1978 Michael Garcia, Eastern Michigan
1979 Steve Geck, St. Cloud State
1980 Tami Gearing, Bradley
1981 Laura Gordon, Clarion State
1982 Bernard Bell, U of N. Carolina
1983 Carol Hubbard, U of Alabama
1984 Clay David, U of SW Louisiana
1985 Lisa Gillespie, U of Mississippi
1986 Greg Dolph, Bradley
1987 Ken Klawitter, Bradley
1988 Jenny McKnight, U of Alabama
1989 Karin Eliason, Biola
1990 Sarah Braun, Bradley
1991 Celeste Devore, Illinois State
1992 Hilari Weinstein, U of Texas Austin
1993 Terry Parks, U of Oklahoma
1994 David Smith, Brooklyn College
1995 Ed Reed, Bradley
1996 Lori Graybill, Arizona State
1997 Gina Post, Bradley
1998 Nicole Fuller, U of Alabama
1999 David Wilson-Brown, U of Texas, Arlington
2000 Paige Erickson, Hastings College
2001 Ryan Knowles, U of LaVerne
2002 Nathan Jackson, Kansas State Univ.
2003 Nathan Jackson, Kansas State Univ.
2004 Adam Navarro, Orange Coast College
2005 Shannon Maney, Illinois State University
2006 Cadi Kadlecek, Hastings College
2007 Kathy Stout, Seton Hall University
2008 Jessica Clark, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
2009 Amanda Voirol, Bradley University
2010 Eddie Gamboa, Arizona State University
2011 Chloe Radcliffe, Gustavus Adolphus College
2012 Thaddeus Fitzpatrick, University of Alabama
2013 Kaybee Brown, Bradley University
2014 Chelsea Rodriguez, University of Texas at Austin
2015 Cade Shelton, Minnesota State University, Mankato
2016 Jaylon Eashmond, William Carey University
2017 Abigail Onwunali, University of Texas at Austin
2018 Abigail Onwunali, University of Texas at Austin
2019 Ameres Groves, University of Nebraska, Omaha
2020 No Champion. NST cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2021 Joshua Beckles, Bradley University