With three hundred votes cast, Ahmed received 39% of the votes, with Robbie Ray coming in as runner-up on 23%. Here are all the previous winners of the award:
"There's something to get better at every single day. Whether it's just being more consistent, more accurate with your throws, better with your footwork, better with your reads, everything can be improved upon."
-- Nick Ahmed
We knew, going into this season, that Ahmed's strong suit was his defense, and that certainly proved the case in 2015, as he lived up to expectations with an almost nightly delivery of one or more highlight-reel plays.