The Bowerman is awarded annually to the top male and female athlete in NCAA track and field. The 2025 men’s award went to Arkansas’ Jordan Anthony and the 2025 women’s award went to Alabama’s Doris Lemgole.
Here’s everything you need to know about the USTFCCCA’s annual awards.
What is The Bowerman and who is it named after?
The Bowerman debuted in 2009 as an award given to the top male and female NCAA track and field athletes.
Athlete of the Year Bill Bowerman is a track and field legend who coached at Oregon State from 1949-72. Bowerman’s Ducks won four state championships and two runner-up finishes. Bowerman has coached 24 NCAA championships, 33 Olympians and 64 All-Americans. Bowerman also coached the 1972 Olympic team.
Off the track, Bowerman was president of the USTFCCCA’s predecessor, the National Collegiate Track Coaches Association, and later founded Nike. Bowerman was also one of the key leaders in the founding of the USA Track and Field Association. For his contributions to the sport, Bowerman was elected to the USTFCCCA Hall of Fame for the first time in 1995.
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How does Bowerman voting work?
A panel of national and regional media personnel, athletics statisticians, NCAA college administrators, past winners and presidents of affiliated organizations selects the award winner based on the players’ performance during the season. Plus, USTFCCCA members and fans get one vote in The Bowerman poll.
On the ballot, first choice votes are worth three points each, and second and third choice votes are worth two and one point each.
Voters consider athletes’ performances during the NCAA indoor track and field and outdoor track and field seasons. The Bowerman’s performance window is from Dec. 1 until the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Matches must be from the year the prize is awarded to qualify. However, an athlete does not need to compete in both the outdoor and indoor seasons to receive the award. Interstate matches do not count.
When will the winner of The Bowerman be announced?
Below is the annual schedule for The Bowerman.
- January (first week): The first meeting of The Bowerman Watch Committees and The Bowerman Men’s and Women’s Preseason Watch Lists are published.
- February (first week): The first regular season version of the watch list
- March (indoor post-conference championships): The second edition of the “Watch List” regular season
- March (post NCAA Indoor Championships): The third edition of the “Watch List” regular season
- April (third full week): The fourth regular season version of the watch list
- Fifth (first week): The fifth regular season version of the watch list
- May (post-conference championship): The sixth regular season version of the audience list
- June (DI prelims after NCAA): The seventh regular season version of the audience list
- June (final after NCAA DI Outdoor Championships): The semi-finalists have been announced
- June: Bowerman Advisory Board meeting with three male and three female finalists
- June: Bowerman announced the men’s and women’s finalists
- June: The Bowerman ballot was delivered to The Bowerman Voters
- July: Bowerman’s vote is over
- December: The Bowerman winners have been announced
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Bowerman winners by school
19 schools have won at least one Bowerman, either men’s or women’s. Of those 18, only seven schools have won the Bowerman multiple times in their history.
Oregon leads all schools with a total of five Bowermans, while Arkansas, Texas A&M, LSU, Florida and Texas each have three. The Aggies and Tigers added to their totals with the 2021 women’s and men’s Bowermans.
Razorbacks boost roster with 2025 man Bowerman. The Gators and Longhorns added 2024 women’s and men’s Bowermans, respectively. Alabama joins the list with the 2025 Woman Bowerman.
Here are the schools with the most combined (male and female) Bowermans.
| Number of Bowermans | School |
|---|---|
| 5 | Oregon |
| 3 | Arkansas, Texas A&M, LSU, Florida, Texas |
| 2 | State of Florida |
| 1 | Southern Utah, Indiana, Tennessee, Southern California, Colorado, Virginia Tech, Clemson, Georgia, Kentucky, Alabama |
Male winners by school
Here are the schools with the most male Bowermans.
| Number of Bowermans | School |
|---|---|
| 3 | Arkansas |
| 2 | Oregon, Florida, Florida |
| 1 | Southern Utah, Indiana, Texas, Texas A&M, Tennessee, Southern California, LSU |
Female winners by school
Here are the schools with the most female Bowermans.
| Number of Bowermans | School |
|---|---|
| 3 | Oregon |
| 2 | Texas A&M, LSU, Texas |
| 1 | Florida, Colorado, Virginia Tech, Clemson, Georgia, Kentucky, Alabama |
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Bowerman won the conference
Here is a conference with the most combined (male and female) Bowermans.
| Number of Bowermans | Conference |
|---|---|
| 16 | SEC |
| 7 | Pac-12 |
| 4 | ACC |
| 3 | Big 12 |
| 1 | Big Ten, Big Sky |
Men’s winners by conference
Here is the conference with the mostly male Bowermans.
| Number of Bowermans | Conference |
|---|---|
| 8 | SEC |
| 3 | Pac-12 |
| 2 | ACC |
| 1 | Big 12, Big 10, Big Sky |
Women’s Conference Winner
Here are the conferences with the most female Bowermans.
| Number of Bowermans | Conference |
|---|---|
| 8 | SEC |
| 4 | Pac-12 |
| 2 | ACC, Big 12 |
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The year 2025
Jordan Anthony of Arkansas and Doris Lemgole of Alabama won the Bowermans in the 2025 men’s event.
Anthony is the third person in Arkansas history to win the Bowerman, and the school has the most wins among men all-time. He won the 60m and 100m short sprint events during the postseason and won the NCAA title. He also ran Second fastest all conditions 100 meters in NCAA history.
