Pete Newell Big Man Award

Pete Newell Big Man Award
Awarded for	the nation's best low-post player in NCAA Division I men's basketball
Country	United States
Presented by	NABC
History
First award	2000
Most recent	Cameron Boozer, Duke
Website	Official website

The Pete Newell Big Man Award has been awarded by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) since 2000. It is presented to the best low-post player each season.^[1] The award is named after Pete Newell, the coach who ran the Pete Newell Big Man Camp for low-post players from 1976 until his death in 2008.^[2] Newell coached for 15 years at San Francisco, Michigan State, and California, compiling an overall record of 234 wins and 123 losses, including NIT and NCAA championships in 1949 and 1959, respectively.^[1]

Awarded forthe nation's best low-post player in NCAA Division I men's basketball

CountryUnited States

Presented byNABC

First award2000

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Season	Player	School	Position	Class	Reference
1999–00	Marcus Fizer	Iowa State	PF	Junior	^[3]
2000–01	Jason Collins	Stanford	C	Senior	^[4]
2001–02	Drew Gooden*	Kansas	C	Junior	^[5]
2002–03	David West*	Xavier	PF	Senior	^[6]
2003–04	Emeka Okafor*	UConn	C	Junior	^[7]
2004–05	Andrew Bogut*	Utah	C	Sophomore	^[5]
2005–06	Glen Davis	LSU	C	Sophomore	^[8]
2006–07	Greg Oden	Ohio State	C	Freshman	^[9]
2007–08	Michael Beasley	Kansas State	PF	Freshman	^[10]
2008–09	Blake Griffin*	Oklahoma	PF	Sophomore	^[11]
2009–10	Greg Monroe	Georgetown	PF / C	Sophomore	^[12]
2010–11	JaJuan Johnson	Purdue	C	Senior	^[13]
2011–12	Anthony Davis*	Kentucky	C	Freshman	^[5]
2012–13	Mason Plumlee	Duke	PF / C	Senior	^[14]
2013–14	Patric Young	Florida	C	Senior	^[15]
2014–15	Jahlil Okafor	Duke	C	Freshman	^[16]
2015–16	Jakob Pöltl	Utah	C	Sophomore	^[17]
2016–17	Caleb Swanigan	Purdue	PF / C	Sophomore	^[18]
2017–18	Marvin Bagley III	Duke	PF / C	Freshman	^[19]
2018–19	Ethan Happ	Wisconsin	C	Senior	^[20]
2019–20	Luka Garza*	Iowa	C	Junior	^[21]
2020–21	Luka Garza* (2)	Iowa	C	Senior	^[22]
2021–22	Oscar Tshiebwe*	Kentucky	C	Junior	^[23]
2022–23	Zach Edey*	Purdue	C	Junior	^[24]
2023–24	Zach Edey* (2)	Purdue	C	Senior	^[25]
2024–25	Johni Broome*	Auburn	PF / C	Senior	^[26]
2025–26	Cameron Boozer*	Duke	PF	Freshman	^[27]

Key

*	Awarded a national player of the year award: Sporting News; Oscar Robertson Trophy; Associated Press; NABC; Naismith; Wooden
Player (X)	Denotes the number of times the player has been awarded the Pete Newell Big Man Award at that point