Matisse Thybulle can now add one more achievement to his growing list from this season.
The Washington Huskies junior guard was named Monday the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year. Earlier in the day, he was named to the conference’s all-defensive team.
“We gotta give a lot of credit to (Huskies coach Mike Hopkins) and the whole team in general,” Thybulle said about being an all-defensive selection. “Without them ... for me to do what I’ve been able to defensively.”
He’s the first player in school history to win the award, which was restarted in the 2007-08 season after it was discontinued following the 1986-87 campaign.