WINNERS OF THE SIX MAJOR NCAA NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARDS ----------------------------------------------------------------- Taken from Mike Douchant's "Inside Sports College Basketball", 1997 edition, pp. 663-666 and updated through '99. UPI ceased after '96. Note: Both Douchant and the NCAA record book show the first AP award being given out in 1961. But several other sources list AP awards from 1955-1960. I've included them here, pending clarification. They match the UPI winner except for Wilt in 1957 ACC players denoted by ALL CAPS Year PLAYER, School AP UPI USBWA NABC Naismith Wooden ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2002 JASON WILLIAMS, Duke * * *tie * * 2002 Drew Gooden, Kansas *tie ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2001 SHANE BATTIER, Duke * * * * 2001 JASON WILLIAMS, Duke * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2000 Kenyon Martin, Cincinnati * * * * * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1999 ELTON BRAND, Duke * * * * * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1998 ANTAWN JAMISON, North Carolina * * * * * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1997 TIM DUNCAN, Wake Forest * * * * * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1996 Marcus Camby, Massachusetts * * * * * Ray Allen, Connecticut * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1995 JOE SMITH, Maryland * * * Shawn Respert, Michigan State * Ed O'Banon, UCLA * * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1994 Glenn Robinson, Purdue * * * * * * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1993 Calbert Cheaney, Indiana * * * * * * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1992 CHRISTIAN LAETTNER, Duke * * * * * Jim Jackson, Ohio State * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1991 Larry Johnson, UNLV * * * * Shaquille O'Neal, LSU * * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1990 Lionel Simmons, LaSalle * * * * * * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1989 DANNY FERRY, Duke * * * Sean Elliot, Arizona * * * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1988 Hersey Hawkins, Bradley * * * Danny Manning, Kansas * * * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1987 David Robinson, Navy * * * * * * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1986 Walter Berry, St. John's * * * * * JOHNNY DAWKINS, Duke * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1985 Patrick Ewing, Georgetown * * * Chris Mullin, St. John's * * * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1984 MICHAEL JORDAN, North Carolina * * * * * * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1983 RALPH SAMPSON, Virginia * * * * * * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1982 RALPH SAMPSON, Virginia * * * * * * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1981 RALPH SAMPSON, Virginia * * * * Danny Ainge, Brigham Young * * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1980 Mark Aguirre, DePaul * * * * Michael Brooks, LaSalle * Darrell Griffith, Louisville * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1979 Larry Bird, Indiana State * * * * * * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1978 Butch Lee, Marquette * * * PHIL FORD, North Carolina * * * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1977 Marques Johnson, UCLA * * * * * * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1976 Scott May, Indiana * * * * Adrian Dantley, Notre Dame * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1975 DAVID THOMPSON, N.C. State * * * * * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1974 Bill Walton, UCLA * * * DAVID THOMPSON, N.C. State * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1973 Bill Walton, UCLA * * * * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1972 Bill Walton, UCLA * * * * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1971 Austin Carr, Notre Dame * * * Sidney Wicks, UCLA * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1970 Pete Maravich, LSU * * * * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1969 Lew Alcindor, UCLA * * * * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1968 Elvin Hayes, Houston * * * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1967 Lew Alcindor, UCLA * * * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1966 Cazzie Russell, Michigan * * * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1965 Bill Bradley, Princeton * * * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1964 Gary Bradds, Ohio State * * Walt Hazzard, UCLA * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1963 ART HEYMAN, Duke * * * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1962 Jerry Lucas, Ohio State * * * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1961 Jerry Lucas, Ohio State * * * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1960 Oscar Robertson, Cincinnati * * * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1959 Oscar Robertson, Cincinnati * * * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1958 Oscar Robertson, Cincinnati * * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1957 Wilt Chamberlain, Kansas * 1957 Chet Forte, Columbia * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1956 Bill Russell, San Francisco * * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1955 Tom Gola, LaSalle * * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------