| Year | SoccerTimes | NSCAA |
| 2000 |
Anson Dorrance
North Carolina |
- |
| 1999 |
- |
Patrick Farmer
Penn State |
| 1998 |
Anson Dorrance
North Carolina |
Becky Burleigh
Florida |
| 1997 |
Pat Farmer
Penn State | Len Tsantiris
Connecticut |
| 1996 |
| John Walker
Nebraska |
| 1995 |
| Chris Petrucelli
Notre Dame |
| 1994 |
| Chris Petrucelli
Notre Dame |
| 1993 |
| Jac Cicala
George Mason |
| 1992 |
| Bell Hempen
Duke |
| 1991 |
| Greg Ryan
Wisconsin-Milwaukee |
| 1990 |
| Lauren Gregg
Virginia |
| 1989 |
| Austin Daniels
Hartford |
| 1988 |
| Larry Gross
N.C. State |
| 1987 |
| Kalenkeni Banda
Massachusetts |
| 1986 |
| Anson Dorrance
North Carolina |
| 1985 |
| Kalenkeni Banda
Massachusetts |
| 1984 |
| Phillip Picince
Brown |
| 1983 |
| David Lombardo
Keene State |
| 1982 |
| Anson Dorrance
North Carolina |
