Today's Top 10 Award

The Today's Top 10 Award is given each year by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) to honor ten former outstanding senior student-athletes. The award was previously known by three different names, each reflecting the number of recipients:

• Today's Top V Award or the Top Five Award (1973–1985)
• Today's Top VI Award (1986–1994)
• Today's Top VIII Award (1995–2013)

Below is a list of the recipients of the Today's Top 10 Award given each year by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) since its inception in 1973. The names of these exceptional individuals are engraved in the Hall of Honor at the NCAA Hall of Champions on the NCAA Headquarters in Indianapolis, Indiana. Recognition in the NCAA Hall of Honor ensures these athletes are remembered. They have reached the pinnacle of national athletic and academic success through their accomplishments. As of 2020, there are more than 480,000 NCAA student-athletes annually. This award recognizes the nation's best former student-athletes from every NCAA sport and division. Each year, the recipients are honored at the NCAA Convention.

Winter/spring sports considered include baseball, basketball, women's beach volleyball, fencing, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle, rowing, skiing, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, indoor and outdoor track and field, men's volleyball, women's water polo and wrestling. Fall sports considered include cross country, field hockey, football, soccer, women's indoor volleyball and men's water polo.

List of recipients

This is a list of the recipients of the Today's Top 10 Award given each year by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) since its inception in 1973. The names of these exceptional individuals are engraved in the Hall of Honor at the NCAA Hall of Champions on the NCAA Headquarters in Indianapolis, Indiana. Recognition in the NCAA Hall of Honor ensures these athletes are remembered. They have reached the pinnacle of national athletic and academic success through their accomplishments. As of 2020, there are more than 480,000 NCAA student-athletes annually. This award recognizes the nation's best former student-athletes from every NCAA sport and division. Each year, the recipients are honored at the NCAA Convention.

2025 recipients

Recipient	School	Sport
Template:Sortname	Harvard University	Skiing
Template:Sortname	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	Indoor Track and Field, Outdoor Track and Field
Template:Sortname	Wartburg College	Football
Template:Sortname	Arizona State University	Swimming and Diving
Template:Sortname	University of Tennessee	Softball
Template:Sortname	University of Georgia	Cross Country, Outdoor Track and Field
Template:Sortname	University of Washington	Football
Template:Sortname	Auburn University	Gymnastics
Template:Sortname	Metropolitan State University of Denver	Softball
Template:Sortname	Texas Woman's University	Gymnastics

2024 recipients

Recipient	School	Sport
Template:Sortname	University of Missouri	Basketball
Template:Sortname	University of Georgia	Swimming and Diving
Template:Sortname	Stanford University	Water Polo
Template:Sortname	Pennsylvania Western University, California	Indoor Track and Field, Outdoor Track and Field
Template:Sortname	Lipscomb University	Soccer
Template:Sortname	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Cross Country, Indoor Track and Field, Outdoor Track and Field
Template:Sortname	University of Tennessee	Softball
Template:Sortname	University of Florida	Gymnastics
Template:Sortname	Case Western Reserve University	Soccer
Template:Sortname	Arizona State University	Indoor Track and Field, Outdoor Track and Field

2023 recipients

Recipient	School	Sport
Template:Sortname	Columbia University	Fencing
Template:Sortname	North Carolina State University	Tennis
Template:Sortname	Stanford University	Swimming and Diving
Template:Sortname	Stanford University	Soccer
Template:Sortname	Rutgers University	Field Hockey
Template:Sortname	Central College	Football
Template:Sortname	West Chester University	Gymnastics
Template:Sortname	St. John Fisher University	Lacrosse
Template:Sortname	Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach	Tennis
Template:Sortname	University of Kentucky	Indoor Track and Field, Outdoor Track and Field

2022 recipients

Recipient	School	Sport
Template:Sortname	University of Miami	Tennis
Template:Sortname	University of Southern California	Indoor Track and Field, Outdoor Track and Field
Template:Sortname	Augustana University	Softball
Template:Sortname	University of Notre Dame	Fencing
Template:Sortname	Saginaw Valley State University	Indoor Track and Field, Outdoor Track and Field
Template:Sortname	University of Alabama	Football
Template:Sortname	Washington University in St. Louis	Indoor Track and Field, Outdoor Track and Field
Template:Sortname	University of Denver	Lacrosse
Template:Sortname	Columbia University	Tennis
Template:Sortname	Illinois Wesleyan University	Basketball

2021 recipients

Recipient	School	Sport
Template:Sortname	University of Pennsylvania	Cross Country, Indoor Track and Field, Outdoor Track and Field
Template:Sortname	Washington University in St. Louis	Tennis
Template:Sortname	University of Miami	Indoor Track and Field, Outdoor Track and Field
Template:Sortname	University of Texas at Austin	Swimming, Diving
Template:Sortname	Duke University	Fencing
Template:Sortname	Missouri University of Science and Technology	Football
Template:Sortname	University of California, Los Angeles	Beach Volleyball
Template:Sortname	Whitworth University	Cross Country, Indoor Track and Field, Outdoor Track and Field, Basketball
Template:Sortname	University of Kentucky	Swimming, Diving
Template:Sortname	West Chester University of Pennsylvania	Rugby

