Pac-12 Conference Men's Basketball Sixth Man of the Year

The Pac-12 Sixth Man Player of the Year is an annual college basketball award presented to the top bench player in men's basketball in the Pac-12 Conference. To be eligible for Pac-12 Sixth Man of the Year, players must not have exceeded more than one-third starts in league games. The winner was selected by conference coaches, who were not allowed to vote for players on their own team.^[1] The award began in 1984, when the conference consisted of 10 teams and was known as the Pacific-10.^[2] It stopped being issued starting in 1987 but was restarted in 2018.^[3] The conference added two teams and became the Pac-12 in 2011.

Pac-12 Sixth Man Player of the Year
Awarded for	the top bench player in men's basketball in the Pac-12
Country	United States
Presented by	Pac-12 Conference
First awarded	1983
Currently held by	Koren Johnson, Washington

Mike Wurm was the conferences first Sixth Man of the Year with Washington State in 1984.^[4] The conference stopped giving the award after the 1986–87 season but reinstated the award before the 2017–18 season. The most recent winner of the award is Koren Johnson, Washington.

Winners

†	Co-winners.

Season	Player	School	Class	Ref
1983–84	Mike Wurm	Washington State	Senior	[5]
1984–85	Glenn Smith	USC	Senior
1985–86	Al Moscatel	Washington	Junior
1986–87	Montel Hatcher	UCLA	Senior
2017–18	Dominique Collier	Colorado	Senior	[6]
	Remy Martin	Arizona State	Freshman
2018–19	Donnie Tillman	Utah	Sophomore	[7]
2019–20	Alonzo Verge Jr.	Arizona State	Junior	[8]
2020–21	Jordan Brown	Arizona	Sophomore	[9]
2021–22	Pelle Larsson	Arizona	Sophomore	[10]
2022–23	Reese Dixon-Waters	USC	Sophomore	[11]
2023–24	Koren Johson	Washington	Sophomore	[12]

Winners by school

School (year joined)a	Winners	Years
Arizona (1978)	2	2021, 2022
Arizona State (1978)	2	2018, 2020
USC (1922)	2	1985, 2023
Washington (1915)	2	1986, 2024
Colorado (2011)	1	2018
UCLA (1928)	1	1987
Utah (2011)	1	2019
Washington State (1917)	1	1984
California (1915)	0	—
Oregon (1915)	0	—
Oregon State (1915)	0	—
Stanford (1918)	0	—

References

1. "2015–16 Handbook" (PDF). Pac-12 Conference. pp. 105–06. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 20, 2016. Retrieved February 5, 2016.
2. "Pac-12 Conference 2015–16 Men's Basketball Media Guide".
3. "As expected, dominant Arizona Wildcats big man Deandre Ayton named Pac-12's Player of Year". 5 March 2018.
4. "SIXTH MAN OF THE YEAR, Page 129" (PDF).
5. "SIXTH MAN OF THE YEAR" (PDF) (Press release). Pac-12 Conference. March 9, 2021. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
6. "2017-18 Pac-12 Men's Basketball All-Conference individual honors" (Press release). Pac-12 Conference. March 5, 2018. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
7. "Pac-12 announces 2018-19 Men's Basketball annual major awards" (Press release). Pac-12 Conference. March 11, 2019. Archived from the original on March 30, 2019. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
8. "2019-20 Pac-12 Men's Basketball All-Conference awards announced" (Press release). Pac-12 Conference. March 9, 2020. Archived from the original on March 26, 2020. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
9. "2020-21 Pac-12 Men's Basketball All-Conference honors and Annual Performance Awards, presented by Nextiva" (Press release). Pac-12 Conference. March 8, 2022. Retrieved March 8, 2022.
10. "2021-22 Pac-12 Men's Basketball All-Conference honors and Annual Performance Awards, presented by Nextiva" (Press release). Pac-12 Conference. March 8, 2022. Retrieved March 8, 2022.
11. "2022-23 Pac-12 Men's Basketball All-Conference honors and Annual Performance Awards, presented by Nextiva" (Press release). Pac-12 Conference. March 7, 2023. Retrieved March 7, 2023.
12. "2023-24 Pac-12 Men's Basketball All-Conference honors and Annual Performance Awards, presented by Nextiva" (Press release). Pac-12 Conference. March 12, 2024. Retrieved March 12, 2024.