The “Sid Watson” award is given to the Player of the Year in NCAA Men’s Division III Hockey.
Presented by the American Hockey Coaches Association (AHCA).
| Year | Player | School | Position |
| 2025 | Shane Soderwall | Curry | G |
| 2024 | Devon Bobak | Trinity | G |
| 2023 | Matus Spodniak | Adrian | F |
| 2022 | Peter Bates | St. Norbert | F |
| 2021 | n/a (Covid) | – | – |
| 2020 | Tom Auburn | Norwich | G |
| 2019 | Devin McDonald | SUNY Geneseo | G |
| 2018 | Colin Larkin | UMass-Boston | F |
| 2017 | Evan Buitenhuis | Hamilton | G |
| 2016 | Jamie Murray | Babson | G |
| 2015 | Drew Fielding | St. Thomas | G |
| 2014 | David Jacobson | St. Norbert | G |
| 2013 | Paul Rodriguez | Oswego State | F |
| 2012 | Jonathan LaRose | Amherst | G |
| 2011 | Chris Berenguer | Hamline | D |
| 2010 | David Martinson | Gustavus Adolphus | F |
| 2009 | Jeff Landers | Amherst | D |
| 2008 | Kyle Jones | St. Norbert | G |
| 2007 | Andrew Gallant | Manhattanville | G |
| 2006 | Adam Hanna | St. John’s | G |
| 2005 | Kurtis McLean | Norwich | F |
| 2004 | Kevin Cooper | Middlebury | F |
| 2003 | Maris Ziedins | St. Norbert | F |
| 2002 | Jerry Galway | RIT | D |
| 2001 | Keith Aucoin | Norwich | F |
| 2000 | Steve Aronson | St. Thomas | F |
| 1999 | Rob Smillie | St. Norbert | F |
| 1998 | Mark Spence | Middlebury | F |
| 1997 | Steve Toll | RIT | F |
| 1996 | Ian Smith | Middlebury | D |
| 1995 | Charlie Gaffney | Bowdoin | F |
| 1994 | Ray Alcindor | Middlebury | F |
| 1993 | Frank Cirone | Wisconsin-Stevens Point | F |