This is a list of the recipients of the Silver Anniversary Awards by the year of award.
The Silver Anniversary Awards are awarded every year by the American National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) to recognize six distinguished former student-athletes on their 25th anniversary as college graduates. The Silver Anniversary Awards were first given in 1973, when five distinguished former student-athletes were honored. Since 1986, the number of annual honorees has increased to six.
In order to be eligible, the nominee must be a college graduate, must have competed in intercollegiate competition 25 years before the NCAA convention date, must be a varsity letter winner at an NCAA member institution and, must have achieved personal distinction since their graduation. One-third of the selection criteria is based on the nominee's achievements during their time as a prominent collegiate athlete, while the other two-thirds are determined by the nominee's career achievements, including professional, charitable and civic contributions.
Class of 1973 Ray Evans, Kansas (football/basketball) John Ferraro, USC (football) John Hopper, Dickinson (basketball/baseball/golf) Donals Mulder, Hope (basketball/baseball) Stewart Udall, Arizona (basketball) See: All-Time Honors Award Winners
Class of 1974 Howard Callaway, Georgia Tech (squash/tennis/boxing) Robert Dorsey, Ohio State (football) Robert McCurry, Michigan State (football) Robert Robinson, Baylor (basketball) Eugene Rossides, Columbia (football)
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Class of 1975 Robert Folsom, Southern Methodist University (football/basketball/baseball /track) Billy Jones, Vanderbilt University (football/basketball/track) William Keating, University of Cincinnati (swimming) Ralph O'Brien, Butler University (basketball) Phillip Ryan, U.S. Naval Academy (football/lacrosse/ basketball) See: All-Time Honors Award Winners
Class of 1976 Napoleon Bell, Mount Union College (football/track) Ernest Curtis, Vanderbilt University (football/basketball) Samuel Greenawalt, University of Pennsylvania (football/squash) Ross Pritchard, University of Arkansas (football/track) Wade Stinson, University of Kansas (football) See: All-Time Honors Award Winners
Class of 1977 Don Coleman, Michigan State University (football) Dick Kazmaier, Princeton University (football) George Rhoden, Morgan State University (athletics) William Wade, Vanderbilt University (football) Frederick A. Yonkman, Hope College (football) See: All-Time Honors Award Winners
Class of 1978 Thane Baker, Kansas State University (track) Andrew Kozar, University of Tennessee (football) Donn Moomaw, University of California, Los Angeles (football) Lowell Perry, University of Michigan (football) Cecil Silas, Georgia Institute of Technology (basketball)
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Class of 1979 Charles Barcelona, University of Toledo (football) Paul Ebert, Ohio State University (basketball/baseball) Robert Pettit, Louisiana State University (basketball) Hamilton Richardson, Tulane University (tennis) Richard Rosenthal, University of Notre Dame (basketball)
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Class of 1980 Alan Ameche, University of Wisconsin (football) Richard Boushka, Saint Louis University (basketball) Thomas Gola, LaSalle University (basketball) Larry Morris, Georgia Tech (football) John Twyman, University of Cincinnati (basketball) See: All-Time Honors Award Winners
Class of 1981 Bruce Bosley, West Virginia University (football) Bobby Freeman, Louisiana State University (boxing) Fob James, Auburn University (football) Willie Naulls, University of California, Los Angeles (basketball) Ronnie Shavlik, North Carolina State University (basketball)
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Class of 1982
James Brown, Syracuse University (football) Willie Davis, Grambling State University (football) Jack Kemp, Occidental College (football) Ronald Kramer, University of Michigan (football/basketball/track) Jim Swink, Texas Christian University (football)
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Class of 1983 Michael Armacost, Carleton College (football/basketball/baseball) Richard Censits, University of Pennsylvania (basketball) Ronald Delany, Villanova University (track) Aubrey Lewis, University of Notre Dame (football/track) Jack Lousma, University of Michigan (football) See: All-Time Honors Award Winners
Class of 1984 Robert Beckel, U.S. Air Force Academy (baseball/basketball) Peter Dawkins, U.S. Military Academy (football/hockey) Stephen Friedman, Cornell University (wrestling) Allen Geiberger, University of Southern California (golf) Peter Ueberroth, San Jose State University (swimming/water polo) See: All-Time Honors Award Winners
Class of 1985 Ralph Boston, Tennessee State University (track) William Carpenter, U.S. Military Academy (football) Paul Choquette, Brown University (football/track) Abner Haynes, University of North Texas (football) Oscar Robertson, University of Cincinnati (basketball) See: All-Time Honors Award Winners
Class of 1986 Robert Lilly, Texas Christian University (football) Frank McKinney, Indiana University (swimming) Claude Moorman, Duke University (football) Jack Nicklaus, Ohio State University (golf) Kenneth Shaw, Illinois State University (basketball) Francis Tarkenton, University of Georgia (football) See: All-Time Honors Award Winners
Class of 1987 Lamar Alexander, Vanderbilt (track) William Cohen, Bowdoin (basketball) Alexander Kroll, Rutgers (football) Merlin Olsen, Utah State (football) Joseph Romig, Colorado, (football) Wilma Rudolph, Tennessee State (track)
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Class of 1988 John Baker, Mississippi State (football) Terry Baker, Oregon State (football/basketball) Raymond Flynn, Providence (basketball) Jesse Jackson, NC A&T (football) Lee Roy Jordan, Alabama (football) Hugh Richter, Wisconsin (football/basketball/baseball)
