Year
 
 2008  Tyler Hansbrough, North Carolina
 2007
 2006  J.J. Redick, Duke
 2005  Andrew Bogut, Utah
 2004  Jameer Nelson, Saint Joseph's
 2003  T.J. Ford, Texas
 2002  Jason Williams, Duke
 2001  Shane Battier, Duke
 2000  Kenyon Martin, Cincinnati
 1999  Elton Brand, Duke
 1998  Antawn Jamison, North Carolina
 1997  Tim Duncan, Wake Forest
 1996  Marcus Camby, Massachusetts
 1995  Ed O'Bannon, UCLA
 1994  Glenn Robinson, Purdue
 1993  Calbert Cheaney, Indiana
 1992  Christian Laettner, Duke
 1991  Larry Johnson, Nevada-Las Vegas
 1990  Lionel Simmons, LaSalle
 1989  Sean Elliott, Arizona
 1988  Danny Manning, Kansas
 1987  David Robinson, Navy
 1986  Walter Berry, St. John's
 1985  Chris Mullin, St. John's
 1984  Michael Jordan, North Carolina
 1983  Ralph Sampson, Virginia
 1982  Ralph Sampson, Virginia
 1981  Danny Ainge, Brigham Young
 1980  Darrell Griffith, Louisville
 1979  Larry Bird, Indiana State
 1978  Phil Ford, North Carolina
 1977  Marques Johnson, UCLA