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2014 — Mo'ne Davis, baseball-x
2013 — Serena Williams, tennis
2012 — Gabby Douglas, gymnastics
2011 — Abby Wambach, soccer
2010 — Lindsey Vonn, skiing
2009 — Serena Williams, tennis
2008 — Candace Parker, basketball
2007 — Lorena Ochoa, golf
2006 — Lorena Ochoa, golf-x
2005 — Annika Sorenstam, golf
2004 — Annika Sorenstam, golf
2003 — Annika Sorenstam, golf
2002 — Serena Williams, tennis
2001 — Jennifer Capriati, tennis
2000 — Marion Jones, track
1999 — U.S. Soccer Team
1998 — Se Ri Pak, golf
1997 — Martina Hingis, tennis
1996 — Amy Van Dyken, swimming
1995 — Rebecca Lobo, basketball
1994 — Bonnie Blair, speedskating
1993 — Sheryl Swoopes, basketball
1992 — Monica Seles, tennis
1991 — Monica Seles, tennis
1990 — Beth Daniel, golf
1989 — Steffi Graf, tennis
1988 — Florence Griffith Joyner, track and field
1987 — Jackie Joyner-Kersee, track and field
1986 — Martina Navratilova, tennis
1985 — Nancy Lopez, golf
1984 — Mary Lou Retton, gymnastics
1983 — Martina Navratilova, tennis
1982 — Mary Decker Tabb, track
1981 — Tracy Austin, tennis-x
1980 — Chris Evert Lloyd, tennis
1979 — Tracy Austin, tennis
1978 — Nancy Lopez, golf
1977 — Chris Evert, tennis
1976 — Nadia Comaneci, gymnastics
1975 — Chris Evert, tennis
1974 — Chris Evert, tennis
1973 — Billie Jean King, tennis
1972 — Olga Korbut, gymnastics
1971 — Evonne Goolagong, tennis
1970 — Chi Cheng, track
1969 — Debbie Meyer, swimming
1968 — Peggy Fleming, figure skating
1967 — Billie Jean King, tennis
1966 — Kathy Whitworth, golf
1965 — Kathy Whitworth, golf
1964 — Mickey Wright, golf
1963 — Mickey Wright, golf
1962 — Dawn Fraser, swimming
1961 — Wilma Rudolph, track
1960 — Wilma Rudolph, track
1959 — Maria Bueno, tennis
1958 — Althea Gibson, tennis
1957 — Althea Gibson, tennis
1956 — Pat McCormick, diving
1955 — Patty Berg, golf
1954 — Babe Didrikson Zaharias, golf
1953 — Maureen Connolly, tennis
1952 — Maureen Connolly, tennis
1951 — Maureen Connolly, tennis
1950 — Babe Didrikson Zaharias, golf
1949 — Marlene Bauer, golf
1948 — Fanny Blankers-Koen, track
1947 — Babe Didrikson Zaharias, golf
1946 — Babe Didrikson Zaharias, golf
1945 — Babe Didrikson Zaharias, golf-x
1944 — Ann Curtis, swimming
1943 — Patty Berg, golf
1942 — Gloria Callen, swimming
1941 — Betty Hicks Newell, golf
1940 — Alice Marble, tennis
1939 — Alice Marble, tennis
1938 — Patty Berg, golf
1937 — Katherine Rawls, swimming
1936 — Helen Stephens, track-x
1935 — Helen Wills Moody, tennis
1934 — Virginia Van Wie, golf
1933 — Helen Jacobs, tennis
1932 — Babe Didrikson, track
1931 — Helene Madison, swimming
x-both male and female winner were from the same sport
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