Naismith College Player of the Year

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The Naismith College Player of the Year award, named for basketball inventor James Naismith, is given annually by the Atlanta Tipoff Club to college basketball's top male and female player. The first award was given to Lew Alcindor, now known as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, in 1969. The first women's award was given in 1983.

The Naismith Trophy was sculpted in 1983 by Martin C. Dawe of Atlanta. Each winner receives a bronze copy.

Contents 1 Award winners 1.1 Men 1.2 Women 2 See also 3 External links

[edit] Award winners

[edit] Men 1969 — Lew Alcindor, UCLA 1970 — Pete Maravich, LSU 1971 — Austin Carr, Notre Dame 1972 — Bill Walton, UCLA 1973 — Bill Walton, UCLA 1974 — Bill Walton, UCLA 1975 — David Thompson, N.C. State 1976 — Scott May, Indiana 1977 — Marques Johnson, UCLA 1978 — Butch Lee, Marquette 1979 — Larry Bird, Indiana State 1980 — Mark Aguirre, DePaul 1981 — Ralph Sampson, Virginia 1982 — Ralph Sampson, Virginia 1983 — Ralph Sampson, Virginia 1984 — Michael Jordan, North Carolina 1985 — Patrick Ewing, Georgetown 1986 — Johnny Dawkins, Duke 1987 — David Robinson, Navy 1988 — Danny Manning, Kansas 1989 — Danny Ferry, Duke 1990 — Lionel Simmons, La Salle 1991 — Larry Johnson, UNLV 1992 — Christian Laettner, Duke 1993 — Calbert Cheaney, Indiana 1994 — Glenn Robinson, Purdue 1995 — Joe Smith, Maryland 1996 — Marcus Camby, Massachusetts 1997 — Tim Duncan, Wake Forest 1998 — Antawn Jamison, North Carolina 1999 — Elton Brand, Duke 2000 — Kenyon Martin, Cincinnati 2001 — Shane Battier, Duke 2002 — Jason Williams, Duke 2003 — T. J. Ford, Texas 2004 — Jameer Nelson, Saint Joseph's 2005 — Andrew Bogut, Utah 2006 — J. J. Redick, Duke 2007 — Kevin Durant, Texas 2008 — Tyler Hansbrough, North Carolina 2009 — Blake Griffin, Oklahoma

[edit] Women 1983 — Anne Donovan, Old Dominion 1984 — Cheryl Miller, USC 1985 — Cheryl Miller, USC 1986 — Cheryl Miller, USC 1987 — Clarissa Davis, Texas 1988 — Sue Wicks, Rutgers 1989 — Clarissa Davis, Texas 1990 — Jennifer Azzi, Stanford 1991 — Dawn Staley, Virginia 1992 — Dawn Staley, Virginia 1993 — Sheryl Swoopes, Texas Tech 1994 — Lisa Leslie, USC 1995 — Rebecca Lobo, UConn 1996 — Saudia Roundtree, Georgia 1997 — Kate Starbird, Stanford 1998 — Chamique Holdsclaw, Tennessee 1999 — Chamique Holdsclaw, Tennessee 2000 — Tamika Catchings, Tennessee 2001 — Ruth Riley, Notre Dame 2002 — Sue Bird, UConn 2003 — Diana Taurasi, UConn 2004 — Diana Taurasi, UConn 2005 — Seimone Augustus, LSU 2006 — Seimone Augustus, LSU 2007 — Lindsey Harding, Duke 2008 — Candace Parker, Tennessee 2009 — Maya Moore, UConn

[edit] See also

• Naismith College Coach of the Year
• Wooden Award

[edit] External links

• Official site

College basketball awards:

Best player awards: Naismith Trophy | Wooden Award Oscar Robertson Trophy | Rupp Trophy | NABC Player of the Year | AP Player of the Year Wade Trophy (Women's) | Wooden Award (Women's)

Bob Cousy Award (Best Point Guard) | Pete Newell Big Man Award (Best Big Man) NABC Defensive Player of the Year | Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award (Under 6'0") NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

Naismith College Coach of the Year | Henry Iba Award | NABC Coach of the Year | AP Coach of the Year Chip Hilton Award (Player Character) | Clair Bee Award (Coaching Character) Legends of Coaching (Lifetime)

NABC Player of the Year (Div. II) | NABC Player of the Year (Div. III) | NABC Player of the Year (NAIA) | NABC Player of the Year (Juco)

v • d • e Naismith Men's College Player of the Year winners 1969: L. Alcindor  | 1970: P. Maravich  | 1971: A. Carr  | 1972: B. Walton  | 1973: B. Walton  | 1974: B. Walton  | 1975: D. Thompson  | 1976: S. May  | 1977: M. Johnson  | 1978: B. Lee  | 1979: L. Bird  | 1980: M. Aguirre  | 1981: R. Sampson  | 1982: R. Sampson  | 1983: R. Sampson  | 1984: M. Jordan  | 1985: P. Ewing  | 1986: J. Dawkins  | 1987: D. Robinson  | 1988: D. Manning  | 1989: D. Ferry  | 1990: L. Simmons  | 1991: L. Johnson  | 1992: C. Laettner  | 1993: C. Cheaney  | 1994: G. Robinson  | 1995: J. Smith  | 1996: M. Camby  | 1997: T. Duncan  | 1998: A. Jamison  | 1999: E. Brand  | 2000: K. Martin  | 2001: S. Battier  | 2002: J. Williams  | 2003: T. Ford  | 2004: J. Nelson  | 2005: A. Bogut  | 2006: J. Redick  | 2007: K. Durant  | 2008: T. Hansbrough  | 2009: B. Griffin