Pac-12 Sixth Man Player of the Year
Awarded forthe top bench player in men's basketball in the Pac-12
CountryUnited States
Presented byPac-12 Conference
First awarded1983
Currently held byReese Dixon-Waters, USC

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 exceed more than one-third starts in league games. The winner is selected by conference coaches, who are 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.

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 Reese Dixon-Waters, USC.

Winners

† Co-winners.
Season Player School Class Ref
1983–84Mike WurmWashington StateSenior
1984–85Glenn SmithUSCSenior
1985–86Al MoscatelWashingtonJunior
1986–87Montel HatcherUCLASenior
2017–18Dominique CollierColoradoSenior
Remy Martin Arizona State Freshman
2018–19Donnie TillmanUtahSophomore
2019–20Alonzo Verge Jr.Arizona StateJunior
2020–21Jordan BrownArizonaSophomore
2021–22Pelle LarssonArizonaSophomore
2022–23Reese Dixon-WatersUSCSophomore

Winners by school

School (year joined)a Winners Years
Arizona (1978) 2 2021, 2022
Arizona State (1978) 2 2018, 2020
USC (1922) 2 1985, 2023
Colorado (2011) 1 2018
UCLA (1928) 1 1987
Utah (2011) 1 2019
Washington (1915) 1 1986
Washington State (1917) 1 1984
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. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
  8. ↑ "2019-20 Pac-12 Men's Basketball All-Conference awards announced" (Press release). Pac-12 Conference. March 9, 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.
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