Here are the Big West Conference Freshman of the Year award winners.
| Year | Freshman of the Year |
| 2021-22 | Ajay Mitchell, UC Santa Barbara |
| 2020-21 | Dawson Baker, UC Irvine |
| 2019-20 | Ezra Manjon, UC Davis |
| 2018-19 | Lamine Diane, CSUN |
| 2017-18 | Terrell Gomez, CSUN |
| 2016-17 | Jackson Rowe, Cal State Fullerton |
| 2015-16 | Khalil Ahmad, Cal State Fullerton |
| 2014-15 | Gabe Vincent, UC Santa Barbara |
| 2013-14 | Luke Nelson, UC Irvine |
| 2012-13 | Alex Young, UC Irvine Issac Fotu, Hawai’i |
| 2011-12 | Stephan Hicks, CSUN |
| 2010-11 | Maliik Love, Cal Poly Josh Ritchart, UC Davis |
| 2009-10 | Julian Welch, UC Davis |
| 2008-09 | Larry Anderson, Long Beach State |
| 2007-08 | Mark Payne, UC Davis |
| 2006-07 | Henrik Thomsen, UC Riverside |
| 2005-06 | Trae Clark, Cal Poly |
| 2004-05 | Jaycee Carroll, Utah State |
| 2003-04 | Bobby Brown, Cal State Fullerton |
