- 1969 — Lew Alcindor, UCLA
- 1970 — Pete Maravich, LSU
- 1971 — Austin Carr, Notre Dame
- 1972 — Bill Walton, UCLA
- 1973 — Bill Walton, UCLA
- 1974 — Bill Walton, UCLA
- 1975 — David Thompson, N.C. State
- 1976 — Scott May, Indiana
- 1977 — Marques Johnson, UCLA
- 1978 — Butch Lee, Marquette
- 1979 — Larry Bird, Indiana State
- 1980 — Mark Aguirre, DePaul
- 1981 — Ralph Sampson, Virginia
- 1982 — Ralph Sampson, Virginia
- 1983 — Ralph Sampson, Virginia
- 1984 — Michael Jordan, North Carolina
- 1985 — Patrick Ewing, Georgetown
- 1986 — Johnny Dawkins, Duke
- 1987 — David Robinson, Navy
- 1988 — Danny Manning, Kansas
- 1989 — Danny Ferry, Duke
- 1990 — Lionel Simmons, La Salle
- 1991 — Larry Johnson, UNLV
- 1992 — Christian Laettner, Duke
- 1993 — Calbert Cheaney, Indiana
- 1994 — Glenn Robinson, Purdue
- 1995 — Joe Smith, Maryland
- 1996 — Marcus Camby, Massachusetts
- 1997 — Tim Duncan, Wake Forest
- 1998 — Antawn Jamison, North Carolina
- 1999 — Elton Brand, Duke
- 2000 — Kenyon Martin, Cincinnati
- 2001 — Shane Battier, Duke
- 2002 — Jason Williams, Duke
- 2003 — T. J. Ford, Texas
- 2004 — Jameer Nelson, Saint Joseph's
- 2005 — Andrew Bogut, Utah
- 2006 — J. J. Redick, Duke
- 2007 — Kevin Durant, Texas
- 2008 — Tyler Hansbrough, North Carolina
- 2009 — Blake Griffin, Oklahoma
| - 1983 — Anne Donovan, Old Dominion
- 1984 — Cheryl Miller, USC
- 1985 — Cheryl Miller, USC
- 1986 — Cheryl Miller, USC
- 1987 — Clarissa Davis, Texas
- 1988 — Sue Wicks, Rutgers
- 1989 — Clarissa Davis, Texas
- 1990 — Jennifer Azzi, Stanford
- 1991 — Dawn Staley, Virginia
- 1992 — Dawn Staley, Virginia
- 1993 — Sheryl Swoopes, Texas Tech
- 1994 — Lisa Leslie, USC
- 1995 — Rebecca Lobo, UConn
- 1996 — Saudia Roundtree, Georgia
- 1997 — Kate Starbird, Stanford
- 1998 — Chamique Holdsclaw, Tennessee
- 1999 — Chamique Holdsclaw, Tennessee
- 2000 — Tamika Catchings, Tennessee
- 2001 — Ruth Riley, Notre Dame
- 2002 — Sue Bird, UConn
- 2003 — Diana Taurasi, UConn
- 2004 — Diana Taurasi, UConn
- 2005 — Seimone Augustus, LSU
- 2006 — Seimone Augustus, LSU
- 2007 — Lindsey Harding, Duke
- 2008 — Candace Parker, Tennessee
- 2009 — Maya Moore, UConn
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