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

Pac-12 Sixth Man Player of the Year
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 award	1983
Currently held by	Koren Johnson, Washington

Awarded forthe top bench player in men's basketball in the Pac-12

CountryUnited States

Presented byPac-12 Conference

First award1983

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 after 1987 but was restarted in 2018.^[3]^[4] The conference added two teams and became the Pac-12 in 2011.

Mike Wurm was the conferences first Sixth Man of the Year with Washington State in 1984.^[5] 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.

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Season	Player	School	Class	Ref
1983–84	Mike Wurm	Washington State	Senior	^[6]
1984–85	Glenn Smith	USC	Senior	^[7]
1985–86	Al Moscatel	Washington	Junior	^[6]
1986–87	Montel Hatcher	UCLA	Senior	^[6]
2017–18	Dominique Collier	Colorado	Senior	^[8]
2017–18	Remy Martin	Arizona State	Freshman	^[9]
2018–19	Donnie Tillman	Utah	Sophomore	^[10]
2019–20	Alonzo Verge Jr.	Arizona State	Junior	^[9]
2020–21	Jordan Brown	Arizona	Sophomore	^[11]
2021–22	Pelle Larsson	Arizona	Sophomore	^[12]
2022–23	Reese Dixon-Waters	USC	Sophomore	^[7]
2023–24	Koren Johson	Washington	Sophomore	^[13]

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	—

v t e Pac-12 Conference men's basketball
Future teams (from 2026–27)	Boise State Broncos Colorado State Rams Fresno State Bulldogs Gonzaga Bulldogs Oregon State Beavers San Diego State Aztecs Texas State Bobcats Utah State Aggies Washington State Cougars
Championships & awards	Pac-12 tournament Player of the Year Coach of the Year Defensive Player of the Year Freshman of the Year Most Improved Player of the Year Sixth Man of the Year All-Pac-12
Conference challenges	Big 12/Pac-10 Hardwood Series (2007–2010) Pac-12 Coast-to-Coast Challenge (2021–2023)
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Pac-12 Conference Men's Basketball Sixth Man of the Year

Winners by school

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