♠ Life Wins ♦ All Americans ♣ Rookie of the Year ♥ Record Holders ♠ Hall Of Fame ♦ President's Awards ♣ Volunteer Awards
Each season, the first-year player with the most Master Rating Points for that season is named the ACC Rookie of the Year.
| Season | Player | City/State | MRPs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-2025 | Stephen Dugas | Medford, MA | 1184 |
| 2023-2024 | Bonnie Fife | Killingly, CT | 336 |
| 2022-2023 | Kendra Munkacsy | Fitchburg, MA | 404 |
| 2021-2022 | No award given | N/A | |
| 2020-2021 | No award given | N/A | |
| 2019-2020 | David Aiello | Kenosha, WI | 289 |
| 2018-2019 | Roland Conner | Derry, NH | 208 |
| 2017-2018 | Trevor Poole | Crescent City, CA | 611 |
| 2017-2018 | Stanley Primc | Loyal, WI | 557 |
| 2016-2017 | Tristan Bacoch | Sacramento, CA | 461 |
| 2015-2016 | Philip J. Denoncourt | Concord, NH | 295 |
| 2014-2015 | Jeremy Krieger | Salem, OR | 896 |
| 2013-2014 | Cynthia Wark | Chester, MD | 476 |
| 2012-2013 | Arthur Loveland | Brighton, MI | 873 |
| 2012-2013 | Margaret Fanucchi | Sebastopol, CA | 310 |
| 2011-2012 | Peter Legendre | Pittston, ME | 749 |
| 2010-2011 | Terry Higgins | Hayward, CA | 246 |
| 2009-2010 | Ian Symons | Madras, OR | 184 |
| 2008-2009 | Chresmon Ching | Las Vegas, NV | 475 |
| 2007-2008 | Marty J. Schmidt | Plymouth, WI | 531 |
| 2006-2007 | George Bryer | Saugus, MA | 266 |
| 2005-2006 | Michael Duffy | Fallbrook, CA | 335 |
| 2004-2005 | Mark Soule | Woolwich, ME | 720 |
| 2003-2004 | Jerry Hardy | Bowdoin, ME | 1242 |
| 2002-2003 | George Neujahr | Watsonville, CA | 781 |
| 2001-2002 | David Campbell | Parsonsfield, ME | 1122 |
