Year
 2008  Candice Wiggins, Stanford
 2007  Candice Parker, Tennessee
 2006  Seimone Augustus, LSU
 2005  Seimone Augustus, LSU
 2004  Alana Beard, Duke
 2003  Diana Taurasi, Connecticut
 2002  Sue Bird, Connecticut
 2001  Jackie Stiles, SW Missouri State
 2000  Edwina Brown, Texas
 1999  Stephanie White-McCarty, Purdue
 1998  Ticha Penicheiro, Old Dominion
 1997  DeLisha Milton, Florida
 1996  Jennifer Rizzotti, Connecticut
 1995  Rebecca Lobo, Connecticut
 1994  Carol Ann Shudlick, Minnesota
 1993  Karen Jennings, Nebraska
 1992  Susan Robinson, Penn State
 1991  Daedra Charles, Tennessee
 1990  Jennifer Azzi, Stanford
 1989  Clarissa Davis, Texas
 1988  Teresa Weatherspoon, Louisiana Tech
 1987  Shelly Pennefeather, Villanova
 1986  Kamie Ethridge, Texas
 1985  Cheryl Miller, Southern California
 1984  Janice Lawrence, Louisiana Tech
 1983  La Taunya Pollard, Cal State-Long Beach
 1982  Pam Kelly, Louisiana Tech
 1981  Lynette Woodard, Kansas
 1980  Nancy Lieberman, Old Dominion
 1979  Nancy Lieberman, Old Dominion
 1978  Carol Blazejowski, Montclair State