Rookie of the Year

Outstanding performance at a first Solo National Championship by a driver with limited competition experience.
1984 - Betsy Blackburn
1985 - Lou Albertson
1986 - Dan Livezey
1987 - Stacy Lynd
1988 - Mark Daddio
1989 - Steve Hoelscher
1990 - Tom Kotzian
1991 - Mal Kooiman
1992 - Roy Melling
1993 - Richard Coffey
1994 - Kim Knapp
1995 - Michael Plumer
1996 - Rob Luis
1997 - Mike Maier
1998 - Kelly Bowland
1999 - Lori Robertson
2000 - Kyung An
2001 - Randy Noll
2002 - Mary Medicus
2003 - Shawn Mundis
2004 - Andy Anst
2005 - GJ Dixon
2006 - Bryan Heitkotter
2007 - Jason Collett
2008 - Stephen Yeoh
2009 - Katie Nicholls
2010 - Andrew Pallotta
2011 - Jonathan Lugod
2012 - Tristan Littlehale
2013 - Darren Seltzer
2014 - Mark Scroggs
2015 - Tamra Hunt
2016 - Nicholas Chu
2017 - Mark Dudek
2018 - Ryan Field
2019 - Ken Roller
2020 - Not Awarded
2021 - Jacob Glover
2022 - Kevin Brewer
2023 - Khai Duplantis
2024 - Mitchell Welker
2025 - Trent Ksionek