Ron Dayne

American football player (born 1978)

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American football player

Ron Dayne

Dayne in 2010

No. 27, 33, 36
Position:| Running back
Personal information
Born:|  (1978-03-14) March 14, 1978 (age 46)
Lynchburg, Virginia, U.S.
Height:| 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight:| 249 lb (113 kg)
Career information
High school:| Overbrook
(Pine Hill, New Jersey)
College:| Wisconsin (1996–1999)
NFL draft:| 2000 / Round: 1 / Pick: 11
Career history

* New York Giants (2000–2004)
* Denver Broncos (2005)
* Houston Texans (2006–2007)

Career highlights and awards

* Heisman Trophy (1999)
* Maxwell Award (1999)
* Walter Camp Award (1999)
* Chic Harley Award (1999)
* Doak Walker Award (1999)
* Jim Brown Award (1999)
* AP College Football Player of the Year (1999)
* SN Player of the Year (1999)
* Unanimous All-American (1999)
* 2× First-team All-American (1997, 1998)
* Third-team All-American (1996)
* Big Ten Male Athlete of the Year (2000)
* Big Ten Most Valuable Player (1999)
* Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year (1999)
* Big Ten Co-Freshman of the Year (1996)
* Wisconsin Badgers No. 33 retired

Career NFL statistics
| Rushing yards:| 3,722

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Rushing average:| 3.8
Rushing touchdowns:| 28
Receptions:| 57
Receiving yards:| 340
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR

College Football Hall of Fame

Ronald Dayne (born March 14, 1978) is an American former football running back who played for eight seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Wisconsin Badgers, where he won the 1999 Heisman Trophy. He was a first round pick of the New York Giants in the 2000 NFL Draft, and also played for the Denver Broncos and the Houston Texans.

Dayne is one of only two players in college football history to rush for 2,000-or-more yards in a single season twice in his career, the other being Troy Davis of Iowa State.[citation needed]

Dayne is the all-time rushing yards leader in NCAA Division I FBS history, with 7,125 yards with the bowl game statistics included, nonetheless the statistics accumulated in bowl games prior to 2002 are not accounted for by the NCAA. Thus, Dayne is officially recognized as the second-leading rusher behind Donnel Pumphrey.

## Early years[edit]

When Dayne was a child, his parents divorced, and he was sent to live with relatives.[1] Due to a lack of reliable adult relatives, Dayne was forced to take on a parental role to his younger sister when he was just ten years old.[2] His athleticism and speed made him a star running back at Overbrook High School in his hometown of Pine Hill, New Jersey, and he was heavily recruited by many colleges.[3] He also excelled at track and field. In 1995, he won the New Jersey Meet of Champions, setting a new meet record in the discus throw. In 1996, he won state titles in both the shot put and discus, breaking both meet records. He won the Meet of Champions in both events and breaking his own meet record in the discus. He has the fifth-best distance ever thrown in the discus by a U.S. high school athlete at 216 feet, 11 inches (66.12m).[4]

His football role was expected to change when he reached college. At 270 pounds out of high school, many felt that he was too big to be a tailback and believed he would be best suited as a fullback. Eventually, coach Barry Alvarez promised Dayne a tailback position and persuaded him to come to play for Wisconsin.

## College career[edit]

Dayne attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he played for the Wisconsin Badgers football team from 1996 to 1999. Known as the "Great Dayne" and "The Dayne Train" throughout college, Dayne was the starting running back all four years at Wisconsin and had 1,220 carries during his career.

Over his four seasons, Dayne set the NCAA Division I-A rushing record for total yards in a career. He gained 1,863 yards as a freshman, 1,421 as a sophomore, 1,325 as a junior, and 1,834 as a senior. He broke the record in the final game of the 1999 season against Iowa. Dayne ended his career with 6,397 rushing yards (which does not include yardage from the four bowl games he played in), eclipsing the record set the previous year by Ricky Williams of Texas. The record has since been eclipsed by San Diego State back Donnel Pumphrey.

Dayne excelled in three bowl games for Wisconsin. He rushed for 246 to lead the Badgers to a 38–10 victory in the 1996 Copper Bowl against Utah, garnering MVP honors. Dayne only gained 36 yards in the 1998 Outback Bowl loss against Georgia the next season, but bounced back the next two seasons with 246 yards and 200 yards, respectively, in the Badgers' 1999 and 2000 Rose Bowl wins. Dayne won MVP honors in both games, becoming only the third player in the history of the Rose Bowl to repeat as MVP — and the first and still only Big Ten player to do so. Bob Schloredt (Washington/AAWU), Charles White (USC/Pac-10) were the first two, and Vince Young (Texas/Big 12) has subsequently accomplished this feat.

