Big 12 Conference Softball Defensive Player of the Year

The Big 12 Conference Softball Defensive Player of the Year is a college softball award given to the Big 12 Conference's most outstanding defensive player. The award has been given annually from 2004 to 2012, and 2016 to present.

Big 12 Conference Defensive Player of the Year

Awarded for	the most outstanding college softball defensive player in the Big 12 Conference
Country	United States
History
First award	2004
Most recent	Presleigh Pilon, Baylor

Winners

Season	Player	School	Reference
2004	Heather Scaglione	Oklahoma	[1]
2005	Heather Scaglione (2)	Oklahoma
2006	Megan Willis	Texas
2007	Megan Willis (2)	Texas
2008	Savannah Long	Oklahoma
2009	Natalie Villarreal	Texas A&M
2010	Lindsey Vandever	Oklahoma
2011	Natalie Villarreal Megan Christopher	Texas A&M Missouri	[2]
2012	Corrin Genovese	Missouri	[3]
2016	Kelsey Arnold	Oklahoma	[4]
2017	Jessie Scroggins	Baylor	[5]
2018	Kelsey Arnold (2)	Oklahoma	[6]
2019	Caleigh Clifton	Oklahoma	[7]
2021	Grace Lyons	Oklahoma	[8]
2022	Grace Lyons (2)	Oklahoma	[9]
2023	Grace Lyons (3)	Oklahoma	[10]
2024	Kinzie Hansen	Oklahoma	[11]
2025	Presleigh Pilon	Baylor	[12]

Winners by school

School	Winners	Years
Oklahoma	11	2004, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Baylor	2	2017, 2025
Missouri	2	2011, 2012
Texas	2	2006, 2007
Texas A&M	2	2009, 2011
Arizona	0	—
Arizona State	0	—
BYU	0	—
Houston	0	—
Iowa State	0	—
Kansas	0	—
Oklahoma State	0	—
Texas Tech	0	—
UCF	0	—
Utah	0	—