2020 recipients

Recipient	School	Sport
Template:Sortname	Baylor University	Tennis
Template:Sortname	Columbia University	Fencing
Template:Sortname	Duke University	Golf
Template:Sortname	West Chester University of Pennsylvania	Field hockey
Template:Sortname	Augustana University	Football
Template:Sortname	Case Western Reserve University	Indoor Track and Field, Outdoor Track and Field
Template:Sortname	Kenyon College	Swimming
Template:Sortname	Vanderbilt University	Bowling
Template:Sortname	University of Nebraska, Lincoln	Gymnastics
Template:Sortname	West Virginia University	Rifle

2019 recipients

Recipient	School	Sport
Template:Sortname	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Basketball, Softball
Template:Sortname	St. Cloud State University	Swimming
Template:Sortname	West Virginia University	Basketball
Template:Sortname	University of Alabama	Swimming
Template:Sortname	Washington University in St. Louis	Cross Country, Indoor Track and Field, Outdoor Track and Field
Template:Sortname	University of Florida	Gymnastics
Template:Sortname	University of Georgia	Track and field
Template:Sortname	Yale University	Lacrosse
Template:Sortname	Ohio State University	Wrestling
Template:Sortname	Kenyon College	Swimming

2018 recipients

Recipient	School	Sport
Template:Sortname	Auburn University	Softball
Template:Sortname	Saint Leo University	Golf
Template:Sortname	Washington University in St. Louis	Soccer
Template:Sortname	University of Kentucky	Swimming, Diving
Template:Sortname	Texas A&M University, College Station	Swimming, Diving
Template:Sortname	Concordia University, St. Paul	Volleyball
Template:Sortname	University of Virginia	Tennis
Template:Sortname	Stevens Institute of Technology	Track and field
Template:Sortname	Washington University in St. Louis	Track and field
Template:Sortname	Stanford University	Water Polo

2017 recipients

Recipient	School	Sport
Template:Sortname	Milwaukee School of Engineering	Soccer
Template:Sortname	Emory University	Swimming, Diving
Template:Sortname	Northeastern University	Ice hockey
Template:Sortname	University of Arkansas, Fayetteville	Track and field
Template:Sortname	Lindenwood University	Ice hockey
Template:Sortname	Case Western Reserve University	Tennis
Template:Sortname	University of Alabama	Softball
Template:Sortname	University of South Carolina, Columbia	Basketball
Template:Sortname	Mississippi State University	Football
Template:Sortname	Ferris State University	Football

2016 recipients

Recipient	School	Sport
Template:Sortname	Johns Hopkins	Swimming, Diving
Template:Sortname	Penn State	Wrestling
Template:Sortname	Washington (MO)	Cross-country, track and field
Template:Sortname	Clarkson	Baseball, basketball
Template:Sortname	Utah	Gymnastics
Template:Sortname	Clarion	Swimming, Diving
Template:Sortname	Bridgeport	Swimming, Diving
Template:Sortname	Kentucky	Track and field
Template:Sortname	Florida State	Cross-country, track and field
Template:Sortname	South Dakota State	Football

2015 recipients

Recipient	School	Sport
Template:Sortname	Bentley University	Basketball
Template:Sortname	Dartmouth College	Cross Country, Track and field
Template:Sortname	Loyola University	Lacrosse
Template:Sortname	Grand Valley State University	Track and field
Template:Sortname	University of Oklahoma	Football
Template:Sortname	University of Alabama	Gymnastics
Template:Sortname	Emory University	Softball
Template:Sortname	Calvin College	Cross Country, Track and field
Template:Sortname	Livingstone College	Basketball
Template:Sortname	University of Georgia	Swimming

2014 recipients

Recipient	School	Sport
Template:Sortname	Arizona	Track and field
Template:Sortname	North Carolina	Soccer
Template:Sortname	Tennessee	Softball
Template:Sortname	Delaware	Basketball, volleyball
Template:Sortname	Concordia (St. Paul)	Volleyball
Template:Sortname	Alabama	Football
Template:Sortname	North Dakota	Ice hockey
Template:Sortname	Wisconsin–Stout	Cross-country, track and field
Template:Sortname	Clarion	Swimming, Diving
Template:Sortname	Nebraska	Tennis

Recipients

Recipients of the Top 10 Award include many notable athletes in the United States and include John Elway, Steve Young, Peyton Manning, Eli Manning, Doug Flutie, Tiki Barber, Cheryl Miller, Drew Brees, Kendall Coyne and Elena Delle Donne.

See also

• List of recipients of Today's Top 10 Award
• Senior CLASS Award (top student-athletes—in 10 sports—based on community, classroom, character, and competition)
• NCAA Sportsmanship Award (student-athletes who have demonstrated one or more of the ideals of sportsmanship)
• NCAA Woman of the Year Award (senior female student-athlete)
• Walter Byers Scholarship (NCAA) (top male and female scholar-athletes)
• Silver Anniversary Awards (former student-athletes)

External links

• Today's Top 10 Award — NCAA website