Dayne won the Heisman Trophy in 1999 as well as other awards throughout college, including Big Ten Player of the Year for 1999 and All-American placement in 1996, 1998 and 1999. His name and number is one of six displayed on the Camp Randall Stadium façade. Dayne's #33 was officially retired during the November 10, 2007, game against Michigan.[5]

Dayne was inducted into the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Athletic Hall Of Fame as part of the 2009 class alongside fellow NFL player Joe Panos and MLB pitcher Thornton Kipper.[6] For his contribution to the Rose Bowl game, he was inducted into the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame on December 31, 2011.[7] In 2013, Dayne was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

### College statistics[edit]

Wisconsin Badgers

Season  | Team  | GP  | Rushing  | Receiving
Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD
1996 | Wisconsin | 13 | 325 | 2,109 | 6.5 | 21 | 14 | 133 | 9.5 | 0
1997 | Wisconsin | 13 | 263 | 1,457 | 5.5 | 15 | 10 | 117 | 11.7 | 0
1998 | Wisconsin | 12 | 295 | 1,525 | 5.2 | 15 | 6 | 45 | 7.5 | 0
1999 | Wisconsin | 12 | 337 | 2,034 | 6.0 | 20 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0
Totals | 50 | 1,220 | 7,125 | 5.8 | 71 | 31 | 304 | 9.8 | 0

## Professional career[edit]

Dayne receives a handoff from Matt Schaub in 2007

Dayne was selected in the first round with the 11th overall pick of the 2000 NFL Draft by the New York Giants.[8] In Dayne's first season he teamed up with Tiki Barber in the backfield to create the tandem known as "Thunder and Lightning," a combination of Dayne's power and Barber's speed. The Giants went on to play in Super Bowl XXXV.[9] Over the next few years, Dayne's carries slowly diminished, with head coach Jim Fassel, with whom Dayne already had a contentious relationship, growing increasingly disappointed with Dayne's supposed lack of commitment to lose weight. Fassel reportedly also did not like Dayne's halfback running style, and tried to make him a goal line back. Dayne missed every game during the 2003 regular season due to injury, and the Giants refused to trade him.[10] After Fassel was fired,[11] Dayne shed 40 pounds and received a second chance under new head coach Tom Coughlin. Dayne saw minimal playing time during the 2004 regular season. The Giants did not attempt to re-sign Dayne, and he later signed a one-year deal with the Denver Broncos for the 2005 season. He was re-signed in the 2006 offseason and named the starter, but fell on the depth chart as the pre-season went along and was cut on September 2, 2006. The Houston Texans claimed Dayne off waivers the following day.[12]

As a member of the Houston Texans, Dayne rushed for 429 yards and five touchdowns in December 2006. In 2007, he filled in for the injured Ahman Green. Dayne did not play in the NFL after the 2007 season.

## NFL career statistics[edit]

Year  | Team  | GP  | Rushing  | Receiving  | Fumbles

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Att | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | FD | Rec | Tgt | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | FD | Fum | Lost
2000 | NYG | 16 | 228 | 770 | 3.4 | 50 | 5 | 47 | 3 | — | 11 | 3.7 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1
2001 | NYG | 16 | 180 | 690 | 3.8 | 61 | 7 | 38 | 8 | — | 67 | 8.4 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1
2002 | NYG | 16 | 125 | 428 | 3.4 | 30 | 3 | 26 | 11 | — | 49 | 4.5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1
2003 | NYG | 0 | did not play due to injury
2004 | NYG | 14 | 52 | 179 | 3.4 | 15 | 1 | 10 | 1 | — | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
2005 | DEN | 10 | 53 | 270 | 5.1 | 55 | 1 | 14 | 3 | — | 17 | 5.7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1
2006 | HOU | 11 | 151 | 612 | 4.1 | 19 | 5 | 39 | 14 | 17 | 77 | 5.5 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0
2007 | HOU | 13 | 194 | 773 | 4.0 | 39 | 6 | 43 | 17 | 24 | 112 | 6.6 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0
Career | 96 | 983 | 3,722 | 3.8 | 61 | 28 | 217 | 57 | 41 | 340 | 6.0 | 21 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 4

