Lefty Driesell Award
The Lefty Driesell Defensive Player of the Year Award is an award given annually to the most outstanding men's college basketball defender in NCAA Division I competition. The award was established in 2010 and is named for legendary head coach Lefty Driesell, who is the only head coach to amass 100 wins at four different Division I schools and is best remembered for his success with the Davidson Wildcats and Maryland Terrapins programs.Winners
| Year | Player | School | Class | Reference |
| 2009–10 | | Mississippi State | | |
| 2010–11 | | Old Dominion | | |
| 2011–12 | * | Kentucky | | |
| 2012–13 | | Stony Brook | | |
| 2013–14 | | Louisiana–Lafayette | | |
| 2014–15 | | Virginia | | |
| 2015–16 | | Valparaiso | | |
| 2016–17 | | West Virginia | | |
| 2017–18 | | West Virginia | | |
| 2018–19 | | Washington | | |
| 2019–20 | | Merrimack | | |
