NATIONAL DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR --------------------------------------- (ACC players in caps) 2002 - John Linehan, Providence 2001 - SHANE BATTIER, DUKE 2000 - SHANE BATTIER, DUKE and Kenyon Martin, Cincinnati (tie) 1999 - SHANE BATTIER, DUKE 1998 - STEVE WOJCIECHOWSKI, DUKE 1997 - TIM DUNCAN, WAKE FOREST 1996 - TIM DUNCAN, WAKE FOREST 1995 - TIM DUNCAN, WAKE FOREST 1994 - Jim McIlvaine, Marquette 1993 - GRANT HILL, DUKE 1992 - Alonzo Mourning, Georgetown 1991 - Stacey Augmon, UNLV 1990 - Stacey Augmon, UNLV 1989 - Stacey Augmon, UNLV 1988 - BILLY KING, DUKE 1987 - TOMMY AMAKER, DUKE