# 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).

## Key

| † | Co-winners. |

## Winners

| Season | Player | School | Position |
| 1978–79 | Bryan Rison | Washington State | Guard |
| 1979–80 | Byron Scott | Arizona State | Guard |
| 1980–81 | John Revelli | Stanford | Forward |
| 1981–82 | Johnny Rogers | Stanford | Forward |
| 1982–83 | Dave Butler | California | Forward |
| 1983–84 | Chris Welp | Washington | Center |
| 1984–85 | Leonard Taylor | California | Forward |
| 1985–86$^†$ | Sean Elliott | Arizona | Forward |
| 1985–86$^†$ | Pooh Richardson | UCLA | Guard |
| 1986–87 | Gary Payton | Oregon State | Guard |
| 1987–88 | Mike Hayward | Washington | Forward |
| 1988–89 | Don MacLean | UCLA | Forward |
| 1989–90 | Harold Miner | USC | Guard |
| 1990–91 | Jamal Faulkner | Arizona State | Forward |
| 1991–92 | Mark Pope | Washington | Forward |
| 1992–93 | Jason Kidd | California | Guard |
| 1993–94 | Brevin Knight | Stanford | Guard |
| 1994–95 | Tremaine Fowlkes | California | Forward |
| 1995–96 | Shareef Abdur-Rahim | California | Forward |
| 1996–97 | Mike Bibby | Arizona | Guard |
| 1997–98 | Baron Davis | UCLA | Guard |
| 1998–99 | Michael Wright | Arizona | Forward |
| 1999–2000$^†$ | Casey Jacobsen | Stanford | Forward |
| 1999–2000$^†$ | Jason Kapono | UCLA | Forward |
| 2000–01 | Luke Ridnour | Oregon | Guard |
| 2001–02 | Salim Stoudamire | Arizona | Guard |
| 2002–03 | Ike Diogu | Arizona State | Forward |
| 2003–04 | Leon Powe | California | Forward |
| 2004–05 | Jordan Farmar | UCLA | Guard |
| 2005–06 | Luc Richard Mbah a Moute | UCLA | Forward |
| 2006–07 | Chase Budinger | Arizona | Forward |
| 2007–08 | Kevin Love | UCLA | Forward |
| 2008–09 | Isaiah Thomas | Washington | Guard |
| 2009–10 | Derrick Williams | Arizona | Forward |
| 2010–11 | Allen Crabbe | California | Guard |
| 2011–12 | Tony Wroten | Washington | Guard |
| 2012–13$^†$ | Shabazz Muhammad | UCLA | Guard |
| 2012–13$^†$ | Jahii Carson | Arizona State | Guard |
| 2013–14 | Aaron Gordon | Arizona | Forward |
| 2014–15 | Stanley Johnson | Arizona | Forward |
| 2015–16 | Jaylen Brown | California | Forward |
| 2016–17 | Lonzo Ball | UCLA | Guard |
| 2017–18 | Deandre Ayton | Arizona | Center |
| 2018–19 | Luguentz Dort | Arizona State | Guard |
| 2019–20 | Zeke Nnaji | Arizona | Forward |
| 2020–21 | Evan Mobley | USC | Forward |
| 2021–22 | Harrison Ingram | Stanford | Forward |
| 2022–23 | Adem Bona | UCLA | Center |
| 2023–24 | Myles Rice | Washington State | Guard |

## Winners by school

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