NCAA Basketball Division I Championships: Most Outstanding Player

Year

Player

Team

Men
1939	none selected
1940	Marvin Huffman	Indiana
1941	John Kotz	Wisconsin
1942	Howard Dallmar	Stanford
1943	Ken Sailors	Wyoming
1944	Arnie Ferrin	Utah
1945	Bob Kurland	Oklahoma A&M ¹
1946	Bob Kurland	Oklahoma A&M ¹
1947	George Kaftan	Holy Cross
1948	Alex Groza	Kentucky
1949	Alex Groza	Kentucky
1950	Irwin Dambrot	CCNY
1951	none selected
1952	Clyde Lovellette	Kansas
1953	B. H. Born	Kansas
1954	Tom Gola	La Salle
1955	Bill Russell	San Francisco
1956	Hal Lear	Temple
1957	Wilt Chamberlain	Kansas
1958	Elgin Baylor	Seattle
1959	Jerry West	West Virginia
1960	Jerry Lucas	Ohio State
1961	Jerry Lucas	Ohio State
1962	Paul Hogue	Cincinnati
1963	Art Heyman	Duke
1964	Walt Hazzard	UCLA
1965	Bill Bradley	Princeton
1966	Jerry Chambers	Utah
1967	Lew Alcindor ²	UCLA
1968	Lew Alcindor ²	UCLA
1969	Lew Alcindor ²	UCLA
1970	Sidney Wicks	UCLA
1971	Howard Porter	Villanova ³
1972	Bill Walton	UCLA
1973	Bill Walton	UCLA
1974	David Thompson	North Carolina State
1975	Richard Washington	UCLA
1976	Kent Benson	Indiana
1977	Butch Lee	Marquette
1978	Jack Givens	Kentucky
1979	Earvin 'Magic' Johnson	Michigan State
1980	Darrell Griffith	Louisville
1981	Isiah Thomas	Indiana
1982	James Worthy	North Carolina
1983	Akeem Olajuwon ⁴	Houston
1984	Patrick Ewing	Georgetown
1985	Ed Pinckney	Villanova
1986	Pervis Ellison	Louisville
1987	Keith Smart	Indiana
1988	Danny Manning	Kansas
1989	Glen Rice	Michigan
1990	Anderson Hunt	Nevada-Las Vegas
1991	Christian Laettner	Duke
1992	Bobby Hurley	Duke
1993	Donald Williams	North Carolina
1994	Corliss Williamson	Arkansas
1995	Ed O'Bannon	UCLA
1996	Tony Delk	Kentucky
1997	Tim Duncan	Wake Forest
1998	Jeff Sheppard	Kentucky
1999	Richard Hamilton	Connecticut
2000	Mateen Cleaves	Michigan State
2001	Shane Battier	Duke
2002	Juan Dixon	Maryland
2003	Carmelo Anthony	Syracuse
2004	Emeka Okafor	Connecticut
2005	Sean May	North Carolina
2006	Joakim Noah	Florida
2007	Corey Brewer	Florida
2008	Mario Chalmers	Kansas
2009	Wayne Ellington	North Carolina
Women
1982	Janice Lawrence	Louisiana Tech
1983	Cheryl Miller	USC
1984	Cheryl Miller	USC
1985	Tracy Claxton	Old Dominion
1986	Clarissa Davis	Texas
1987	Tonya Edwards	Tennessee
1988	Erica Westbrooks	Louisiana Tech
1989	Bridgette Gordon	Tennessee
1990	Jennifer Azzi	Stanford
1991	Dawn Staley	Virginia
1992	Molly Goodenbour	Stanford
1993	Sheryl Swoopes	Texas Tech
1994	Charlotte Smith	North Carolina
1995	Rebecca Lobo	Connecticut
1996	Michelle Marciniak	Tennessee
1997	Chamique Holdsclaw	Tennessee
1998	Chamique Holdsclaw	Tennessee
1999	Ukari Figgs	Purdue
2000	Shea Ralph	Connecticut
2001	Ruth Riley	Notre Dame
2002	Swin Cash	Connecticut
2003	Diana Taurasi	Connecticut
2004	Diana Taurasi	Connecticut
2005	Sophia Young	Baylor
2006	Laura Harper	Maryland
2007	Candace Parker	Tennessee
2008	Candace Parker	Tennessee
2009	Tina Charles	Connecticut
1. Now Oklahoma State. 2. Changed name to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in 1972. 3. Declared ineligible after the tournament and the award was vacated. 4. Changed name to Hakeem Olajuwon in 1991.

Source: National Collegiate Athletic Association.

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