Basketball award
The Most Outstanding Player is awarded to one player after the conclusion of the championship game of the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament and NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament . Accredited media members at the championship game vote on the award.
The player that wins the award is usually a member of the championship team. Ten men and one woman have won the award despite not winning the championship. The last man to do so was Akeem Olajuwon in 1983 and Dawn Staley was the only woman to do so when she won the award in 1991.
Six men and five women have won the award multiple times. Lew Alcindor won the award three times from 1967 to 1969 and Breanna Stewart won the women's award four times from 2013 to 2016.
One person has vacated the award. In 1971, Howard Porter won the award despite Villanova losing to UCLA in the championship game. Villanova later vacated their entire season. One other person, Luke Hancock , had his MOP award vacated when the NCAA vacated Louisville's 2013 national championship , but the NCAA later restored to the award as part of a settlement in a lawsuit with him due to him not being involved in the scandal.
In 1944 , Arnie Ferrin of Utah was the first freshman to win the award.[1]
Past winners
An asterisk (*) next to a player's name indicates they did not play for the championship team.
NCAA Men's Division I Most Outstanding Player
1939 – Jimmy Hull , Ohio State *1940 – Marvin Huffman , Indiana 1941 – John Kotz , Wisconsin 1942 – Howie Dallmar , Stanford 1943 – Ken Sailors , Wyoming 1944 – Arnie Ferrin , Utah 1945 – Bob Kurland , Oklahoma A&M 1946 – Bob Kurland , Oklahoma A&M 1947 – George Kaftan , Holy Cross 1948 – Alex Groza , Kentucky 1949 – Alex Groza , Kentucky 1950 – Irwin Dambrot , CCNY 1951 – Bill Spivey , Kentucky1952 – 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 State1961 – 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 , UCLA1968 – Lew Alcindor , UCLA1969 – Lew Alcindor , UCLA1970 – Sidney Wicks , UCLA1971 – Vacated[a] 1972 – Bill Walton , UCLA1973 – Bill Walton , UCLA1974 – David Thompson , NC State 1975 – Richard Washington , UCLA1976 – Kent Benson , Indiana1977 – Butch Lee , Marquette 1978 – Jack Givens , Kentucky1979 – Earvin Johnson , Michigan State 1980 – Darrell Griffith , Louisville 1981 – Isiah Thomas , Indiana1982 – James Worthy , North Carolina 1983 – Akeem Olajuwon , Houston *1984 – Patrick Ewing , Georgetown 1985 – Ed Pinckney , Villanova1986 – Pervis Ellison , Louisville1987 – Keith Smart , Indiana1988 – Danny Manning , Kansas1989 – Glen Rice , Michigan 1990 – Anderson Hunt , UNLV 1991 – Christian Laettner , Duke1992 – Bobby Hurley , Duke1993 – Donald Williams , North Carolina1994 – Corliss Williamson , Arkansas 1995 – Ed O'Bannon , UCLA1996 – Tony Delk , Kentucky1997 – Miles Simon , Arizona 1998 – Jeff Sheppard , Kentucky1999 – Richard Hamilton , Connecticut 2000 – Mateen Cleaves , Michigan State2001 – Shane Battier , Duke2002 – Juan Dixon , Maryland 2003 – Carmelo Anthony , Syracuse 2004 – Emeka Okafor , Connecticut2005 – Sean May , North Carolina2006 – Joakim Noah , Florida 2007 – Corey Brewer , Florida2008 – Mario Chalmers , Kansas2009 – Wayne Ellington , North Carolina2010 – Kyle Singler , Duke2011 – Kemba Walker , Connecticut2012 – Anthony Davis , Kentucky2013 – Luke Hancock , Louisville[b] 2014 – Shabazz Napier , Connecticut2015 – Tyus Jones , Duke2016 – Ryan Arcidiacono , Villanova2017 – Joel Berry II , North Carolina2018 – Donte DiVincenzo , Villanova2019 – Kyle Guy , Virginia 2020 – None[c] 2021 – Jared Butler , Baylor 2022 – Ochai Agbaji , Kansas2023 – Adama Sanogo , Connecticut
NCAA women's Division I Most Outstanding Player
1982 – Janice Lawrence , Louisiana Tech
1983 – Cheryl Miller , Southern California
1984 – Cheryl Miller , Southern California
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 M. 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
2010 – Maya Moore , Connecticut
2011 – Danielle Adams , Texas A&M
2012 – Brittney Griner , Baylor
2013 – Breanna Stewart , Connecticut
2014 – Breanna Stewart , Connecticut
2015 – Breanna Stewart , Connecticut
2016 – Breanna Stewart , Connecticut
2017 – A'ja Wilson , South Carolina
2018 – Arike Ogunbowale , Notre Dame
2019 – Chloe Jackson , Baylor
2020 – None[c] 2021 – Haley Jones , Stanford
2022 – Aliyah Boston , South Carolina
2023 – Angel Reese , LSU
NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player
*Ruled ineligible after tournament
NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player
NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
Tournaments
Structure Champions & awards Media Records & statistics
U.S. men's college basketball awards
U.S. men's college basketball awards
National players of the year Player awards Conference players of the year Head coach awards Conference coaches of the year Division awards Other awards
U.S. women's college basketball awards
U.S. women's college basketball awards
National players of the year Individual awards Conference players of the year Head coach awards Conference coaches of the year Other awards