Coaches of the Pac-12 Conference bestow the following awards at the end of each football season. The conference was founded in its current form as the Athletic Association of Western Universities in 1959, but traces its roots to the Pacific Coast Conference, founded in 1915. The conference name changed to Pacific-8 Conference (Pac-8) in 1968 and Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) in 1978. The conference's 2011 expansion to 12 members saw the conference formally renamed as the Pac-12 Conference.
After the 2023 season, the Pac-12 lost 10 members to other power conferences, with Oregon State and Washington State as the only remaining members. The conference operated with only those teams in the 2024 and 2025 seasons. The Pac-12 resumed full operation in 2026 with eight football members.
Player of the Year Award started in 1975 as Player of the Year, any offensive or defensive players could be winners, but only offensive players won it. The award was replaced with separate offensive and defensive selections in 1983.
Prior to 1975, two outside organizations presented player of the year awards. The W. J. Voit Memorial Trophy was awarded from 1951 to 1978 to the outstanding college football player on the Pacific Coast and was awarded each year to a conference player. The Pop Warner Trophy was awarded from 1949 to 2004 to the most valuable senior on the West Coast and was not limited to conference players.
Season Player Team 1975 Chuck Muncie RB California 1976 Ricky Bell RB USC 1977 Guy Benjamin QB Stanford Warren Moon QB Washington 1978 Charles White RB USC 1979 Charles White (2) RB USC 1980 John Elway QB Stanford 1981 Marcus Allen RB USC 1982 John Elway (2) QB Stanford Tom Ramsey QB UCLA
Offensive Player of the Year Season Player Team 1983 Steve Pelluer QB Washington 1984 Rueben Mayes RB Washington State 1985 Rueben Mayes (2) RB Washington State 1986 Brad Muster RB Stanford 1987 Troy Aikman QB UCLA 1988 Rodney Peete QB USC 1989 Steve Broussard RB Washington State 1990 Greg Lewis RB Washington 1991 Mike Pawlawski QB California Mario Bailey WR Washington 1992 Drew Bledsoe QB Washington State 1993 J. J. Stokes WR UCLA 1994 Napoleon Kaufman RB Washington 1995 Keyshawn Johnson WR USC 1996 Jake Plummer QB Arizona State 1997 Ryan Leaf QB Washington State 1998 Cade McNown QB UCLA Akili Smith QB Oregon 1999 Troy Walters WR Stanford 2000 Marques Tuiasosopo QB Washington 2001 Joey Harrington QB Oregon 2002 Jason Gesser QB Washington State Carson Palmer QB USC 2003 Matt Leinart QB USC 2004 Matt Leinart (2) QB USC Reggie Bush RB 2005 Reggie Bush (2) RB USC 2006 Marshawn Lynch RB California 2007 Dennis Dixon QB Oregon 2008 Jacquizz Rodgers RB Oregon State 2009 Toby Gerhart RB Stanford 2010 Andrew Luck QB Stanford 2011 Andrew Luck (2) QB Stanford 2012 Marqise Lee WR USC 2013 Ka'Deem Carey RB Arizona 2014 Marcus Mariota QB Oregon 2015 Christian McCaffrey RB Stanford 2016 Jake Browning QB Washington 2017 Bryce Love RB Stanford 2018 Gardner Minshew QB Washington State 2019 Zack Moss RB Utah 2020 Jarek Broussard RB Colorado 2021 Drake London WR USC 2022 Caleb Williams QB USC 2023 Bo Nix QB Oregon
Pat Tillman Defensive Player of the Year From 1983 to 2003, this award was known simply as Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Year. In 2004, the award was renamed as Pat Tillman Defensive Player of the Year in honor of Arizona State's Pat Tillman. Season Player Team 1983 Ricky Hunley LB Arizona Ron Rivera LB California 1984 Duane Bickett LB USC 1985 Mark Walen DT UCLA 1986 Byron Evans LB Arizona 1987 Chuck Cecil S Arizona 1988 Dana Wells NT Arizona 1989 Junior Seau LB USC 1990 Steve Emtman DT Washington Darryll Lewis CB Arizona 1991 Steve Emtman (2) DT Washington 1992 Dave Hoffmann LB Washington 1993 Rob Waldrop NT Arizona 1994 Mark Fields LB Washington State 1995 Tedy Bruschi DE Arizona 1996 Jason Chorak LB