Naismith College Player of the Year The Naismith College Player of the Year is an annual basketball award given by the Atlanta Tipoff Club to the top men's and women's collegiate basketball players. It is named in honor of the inventor of basketball, Dr. James Naismith.History and selection First awarded exclusively to male players in 1969, the award was expanded to include female players in 1983. Annually before the college season begins in November, a "watchlist" consisting of 50 players is chosen by the Atlanta Tipoff Club board of selectors, comprising head coaches , administrators and media members from across the United States. By February, the list of nominees is narrowed down to 30 players based on performance. In March, four out of the 30 players are selected as finalists and are placed in the final ballot. The final winners are selected in April by both the board of selectors and fan voting via text messaging . The winners receive the Naismith Trophy . Since its beginning in 1969, the trophy has been awarded to 43 male and 23 female players. Lew Alcindor of the University of California, Los Angeles and Anne Donovan of Old Dominion University were the first winners, respectively. Bill Walton of UCLA and Ralph Sampson of the University of Virginia have been the only men to win this award multiple times, with both winning three times. Eight women in all have won this award multiple times. Cheryl Miller of the University of Southern California and Breanna Stewart of the University of Connecticut are the only three-times winners, while seven others won it twice: Clarissa Davis of the University of Texas , Dawn Staley of the University of Virginia , Chamique Holdsclaw of the University of Tennessee , Diana Taurasi and Maya Moore of the University of Connecticut, Seimone Augustus of Louisiana State University , and Brittney Griner of Baylor University . Davis and Moore are the only ones of either sex to have won multiple times in non-consecutive years. Two award winners were born in United States territories: The only three award winners who have been born outside the jurisdiction of the United States were: Three of these players were developed at least partially in the U.S. proper—Lee was raised in Harlem from early childhood , Ewing immigrated to the Boston area at age 12 , and Hield attended high school in suburban Wichita, Kansas . Duncan did not move to the U.S. proper until he arrived at Wake Forest University , and Bogut lived in Australia until his arrival at the University of Utah .Duke has had the most male winners with eight, while UConn has had the most female winners, with ten awards won by six individuals. The award has been won by a freshman three times: Kevin Durant playing for Texas in 2007, in 2012 by Anthony Davis of Kentucky and Zion Williamson of Duke in 2019Winners Men Year Player College Position Class 1969 * UCLA C 1970 * LSU G 1971 Notre Dame G 1972 * UCLA C 1973 * UCLA C 1974 * UCLA C 1975 * N.C. State G 1976 Indiana F 1977 UCLA F 1978 Marquette G 1979 * Indiana State F 1980 DePaul F 1981 * Virginia C 1982 * Virginia C 1983 * Virginia C 1984 * North Carolina G 1985 * Georgetown C 1986 Duke G 1987 * Navy C 1988 Kansas F 1989 Duke F 1990 La Salle F 1991 UNLV F 1992 Duke F 1993 Indiana G 1994 Purdue F 1995 Maryland F 1996 Massachusetts C 1997 * Wake Forest C 1998 North Carolina F 1999 Duke F 2000 Cincinnati F 2001 Duke F 2002 Duke G 2003 Texas G 2004 Saint Joseph's G 2005 Utah C 2006 Duke G 2007 Texas F 2008 North Carolina F 2009 Oklahoma F 2010 Ohio State G 2011 Brigham Young G 2012 Kentucky C 2013 Michigan G 2014 Creighton F 2015 Wisconsin F 2016 Oklahoma G 2017 Kansas G 2018 Villanova G 2019 Duke F 2020 Dayton F
Women Year Player College Position Class 1983 * Old Dominion C 1984 * USC F/C 1985 * USC F/C 1986 * USC F/C 1987 Texas F 1988 Rutgers F 1989 Texas F 1990 Stanford G 1991 * Virginia PG 1992 * Virginia PG 1993 * Texas Tech G/F 1994 * USC C 1995 * UConn C 1996 Georgia G 1997 Stanford G 1998 Tennessee F 1999 Tennessee F 2000 * Tennessee F 2001 Notre Dame C 2002 UConn G 2003 UConn G 2004 UConn G 2005 LSU G/F 2006 LSU G/F 2007 Duke PG 2008 Tennessee F 2009 UConn F 2010 UConn C 2011 UConn F 2012 Baylor C 2013 Baylor C 2014 UConn F 2015 UConn F 2016 UConn F 2017 Washington PG 2018 South Carolina F 2019 Iowa C 2020 Oregon G
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