This is a list of the NCAA outdoor champions in the discus throw. 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 started in 1982.
Winners
Key A=Altitude assisted
+ Women's discus throw winners Year Athlete Team Distance 1982 1983 Leslie Deniz 1984 Carol Cady 1985 Laura DeSnoo 1986 Toni Lutjens 1987 Laura Lavine 1988 Laura Lavine 1989 Carla Garrett 1990 Tracie Millett 1991 1992 1993 Danyel Mitchell 1994 Danyel Mitchell 1995 Dawn Dumble 1996 1997 Seilala Sua 1998 Seilala Sua 1999 Seilala Sua 2000 Seilala Sua 2001 2002 Chaniqua Ross 2003 Deshaya Williams 2004 Becky Breisch 2005 Beth Mallory 2006 2007 Kelechi Anyanwu 2008 Sarah Stevens2009 D'Andra Carter 2010 Jeneva McCall 2011 Trecey Rew 2012 Whitney Ashley 2013 Anna Jelmini 2014 Shelbi Vaughan 2015 Shelbi Vaughan 2016 Kelsey Card 2017 2018 Maggie Ewen 2019 Laulauga Tausaga 2021 2022 2023 2024 Veronica Fraley 2025 Cierra Jackson 2026
+ Men's discus throw winners Year Athlete Team Distance1921Gus Pope1922Thomas Lieb1923Thomas Lieb1924not held1925Clifford Hoffman1926Clarence "Bud" Houser1927James Corson1928Eric Krenz1929Peter Rasmus1930Paul Jessup1931Robert Hall1932Frank Purma1933Henri LaBorde1934Gordon Dunn1935Ken Carpenter1936Ken Carpenter1937Pete Zagar1938Pete Zagar1939Pete Zagar1940Archie Harris1941Archie Harris1942Bob Fitch1943Howard Debus1944Wilfred Bangert1945Wilfred Bangert1946Fortune Gordien1947Fortune GordienA1948Fortune Gordien1949Victor Frank1950Dick Doyle1951Jim Dillion1952Sim Iness1953Sim Iness1954Jim Dillion1955Des Koch1956Ron Drummond1957Al Oerter1958Rink BabkaAl Oerter1959Dick Cochran1960Dick Cochran1961Glen Passey1962Dave Weill1963Dave WeillA1964Larry Kennedy1965Bob Stoecker1966Randy Matson1967Randy MatsonA1968196919701971Mike Louisiana1972Fred DeBernardi1973Mac Wilkins19741975Jim McGoldrickA197619771978197919801981Scott Crowell1982Dean CrouserA1983Dean Crouser1984John Brenner1985Rick Meyer19861987Clifford Felkins19881989John NicholsA1990Kamy Keshmiri1991Kamy Keshmiri1992Kamy Keshmiri1993Brian Milne1994John Godina1995John Godina1996Andy Bloom19971998Casey Malone1999200020012002200320042005Michael Robertson200620072008Rashaud Scott20092010Ryan Whiting 2011201220132014Hayden Reed2015Sam Mattis2017 2018 Luke Vaughn 2019 Eric "Duke" Kicinski 2021 Turner Washington 2022 2023 Turner Washington 2024 2025 2026
References
External links NCAA Division I men's outdoor track and field NCAA Division I women's outdoor track and field GBR Athletics Men GBR Athletics Women