Today's Top 10 Award
The Today's Top 10 Award is given each year by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) to honor ten outstanding senior student-athletes of the preceding calendar year. The award was previously known by three different names, each reflecting the number of recipients:
Today's Top V Award or the Top Five Award (1973–1985)
Today's Top VI Award (1986–1994)
Today's Top VIII Award (1995–2013)
Winter/spring sports considered include baseball, basketball, fencing, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle, rowing, skiing, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, indoor and outdoor track and field, men's volleyball, women's water polo and wrestling. Fall sports considered include cross country, field hockey, football, soccer, women's volleyball and men's water polo.
Current selection criteria
For 2006, the selection criteria are:
The nominee must be a varsity letter-winner.
The nominee must complete intercollegiate eligibility in winter or spring during the 2005-06 academic year to be eligible for the winter/spring award or in fall 2006 to be eligible for the fall award.