Washington 1997 Pat Tillman LB Arizona State 1998 Chris Claiborne LB USC 1999 Deltha O'Neal CB California 2000 Adam Archuleta LB Arizona State 2001 Robert Thomas LB UCLA 2002 Terrell Suggs DE Arizona State 2003 Dave Ball DE UCLA 2004 Shaun Cody DT USC Bill Swancutt DE Oregon State 2005 Haloti Ngata DT Oregon Dale Robinson LB Arizona State 2006 Dante Hughes CB California 2007 Sedrick Ellis NT USC 2008 Rey Maualuga LB USC 2009 Brian Price DT UCLA 2010 Stephen Paea DT Oregon State 2011 Mychal Kendricks LB California 2012 Will Sutton DE Arizona State 2013 Will Sutton (2) DE Arizona State 2014 Scooby Wright LB Arizona 2015 DeForest Buckner DE Oregon 2016 Adoree' Jackson CB USC 2017 Vita Vea DT Washington 2018 Ben Burr-Kirven LB Washington 2019 Evan Weaver LB California 2020 Talanoa Hufanga S USC 2021 Devin Lloyd LB Utah 2022 Tuli Tuipulotu DE USC 2023 Laiatu Latu DE UCLA
Top Performers In 2024 and 2025, after the conference was reduced to only two teams, the conference did not designate All-Conference Teams, an Offensive or Defensive Player of the Year or Offensive or Defensive Freshman of the Year. Instead, conference staff and media voted on "standout performers among its football student-athletes" who would "be recognized as 'Top Performers' in the league’s archives and historical records." The categories were Offensive, Defensive, Offensive Lineman, Defensive Lineman, Special Teams and Freshman. Offensive Top Performer Season Player Team 2024 John MateerQB Washington State 2025 Anthony HankersonRB Oregon State
Defensive Top Performer Season Player Team 2024 Taariq Al-UqdahLB Washington State 2025 Parker McKennaLB Washington State
Offensive Line Top Performer Season Player Team 2024 Gerad Christian-Lichtenhan OL Oregon State 2025 Ryan BergerOL Oregon State
Defensive Line Top Performer Season Player Team 2024 Ansel Din-Mbuh DL Washington State 2025 Isaac TerrellDE Washington State
Special Teams Top Performer Season Player Team 2024 Dean Janikowski P/K Washington State 2025 Tony Freeman WR/PR Washington State
Freshman Top Performer Season Player Team 2024 Wayshawn Parker RB Washington State 2025 Trey Glasper DB Oregon State
Freshman of the Year Award started in 1999, it was replaced with separate offensive and defensive selections in 2009. Season Player Team 1999 Kareem Kelly WR USC 2000 Terrell Suggs DE Arizona State 2001 Teyo Johnson WR Stanford Reggie Williams WR Washington 2002 Mike Williams WR USC 2003 Brandon Browner CB Oregon State 2004 Zach Miller TE Arizona State 2005 Jeremy Perry G Oregon State Mike Thomas WR Arizona 2006 Jairus Byrd CB Oregon Taylor Mays S USC Alterraun Verner CB UCLA 2007 Jake Locker QB Washington 2008 Jacquizz Rodgers RB Oregon State
Offensive Freshman of the Year Season Player Team 2009 LaMichael James RB Oregon 2010 Robert Woods WR USC 2011 De'Anthony Thomas RB Oregon Marqise Lee WR USC 2012 Marcus Mariota QB Oregon 2013 Myles Jack RB UCLA 2014 Royce Freeman RB Oregon 2015 Josh Rosen QB UCLA 2016 Sam Darnold QB USC 2017 J. J. Taylor RB Arizona Walker Little OT Stanford 2018 Jermar Jefferson RB Oregon State 2019 Kedon Slovis QB USC 2020 Ty Jordan RB Utah 2021 Jayden de Laura QB Washington State 2022 Damien Martinez RB Oregon State 2023 Noah Fifita QB Arizona
Defensive Freshman of the Year Season Player Team 2009 Vontaze Burfict LB Arizona State 2010 Junior Onyeali DE Arizona State 2011 Dion Bailey LB USC 2012 Leonard Williams DE USC 2013 Myles Jack LB UCLA 2014 Adoree' Jackson CB USC 2015 Cameron Smith LB USC 2016 Taylor Rapp S Washington 2017 Colin Schooler LB Arizona 2018 Merlin Robertson LB Arizona State 2019 Kayvon Thibodeaux DE Oregon 2020 Noah Sewell LB Oregon 2021 Junior Tafuna DT Utah 2022 Lander Barton LB Utah 2023 Cade Uluave LB California
Morris Trophy The Morris Trophy is awarded annually to the best offensive and defensive linemen in the conference, as selected by opposing players.