## See also[edit]

Dayne in 2006 with Houston

* History of the New York Giants (1994–present)
* List of NCAA Division I FBS running backs with at least 50 career rushing touchdowns
* List of college football yearly rushing leaders

## Footnotes[edit]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Latino and African American Athletes Today (2004). p. 75.
2. ^ Marvi, Robert (March 27, 2022). "The Life And Career Of Ron Dayne (Complete Story)". Retrieved December 14, 2023.
3. ^ Longman, Jere. "Penn State Overcomes Badgers' Mass", The New York Times, September 29, 1996. Accessed July 10, 2015. "Dayne grew up in Pine Hill, N.J., but showed the same indifference to Penn State's recruiting efforts as he did to its miserly defense."
4. ^ Ron Dayne player profile, National Football League Players Association. Accessed July 24, 2007. "Hometown: Berlin, NJ... Dayne was a consensus first-team All-America selection and SuperPrep’s Eastern Region Player of the Year at Overbrook High School in Berlin, N.J."
5. ^ "Dayne's Number to be Officially Retired". The Official Web Site of Wisconsin Athletics. Archived from the original on June 22, 2011. Retrieved February 22, 2010.
6. ^ "Seven to be inducted into Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame". wkow.com. August 14, 2009. Archived from the original on January 25, 2016.
7. ^ Ron Dayne, Dick Enberg and George Fleming to be Inducted into Rose Bowl Hall of Fame Archived December 5, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, Tournament of Roses Association, December 4, 2011
8. ^ "2000 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
9. ^ "Super Bowl XXXV - Baltimore Ravens vs. New York Giants - January 28th, 2001". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
10. ^ Zinser, Lynn (December 3, 2003). "PRO FOOTBALL; Dayne Accepts Idleness And Fassel Reaffirms It (Published 2003)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on August 30, 2022.
11. ^ Pennington, Bill (December 17, 2003). "Fassel Dismissed by Giants, as He Expected". The New York Times. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
12. ^ "Texans pick from leftovers". September 3, 2006.

## External links[edit]

* Ron Dayne at the College Football Hall of Fame
* Ron Dayne at Heisman.com
*   * Career statistics and player information from NFL.com · Pro Football Reference

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* 1973: Cappelletti
* 1974: Joachim
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* 1976: Dorsett
* 1977: Browner
* 1978: Fusina
* 1979: C. White
* 1980: Green
* 1981: Allen
* 1982: H. Walker
* 1983: Rozier
* 1984: Flutie
* 1985: Long
* 1986: Testaverde
* 1987: McPherson
* 1988: Sanders
* 1989: Thompson
* 1990: Detmer
* 1991: Howard
* 1992: Torretta
* 1993: Ward
* 1994: Collins
* 1995: George
* 1996: Wuerffel
* 1997: P. Manning
* 1998: R. Williams
* 1999: Dayne
* 2000: Brees
* 2001: Dorsey
* 2002: Johnson
* 2003: E. Manning
* 2004: J. White
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* 2006: Quinn
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* 2008: Tebow
* 2009: McCoy
* 2010: Newton
* 2011: Luck
* 2012: Te'o
* 2013: McCarron
* 2014: Mariota
* 2015: Henry
* 2016: Jackson
* 2017: Mayfield
* 2018: Tagovailoa
* 2019: Burrow
* 2020: Smith
* 2021: B. Young
* 2022: C. Williams
* 2023: Penix Jr.

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Associated Press College Football Player of the Year winners

* 1998: R. Williams
* 1999: Dayne
* 2000: Heupel
* 2001: Grossman
* 2002: Banks
* 2003: White
* 2004: Leinart
* 2005: Bush
* 2006: T. Smith
* 2007: Tebow
* 2008: Bradford
* 2009: Suh
* 2010: Newton
* 2011: Griffin
* 2012: Manziel
* 2013: Winston
* 2014: Mariota
* 2015: McCaffrey
* 2016: Jackson
* 2017: Mayfield
* 2018: Murray
* 2019: Burrow
* 2020: D. Smith
* 2021: Young
* 2022: C. Williams
* 2023: Daniels

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Sporting News College Football Player of the Year winners

