The women's rookie of the year award honours outstanding athletic achievements by female student-athletes competing in varsity athletics for the first time. The recipient must be compliant with U SPORTS / OUA rookie of the year sport specific regulations and be in the first year of eligibility in university competition.

Year	Athlete	Sport
2024-25	Quinn McTavish	Volleyball
The award was renamed Women's Rookie of the year in 2024-25 to align with OUA and U SPORTS gender designations
2023-24	Juliet Redelaar	Field Hockey
2022-23	Nia Fleming-Thompson	Soccer
2021-22	Kiara Leveridge	Basketball
2020-21	Not Awarded (COVID-19 Pandemic)
2019-20	Brea Rodgers	Wrestling
2018-19	Kalifornia Mitchell	Soccer
2017-18	Jaslan Stirling	Field Hockey
2016-17	Claudia Poluga	Tennis
2015-16	Nikki Carnovale	Tennis
2014-15	Alexandria Town	Wrestling
2013-14	Sonia Glushkovsky	Tennis
2012-13	Nour Ghoneim	Soccer
2011-12	Kristen Barbara	Ice Hockey
2010-11	Brandie Wilkerson	Volleyball
2009-10	Nicole Campbell	Soccer
2008-09	Thinesa Sriskandarajah	Volleyball
2007-08	Stefania Morra	Soccer
2006-07	Effie Petrou	Field Hockey
2005-06	Tara Minicuci	Basketball
2004-05	Laura MacCallum	Basketball
2003-04	Nicole Zaharopoulos	Field Hockey
2002-03	Sophie Jutras	Badminton
2001-02	Olga Mankovskaya	Track & Field
2000-01	Tasha Monroe	Track & Field