Here are the Big Sky Conference Freshman of the Year award winners.
| Year | Player | School |
| 2021-22 | Ethan Price | Eastern Washington |
| 2020-21 | Dillon Jones | Weber State |
| 2019-20 | Derrick Carter-Hollinger | Montana |
| 2018-19 | Bodie Hume | Northern Colorado |
| 2017-18 | Holland Woods | Portland State |
| 2016-17 | Harald Frey | Montana State |
| 2015-16 | Tyler Hall | Montana State |
| 2014-15 | Bogdan Bliznyuk | Eastern Washington |
| 2013-14 | Jeremy Senglin | Weber State |
| 2012-13 | Venky Jois | Eastern Washington |
| 2011-12 | Dylan Garrity | Sacramento State |
| 2010-11 | Byron Fulton | Weber State |
| 2009-10 | Glen Dean | Eastern Washington |
| 2008-09 | Damian Lillard | Weber State |
| 2007-08 | Vinnie McGhee Jr. | Sacramento State |
| 2006-07 | Cameron Rundles | Montana |
| 2005-06 | Rodney Stuckey | Eastern Washington |
| 2004-05 | Logan Kinghorn | Idaho State |
| 2003-04 | Matt Nelson | Eastern Washington |
| 2002-03 | Kevin Criswell | Montana |
| 2001-02 | Marc Axton | Eastern Washington |
| 2000-01 | Seamus Boxley Jason Erickson | Portland State Montana State |
| 1999-2000 | Stephan Bachman | Weber State |
| 1998-99 | Nate Murase | Sacramento State |
| 1997-98 | Carl Holmes | Cal State Northridge |
| 1996-97 | Ross Land Ryan Jama | Northern Arizona Weber State |
| 1995-96 | Danny Sprinkle | Montana State |
| 1994-95 | Jerome Riley | Northern Arizona |
| 1993-94 | Steve Shephard | Boise State |
| 1992-93 | Scott Hatler | Montana State |
| 1991-92 | Scott Saber | Nevada |
| 1990-91 | Kareem Carpenter | Idaho State |
| 1989-80 | Tanoka Beard | Boise State |
| 1988-89 | Daren Engellant | Montana |
| 1987-88 | Mike Williams | Nevada |
| 1986-87 | Steve Williams | Northern Arizona |
| 1985-86 | Chris Childs | Boise State |