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* 1943: Bertelli
* 1944: Horvath
* 1945: Blanchard
* 1946: G. Davis
* 1947: Lujack
* 1948: D. Walker
* 1949: Hart
* 1950: Janowicz
* 1951: Kazmaier
* 1952: Vessels
* 1953: Lattner
* 1954: Cassady
* 1955: Cassady
* 1956: McDonald
* 1957: Crow
* 1958: Cannon
* 1959: Cannon
* 1960: Bellino
* 1961: Ferguson
* 1962: Baker
* 1963: Staubach
* 1964: Butkus
* 1965: Anderson & Grabowski
* 1966: Spurrier
* 1967: Beban
* 1968: Simpson
* 1969: Owens
* 1970: Plunkett
* 1971: Sullivan & Marinaro
* 1972: B. Jones
* 1973: Hicks
* 1974: A. Griffin
* 1975: A. Griffin
* 1976: Dorsett
* 1977: Campbell
* 1978: Sims
* 1979: C. White
* 1980: Green
* 1981: Allen
* 1982: H. Walker
* 1983: Rozier
* 1984: Flutie
* 1985: B. Jackson
* 1986: Testaverde
* 1987: Brown
* 1988: Sanders
* 1989: Hagen
* 1990: Ismail
* 1991: Howard
* 1992: M. Jones
* 1993: Ward
* 1994: Salaam
* 1995: Frazier
* 1996: Wuerffel
* 1997: Woodson
* 1998: R. Williams
* 1999: Dayne
* 2000: Weinke
* 2001: Crouch
* 2002: Palmer
* 2003: J. White
* 2004: A. Smith
* 2005: Bush
* 2006: T. Smith
* 2007: Tebow
* 2008: Harrell, Bradford & McCoy
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* 2010: Newton
* 2011: Griffin III
* 2012: Manziel
* 2013: Winston
* 2014: Mariota
* 2015: Mayfield
* 2016: L. Jackson
* 2017: Mayfield
* 2018: Tagovailoa
* 2019: Burrow
* 2020: D. Smith
* 2021: Young
* 2022: C. Williams
* 2023: Daniels

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Doak Walker Award winners

* 1990: Lewis
* 1991: Cobb
* 1992: Hearst
* 1993: Morris
* 1994: Salaam
* 1995: George
* 1996: Hanspard
* 1997: R. Williams
* 1998: R. Williams
* 1999: Dayne
* 2000: Tomlinson
* 2001: Staley
* 2002: Johnson
* 2003: Perry
* 2004: Benson
* 2005: Bush
* 2006: McFadden
* 2007: McFadden
* 2008: Greene
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* 2010: James
* 2011: Richardson
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* 2014: Gordon
* 2015: Henry
* 2016: Foreman
* 2017: Love
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* 2019: Taylor
* 2020: Harris
* 2021: Walker III
* 2022: Robinson
* 2023: Gordon II

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1999 College Football All-America Team consensus selections

Offense|

* QB Joe Hamilton
* RB Ron Dayne
* RB Thomas Jones
* WR Troy Walters
* WR Peter Warrick
* TE James Whalen

* OL Chris McIntosh
* OL Chris Samuels
* OL Cosey Coleman
* OL Jason Whitaker
* C Ben Hamilton & Rob Riti

Defense|

* DL Courtney Brown
* DL Corey Moore
* DL Corey Simon

* LB LaVar Arrington
* LB Mark Simoneau
* LB Brandon Short

* DB Tyrone Carter
* DB Brian Urlacher
* DB Ralph Brown
* DB Deon Grant
* DB Deltha O'Neal

Special teams|

* P Andrew Bayes
* PK Sebastian Janikowski
* AP Dennis Northcutt

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2000 NFL draft first-round selections

* Courtney Brown
* LaVar Arrington
* Chris Samuels
* Peter Warrick
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* Corey Simon
* Thomas Jones
* Plaxico Burress
* Brian Urlacher
* Travis Taylor
* Ron Dayne
* Shaun Ellis
* John Abraham
* Bubba Franks
* Deltha O'Neal
* Julian Peterson
* Sebastian Janikowski
* Chad Pennington
* Shaun Alexander
* Stockar McDougle
* Sylvester Morris
* Chris McIntosh
* Rashard Anderson
* Ahmed Plummer
* Chris Hovan
* Erik Flowers
* Anthony Becht
* Rob Morris
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* Trung Canidate

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Chicago Tribune Silver Football

