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The Oscar Robertson Trophy is given out annually to outstanding men's college basketball players by the United States Basketball Writers Association. The trophy is considered to be the oldest of its kind and has been given out since 1959.
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1 History
2 Past winners
3 Notes
4 References
5 External links
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[edit] History
USBWA College Player of the Year was started in 1959. Which makes it the oldest running trophy for the college player of the year. The USBWA annually selects a player of the year and All-America teams for both men and women in college basketball. The USBWA men's player of the year award is now called the Oscar Robertson Trophy.
The USBWA also selects a national coach of the year for men and women, with the men's award named after legendary coach Henry Iba. It was renamed after the college and professional legend Oscar Robertson in 1998. Five nominees are presented and the individual with the most votes receives the award during the NCAA Final Four. The Oscar Robertson Trophy, previously known as the Player of the Year Award, was renamed in 1998 because of Robertson’s outstanding career and his continuing efforts to promote the game of basketball. He averaged 32.6 points per game in his sophomore year at Cincinnati.

[edit] Past winners
2009 - Blake Griffin, Oklahoma[1]
2008 - Tyler Hansbrough, North Carolina[2]
2007 - Kevin Durant, Texas[3]
2006 - J.J. Redick, Duke and Adam Morrison, Gonzaga
2005 - Andrew Bogut, Utah
2004 - Jameer Nelson, Saint Joseph's
2003 - David West, Xavier
2002 - Jay Williams, Duke
2001 - Shane Battier, Duke
2000 - Kenyon Martin, Cincinnati
1999 - Elton Brand, Duke
1998 - Antawn Jamison, North Carolina
1997 - Tim Duncan, Wake Forest
1996 - Marcus Camby, UMass
1995 - Ed O'Bannon, UCLA
1994 - Glenn Robinson, Purdue
1993 - Calbert Cheaney, Indiana
1992 - Christian Laettner, Duke
1991 - Larry Johnson, UNLV
1990 - Lionel Simmons, La Salle
1989 - Danny Ferry, Duke
1988 - Hersey Hawkins, Bradley
1987 - David Robinson, Navy
1986 - Walter Berry, St. John's
1985 - Chris Mullin, St. John's
1984 - Michael Jordan, North Carolina
1983 - Ralph Sampson, Virginia
1982 - Ralph Sampson, Virginia
1981 - Ralph Sampson, Virginia
1980 - Mark Aguirre, DePaul
1979 - Larry Bird, Indiana State
1978 - Phil Ford, North Carolina
1977 - Marques Johnson, UCLA
1976 - Adrian Dantley, Notre Dame
1975 - David Thompson, N.C. State
1974 - Bill Walton, UCLA
1973 - Bill Walton, UCLA
1972 - Bill Walton, UCLA
1971 - Sidney Wicks, UCLA
1970 - Pete Maravich, LSU
1969 - Pete Maravich, LSU
1968 - Lew Alcindor, UCLA
1967 - Lew Alcindor, UCLA
1966 - Cazzie Russell, Michigan
1965 - Bill Bradley, Princeton
1964 - Walt Hazzard, UCLA
1963 - Art Heyman, Duke
1962 - Jerry Lucas, Ohio State
1961 - Jerry Lucas, Ohio State
1960 - Oscar Robertson, Cincinnati
1959 - Oscar Robertson, Cincinnati

[edit] Notes
^ USBWA SELECTS OKLAHOMA'S GRIFFIN AS PLAYER OF THE YEAR
^ Hansbrough named college player of year - UPI.com
^ United States Basketball Writers Association (2007-03-27). USBWA names Durant, Bennett as player, coach of the year. Press release. http://www.sportswriters.net/usbwa/news/2007/robertson070327.html. Retrieved on 2007-03-27.

[edit] References
Announcement of 2006 award on Robertson's business site; also gives history of award

[edit] External links
Official Oscar Robertson Trophy Site
Forum for the Oscar Robertson Trophy Site