This is a list of the NCAA outdoor champions in the high jump. 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 began in 1982.
Winners
Key A=Altitude assisted
+ Women's high jump winners Year Athlete Team Height 1982 1983 1984 Tonya Alston 1985 Katrena Johnson 1986 Rita Graves 1987 1988 Amber Welty 1989 Melinda Clark 1990 Angie Bradburn 1991 Tanya Hughes 1992 Tanya Hughes 1993 Tanya Hughes 1994 1995 Amy Acuff 1996 Amy Acuff 1997 1998 Erin Aldrich 1999 2000 Erin Aldrich 2001 2002 Darnesha Griffith 2003 2004 Chaunté Howard 2005 Sharon Day 2006 Destinee Hooker 2007 Destinee Hooker 2008 Elizabeth Patterson 2009 Destinee Hooker 2010 Amber Kaufman 2011 Brigetta Barrett 2012 Brigetta Barrett 2013 Brigetta Barrett 2014 2015 2016 2017 Madeline Fagan 2018 Alexus Henry 2019 Nicole Greene 2021 Rachel Glenn 2022 2023 Charity Hufnagel 2024 2025 2026
+ Men's high jump winners Year Athlete Team Height 1921John Murphy 1922John Murphy Harold Osborn 1923Tom Poor 1924not held 1925Thomas Bransford Oather Hampton &Justin Russell 1926Rufus Haggard 1927Anton Burg &Rufus Haggard 1928Robert King 1929Parker Shelby 1930James Stewart 1931Darrell Jones 1932Bert Nelson 1933 &Vincent Murphy 1934Walter Marty &George Spitz 1935Linn Philson 1936Dave Albritton &Mel Walker 1937Dave Albritton &Gil Cruter 1938Dave Albritton &Gil Cruter 1939John Wilson 1940Don Canham &John Wilson 1941Les Steers 1942Adam Berry 1943Fred Sheffield 1944Ken Wiesner 1945Fred Sheffield &Ken Wiesner 1946Ken Wiesner 1947Irv Mondschein A 1948Dick Eddleman &Irv Mondschein 1949Richard Phillips 1950Vern McGrew 1951Lewis Hall 1952Emery Barnes &Walt "Buddy" Davis 1953Lewis Hall Milt Mead &Mark Smith 1954Ernie Shelton 1955Ernie Shelton 1956Nick Dyer Bob Lang &Phil Reavis 1957Don Stewart &Al Urbanckas 1958Don Stewart 1959Wayne Moss &Errol Williams 1960John Thomas 1961John Thomas 1962Roger Olson 1963Lew Hoyt A 1964John Rambo 1965Frank Costello 1966Otis Burrell 1967Steve Brown A 1968Dick Fosbury 1969Dick Fosbury 1970Pat Matzdorf 1971Reynaldo Brown 1972Tom Woods 1973Reynaldo Brown 1974Randy Smith 1975Warren Shanklin A 1976Dwight Stones 1977Kyle Arney 1978Franklin Jacobs 1979Nat Page 1980Jeff Woodard 1981Leo Williams 1982 A 1983Richie Thompson 1984Jake Jacoby 1985 1986James Lott 1987Thomas Smith 1988Thomas Smith 1989Hollis Conway A 1990Charles Austin 1991Darrin Plab 1992Darrin Plab 1993Randy Jenkins 1994Randy Jenkins 1995Ray Doakes 1996Eric Bishop 1997Ivan Wagner 1998Nathan Leeper 1999 2000 2001Charles Clinger 2002Tora Harris 2003 2004Andra Manson 2005Jesse Williams 2006Jesse Williams 2007 Scott Sellers 2008 Michael Hanany 2009 Scott Sellers 2010 2011 Erik Kynard 2012 Erik Kynard 2013 2014 Bryan McBride 2015 Jacorian Duffield 2016 Randall Cunningham II 2017 2018 2019 JuVaughn Harrison 2020Not held due to COVID-19 2021 JuVaughn Harrison 2022 2023 2024 2025 Arvesta Troupe 2026
References
GBR Athletics Men GBR Athletics Women
External links NCAA Division I men's outdoor track and field NCAA Division I women's outdoor track and field