Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year

Name the woman who have recieved the title of "Female Athlete of the Year" from the Associated Press" since the year 1931.

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Year	Country	Sport	Answer
1931	USA	Swimming	Helene Madison
1932	USA	Track and Field	Babe Didrikson
1933	USA	Tennis	Helen Jacobs
1934	USA	Golf	Virginia Van Wie
1935	USA	Tennis	Helen Willis Moody
1936	USA	Track and Field	Helen Stephens
1937	USA	Swimming	Katherine Rawls
1938	USA	Golf	Patty Berg
1939	USA	Tennis	Alice Marble
1940	USA	Tennis	Alice Marble
1941	USA	Golf	Betty Hicks Newell
1942	USA	Swimming	Gloria Callen
1943	USA	Golf	Patty Berg
1944	USA	Swimming	Ann Curtis
1945	USA	Golf	Babe Didrikson Zaharias
1946	USA	Golf	Babe Didrikson Zaharias
1947	USA	Golf	Babe Didrikson Zaharias
1948	Netherlands	Track and Field	Fanny Blankers-Koen
1949	USA	Golf	Marlene Bauer
1950	USA	Golf	Babe Didrikson Zaharias
1951	USA	Tennis	Maureen Connolly
1952	USA	Tennis	Maureen Connolly
1953	USA	Tennis	Maureen Connolly
1954	USA	Golf	Babe Didrikson Zaharias
1955	USA	Golf	Patty Berg
1956	USA	Diving	Pat McCormick
1957	USA	Tennis	Althea Gibson
1958	USA	Tennis	Althea Gibson
1959	Brazil	Tennis	Maria Bueno
1960	USA	Track and Field	Wilma Rudolph
1961	USA	Track and Field	Wilma Rudolph
1962	Australia	Swimming	Dawn Fraser
1963	USA	Golf	Mickey Wright
1964	USA	Golf	Mickey Wright
1965	USA	Golf	Kathy Whitworth
1966	USA	Golf	Kathy Whitworth
1967	USA	Tennis	Billie Jean King
1968	USA	Figure Skating	Peggy Fleming
1969	USA	Swimming	Debbie Meyer
1970	Taiwan	Track and Field	Chi Cheng
1971	Australia	Tennis	Evonne Goolagong

Year	Country	Sport	Answer
1972	Soviet Union	Gymnastics	Olga Korbut
1973	USA	Tennis	Billie Jean King
1974	USA	Tennis	Chris Evert
1975	USA	Tennis	Chris Evert
1976	Romania	Gymnastics	Nadia Comaneci
1977	USA	Tennis	Chris Evert
1978	USA	Golf	Nancy Lopez
1979	USA	Tennis	Tracy Austin
1980	USA	Tennis	Chris Evert
1981	USA	Tennis	Tracy Austin
1982	USA	Track and Field	Mary Decker
1983	USA	Tennis	Martina Navratilova
1984	USA	Gymnastics	Mary Lou Retton
1985	USA	Golf	Nancy Lopez
1986	USA	Tennis	Martina Navratilova
1987	USA	Track and Field	Jackie Joyner-Kersee
1988	USA	Track and Field	Florence Griffith Joyner
1989	West Germany	Tennis	Steffi Graf
1990	USA	Golf	Beth Daniel
1991	Yugoslavia	Tennis	Monica Seles
1992	Yugoslavia	Tennis	Monica Seles
1993	USA	College Basketball	Sheryl Swoopes
1994	USA	Speed Skating	Bonnie Blair
1995	USA	College Basketball	Rebecca Lobo
1996	USA	Swimming	Amy Van Dyken
1997	Switzerland	Tennis	Martina Hingis
1998	South Korea	Golf	Se Ri Pak
1999	USA	Soccer	U.S. Women's Soccer Team
2000	USA	Track and Field	Marion Jones
2001	USA	Tennis	Jennifer Capriati
2002	USA	Tennis	Serena Williams
2003	Sweden	Golf	Annika Sorenstam
2004	Sweden	Golf	Annika Sorenstam
2005	Sweden	Golf	Annika Sorenstam
2006	Mexico	Golf	Lorena Ochoa
2007	Mexico	Golf	Lorena Ochoa
2008	USA	WNBA	Candace Parker
2009	USA	Tennis	Serena Williams
2010	USA	Skiing	Lindsey Vonn
2011	USA	Soccer	Abby Wambach
2012	---	---	T.B.A.

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