N.A.I.A. National Champions
Women's Outdoor 10,000-Meter Run
| Year | Name | School | Performance |
| 2011 | Obsie Birru | Grand View (IA) | 34:49.42 |
| 2010 | Obsie Birru | Grand View (IA) | 36:17.88 |
| 2009 | Jackie Kipwambok | Azusa Pacific | 34:48.21 |
| 2008 | Alissa McKaig | Indiana Tech | 34:22.95 |
| 2007 | Petrana Petcova | Goshen (IN) | 36:27.01 |
| 2006 | Betty Rotich | Missouri Baptist | 35:01.80 |
| 2005 | Miriam Kaumba | Oklahoma Baptist | 35:03.67 |
| 2004 | Miriam Kaumba | Oklahoma Baptist | 36:49.58 |
| 2003 | Amanda Portis | Tri-State (IN) | 37:02.77 |
| 2002 | Nicole DeRoin | Hastings (NE) | 37:20.38 |
| 2001 | Mary Livengood | Doane (NE) | 35:45.89 |
| 2000 | Sarah Korir | McKendree (IL) | 36:44.34 |
| 1999 | Sarah Korir | McKendree (IL) | 35:29.86 |
| 1998 | Sarah Korir | McKendree (IL) | 38:17.78 |
| 1997 | Ann Marie Hynes | Rio Grande (OH) | 35:41.04 |
| 1996 | Tumaini Urio | Life (GA) | 36:03.37 |
| 1995 | Rose Ibarra | Wayland Baptist (TX) | 34:55.06 |
| 1994 | Rose Ibarra | Wayland Baptist (TX) | 35:44.12 |
| 1993 | Tigist Moreda | Wayland Baptist (TX) | 35:12.46 |
| 1992 | Jill Beals | George Fox (OR) | 34:25.5 |
| 1991 | Jill Beals | George Fox (OR) | 35:50.39 |
| 1990 | Terry Villareal | Adams State (CO) | 36:50.57 |
| 1989 | Jill Jamison | George Fox (OR) | 36:08.71 |
| 1988 | Lori Moreno | Western State (CO) | 35:12.15 |
| 1987 | Erin Gillespie | Hillsdale (MI) | 36:05.47 |
| 1986 | Erin Gillespie | Hillsdale (MI) | 35:06.51 |
| 1985 | Katie Webb | Marquette | 35:44.07 |
| 1984 | Karen Schoenrock | Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 35:37.6 |
| 1983 | Linda Marquardt | Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 35:17.88 |
