List of CCHA Best Defensive Defenseman

The CCHA Best Defensive Defenseman was an annual award given out at the conclusion of the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) regular season to the best defensive defenseman in the conference as voted by the coaches of each CCHA team.
The Best Defensive Defenseman was first awarded in 1990 and every year thereafter until 2013 when the original CCHA was dissolved as a consequence of the Big Ten forming its men's ice hockey conference.
Three players (Tyler Harlton, Mike Weaver and Dan DeKeyser) have received the award two separate times, each doing so in consecutive years. Additionally, Andy Greene is the only defenseman to win both the "Best Defensive" and "Best Offensive" Defenseman in the same year (2005–06).
When the CCHA was revived in the 2021–22 season, the conference folded its previous awards for Best Offensive and Best Defensive Defenseman into a single CCHA Defenseman of the Year award.
==Award winners==
Year 	Winner 	School
1989–90	Dan Keczmer 	Lake Superior State
1990–91	Karl Johnston 	Lake Superior State
1991–92	Joby Messier 	Michigan State
1992–93	Bob Marshall 	Miami
1993–94	Brent Brekke 	Western Michigan
1994–95	Steve Halko 	Michigan
1995–96	Mike Matteucci 	Lake Superior State
1996–97	Tyler Harlton 	Michigan State
1997–98	Tyler Harlton 	Michigan State
1998–99	Mike Weaver 	Michigan State
1999–00	Mike Weaver 	Michigan State
2000–01	Andrew Hutchinson	Michigan State
Year 	Winner 	School
2001–02	Mike Komisarek 	Michigan
2002–03	Brad Fast 	Michigan State
2003–04	Doug Andress 	Ohio State
2004–05	Nathan Oystrick	Northern Michigan
2005–06	Andy Greene 	Miami
2006–07	Matt Hunwick 	Michigan
2007–08	Alec Martinez 	Miami
2008–09	Kyle Lawson 	Notre Dame
2009–10	Will Weber 	Miami
2010–11	Sean Lorenz 	Notre Dame
2011–12	Dan DeKeyser 	Western Michigan
2012–13	Dan DeKeyser 	Western Michigan
===Winners by school===
School 	Winners
Michigan State 	7
Miami 	4
Lake Superior State	3
Michigan 	3
Western Michigan 	3
Notre Dame 	2
Northern Michigan 	1
Ohio State 	1
==See also==
*CCHA Awards
*CCHA Best Offensive Defenseman
==References==
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==External links==
*CCHA awards
Category:Central Collegiate Hockey Association