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Class of 1989 Edward Bradley, Cheyney (football/track) Melvin Counts, Oregon State (basketball) Tony Hall, Denison (football) Paul Martha, Pittsburgh (football) Kirk Pendleton, Lehigh (wrestling) James Wilkinson, Duke (football) See: All-Time Honors Award Winners
Class of 1990 Donald E. Baxter, Mercer (basketball) Paul Bucha, Army (swimming/water polo) Dick Butkus, Illinois (football) Brig Owens, Cincinnati (football) Archie Roberts, Columbia (football/basketball/baseball) Roger Staubach, Navy (football/basketball/baseball) See: All-Time Honors Award Winners
Class of 1991 Dave Bing, Syracuse (basketball) Edith McGuire, Tennessee State (track) Mike Garrett, USC (football/baseball) Tone N. Grant, Yale (football/lacrosse) Steve Juday, Michigan State (football/baseball) James C. Lewis, Navy (lacrosse/soccer) See: All-Time Honors Award Winners
Class of 1992 Mal Graham, New York University (basketball) Bob Griese, Purdue University (football) Floyd Little, Syracuse University (football) Jim Lynch, University of Notre Dame (football) Alan Page, University of Notre Dame (football) Ricardo M. Urbina, Georgetown University (cross country/track) See: All-Time Honors Award Winners
Class of 1993 Dick Anderson, Colorado (football) Bob Johnson, Tennessee (football) Donna Lopiano, Southern Connecticut State University Don Schollander, Yale (swimming) Stan Smith, USC (tennis) Wyomia Tyus, Tennessee State (track/field) See: All-Time Honors Award Winners
Class of 1994 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, UCLA (basketball) Lee Evans, San Jose (track/field) Calvin Hill, Yale (football) William C. Hurd, Notre Dame (track/field) Leroy Keyes, Purdue (football) Jim Ryun, Kansas (track)
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Class of 1995 Lesley Bush, Indiana (diving) Larry Echo Hawk, BYU (football) Kwaku Ohene-Frempong, Yale (soccer/track/field) Bob Lanier, St. Bonaventure (basketball) Mike Phipps, Purdue (football) Mike Reid, Penn St. (football)
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Class of 1996 Marty Liquori, Villanova University (cross country/track) Tommy Lyons, University of Georgia (football) Cliff Meely, University of Colorado at Boulder (basketball) Kurt Schmoke, Yale University (football/lacrosse) Joe Theismann, University of Notre Dame (football) Jack Youngblood, University of Florida (football)
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Class of 1997 Tommy Casanova, Louisiana State University (football) Jack Ford, Yale University (football) David Joyner, Pennsylvania State University (football/wrestling) Edward B. Rust, Jr., Illinois Wesleyan University (football/wrestling) Jim Tedisco, Union College (basketball) Herb Washington, Michigan State University (track)
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Class of 1998 Gary Hall, Sr., Indiana (swimming) Lawrie Mifflin, Yale (field hockey) Drew Pearson, Tulsa (football) Cynthia Potter, Indiana (diving) Sally Ride, Stanford (tennis) Harry Smith, Central College (football)
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Class of 1999 Dave Casper, Notre Dame (football) Anita DeFrantz, Connecticut College (rowing) Pat Summitt, University of Tennessee at Martin (basketball) Lynn Swann, USC (football) Robert R. Thomas, Notre Dame (football) Bill Walton, UCLA (basketball)
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Class of 2000 Dianne Baker, Texas Woman's University (softball/tennis/badminton/field hockey/soccer) Junior Bridgeman, Louisville Pat Haden, USC (football) Lisa Rosenblum, Yale (tennis) John Dickson Stufflebeem, Navy (football) John Trembley, Tennessee (swimming) See: All-Time Honors Award Winners
Class of 2001 Alpha V. Alexander, Wooster (basketball/volleyball/tennis/lacrosse) Archie Griffin, Ohio State (football) Steve Largent, Tulsa (football) Steve Raible, Georgia Tech (football/track) Lee Roy Selmon, Oklahoma (football) Wally Walker, Virginia (basketball)
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Class of 2002 Richard C. Chapman, Augustana College (basketball) Bo Ellis, Marquette University (basketball) Herman Frazier, Arizona State University (track and field) Betsy King, Furman University (golf/basketball/field hockey) John Naber, University of Southern California (swimming) Rodney E. Slater, Eastern Michigan University (football)
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Class of 2003 Debbie Brown, University of Southern California (volleyball) Ann Meyers, University of California, Los Angeles (basketball/volleyball/track and field) Dale Kramer, Carleton College (cross country/track and field) Ken MacAfee, University of Notre Dame (football) Warren Moon, University of Washington (football) Gifford Nielsen, Brigham Young University (football)
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Class of 2004 Trish Millines Dziko, Monmouth University (basketball/volleyball/softball) Bruce Furniss, University of Southern California (swimming and diving) Virginia Gilder, Yale University (rowing) Stacey Johnson, San Jose State University (fencing) Greg Kelser, Michigan State University (basketball) Kellen Winslow, University of Missouri (football)
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Class of 2005 Mark Johnson, University of Wisconsin (ice hockey) Gary Lawrence, Yale University (ice hockey/golf) Paul McDonald, University of Southern California (football) Greg Meredith, University of Notre Dame (ice hockey) Joan Benoit, Bowdoin College (track and field/field hockey) Dave Stoldt, University of Illinois (gymnastics)
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Class of 2006 Valerie Ackerman, University of Virginia (basketball) Danny Ainge, Brigham Young University (basketball) Charles Davis, Vanderbilt University (basketball) Terry Schroeder, Pepperdine University (water polo) Mike Singletary, Baylor University (football) Susan Wellington, Yale University (swimming/softball)
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Class of 2007 Gail Koziara Boudreaux, Dartmouth College (basketball/track and field) Rowdy Gaines, Auburn University (Swimming and diving) Steve Jordan, Brown University (football)