Adolph Rupp Trophy

This article is about the discontinued NCAA basketball player award. For the discontinued NCAA basketball coach award, see Adolph Rupp Cup.

The Adolph F. Rupp Trophy was an annual college basketball award given to the top player in men's NCAA Division I competition. It was awarded between 1972 and 2015. The recipient of the award was selected by an independent panel consisting of national sportswriters and broadcasters.^[1] The trophy was presented each year at the site of the Final Four of the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. The Adolph F. Rupp Trophy was administered by the Commonwealth Athletic Club of Kentucky, a non-profit organization with a primary mission of honoring the legacy of University of Kentucky coach Adolph Rupp.^[2]

Adolph F. Rupp Trophy

Awarded for	the nation's top NCAA Division I men's basketball player
Country	United States
Presented by	Commonwealth Athletic Club of Kentucky
History
First award	1972
Final award	2015

Key

Player (X)

Denotes the number of times the player has been awarded the Adolph Rupp Trophy award at that point

Winners

Bill Walton, UCLA, 1972 through 1974

Larry Bird, Indiana State, 1979

Mark Aguirre, DePaul, 1980

Patrick Ewing, Georgetown, 1985

Sean Elliott, Arizona, 1989

Glenn Robinson, Purdue, 1994

David West, Xavier, 2003

Kevin Durant, Texas, 2007

Jimmer Fredette, BYU, 2011

Frank Kaminsky, Wisconsin, 2015

Season	Player	School	Position	Class	Reference
1971–72	Bill Walton	UCLA	C	Sophomore	[3]
1972–73	Bill Walton (2)	UCLA	C	Junior	[3]
1973–74	Bill Walton (3)	UCLA	C	Senior	[3]
1974–75	David Thompson	NC State	SG / SF	Senior	[4]
1975–76	Scott May	Indiana	F	Senior	[5]
1976–77	Marques Johnson	UCLA	G / F	Senior	[6]
1977–78	Butch Lee	Marquette	PG	Senior	[7]
1978–79	Larry Bird	Indiana State	SF	Senior	[8]
1979–80	Mark Aguirre	DePaul	SF	Sophomore	[9]
1980–81	Ralph Sampson	Virginia	C	Sophomore	[10]
1981–82	Ralph Sampson (2)	Virginia	C	Junior	[10]
1982–83	Ralph Sampson (3)	Virginia	C	Senior	[10]
1983–84	Michael Jordan	North Carolina	SG	Junior	[11]
1984–85	Patrick Ewing	Georgetown	C	Senior	[12]
1985–86	Walter Berry	St. John's	PF	Senior	[13]
1986–87	David Robinson	Navy	C	Senior	[14]
1987–88	Hersey Hawkins	Bradley	SG	Senior	[15]
1988–89	Sean Elliott	Arizona	SF	Senior	[16]
1989–90	Lionel Simmons	La Salle	SF	Senior	[17]
1990–91	Shaquille O'Neal	LSU	C	Sophomore	[18]
1991–92	Christian Laettner	Duke	F	Senior	[19]
1992–93	Calbert Cheaney	Indiana	SF	Senior	[20]
1993–94	Glenn Robinson	Purdue	SF / PF	Junior	[21]
1994–95	Joe Smith	Maryland	C	Sophomore	[22]
1995–96	Marcus Camby	UMass	C	Junior	[23]
1996–97	Tim Duncan	Wake Forest	C	Senior	[24]
1997–98	Antawn Jamison	North Carolina	SF	Junior	[25]
1998–99	Elton Brand	Duke	C	Sophomore	[26]
1999–00	Kenyon Martin	Cincinnati	PF	Senior	[27]
2000–01	Shane Battier	Duke	SF / SG	Senior	[28]
2001–02	Jason Williams	Duke	PG	Junior	[29]
2002–03	David West	Xavier	PF	Senior	[30]
2003–04	Jameer Nelson	Saint Joseph's	PG	Senior	[31]
2004–05	JJ Redick	Duke	SG	Junior	[32]
2005–06	JJ Redick (2)	Duke	SG	Senior	[33]
2006–07	Kevin Durant	Texas	SF	Freshman	[34]
2007–08	Tyler Hansbrough	North Carolina	PF	Junior	[35]
2008–09	Blake Griffin	Oklahoma	PF	Sophomore	[36]
2009–10	John Wall	Kentucky	PG	Freshman	[37]
2010–11	Jimmer Fredette	BYU	PG	Senior	[38]
2011–12	Anthony Davis	Kentucky	C	Freshman	[39]
2012–13	Victor Oladipo	Indiana	SG	Junior	[40]
2013–14	Doug McDermott	Creighton	SF	Senior	[41]
2014–15	Frank Kaminsky	Wisconsin	PF	Senior	[42]