UPI College Basketball Player of the Year

The UPI College Basketball Player of the Year was a men's college basketball award given each year to the nation's most outstanding player as voted on by UPI sportswriters. The award was terminated in 1995, when UPI ceased operations.

1955	Tom Gola	La Salle	F
1956	Bill Russell	San Francisco	C
1957	Chet Forte	Columbia	G
1958	Oscar Robertson	Cincinnati	G
1959	Oscar Robertson	Cincinnati	G
1960	Oscar Robertson	Cincinnati	G

1961	Jerry Lucas	Ohio State	F/C
1962	Jerry Lucas	Ohio State	F/C
1963	Art Heyman	Duke	G/F
1964	Gary Bradds	Ohio State	F
1965	Bill Bradley	Princeton	F/G
1966	Cazzie Russell	Michigan	G
1967	Lew Alcindor	Cal-Los Angeles	C
1968	Elvin Hayes	Houston	F/C
1969	Lew Alcindor	Cal-Los Angeles	C
1970	Pete Maravich	Louisiana State	G

1971	Austin Carr	Notre Dame	G
1972	Bill Walton	Cal-Los Angeles	C
1973	Bill Walton	Cal-Los Angeles	C
1974	Bill Walton	Cal-Los Angeles	C
1975	David Thompson	North Carolina State	G/F
1976	Scott May	Indiana	F
1977	Marques Johnson	Cal-Los Angeles	G/F
1978	Butch Lee	Marquette	G
1979	Larry Bird	Indiana State	F
1980	Mark Aguirre	DePaul	F

1981	Ralph Sampson	Virginia	C
1982	Ralph Sampson	Virginia	C
1983	Ralph Sampson	Virginia	C
1984	Michael Jordan	North Carolina	G
1985	Chris Mullin	Saint John's (NY)	F/G
1986	Walter Berry	Saint John's (NY)	F
1987	David Robinson	Navy	C
1988	Hersey Hawkins	Bradley	G
1989	Danny Ferry	Duke	F/C
1990	Lionel Simmons	La Salle	F

1991	Shaquille O'Neal	Louisiana State	C
1992	Jim Jackson	Ohio State	G
1993	Calbert Cheaney	Indiana	F
1994	Glenn Robinson	Purdue	F
1995	Joe Smith	Maryland	C
1996	Ray Allen	Connecticut	G