The Pac-10 Conference, in cooperation with Pac-10 corporate partner Toyo Tires, has established the "Pac-10 Scholar-Athlete of the Year Awards, presented by Toyo Tires."
A Scholar-Athlete of the Year will be named in each of the Pac-10's 22 sponsored sports: baseball, men's basketball, women's basketball, men's cross country, women's cross country, football, men's golf, women's golf, women's gymnastics, men's rowing, women's rowing, men's soccer, women's soccer, softball, men's swimming & diving, women's swimming & diving, men's tennis, women's tennis, men's track & field, women's track & field, women's volleyball, and wrestling.
The nomination criteria are:
- senior (in athletics eligibility) on track to receive a degree;
- cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher;
- participation in at least 50% of the scheduled contest in the sport; and
- minimum of one year in residence at the institution.
Each Pac-10 institution will nominate one individual per sport, and the winners will be selected by a committee of Pac-10 staff members at the conclusion of each sport's regular season. The athletic accomplishments of the nominees will be a consideration in the voting for the award.
The Scholar-Athletes of the Year in each sport will receive a commemorative award. Toyo Tires will donate $1000 to the scholarship funds of the institution of each winner in recognition of the accomplishments of these Pac-10 student-athletes.
Previous Winners
| 2010-11 |
| m. basketball |
Rihard Kuksiks |
Arizona State |
| w. basketball |
Kayla Pedersen |
Stanford |
| w. gymnastics |
Mary Atkinson |
Arizona State |
| m. swimming |
Nathan Adrian |
California |
| w. swimming |
Kelsey Ditto |
Stanford |
| wrestling |
Adam Hall |
Boise State |
| m. cross country |
Elliott Heath |
Stanford |
| w. cross country |
Alexandra Kosinski |
Oregon |
| football |
Mike Mohamed |
California |
| m. soccer |
Bobby Warshaw |
Stanford |
| w. soccer |
Christen Press |
Stanford |
| volleyball |
Jill Sawatzky |
Oregon State |
| 2009-10 |
| baseball |
Matt Fanelli |
Washington State |
| m. basketball |
Landry Fields |
Stanford |
| w. basketball |
Jayne Appel |
Stanford |
| m. cross country |
Brandon Bethke |
Arizona State |
| w. cross country |
Nicole Blood |
Oregon |
| football |
Mike Nixon |
Arizona State |
| m. golf |
Knut Borsheim |
Arizona State |
| w. golf |
Juliana Murcia |
Arizona State |
| w. gymnastics |
Carly Janiga |
Stanford |
| m. soccer |
Rylan Hawkins |
Washington |
| w. soccer |
Ali Riley |
Stanford |
| m. rowing |
Simon Taylor |
Washington |
| w. rowing |
Christina Sprouse |
UCLA |
| softball |
K'Lee Arrendondo |
Arizona |
| m. swimming & diving |
David Dunford |
Stanford |
| w. swimming & diving |
Justine Schluntz |
Arizona |
| m. tennis |
Robert Farah |
USC |
| w. tennis |
Lindsay Burdette |
Stanford |
| m. track & field |
Ryan Whiting |
Arizona State |
| w. track & field |
Keisha Baker |
Oregon |
| volleyball |
Jill Collymore |
Washington |
| wrestling |
Jake Johnson |
Stanford |
| 2008-09 |
| baseball |
Greg Lagreid |
Washington State |
| m. basketball |
Taylor Rochestie |
Washington State |
| w. basketball |
Sybil Dosty |
Arizona State |
| m. cross country |
Galen Rupp |
Oregon |
| w. cross country |
Jenna Kingma |
Arizona State |
| football |
Alex Mack |
California |
| m. golf |
Alex Williams |
Oregon State |
| w. golf |
Azahara Muñoz |
Arizona State |
| w. gymnastics |
Ariana Berlin |
UCLA |
| m. soccer |
George John |
Washington |
| w. soccer |
Nicole Dobrzynski |
Oregon |
| m. rowing |
Mark Murphy |
Stanford |
| w. rowing |
Robin Hextrum |
USC |
| softball |
Jessica Mapes |
Arizona State |
| m. swimming & diving |
Jason Dunford |
Stanford |
| w. swimming & diving |
Andrea Axtell |
Stanford |
| m. tennis |
Michael Look |
UCLA |
| w. tennis |
Danielle Steinberg |
Arizona |
| m. track & field |
Galen Rupp |
Oregon |
| w. track & field |
Sarah Stevens |
Arizona State |
| volleyball |
Cynthia Barboza |
Stanford |
| wrestling |
Thomas Kimbrell |
Cal State Bakersfield |
| 2007-08 |
| baseball |
Jayson Miller |
Washington State |
| m. basketball |
Robbie Cowgill |
Washington State |
| w. basketball |
Lindsey Pluimer |
UCLA |
| m. cross country |
Neftalem Araia |
Stanford |
| w. cross country |
Arianna Lambie |
Stanford |
| football |
Spencer Larsen |
Arizona |
| m. golf |
Rob Grube |
Stanford |
| w. golf |
Allison Walshe |
Arizona |
| w. gymnastics |
Karin Wurm |
Arizona |
| m. soccer |
Kevin Forrest |
Washington |
| w. soccer |
Rachel Buehler |
Stanford |
| m. rowing |
Justin Wagner |
Oregon State |
| w. rowing |
Kaylie Towne |
Oregon State |
| softball |
Jackie Vasquez |
Arizona State |
| m. swimming & diving |
Steve Neuwert |
Arizona State |
| w. swimming & diving |
Lacey Nymeyer |
Arizona |
| m. tennis |
Mathieu Dehaine |
UCLA |
| w. tennis |
Riza Zalameda |
UCLA |
| m. track & field |
Russell Brown |
Stanford |
| w. track & field |
April Kubishta |
Arizona State |
| volleyball |
Angie Pressey |
California |
| wrestling |
Tanner Gardner |
Stanford |