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This is a list of the NCAA Division I outdoor champions in the shot put. Measurement was conducted in imperial distances (feet and inches) until 1975. Metrication occurred in 1976, so all subsequent championships were measured in metric distances. The women's event was introduced in 1982.

Winners[edit]

Key: A=Altitude assisted

Women's shot put winners^[1]
Year	Athlete	Team	Distance
1982	Meg Ritchie (GBR)	Arizona	16.90 m (55 ft 5+1⁄4 in)
1983	Carol Cady	Stanford	17.07 m (56 ft 0 in)
1984	Ramona Pagel	San Diego St	17.27 m (56 ft 7+3⁄4 in)
1985	Regina Cavanaugh	Rice	17.26 m (56 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
1986	Regina Cavanaugh	Rice	17.31 m (56 ft 9+1⁄4 in)
1987	Regina Cavanaugh	Rice	17.34 m (56 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
1988	Jennifer Ponath	Washington	16.57 m (54 ft 4+1⁄4 in)
1989	Carla Garrett	Arizona	16.66 m (54 ft 7+3⁄4 in)
1990	Tracie Millett	UCLA	16.33 m (53 ft 6+3⁄4 in)
1991	Eileen Vanisi	Texas	17.60 m (57 ft 8+3⁄4 in)
1992	Katrin Koch (GER)	Indiana	17.53 m (57 ft 6 in)
1993	Dawn Dumble	UCLA	17.17 m (56 ft 3+3⁄4 in)
1994	Eileen Vanisi	Texas	17.74 m (58 ft 2+1⁄4 in)
1995	Valeyta Althouse	UCLA	18.28 m (59 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
1996	Teri Steer	Southern Meth	17.98 m (58 ft 11+3⁄4 in)
1997	Tressa Thompson	Nebraska	18.50 m (60 ft 8+1⁄4 in)
1998	Tressa Thompson	Nebraska	18.65 m (61 ft 2+1⁄4 in)
1999	Seilala Sua	UCLA	17.60 m (57 ft 8+3⁄4 in)
2000	Seilala Sua	UCLA	17.36 m (56 ft 11+1⁄4 in)
2001	Christina Tolson	UCLA	17.39 m (57 ft 1⁄2 in)
2002	Jessica Cosby	UCLA	17.38 m (57 ft 1⁄4 in)
2003	Becky Breisch	Nebraska	17.76 m (58 ft 3 in)
2004	Laura Gerraughty	North Carolina	18.26 m (59 ft 10+3⁄4 in)
2005	Kimberli Barrett (JAM)	Miami Fl	18.20 m (59 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
2006	Laura Gerraughty	North Carolina	18.32 m (60 ft 1+1⁄4 in)
2007	Jessica Pressley	Arizona State Sun Devils	18.00 m (59 ft 1⁄2 in)
2008	Jessica Pressley	Arizona State	18.13 m (59 ft 5+3⁄4 in)
2009	Mariam Kevkhishvili (GEO)	Florida Gators	17.79 m (58 ft 4+1⁄4 in)
2010	Mariam Kevkhishvili (GEO)	Florida	18.11 m (59 ft 4+3⁄4 in)
2011	Julie Labonte (CAN)	Arizona Wildcats	18.31 m (60 ft 3⁄4 in)
2012	Tia Brooks-Wannemacher	Oklahoma Sooners	18.44 m (60 ft 5+3⁄4 in)
2013	Tia Brooks-Wannemacher	Oklahoma Sooners	18.91 m (62 ft 1⁄4 in)
2014	Christina Hillman	Iowa State Cyclones	17.73 m (58 ft 2 in)
2015	Raven Saunders	Southern Illinois	18.35 m (60 ft 2+1⁄4 in)
2016	Raven Saunders	Ole Miss Rebels	19.33 m (63 ft 5 in)
2017	Danniel Thomas	Kent State Golden Flashes	19.15 m (62 ft 9+3⁄4 in)
2018	Maggie Ewen	Arizona State Sun Devils	19.17 m (62 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
2019	Samantha Noennig	Arizona State Sun Devils	18.14 m (59 ft 6 in)
2021	Adelaide Aquilla	Ohio State Buckeyes	18.98 m (62 ft 3 in)
2022	Adelaide Aquilla	Ohio State Buckeyes	19.64 m (64 ft 5 in)
2023	Axelina Johansson (SWE)	Nebraska Cornhuskers	18.94 m (62 ft 1+1⁄2 in)

Men's shot put winners^[2]
