| Year | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
|---|
| 1973 | Jeff Pritchard
Kansas |
John Sommers
Colorado |
Bill Reser
|
|---|
| 1974 | Mark O'Connor
Washington |
Jeff Pritchard
Kansas |
David Coe
Oklahoma |
|---|
| 1975 | Jeff Pritchard
Kansas |
Henry the Fiddler
Illinois |
Gary Wackerly
Oklahoma |
|---|
| 1976 | Dick Barrett
Texas |
Mark O'Connor
Washington |
Jeff Pritchard
Kansas |
|---|
| 1977 | Mark O'Connor
Washington |
Jeff Pritchard
Kansas |
Russell O'Neal
Oklahoma |
|---|
| 1978 | Murray Willoughby
North Carolina |
Joe Cotton
West Virginia |
Ted Smith
California |
|---|
| 1979 | Johnny Murdock
Missouri |
Fred Carpenter
Maine |
David Harvey
Colorado |
|---|
| 1980 | Wanda Vick
Alabama |
David Harvey
Colorado |
Monte Gaylord
Oklahoma |
|---|
| 1981 | Steve Gillian
Oklahoma |
Edward Baggot
Oklahoma |
Monte Gaylord
Oklahoma |
|---|
| 1982 | Mark Ralph
Kentucky |
Jeff Pritchard
Kansas |
Bill Ward
Missouri |
|---|
| 1983 | Jeff Pritchard
Kansas |
Jimmy Gyles
Oklahoma |
Joey McKenzie
Oregon |
|---|
| 1984 | Alison Krauss
Illinois |
Randy Howard
Georgia |
Andrea Zonn
Illinois |
|---|
| 1985 | Randy Howard
Georgia |
Betty Voenbrock
Texas |
Marty Kaufman
Tennessee |
|---|
| 1986 | Jeff Guernsey
Indiana |
Randy Howard
Georgia |
Alison Krauss
Illinois |
|---|
| 1987 | Bill Ward
Missouri |
Martha Erwin
Texas |
Jeff Pritchard
Kansas |
|---|
| 1988 | Andrea Zonn
Tennessee |
Jenni Lynne Collier
Oklahoma |
Adam Cutts
Texas |
|---|
| 1989 | Monte Gaylord
Oklahoma |
Gretchen Van Houten
New Mexico |
Martie Erwin
Texas |
|---|
| 1990 | Randy Howard
Georgia |
Ed Carnes
Kentucky |
Jason Shaw
Nebraska |
|---|
| 1991 | Jason Shaw
Nebraska |
Ed Carnes
Kentucky |
Paul T. Brown
Ohio |
|---|
| 1992 | Gretchen Van Houten
New Mexico |
Ed Carnes
Tennessee |
Lida Bringe
Illinois |
|---|
| 1993 | Ed Carnes
Tennessee |
Levi Dennis
Oklahoma |
Monte Gaylord
Oklahoma |
|---|
| 1994 | Richard Helsley, Jr.
Texas |
Cortland Ingram
Kansas |
John Nyen
Texas |
|---|
| 1995 | John Nyen
Texas |
Junior Marriott
Missouri |
Rainer Hagmann
Switzerland |
|---|
| 1996 | Randy Howard
Tennessee |
Ashley Brown
Texas |
Jeffrey Forbes
New Mexico |
|---|
| 1997 | Andy Leftwich
Tennessee |
Matthew Palmer
Vermont |
Joel Whittinghill
Kentucky |
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