Penn State Athlete of the Year Finalists

Big Ten Directors of Athletics approved a recommendation of the sports information directors to establish a Big Ten Athlete of the Year named for Jesse Owens, Big Ten - Jesse Owens Athlete of the Year Award beginning in 1982. Indiana track performer Jim Spivey was the initial award winner.

In 1983, the Directors of Athletics approved a separate athlete of the year award for women's athletics. In 1991-92, the women's award was renamed the Big Ten - Suzy Favor Athlete of the Year award as part of the celebration of the 10th anniversary of women's athletics in the Conference.

1992	Steve Sergi, soccer	Fran McDermid, swimming
1993	Nigel Sparks, soccer	Fran McDermid, swimming
1994	Craig Fayak, football	Helen Holloway, basketball
1995	Kerry Collins, football	Jill Pearsall, field hockey
1996	Jeff Hartings, football	#Olga Kalinovskaya, fencing
1997	Kerry McCoy, wrestling	Kim McGreevy, cross country/track
1998	Pete Lisicky, basketball	Terri Zemaitis, volleyball
1999	Glenn Pritzlaff, wrestling	Bonnie Bremner, volleyball
2000	Courtney Brown, football	#Lauren Cacciamani, volleyball
2001	Joe Crispin, basketball	Christie Welsh, soccer
2002	Jose Quinones, volleyball	#Christie Welsh, soccer
2003	Larry Johnson, football	Kelly Mazzante, basketball
2004	Kevin Tan, gymnastics	Kelly Mazzante, basketball#
2005	Luis Vargas, gymnastics*	Tanisha Wright, basketball
2006	Paul Posluszny, football	Tiffany Weimer, soccer#
2007	Paul Posluszny, football	Shana Cox, track
2008	Casey Sandy, gymnastics	Shana Cox, track

* Big Ten Jesse Owens Athlete of the Year
# Big Ten Suzy Favor Athlete of the Year