Oladipo Named NABC Co-Defensive Player of the Year
4/7/2013 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
April 7, 2013
ATLANTA - Indiana junior guard Victor Oladipo has been named the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Co-Defensive Player of the Year, announced on Sunday, April 7, at the 2013 AT&T/NABC Guardians of the Game Awards Show in Atlanta. He shares the honor with Jeff Withey from Kansas.
Oladipo, the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year, was named the Sporting News National Player of the Year, while also earning First Team All-America honors from Sporting News, the NABC and the Associated Press. The Upper Marlboro, Md., native was also selected to the Wooden All-America team.
At the conclusion of the regular season, Oladipo was named a First Team All-Big Ten honoree. A finalist for the Wooden Award and the Oscar Robertson Trophy, he started all 36 games this season and averaged 13.6 points and 6.3 rebounds per game. Oladipo led the Big Ten in steals (2.2 spg) and ranked among the top two in field goal percentage (59.9) in the conference. He also earned his first career Academic All-Big Ten accolade in March.
NABC Defensive Player of the Year
1987 - Tommy Amaker, Duke
1988 - Billy King, Duke
1989 - Stacey Augmon, UNLV
1990 - Stacey Augmon, UNLV
1991 - Stacey Augmon, UNLV
1992 - Alonzo Mourning, Georgetown
1993 - Grant Hill, Duke
1994 - Jim McIlvaine, Marquette
1995 - Tim Duncan, Wake Forest
1996 - Tim Duncan, Wake Forest
1997 - Tim Duncan, Wake Forest
1998 - Steve Wojciechowski, Duke
1999 - Shane Battier, Duke
2000 - Kenyon Martin, Cincinnati
Shane Battier, Duke
2001 - Shane Battier, Duke
2002 - John Linehan, Providence
2003 - Emeka Okafor, Connecticut
2004 - Emeka Okafor, Connecticut
2005 - Shelden Williams, Duke
2006 - Shelden Williams, Duke
2007 - Greg Oden, Ohio State
2008 - Hasheem Thabeet, Connecticut
2009 - Hasheem Thabeet, Connecticut
2010 - Jarvis Varnado, Mississippi State
2011 - Kenneth Faried, Morehead State
2012 - Anthony Davis, Kentucky
2013 - Victor Oladipo, Indiana
Jeff Withey, Kansas
