Year	Player	Team	Class
1939	None Selected
1940	Marv Huffman	Indiana	Senior
1941	John Kotz	Wisconsin	Soph.
1942	Howie Dallmar	Stanford	Soph.
1943	Ken Sailors	Wyoming	Junior
1944	Arnie Ferrin	Utah	Fresh.
1945	Bob Kurland	Oklahoma St.	Junior
1946	Bob Kurland	Oklahoma St.	Senior
1947	George Kaftan	Holy Cross	Soph.
1948	Alex Groza	Kentucky	Junior
1949	Alex Groza	Kentucky	Senior
1950	Irwon Dambrot	CCNY	Senior
1951	None Selected
1952	Clyde Lovellette	Kansas	Senior
1953	B.H. Born	Kansas	Junior
1954	Tom Gola	La Salle	Junior
1955	Bill Russell	San Francisco	Junior
1956	Hal Lear	Temple	Senior
1957	Wilt Chamberlain	Kansas	Soph.
1958	Elgin Baylor	Seattle	Junior
1959	Jerry West	West Virginia	Junior
1960	Jerry Lucas	Ohio State	Soph.
1961	Jerry Lucas	Ohio State	Junior
1962	Paul Hogue	Cincinnati	Senior
1963	Art Heyman	Duke	Senior
1964	Walt Hazzard	UCLA	Senior
1965	Bill Bradley	Princeton	Senior
1966	Jerry Chambers	Utah	Senior
1967	Lew Alcindor	UCLA	Soph.
1968	Lew Alcindor	UCLA	Junior
1969	Lew Alcindor	UCLA	Senior
1970	Sidney Wicks	UCLA	Junior
1971	Howard Porter	Villanova	Senior
1972	Bill Walton	UCLA	Soph.
1973	Bill Walton	UCLA	Junior
1974	David Thompson	North Carolina St.	Junior
1975	Richard Washington	UCLA	Soph.
1976	Kent Benson	Indiana	Junior
1977	Butch Lee	Marquette	Junior
1978	Jack Givens	Kentucky	Senior
1979	Earvin Johnson	Michigan State	Soph.
1980	Darrell Griffith	Louisville	Senior
1981	Isiah Thomas	Indiana	Soph.
1982	James Worthy	North Carolina	Junior
1983	Akeem Olajuwon	Houston	Soph.
1984	Patrick Ewing	Georgetown	Junior
1985	Ed Pinckney	Villanova	Senior
1986	Pervis Ellison	Louisville	Freshman
1987	Keith Smart	Indiana	Junior
1988	Danny Manning	Kansas	Senior
1989	Glen Rice	Michigan	Senior
1990	Anderson Hunt	UNLV	Soph.
1991	Christian Laettner	Duke	Junior
1992	Bobby Hurley	Duke	Junior
1993	Donald Williams	North Carolina	Soph.
1994	Corliss Williamson	Arkansas	Soph.
1995	Ed O'Bannon	UCLA	Senior
1996	Tony Delk	Kentucky	Senior
1997	Miles Simon	Arizona	Junior