The Pete Newell Big Man Award has been awarded by the National Association of Basketball Coaches since 2000. It is presented to the top low-post player each season. The award is named after Pete Newell, the coach who ran the Pete Newell Big Man Camp for low-post players from 1976 until his death in 2008.

Only four schools, Duke, Utah, Purdue, and Kentucky have produced more than one winner; Duke and Purdue have had three winners, and the others have two each. Utah's winners are two of the only four to have been born outside the U.S.—Andrew Bogut in Australia and Jakob Pöltl in Austria. The others are Oscar Tshiebwe, born in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zach Edey, born in Canada.

Winners

* 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 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award
Drew Gooden of Kansas won in 2002.
Andrew Bogut of Utah won in 2005.
Blake Griffin of Oklahoma won in 2009.
Season Player School Class
1999–00 Marcus Fizer Iowa State Junior
2000–01 Jason Collins Stanford Senior
2001–02 Drew Gooden Kansas Junior
2002–03 David West Xavier Senior
2003–04 Emeka Okafor Connecticut Junior
2004–05 Andrew Bogut* Utah Sophomore
2005–06 Glen Davis LSU Sophomore
2006–07 Greg Oden Ohio State Freshman
2007–08 Michael Beasley Kansas State Freshman
2008–09 Blake Griffin* Oklahoma Sophomore
2009–10 Greg Monroe Georgetown Sophomore
2010–11 JaJuan Johnson[1] Purdue Senior
2011–12 Anthony Davis* Kentucky Freshman
2012–13 Mason Plumlee Duke Senior
2013–14 Patric Young Florida Senior
2014–15 Jahlil Okafor Duke Freshman
2015–16 Jakob Pöltl Utah Sophomore
2016–17 Caleb Swanigan[2] Purdue Sophomore
2017–18 Marvin Bagley III Duke Freshman
2018–19 Ethan Happ Wisconsin Senior
2019–20 Luka Garza Iowa Junior
2020–21 Luka Garza* (2) Iowa Senior
2021–22 Oscar Tshiebwe* Kentucky Junior
2022–23 Zach Edey* Purdue Junior

References

  1. ^ "Johnson Receives Big Man Award". Journal and Courier. Lafayette, Indiana. April 3, 2011. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ Thompson, Ken (November 30, 2017). "Players who made an Impact: 15 to 1". Journal and Courier. Lafayette, Indiana. p. C7 – via Newspapers.com.

External links

U.S. men's college basketball awards
Pete Newell Big Man Award winners
Categories