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, coaches, and sports administrators. 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.

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

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