Year	Athlete	Team	Distance
1921	Gus Pope	Washington	13.83 m (45 ft 4+1⁄4 in)
1922	Jack Merchant	California	13.57 m (44 ft 6+1⁄4 in)
1923	Norman Anderson	Southern Cal	14.22 m (46 ft 7+3⁄4 in)
1924	not held
1925	Glenn Hartranft	Stanford	15.24 m (50 ft 0 in)
1926	John Kuck	Emporia St	15.26 m (50 ft 3⁄4 in)
1927	Herman Brix	Washington	14.51 m (47 ft 7+1⁄4 in)
1928	Harlow Rothert	Stanford	15.21 m (49 ft 10+3⁄4 in)
1929	Harlow Rothert	Stanford	15.31 m (50 ft 2+3⁄4 in)
1930	Harlow Rothert	Stanford	15.59 m (51 ft 1+3⁄4 in)
1931	Robert Hall	Southern Cal	15.16 m (49 ft 8+3⁄4 in)
1932	Hugh Rhea	Nebraska	15.99 m (52 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
1933	Jack Torrance	Louisiana St	16.10 m (52 ft 9+3⁄4 in)
1934	Jack Torrance	Louisiana St	16.63 m (54 ft 6+1⁄2 in)
1935	Elwyn Dees	Kansas	15.57 m (51 ft 3⁄4 in)
1936	James Reynolds	Stanford	15.38 m (50 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
1937	Sam Francis	Nebraska	16.30 m (53 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
1938	Elmer Hackney	Kansas St	15.76 m (51 ft 8+1⁄4 in)
1939	Elmer Hackney	Kansas St	17.03 m (55 ft 10+1⁄4 in)
1940	Al Blozis	Georgetown	17.08 m (56 ft 1⁄4 in)
1941	Al Blozis	Georgetown	16.72 m (54 ft 10+1⁄4 in)
1942	Al Blozis	Georgetown	16.70 m (54 ft 9+1⁄4 in)
1943	Elmer Aussieker	Missouri	15.94 m (52 ft 3+1⁄2 in)
1944	Norman Wasser	New York	14.96 m (49 ft 3⁄4 in)
1945	Ed Quirk	Missouri	16.16 m (53 ft 0 in)
1946	Bernie Mayer	New York	16.11 m (52 ft 10+1⁄4 in)
1947	Charles Fonville	Michigan	16.74 m (54 ft 11 in)A
1948	Charles Fonville	Michigan	16.64 m (54 ft 7 in)
1949	Jim Fuchs	Yale	17.11 m (56 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
1950	Jim Fuchs	Yale	17.35 m (56 ft 11 in)
1951	Darrow Hooper	Texas A&M	16.43 m (53 ft 10+3⁄4 in)
1952	Parry O'Brien	Southern Cal	17.39 m (57 ft 1⁄2 in)
1953	Parry O'Brien	Southern Cal	17.86 m (58 ft 7 in)
1954	Tom Jones	Miami OH	16.53 m (54 ft 2+3⁄4 in)
1955	Bill Nieder	Kansas	17.45 m (57 ft 3 in)
1956	Ken Bantum	Manhattan	18.30 m (60 ft 1⁄4 in)
1957	Dave Owen	Michigan	18.13 m (59 ft 5+3⁄4 in)
1958	Dave Davis	Southern Cal	17.84 m (58 ft 6+1⁄4 in)
1959	Carl Shine	Pennsylvania	17.67 m (57 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
1960	Dallas Long	Southern Cal	18.82 m (61 ft 8+3⁄4 in)
1961	Dallas Long	Southern Cal	19.29 m (63 ft 3+1⁄4 in)
1962	Dallas Long	Southern Cal	19.68 m (64 ft 6+3⁄4 in)
1963	Gary Gubner	New York	19.02 m (62 ft 4+3⁄4 in)A
1964	Gary Gubner	New York	18.79 m (61 ft 7+3⁄4 in)
1965	Neal Steinhauer	Oregon	19.05 m (62 ft 6 in)
1966	Randy Matson	Texas A&M	20.46 m (67 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
1967	Randy Matson	Texas A&M	20.65 m (67 ft 8+3⁄4 in)A
1968	Steve Marcus	UCLA	18.79 m (61 ft 7+3⁄4 in)
1969	Karl Salb	Kansas	19.73 m (64 ft 8+3⁄4 in)
1970	Karl Salb	Kansas	19.46 m (63 ft 10 in)
1971	Karl Salb	Kansas	20.41 m (66 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
1972	Fred DeBernardi	UTEP	20.28 m (66 ft 6+1⁄4 in)
1973	Hans Höglund (SWE)	UTEP	19.68 m (64 ft 6+3⁄4 in)
1974	Jesse Stuart	Western Kentucky	20.25 m (66 ft 5 in)
