ATLANTA – Iowa State sophomore Tamin Lipsey has been named a semifinalist for the 2024 Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Presented by AXIA Time.

Of the 11 players named as semifinalist, three of them are from the Big 12. Lipsey is the only underclassmen to be named a semifinalist.

Lipsey has been stuffing the stat sheet all season, averaging 12.5 points, 4.8 assists, 4.6 rebounds and 2.8 steals per game. He is one of just 17 NCAA Division I men’s basketball players since 1996-97 to average those numbers in a season. Lipsey was named to the All-Big 12 First Team and Big 12 All-Defensive Team earlier this week.

The No. 7 Cyclones return to action Thursday night, facing Texas or Kansas State in the Big 12 Championship Quarterfinals. Tipoff is set for 6 p.m. on ESPN2 in Kansas City.