THE LUTE OLSON AWARD

2015 Lute Olson Award

Murray State's Cameron Payne accepts the 2015 Lute Olson award at the CollegeInsider.com Award's Banquet on April 3 in Indianapolis.

April 3, 2015

2015 LUTE OLSON AWARD

INDIANAPOLIS, IN -- Murray State's Cameron Payne is the recipient of the 2015 Lute Olson award. 

The Lute Olson Award is presented annually to the nation's top Division I player who has played at least two seasons. 

The finalists for the award also represent the Lute Olson All-America team. Freshman are not eligible for the award, but may be named to the team

The award is named in honor of Hall of Fame coach Lute Olson, who won 780 games in 34 seasons, 24 of which were spent at the University of Arizona. During that stretch he led the Wildcats to 11 Pac-10 Conference titles, 23 consecutive NCAA Tournaments, four Final Four appearances and a National Championship in 1997.

LUTE OLSON ALL-AMERICA TEAM

Justin Anderson 6-6 Jr. Virginia
Karl-Anthony Towns * 6-11 Fr. Kentucky
Ron Baker 6-4 Jr. Wichita State
Willie Cauley-Stein 7-0 Jr. Kentucky
Rakeem Christmas 6-9 Sr. Syracuse
Kyle Collinsworth 6-6 Jr. BYU
Kris Dunn 6-3 So. Providence
Perry Ellis 6-8 Jr. Kansas
Jerian Grant 6-5 Sr. Notre Dame
Buddy Hield 6-5 Jr. Oklahoma
Darrun Hilliard II 6-6 Sr. Villanova
Stanley Johnson * 6-7 Fr. Arizona
Frank Kaminsky 7-0 Sr. Wisconsin
T.J. McConnell 6-1 Sr. Arizona
Jahlil Okafor * 6-11 Fr. Duke
Kevin Pangos 6-2 Sr. Gonzaga
Cameron Payne 6-2 So. Murray State
Bobby Portis 6-11 So. Arkansas
D'Angelo Russell * 6-5 Fr. Ohio State
Juwan Staten 6-1 Sr. West Virginia
Seth Tuttle 6-8 Sr. Northern Iowa
Fred VanVleet 6-0 Jr. Wichita State
Kyle Wiltjer 6-10 Jr. Gonzaga
Delon Wright 6-5 Sr. Utah
Joseph Young 6-2 Sr. Oregon

* Freshmen are not eligible to win the award, but may be named to the Lute Olson All-America Team.

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The Lute Olson Award is presented annually to the nation's top Division I player.
 
The award is named in honor of Hall of Fame coach Lute Olson, who won 776 games in 34 seasons, 24 of which were spent at the University of Arizona. During that stretch he led the Wildcats to 11 Pac-10 Conference titles, 23 consecutive NCAA Tournaments, four Final Four appearances and a National Championship in 1997.
 
Olson is one of just 25 head coaches in NCAA history to win 700 or more games (all divisions) and ranks ninth on the Division I career victories list. He finished with a winning percentage of .731 and is the all-time winningest coach in Arizona history with 587-190 record (.755). He was named Pac-10 Coach of the Year seven times. Olson also guided Arizona to 20 consecutive 20-win seasons, and is one of only three coaches in NCAA history to record 29 or more 20-win seasons.
 
In 2002, Olson was enshrined into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
 
The Lute Olson award voting panel is made up of current division I coaches, athletic administrators, and senior College Insider staff members.  The recipient of the 2024-25 award will be announced in April, in San Antonio, TX site of the men's Division I NCAA Basketball Championship.

The Lute Olson award is presented annually to the top division I player as voted on by the award committee. 
 
The 10-member voting committee consists of current and former head coaches, as well as two senior staff members of collegeinsider.com.
 
The award is presented annually at the site of the men's Division I NCAA basketball championship. 

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