NCAA Top Five Award

The Today's Top 10 Award is given each year by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) to honor ten outstanding senior student-athletes of the preceding calendar year. The award was previously known by three different names, each reflecting the number of recipients:

Winter/spring sports considered include baseball, basketball, women's beach volleyball, fencing, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle, rowing, skiing, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, indoor and outdoor track and field, men's volleyball, women's water polo and wrestling. Fall sports considered include cross country, field hockey, football, soccer, women's indoor volleyball and men's water polo.

For 2006, the selection criteria were:

Other weighted criteria are applied as follows:

Recipients of the Top 10 Award include many notable athletes in the United States and include John Elway, Steve Young, Peyton Manning, Eli Manning, Doug Flutie, Tiki Barber, Cheryl Miller, Drew Brees, Kendall Coyne and Elena Delle Donne.

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