JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground by Amulya Kashyap March 14, 2016 HTML <script src="https://code.angularjs.org/angular-1.0.1.js"></script> <select ng-options="player as player.nickName for player in players track by player.id" ng-model="selected"></select> JavaScript var myApp = angular.module('myApp',[]); function MyCtrl($scope) { $scope.name = 'Superhero'; $scope.players = [{"id": "1", "nickName" : "Cole", "firstName" : "Mark", "lastName" : "Coleman"}, {"id" : "2", "nickName" : "West", "firstName" : "Peter", "lastName" : "West"}]; $scope.selected = $scope.players[0]; }