MORE: Bowerman winner Jordan Anthony’s best moments of 2025 season
Lemngol became the first Alabama athlete to win the Bowerman by setting NCAA records in both the NCAA Indoor 5,000-meter and NCAA Outdoor 3,000-meter steeplechase events that year.
MORE: Highlights from Bowerman winner Doris Lemgol’s 2025 season
The year 2024
Leo Neugebauer of Texas won the 2024 men’s race and Parker Walby of Florida won the women’s race.
Neugebauer is the first person in Texas history to win the Bowerman and the third Longhorn overall. He won the heptathlon and decathlon combined, setting NCAA records.
MORE: Bowerman winner Leo Neugebauer’s best moments of 2024 season
Walby is the first woman in Florida history to win the Bowerman and the third Gator overall. Walby won four NCAA titles in 2024, winning the indoor 3,000 and 5,000 meters, and the 5,000 and 10,000 meters. He also set the NCAA record four different times.
MORE: Bowerman winner Parker Walby’s best moments of 2024 season
The year 2023
Jadon Hibbert of Arkansas and Julien Alfred of Texas won the Bowermans in the 2023 men’s event.
Hibbert is the first true freshman to win the Bowerman and the second Razorback to win the award in 2016, following Jarrion Lawson in 2016. Hibbert, 18, won the outdoor triple jump and broke the NCAA outdoor triple jump record.
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Alfred is the second player in Longhorn history to win the Bowerman, following Courtney Okolo in 2016. Alfred won the NCAA titles in the 60m and 100m and won the NCAA 200m. He also ran on the NCAA winning 4x100m relay team. He also set five NCAA records in 2023.
MORE: Bowerman winner Julien Alfred’s highlights of 2023 season
The year 2022
Florida State’s Trey Cunningham and Kentucky’s Abby Steiner won the 2022 men’s race.
Cunningham became just the second Seminole to win the men’s award and receive the hardware. Cunningham won NCAA titles in the 60-meter hurdles and 110-meter hurdles, and won the short sprint.
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Steiner won the women’s award and is the first athlete in Kentucky history to win the Bowerman. Steiner swept the NCAA 200-meter title and ran on the NCAA-winning 4×400-meter relay team. Steiner set four NCAA records in 2022.
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2021
LSU’s JuVaughn Harrison and Texas A&M’s Athing Mu are The Bowerman’s 12th recipients.
Harrison took home the men’s award, becoming the first LSU man to win the hardware category. During the indoor season, Harrison became the first to win the Division I high and long jump championships. He then went on to clean up the outdoors, winning a total of four NCAA titles in one calendar year.
Mu took home the women’s award after record-breaking performances in both the outdoor and indoor seasons. During the indoor season, Mu set new records in the 600m and 800m. He also finished with the fifth-fastest 400-meter performance in collegiate indoor history. At the indoor championships, Mu led Texas A&M’s championship 4×400-meter relay with a time of 49.54, the fastest time ever. In the outdoor season, Mu re-set the 800m record. He later set the collegiate record in the 400 meters and won the NCAA outdoor title.
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| Year | Athlete | Sex | School | The best moments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The year 2025 | Jordan Anthony | Men’s | Arkansas | Check it out here |
| Doris Lemgole | Women’s | Alabama | Check it out here | |
| The year 2024 | Leo Neugebauer | Men’s | Texas | Check it out here |
| Parker Walby | Women’s | Florida | Check it out here | |
| The year 2023 | Jaydon Hibbert | Men’s | Arkansas | Check it out here |
| Julien Alfred | Women’s | Texas | Check it out here | |
| The year 2022 | Trey Cunningham | Men’s | State of Florida | Check it out here |
| Abby Steiner | Women’s | Kentucky | Check it out here | |
| 2021 | JuVaughn Harrison | Men’s | LSU | |
| Atin Mu | Women’s | Texas A&M | ||
| 2019 | Grant Holloway | Men’s | Florida | |
| Sha’Curry Richardson | Women’s | LSU | ||
| 2018 | Michael Norman | Men’s | Southern California | |
| Keturah Orji | Women’s | Georgia | ||
| 2017 | Christian Coleman | Men’s | Tennessee | |
| Raevin Rogers | Women’s | Oregon | ||
| 2016 | Jarrion Lawson | Men’s | Arkansas | |
| Courtney Okolo | Women’s | Texas | ||
| 2015 | Marquis Dendy | Men’s | Florida | |
| Jenna Prandini | Women’s | Oregon | ||
| 2014 | Deon Landor | Men’s | Texas A&M | |
| Laura Ressler | Women’s | Oregon | ||
| 2013 | Derek Drouin | Men’s | Indiana | |
| Brianna Rollins | Women’s | Clemson | ||
| 2012 | Cam Levins | Men’s | Southern Utah | |
| Kimberlynn Duncan | Women’s | LSU | ||
| 2011 | Ngoni Makusha | Men’s | State of Florida | |
| Jessica’s beard | Women’s | Texas A&M | ||
| 2010 | Ashton Eaton | Men’s | Oregon | |
| Queen Harrison | Women’s | Virginia Tech | ||
| 2009 | Galen Rupp | Men’s | Oregon | |
| Jenny Barringer | Women’s | Colorado |
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