2024}}
1999–00†(2)DukeSF
*CincinnatiC
2000–01* (3)DukeSF
2001–02PG
2002–03UConnC
2003–04* (2)UConnC
2004–05DukePFlast =Chavezfirst =Lucianatitle=The ACC's big threeurl=https://www.newspapers.com/image/659183389newspaper=The News & Observerlocation=Raleigh, North Carolinadate=June 29, 2006page= 27via =Newspapers.comaccessdate = September 2, 2024}}
2005–06(2)DukePF
2006–07Ohio StateC
2007–08UConnClast =Anthonyfirst =Miketitle=Thabeet Gets Taste Of Celebrity Lifeurl=https://www.newspapers.com/image/247057736newspaper=Hartford Courantlocation=Hartford, Connecticutdate=April 14, 2009page= B02via =Newspapers.comaccessdate = September 2, 2024}}
2008–09(2)UConnC
2009–10Mississippi StateC
2010–11Morehead StatePF / C
2011–12*KentuckyC
2012–13†*IndianaSG
KansasC
2013–14Ohio StatePG
2014–15KentuckyPF / C
2015–16VirginiaSG
2016–17West VirginiaPGlast =Reedfirst =Tashantitle=Memphis pick Carter went to Griz games as a childurl=https://www.newspapers.com/image/777535201newspaper=The Commercial Appeallocation=Memphis, Tennesseedate=June 24, 2018page= 18via =Newspapers.comaccessdate = September 2, 2024}}
2017–18(2)West VirginiaPG
2018–19VirginiaSF
2019–20KansasC
2020–21BaylorPG
2021–22AuburnC
2022–23UCLASG
2023–24HoustonPG
2024–25CreightonC

References

References

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  3. (April 21, 1987). "Come meet Tommy Amaker". [[Hickory Daily Record]].
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  5. Denberg, Jeffrey. (September 25, 1991). "Augmon expected to sign soon". [[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]].
  6. DeCourcy, Mike. (January 15, 1994). "UAB guard has super defense". [[The Commercial Appeal]].
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  12. (March 29, 2002). "Linehan honored as defensive player of year". [[Southwest Daily News]].
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  16. Povtak, Tim. (June 29, 2007). "NBA's future goes West with Oden, Durant". [[Orlando Sentinel]].
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  29. Beard, Aaron. (July 29, 2021). "Davion Mitchell". [[Winona Daily News]].
  30. Beard, Aaron. (June 22, 2022). "Duren, Williams, Kessler top list of big men". Hickory Daily Record.
  31. (April 4, 2023). "Zach Edey, Jerome Tang, Jaylen Clark win Naismith awards". [[The Victoria Advocate]].
  32. . (April 2, 2024). ["UH's Sampson, Shead Honored by NABC"](https://big12sports.com/news/2024/4/2/mens-basketball-uhs-sampson-shead-honored-by-nabc.aspx). *[[Big 12 Conference]]*.
  33. . (April 1, 2025). ["Kalkbrenner named NABC Defensive Player of the Year"](https://www.yahoo.com/news/kalkbrenner-named-nabc-defensive-player-202925916.html). *Nexstar Media, Inc.*.
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