UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Selected by UPI college basketball writers
1956 Bill Russell, San Francisco
1957 Chet Forte, Columbia
1958 Oscar Robertson, Cincinnati
1959 Oscar Robertson, Cincinnati
1960 Oscar Robertson, Cincinnati
1961 Jerry Lucas, Ohio State
1962 Jerry Lucas, Ohio State
1964 Gary Bradds, Ohio State
1965 Bill Bradley, Princeton
1966 Cazzie Russell, Michigan
1968 Elvin Hayes, Houston
1970 Pete Maravich, Louisiana State
1971 Austin Carr, Notre Dame
1975 David Thompson, North Carolina State
1977 Marques Johnson, UCLA
1978 Butch Lee, Marquette
1979 Larry Bird, Indiana State
1980 Mark Aguirre, DePaul
1981 Ralph Sampson, Virginia
1982 Ralph Sampson, Virginia
1983 Ralph Sampson, Virginia
1984 Michael Jordan, North Carolina
1985 Chris Mullin, St. John's
1986 Walter Berry, St. John's
1987 David Robinson, Navy
1988 Hersey Hawkins, Bradley
1990 Lionel Simmons, La Salle
1991 Shaquille O'Neal, Louisiana State
1992 Jim Jackson, Ohio State
1993 Calbert Cheaney, Indiana
1994 Glenn Robinson, Purdue
1996 Ray Allen, Connecticut
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