American Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Year

American Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Year
Awarded for the most outstanding basketball player in the American Athletic Conference
Country United States
First awarded 2014
Currently held by Katie Lou Samuelson, Connecticut

The American Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Year is a basketball award given to the American Athletic Conference's most outstanding player, as chosen by the league's head coaches. The conference formed in 2013–14 after many schools departed from the original Big East Conference to form a new Big East Conference. So far, Connecticut is the only team to have had an award winner. Breanna Stewart won the first three awards in 2014,[1] 2015,[2] and 2016.[3] The following season saw the first-ever shared award, with Napheesa Collier and Katie Lou Samuelson sharing honors.[4]


Key

† Co-Players of the Year
* Awarded a national Player of the Year award:
Wade Trophy (1977–78 to present)
Naismith College Player of the Year (1982–83 to present)
John R. Wooden Award (2003–04 to present)
Player (X) Denotes the number of times the player had been awarded the AAC Player of the Year award at that point

Winners

Breanna Stewart, recipient of the first three AAC Player of the Year awards (2014–2016).
Season Player School Position Class Reference
2013–14 Breanna Stewart* Connecticut Forward Sophomore [1]
2014–15 Breanna Stewart* (2) Connecticut Forward Junior [2]
2015–16 Breanna Stewart* (3) Connecticut Forward Senior [3]
2016–17† Napheesa Collier Connecticut Forward Sophomore [4]
2016–17† Katie Lou Samuelson Connecticut Guard/forward Sophomore [4]
2017–18 Katie Lou Samuelson (2) Connecticut Guard/forward Junior [5]

Winners by school

School (year joined) Winners Years
Connecticut (2013) 6 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 (x2)†[a 1], 2018
Cincinnati (2013) 0 —
East Carolina (2014) 0 —
Houston (2013) 0 —
Louisville (2013)[a 2] 0 —
Memphis (2013) 0 —
Rutgers (2013)[a 2] 0 —
SMU (2013) 0 —
South Florida (2013) 0 —
Temple (2013) 0 —
Tulane (2014) 0 —
Tulsa (2014) 0 —
UCF (2013) 0 —
Wichita State (2017) 0 —
  1. ↑ In 2016–17, two Connecticut players shared the Player of the Year award. Both are counted in the total tally of Player of the Year Awards by school.
  2. 1 2 Louisville and Rutgers played only the 2013–14 season in The American. After that season, they respectively left for the ACC[6] and Big Ten.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 "UConn's Breanna Stewart Named American Athletic Conference Player of the Year" (Press release). American Athletic Conference. March 7, 2014. Retrieved March 13, 2014.
  2. 1 2 "UConn's Stewart Named American Player of the Year" (Press release). American Athletic Conference. March 5, 2015. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Stewart Named 2016 American Athletic Conference Player of the Year" (Press release). American Athletic Conference. March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 4, 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 "UConn's Collier, Samuelson Named American Women's Basketball Players of the Year" (Press release). American Athletic Conference. March 3, 2017. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Katie Lou Samuelson Repeats as Women's Basketball Player of the Year" (Press release). American Athletic Conference. March 3, 2018. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
  6. ↑ "ACC Extends Formal Invitation for Membership to the University of Louisville" (Press release). Atlantic Coast Conference. November 28, 2012. Archived from the original on December 12, 2012. Retrieved November 28, 2012.
  7. ↑ "Rutgers University To Join The Big Ten Conference" (Press release). Big Ten Conference. November 20, 2012. Retrieved November 20, 2012.
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