N.C.A.A. Division I National Champions
Women's Outdoor 400-Meter Hurdles
| Year | Name | School | Performance |
| 2011 | Ti'erra Brown | Miami | 55.65 |
| 2010 | Queen Harrison | Virginia Tech | 54.55 |
| 2009 | Nicole Leach | UCLA | 55.39 |
| 2008 | Nickiesha Wilson | Louisiana State | 54.45 |
| 2007 | Nicole Leach | UCLA | 54.32 |
| 2006 | Markita James | Auburn | 54.47 |
| 2005 | Shauna Smith | Wyoming | 54.32 |
| 2004 | Sheena Johnson | UCLA | 53.54 |
| 2003 | Sheena Johnson | UCLA | 54.24 |
| 2002 | LeShinda Demus | South Carolina | 54.85 |
| 2001 | Brenda Taylor | Harvard | 55.88 |
| 2000 | Natasha Danvers | Southern California | 55.26 |
| 1999 | Joanna Hayes | UCLA | 55.16 |
| 1998 | Rosa Jolivet | Texas A&M | 55.24 |
| 1997 | Ryan Tolbert | Vanderbilt | 54.54 |
| 1996 | Tonya Williams | Illinois | 54.56 |
| 1995 | Tonya Williams | Illinois | 55.17 |
| 1994 | Debbie Parris | Louisiana State | 55.54 |
| 1993 | Debbie Parris | Louisiana State | 56.37 |
| 1992 | Tonja Buford | Illinois | 55.12 |
| 1991 | Janeene Vickers | UCLA | 55.65 |
| 1990 | Janeene Vickers | UCLA | 55.40 |
| 1989 | Janeene Vickers | UCLA | 55.27 |
| 1988 | Schowanda Williams | Louisiana State | 55.53 |
| 1987 | Linetta Wilson | Nebraska | 55.55 |
| 1986 | Maria Usifo | Texas Southern | 55.16 |
| 1985 | Latanya Sheffield | San Diego State | 54.64 |
| 1984 | Nawal El Moutawakil | Iowa State | 55.84 |
| 1983 | Judi Brown | Michigan State | 56.44 |
| 1982 | Tonja Brown | Florida State | 56.46 |
