The Sullivan trophy, awarded annually since 1930, is presented by the U.S. Amateur Athletic Union to the nation's top amateur athlete.

2002 -- Sarah Hughes, figure skating
2001 -- Michelle Kwan, figure skating
2000 -- Rulon Gardner, wrestling
1999 -- Kelly and Coco Miller, basketball
1998 -- Chamique Holdsclaw, basketball
1997 -- Peyton Manning, football
1996 -- Michael Johnson, track
1995 -- Bruce Baumgartner, wrestling
1994 -- Dan Jansen, speedskating
1993 -- Charlie Ward, football
1992 -- Bonnie Blair, speedskating
1991 -- Mike Powell, track and field
1990 -- John Smith, wrestling
1989 -- Janet Evans, swimming
1988 -- Florence Griffith Joyner, track
1987 -- Jim Abbott, baseball
1986 -- Jackie Joyner-Kersee, track and field
1985 -- Joan Benoit-Samuelsson, marathon
1984 -- Greg Louganis, diving
1983 -- Edwin Moses, hurdles
1982 -- Mary Decker, distance run
1981 -- Carl Lewis, track and field
1980 -- Eric Heiden, speedskating
1979 -- Kurt Thomas, gymnastics
1978 -- Tracy Caulkins, swimming
1977 -- John Naber, swimming
1976 -- Bruce Jenner, decathlon
1975 -- Tim Shaw, swimming
1974 -- Rick Wohlhuter, middle distance run
1973 -- Bill Walton, basketball
1972 -- Frank Shorter, distance run
1971 -- Mark Spitz, swimming
1970 -- John Kinsella, swimming
1969 -- Bill Toomey, decathlon
1968 -- Debbie Meyer, swimming
1967 -- Randy Matson, shot put
1966 -- Jim Ryun, middle distance run
1965 -- Bill Bradley, basketball
1964 -- Don Schollander, swimming
1963 -- John Pennel, pole vault
1962 -- Jim Beatty, distance run
1961 -- Wilma Rudolph, sprints
1960 -- Rafer Johnson, all-around
1959 -- Parry O'Brien, shot put
1958 -- Glenn Davis, sprints and hurdles
1957 -- Bobby Morrow, sprints
1956 -- Patricia McCormick, diving
1955 -- Harrison Dillard, hurdles
1954 -- Mal Whitfield, middle distance run
1953 -- Sammy Lee, diving
1952 -- Horace Ashenfelter, distance run
1951 -- Bob Richards, pole vault
1950 -- Fred Wilt, distance run
1949 -- Dick Button, figure skating
1948 -- Bob Mathias, all-around
1947 -- Jack Kelly, rowing
1946 -- Arnold Tucker, football
1945 -- Felix ``Doc'' Blanchard, football
1944 -- Ann Curtis, swimming
1943 -- Gil Dodds, distance run
1942 -- Dutch Warmerdam, pole vault
1941 -- Leslie MacMitchell, middle distance run
1940 -- Greg Rice, distance run
1939 -- Joe Burk, rowing
1938 -- Don Lash, distance run
1937 -- Don Budge, tennis
1936 -- Glenn Morris, all-around
1935 -- Lawson Little Jr., golf
1934 -- Bill Bonthron, middle distance run
1933 -- Glenn Cunningham, middle distance run
1932 -- Jim Bausch, all-around
1931 -- Bernie Berlinger, all-around
1930 -- Bobby Jones, golf