Pac-12 Conference Men's Basketball Freshman of the Year

The Pac-12 Freshman of the Year is an annual award in the Pac-12 Conference presented to its top freshman player in men's basketball. The winner is chosen by the Pac-12 coaches. The honor began in 1978–79, when it was known as the Rookie of the Year and players in their first year in the conference, including transfers, were eligible. Junior guard Bryan Rison of Washington State was the first honoree and the only non-freshman to ever win. The candidates were limited to freshman starting in 1983–84, when the award was renamed to Freshman of the Year. The conference was known as the Pacific-10 before becoming the Pac-12 in 2011. Four winners were also named the conference's player of the year in the same year: Shareef Abdur-Rahim (California, 1996), Kevin Love (UCLA, 2008), Deandre Ayton (Arizona, 2018) and Evan Mobley (USC, 2021).

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Winners SeasonPlayerSchoolPositionRef 1978–79 Washington State Guard 1979–80 Arizona State Guard 1980–81 Stanford Forward 1981–82 Stanford Forward 1982–83 California Forward 1983–84 Washington Center 1984–85 California Forward1985–86† Arizona Forward UCLA Guard 1986–87 Oregon State Guard 1987–88 Washington Forward 1988–89 UCLA Forward 1989–90 USC Guard 1990–91 Arizona State Forward 1991–92 Washington Forward 1992–93 California Guard 1993–94 Stanford Guard 1994–95 California Forward 1995–96 California Forward 1996–97 Arizona Guard 1997–98 UCLA Guard 1998–99 Arizona Forward1999–2000† Stanford Forward UCLA Forward 2000–01 Oregon Guard 2001–02 Arizona Guard 2002–03 Arizona State Forward 2003–04 California Forward 2004–05 UCLA Guard 2005–06 UCLA Forward 2006–07 Arizona Forward 2007–08 UCLA Forward 2008–09 Washington Guard 2009–10 Arizona Forward 2010–11 California Guard 2011–12 Washington Guard 2012–13† UCLA Guard Arizona State Guard 2013–14 Arizona Forward 2014–15 Arizona Forward 2015–16 California Forward2016–17UCLAGuard2017–18ArizonaCenter2018–19Arizona StateGuard2019–20ArizonaForward 2020–21 USC Forward 2021–22StanfordForward2022–23UCLACenter2023–24Washington StateGuard

Winners by school School Winners YearsArizona 10 1986, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2007, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2020UCLA 10 1986, 1989, 1998, 2000, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2013, 2017, 2023California 8 1983, 1985, 1993, 1995, 1996, 2004, 2011, 2016Arizona State 5 1980, 1991, 2003, 2013, 2019Stanford 5 1981, 1982, 1994, 2000, 2022Washington 5 1984, 1988, 1992, 2009, 2012Washington State 2 1979, 2024USC 2 1990, 2021Oregon1 2001Oregon State 1 1987Colorado 0 Utah 0

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