Year
 
 2008  Maya Moore, Connecticut
 2007  Lindsey Harding, Duke
 2006  Seimone Augustus, LSU
 2005  Seimone Augustus, LSU
 2004  Diana Taurasi, Connecticut
 2003  Diana Taurasi, Connecticut
 2002  Sue Bird, Connecticut
 2001  Ruth Riley, Notre Dame
 2000  Tamika Catchings, Tennessee
 1999  Chamique Holdsclaw, Tennessee
 1998  Chamique Holdsclaw, Tennessee
 1997  Kate Starbird, Stanford
 1996  Saudia Roundtree, Georgia
 1995  Rebecca Lobo, Connecticut
 1994  Lisa Leslie, USC
 1993  Sheryl Swopes, Texas Tech
 1992  Dawn Staley, Virginia
 1991  Dawn Staley, Virginia
 1990  Jennifer Azzi, Stanford
 1989  Clarissa Davis, Texas
 1988  Sue Wicks, Rutgers
 1987  Clarissa Davis, Texas
 1986  Cheryl Miller, USC
 1985  Cheryl Miller, USC
 1984  Cheryl Miller, USC
 1983  Anne Donovan, Old Dominion