2008 - Jake Brown, Texas
2007 - Caleb Bennett, Utah
2006 - Dylan Werner, Florida
2005 - Matt Smith, Mississippi
2004 - Thomas Baker, Wyoming
2003 - Stetson Herrera, Colorado (with team New Mexico)
2002 - Zach Curran, Colorado
2001 - Justin Foltyn, Texas
2000 - Thomas Salario, Louisiana
1999 - (tie) BJ Schumacher, Wisconsin, and Royce Ford, Colorado
1998 - Dennis Foyil, Oklahoma
1997 - Justin McBride, Nebraska
1996 - Casey Bowden, Pennsylvania
            John Reece, Nebraska
1995 - Kenny Gee, Colorado
1994 - Davey Shields, Alberta
1993 - Mitchell Walz, Colorado
1992 - Davey Shields, Alberta
1991 - Pete Hawkins, Texas
1990 - Dean Schlattmann, Wy
1989 - Zane Davis, Idaho
            Sheldon Smeltzer, AB
1988 - Loy Griffin, Missouri
1987 - Dennis Schmidt, CO
            Ty Murray, Arizona
1986 - Brian Hawk, Kansas
1985 - Michael May, Nevada
1984 - Mark Garrett, Wyoming
1983 - Greg Armstrong, AZ
1982 - Mark Garrett, Wyoming
1981 - Lee Rice, Oregon
1980 - Keith Bourgeois, LA
1979 - Keith Bourgeois, LA
1978 - Monk Dishman, Texas
1977 - Monk Dishman, Texas
1976 - Gordon Griffith, CO
1975 - Mike DeMoss, Louisiana
1974 - Mike DeMoss, Louisiana
1973 - Mike Fletcher, Louisiana
1972 - Mike Fletcher, Louisiana
1971 - Howard Lynch, Kansas
1970 - Les Mason, Arizona
1969 - Marvin Shoulders, OK
1968 - Jim Young, Utah
             Pace Merrill, Wisconsin
            Wayne Graves, Wyoming
1967 - T. J. Walter, Iowa
1966 - Jack Ericks, Arizona
1965 - Virgil Lawson, Colorado
1964 - Bill Chrostoph, Texas
1963 - Skip Joseph, Montana
1962 - Gary Frank, Wyoming
1961 - Gary Frank, Wyoming
1960 - Sid Thurston, Nebraska
1959 - Paul Mayo, Iowa
1958 - Paul Mayo, Iowa
1957 - Jerry Brown, New Mexico
1956 - Warren Frey, Louisiana
1955 - Jim Miller, Louisiana
1954 - Eddie Dyer, Texas
1953 - Pete Fredericks, ND
1952 - Franklin Manke, SD
1951 - Cotton Kinney, Louisiana
1950 - Bobby Dicky, Texas
1949 - Ben Bogan, Texas