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* 1926: Friedman
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* 1929: Glassgow
* 1930: Fesler
* 1931: Munn
* 1932: Newman
* 1933: Laws
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* 1936: Huffman
* 1937: Davis
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* 1939: Kinnick
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* 1947: B. Elliott
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* 1949: Wilson
* 1950: Janowicz
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* 1952: Giel
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* 1954: Ameche
* 1955: Cassady
* 1956: Ploen
* 1957: J. Pace
* 1958: Duncan
* 1959: Burrell
* 1960: Brown
* 1961: Stephens
* 1962: Vander Kelen
* 1963: Butkus
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* 1966: Griese
* 1967: Keyes
* 1968: Johnson
* 1969: Phipps
* 1970: Adamle
* 1971: Allen
* 1972: Armstrong
* 1973: Griffin
* 1974: Griffin
* 1975: C. Greene
* 1976: Lytle
* 1977: Bethea
* 1978: Leach
* 1979: Clifford
* 1980: Herrmann
* 1981: Schlichter
* 1982: Carter
* 1983: Thorp
* 1984: Byars
* 1985: Long
* 1986: Harbaugh
* 1987: White
* 1988: Thompson
* 1989: Thompson
* 1990: Bell
* 1991: Howard
* 1992: Gissendaner
* 1993: Moss
* 1994: Collins
* 1995: George
* 1996: O. Pace
* 1997: Woodson
* 1998: Germaine
* 1999: Dayne
* 2000: Brees
* 2001: Randle El
* 2002: Banks
* 2003: Perry
* 2004: Edwards
* 2005: M. Robinson
* 2006: Smith
* 2007: Mendenhall
* 2008: S. Greene
* 2009: Clark & B. Graham
* 2010: D. Robinson
* 2011: Ball
* 2012: Miller
* 2013: Miller
* 2014: Gordon
* 2015: E. Elliott
* 2016: Barkley & Barrett
* 2017: Barkley
* 2018: Haskins
* 2019: Young
* 2020: Fields
* 2021: Hutchinson
* 2022: Corum
* 2023: Harrison Jr.

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Big Ten Athlete of the Year winners

1980s|

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* 1983: Ed Banach and Judi Brown
* 1984: Sunder Nix and Lisa Ishikawa
* 1985: Barry Davis and Cathy Branta
* 1986: Chuck Long and Stephanie Herbst
* 1987: Steve Alford and Jennifer Averill
* 1988: Jim Abbott and Suzy Favor
* 1989: Glen Rice and Suzy Favor

1990s|

* 1990: Anthony Thompson and Suzy Favor
* 1991: Mike Barrowman and Julie Farrell-Ovenhouse / Joy Holmes
* 1992: Desmond Howard and MaChelle Joseph
* 1993: John Roethlisberger and Lara Hooiveld
* 1994: Glenn Robinson and Kristy Gleason
* 1995: Tom Dolan and Laura Davis
* 1996: Eddie George and Olga Kalinovskaya
* 1997: Blaine Wilson and Gretchen Hegener / Kathy Butler
* 1998: Charles Woodson and Sara Griffin
* 1999: Luke Donald and Stephanie White-McCarty

2000s|

* 2000: Ron Dayne and Lauren Cacciamani
* 2001: Ryan Miller and Katie Douglas
* 2002: Jordan Leopold and Christie Welsh
* 2003: Amer Delić / Matt Lackey and Perdita Felicien
* 2004: Damion Hahn and Kelly Mazzante
* 2005: Luis Vargas and Jennie Ritter
* 2006: Peter Vanderkaay and Tiffany Weimer
* 2007: Cole Konrad and Jessica Davenport
* 2008: Brent Metcalf and Hannah Nielsen
* 2009: Jake Herbert and María Hernández

2010s|

* 2010: Evan Turner and Megan Hodge
* 2011: David Boudia and Shannon Smith
* 2012: Draymond Green and Christina Manning
* 2013: Derek Drouin and Amanda Kessel
* 2014: David Taylor and Daniella Hill
* 2015: Logan Stieber and Taylor Cummings
* 2016: Denzel Valentine and Rachel Banham
* 2017: Kyle Snyder and Lilly King
* 2018: Kyle Snyder and Lilly King
* 2019: Bo Nickal and Megan Gustafson

2020s|

* 2020: Chase Young and Dana Rettke
* 2021: Luka Garza and Sarah Bacon
* 2022: Gable Steveson and Dana Rettke
* 2023: Zach Edey and Caitlin Clark

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