Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Freshman of the Year

Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Freshman of the Year
Awarded for	the most outstanding men's basketball freshman player in the Big Ten Conference
Country	United States
History
First award	1986
Most recent	Keaton Wagler, Illinois

Awarded forthe most outstanding men's basketball freshman player in the Big Ten Conference

CountryUnited States

First award1986

Most recentKeaton Wagler, Illinois

The Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Freshman of the Year is a basketball award given to the Big Ten Conference's most outstanding freshman player. The award was first given following the 1985–86 season.

Indiana has the record for the most winners with twelve.

Season	Player	School	Reference
1985–86	Gary Grant	Michigan	^[1]
1986–87	Dean Garrett^[a]	Indiana	^[2]
1987–88	Jay Edwards	Indiana	^[3]
1988–89	Eric Anderson	Indiana	^[4]
1989–90	Jim Jackson	Ohio State	^[5]
1990–91	Damon Bailey	Indiana	^[6]
1991–92	Chris Webber^[b]	Michigan	^[7]
1992–93	Greg Simpson	Ohio State	^[8]
1993–94	Jess Settles	Iowa	^[9]
1994–95	Maurice Taylor	Michigan	^[10]
1995–96	Sam Okey	Wisconsin	^[11]
1996–97	A. J. Guyton	Indiana	^[12]
1997–98	Michael Redd	Ohio State	^[13]
1998–99	Cory Bradford	Illinois	^[14]
1999–00^†	Brian Cook	Illinois	^[15]
1999–00^†	LaVell Blanchard	Michigan	^[15]
2000–01	Jared Jeffries	Indiana	^[16]
2001–02	Rick Rickert	Minnesota	^[16]
2002–03	Daniel Horton	Michigan	^[17]
2003–04	Kris Humphries*	Minnesota	^[18]
2004–05	D. J. White	Indiana	^[19]
2005–06	Jamelle Cornley	Penn State	^[20]
2006–07	Greg Oden*	Ohio State	^[21]
2007–08	Eric Gordon*	Indiana	^[22]
2008–09	William Buford	Ohio State	^[23]
2009–10	D. J. Richardson	Illinois	^[24]
2010–11	Jared Sullinger	Ohio State	^[25]
2011–12	Cody Zeller	Indiana	^[26]
2012–13	Gary Harris	Michigan State	^[27]
2013–14	Noah Vonleh*	Indiana	^[28]
2014–15	D'Angelo Russell*	Ohio State	^[29]
2015–16	Ethan Happ	Wisconsin	^[30]
2016–17	Miles Bridges	Michigan State	^[31]
2017–18	Jaren Jackson Jr.*	Michigan State	^[32]
2018–19	Ignas Brazdeikis*	Michigan	^[33]
2019–20	Kofi Cockburn	Illinois	^[34]
2020–21	Hunter Dickinson	Michigan	^[35]
2021–22	Malaki Branham*	Ohio State	^[36]
2022–23	Jalen Hood-Schifino*	Indiana	^[37]
2023–24^†	Mackenzie Mgbako	Indiana	^[38]
2023–24^†	Owen Freeman	Iowa	^[38]
2024–25	Derik Queen	Maryland	^[39]
2025–26	Keaton Wagler	Illinois	^[40]

School (year joined)	Winners	Years
Indiana (1900)	12	1987^[a], 1988, 1989, 1991, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2008, 2012, 2014, 2023, 2024^†
Ohio State (1912)	8	1990, 1993, 1998, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2022
Michigan (1896)	7	1986, 1992^[b], 1995, 2000^†, 2003, 2019, 2021
Illinois (1896)	5	1999, 2000^†, 2010, 2020, 2026
Michigan State (1953)	3	2013, 2017, 2018
Iowa (1900)	2	1994, 2024^†
Minnesota (1896)	2	2002, 2004
Wisconsin (1896)	2	1996, 2016
Maryland (2014)	1	2025
Penn State (1993)	1	2006
Nebraska (2011)	0	—
Northwestern (1896)	0	—
Oregon (2024)	0	—
Purdue (1896)	0	—
Rutgers (2014)	0	—
UCLA (2024)	0	—
USC (2024)	0	—
Washington (2024)	0	—

v t e Big Ten Conference men's basketball
Teams	Illinois Fighting Illini Indiana Hoosiers Iowa Hawkeyes Maryland Terrapins Michigan Wolverines Michigan State Spartans Minnesota Golden Gophers Nebraska Cornhuskers Northwestern Wildcats Ohio State Buckeyes Oregon Ducks Penn State Nittany Lions Purdue Boilermakers Rutgers Scarlet Knights UCLA Bruins USC Trojans Washington Huskies Wisconsin Badgers
Championships & awards	Regular season champions Big Ten tournament Coach of the Year Player of the Year Freshman of the Year Chicago Tribune Silver Basketball (defunct)
Conference challenges	ACC–Big Ten Challenge (1999–2022) Gavitt Tipoff Games (2015–2023)
Seasons	1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26

Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Freshman of the Year

Winners

Winners by school

Footnotes

References

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†	Co-Freshman of the Year
*	Declared for NBA draft after freshman year