1975	Hans Höglund (SWE)	UTEP	21.33 m (69 ft 11+3⁄4 in)A
1976	Dana LeDuc	Texas	19.95 m (65 ft 5+1⁄4 in)
1977	Terry Albritton	Stanford	20.51 m (67 ft 3+1⁄4 in)
1978	Dave Laut	UCLA	20.15 m (66 ft 1+1⁄4 in)
1979	Dave Laut	UCLA	20.41 m (66 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
1980	Mike Carter	Southern Meth	20.4
1981	Mike Carter	Southern Meth	21
1982	Dean Crouser	Oregon	20.84 m (68 ft 4+1⁄4 in)A
1983	Mike Carter	Southern Meth	20.9
1984	John Brenner	UCLA	21.92 m (71 ft 10+3⁄4 in)
1985	John Campbell	Louisiana Tech	21.12 m (69 ft 3+1⁄4 in)
1986	Lars Arvid Nilsen (NOR)	Southern Meth	21.22 m (69 ft 7+1⁄4 in)
1987	Garry Frank	Mississippi St	19.89 m (65 ft 3 in)
1988	Mike Stulce	Texas A&M	18.99 m (62 ft 3+1⁄2 in)
1989	Mike Stulce	Texas A&M	21.02 m (68 ft 11+1⁄2 in)A
1990	Shane Collins	Arizona St	20.20 m (66 ft 3+1⁄4 in)
1991	Simon Williams (GBR)	Louisiana St	18.69 m (61 ft 3+3⁄4 in)
1992	Brent Noon	Georgia	19.98 m (65 ft 6+1⁄2 in)
1993	Brent Noon	Georgia	20.41 m (66 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
1994	Brent Noon	Georgia	20.67 m (67 ft 9+3⁄4 in)
1995	John Godina	UCLA	22.00 m (72 ft 2 in)
1996	Andy Bloom	Wake Forest	19.82 m (65 ft 1⁄4 in)
1997	Adam Nelson	Dartmouth	19.62 m (64 ft 4+1⁄4 in)
1998	Brad Snyder (CAN)	South Carolina	19.70 m (64 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
1999	Janus Robberts (RSA)	Southern Meth	20.10 m (65 ft 11+1⁄4 in)
2000	Joachim Olsen (DEN)	Idaho	20.26 m (66 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
2001	Janus Robberts (RSA)	Southern Meth	21.97 m (72 ft 3⁄4 in)
2002	Janus Robberts (RSA)	Southern Meth	21.60 m (70 ft 10+1⁄4 in)
2003	Carl Myerscough (GBR)	Nebraska	21.92 m (71 ft 10+3⁄4 in)
2004	Carl Myerscough (GBR)	Nebraska	20.64 m (67 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
2005	Edis Elkasevic (CRO)	Auburn	20.88 m (68 ft 6 in)
2006	Garrett Johnson	Florida St	20.29 m (66 ft 6+3⁄4 in)
2007	Noah Bryant	Southern California	20.04 m (65 ft 8+3⁄4 in)
2008	Cory Martin	Auburn	20.35 m (66 ft 9 in)
2009	Ryan Whiting	Arizona State	20.11 m (65 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
2010	Ryan Whiting	Arizona State	21.97 m (72 ft 3⁄4 in)
2011	Jordan Clarke	Arizona State	19.75 m (64 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
2012	Jordan Clarke	Arizona State	20.40 m (66 ft 11 in)
2013	Ryan Crouser	Texas	20.31 m (66 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
2014	Ryan Crouser	Texas	21.12 m (69 ft 3+1⁄4 in)
2015	Jonathan Jones	Buffalo	20.78 m (68 ft 2 in)
2016	Filip Mihaljević (CRO)	Virginia	20.71 m (67 ft 11+1⁄4 in)
2017	Filip Mihaljevic (CRO)	Virginia	21.30 m (69 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
2018	Denzel Comenentia (NED)	Georgia Bulldogs	20.61 m (67 ft 7+1⁄4 in)
2019	Tripp Piperi	Texas Longhorns	21.11 m (69 ft 3 in)
2021	Turner Washington	Arizona State Sun Devils	21.10 m (69 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
2022	Tripp Piperi	Texas Longhorns	21.52 m (70 ft 7 in)
2023	Jordan Geist	Arizona Wildcats	21.06 m (69 ft 1 in)