Offense Year Player School (#) 1980 Roy Foster USC (1) 1981 Roy Foster (2) USC (2) 1982 Bruce Matthews USC (3) 1983 Gary Zimmerman Oregon (1) 1984 Dan Lynch Washington State (1) 1985 Jeff Bregel USC (4) 1986 Danny Villa Arizona State (1) 1987 Randall McDaniel Arizona State (2) 1988 Joe Tofflemire Arizona (1) 1989 Bern Brostek Washington (1) 1990 Pat Harlow USC (5) 1991 Lincoln Kennedy Washington (2) 1992 Lincoln Kennedy (2) Washington (3) 1993 Todd Steussie California (1) 1994 Tony Boselli USC (6) 1995 Jonathan Ogden UCLA (1) 1996 Bob Sapp Washington (4) 1997 Olin Kreutz Washington (5) 1998 Yusuf Scott Arizona (2) 1999 Travis Claridge USC (7) 2000 Chad Ward Washington (6) 2001 Levi Jones Arizona State (3) 2002 Kwame Harris Stanford (1) 2003 Jacob Rogers USC (8) 2004 Adam Snyder Oregon (2) 2005 Ryan O'Callaghan California (2) 2006 Ryan Kalil USC (9) 2007 Alex Mack California (3) 2008 Alex Mack (2) California (4) 2009 Charles Brown USC (10) 2010 Tyron Smith USC (11) 2011 Matt Kalil USC (12) 2012 David Yankey Stanford (2) 2013 Xavier Su'a-Filo UCLA (2) 2014 Andrus Peat Stanford (3) 2015 Joshua Garnett Stanford (4) 2016 Isaac Asiata Utah (1) 2017 Tyrell Crosby Oregon (3) 2018 Kaleb McGary Washington (7) 2019 Penei Sewell Oregon (4)2020 Alijah Vera-Tucker USC (13)2021 Nick Ford Utah (2)2022 Andrew Vorhees USC (14)2023 Troy Fautanu Washington (8)
Defense Year Player School (#) 1980 Vince Goldsmith Oregon (1) 1981 Fletcher Jenkins Washington (1) 1982 George Achica USC (1) 1983 Keith Millard Washington State (1) 1984 Ron Holmes Washington (2) 1985 Erik Howard Washington State (2) 1986 Reggie Rogers Washington (3) 1987 Dana Wells Arizona (1) 1988 Dana Wells (2) Arizona (2) 1989 Esera Tuaolo Oregon State (1) 1990 Steve Emtman Washington (4) 1991 Steve Emtman (2) Washington (5) 1992 Rob Waldrop Arizona (3) 1993 D'Marco Farr Washington (6) 1994 Chad Eaton Washington State (3) 1995 Tedy Bruschi Arizona (4) 1996 Darrell Russell USC (2) 1997 Jeremy Staat Arizona State (1) 1998 Inoke Breckterfield Oregon State (2) 1999 Willie Howard Stanford (1) 2000 Andre Carter California (1) 2001 Kenyon Coleman UCLA (1) 2002 Terrell Suggs Arizona State (2) 2003 Dave Ball UCLA (2) 2004 Bill Swancutt Oregon State (3) 2005 Haloti Ngata Oregon (2) 2006 Sedrick Ellis USC (3) 2007 Sedrick Ellis (2) USC (4) 2008 Nick Reed Oregon (3) 2009 Stephen Paea Oregon State (4) 2010 Stephen Paea (2) Oregon State (5) 2011 Star Lotulelei Utah (1) 2012 Will Sutton Arizona State (3) 2013 Will Sutton (2) Arizona State (4) 2014 Nate Orchard Utah (2) 2015 DeForest Buckner Oregon (4) 2016 Solomon Thomas Stanford (2) 2017 Vita Vea Washington (7) 2018 Greg Gaines Washington (8) 2019 Bradlee Anae Utah (3)2020 Kayvon Thibodeaux Oregon (5)2021 Mika Tafua Utah (4)2022 Tuli Tuipulotu USC (5)2023 Laiatu Latu UCLA (3)
Coach of the Year The following coach were selected as coach of the year.