N.C.A.A. Division III National Champions
Women's Outdoor 3000-Meter Run
| Year | Name | School | Performance |
| 2001 | Mary Proulx | Keene State (NH) | 9:43.46 |
| 2000 | Rhaina Echols | Chicago | 9:39.02 |
| 1999 | Mami Lynn | Carroll (WI) | 9:48.84 |
| 1998 | Michelle Franklin | Cortland State (NY) | 10:00.85 |
| 1997 | Betsy Haverkamp | Calvin (MI) | 9:57.62 |
| 1996 | Heidi Swarts | Cortland State (NY | 9:51.68 |
| 1995 | Darcy Storin | Bowdoin (ME) | 9:56.74 |
| 1994 | Tammie Miller | Cortland State (NY) | 9:55.44 |
| 1993 | Tammie Miller | Cortland State (NY) | 9:56.42 |
| 1992 | Tammie Miller | Cortland State (NY) | 9:54.90 |
| 1991 | Michelle LaFleur | Cortland State (NY) | 9:48.54 |
| 1990 | Vicki Mitchell | Cortland State (NY) | 9:39.35 |
| 1989 | Michelle Trimble | Occidental (CA) | 9:54.92 |
| 1988 | Nancy Benson | Tufts (MA) | 9:41.46 |
| 1987 | Virginia Zaleski | College of New Jersey | 9:37.87 |
| 1986 | Gwynn Hardesty | Smith (MA) | 9:38.86 |
| 1985 | Gwynn Hardesty | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (CA) | 9:42.46 |
| 1984 | Diane Weeder | Mass.-Dartmouth | 9:46.31 |
| 1983 | Tori Neubauer | Wisconsin-LaCrosse | 9:27.44 |
| 1982 | Cynthia Sturm | Westfield State (MA) | 9:56.70 |
