1978 Scott Schaeffer, DePaul
1979 Terry Kiel, Mankato State
1980 Steve Geck, Saint Cloud
1981 Mark Fredo, Clarion State
1982 Michael Eckert, George Mason
1983 Philip Shelburne, Southern Utah
1984 Greg Dolph, Bradley
1985 Greg Dolph, Bradley
1986 Greg Dolph, Bradley
1987 Vincent Bly, Kansas State
1988 Florence Woodard, Howard
1989 Sarah Braun, Bradley
1990 Paige Petrucka, Southern Utah
1991 Zoe Brown, U of Alabama
1992 Jason Davidson, Bradley
1993 August Benassi, Bradley
1994 Dustin Abraham, Arizona State
1995 Andrew Greene, California State-LA
1996 Esther Austin, California State-Chico
1997 Eduardo Maytorena, California State-LA
1998 Sara Mayer, U of Texas, Austin
1999 Jill Valentine, Bradley
2000 Paige White, U of Alabama
2001 Ryan Knowles, U of LaVerne
2002 Javon Johnson, California State, LA
2003 Scott Boras, U of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
2004 Tatiana Simonian, California State University, Los Angeles
2005 Robert Hawkins, San Francisco State University
2006 Ashley Brasfield, Western Kentucky University
2007 Sonequa Martin, University of Alabama
2008 Julia Kolsrud, Arizona State University
2009 Nick Bateman, George Mason University
2010 Amanda Voirol, Bradley University
2011 Kane Kennedy, James Madison University
2012 Kaybee Brown, Lone Star College North Harris
2013 Kaybee Brown, Bradley University
2014 Robi Mahan, Illinois State University
2015 Karlee Currin, University of Nebraska Omaha
2016 Abigail Onwunali, University of Texas at Austin
2017 Caleb Merritt, Hastings College
2018 Marianna Garcia, University of Texas at Austin
2019 Sarah Courville, University of Texas at Austin
2020 No Champion. NST cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2021 Paige Allbright, Western Kentucky University