Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Year
Big 12 Women's Basketball Player of the Year | |
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Awarded for | the most outstanding basketball player in the Big 12 Conference |
Country | United States |
Presented by | Phillips 66 |
First awarded | 1997 |
Currently held by | Brooke McCarty, Texas |
The Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Year is a basketball award given to the Big 12 Conference's most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1996–97 season, the first year of conference competition but three years after the conference's official formation. As with the corresponding men's award, it is selected by the league's head coaches, who are not allowed to vote for their own players.[1]
Four players have won the award more than once. Stacey Dales of Oklahoma and Nicole Ohlde of Kansas State have won twice, and Courtney Paris of Oklahoma and Brittney Griner of Baylor have won three times. No freshman has ever won the award. Only the two three-time winners (Paris and Griner) and 2015 recipient Nina Davis of Baylor have won as sophomores. Two players have won a major end-of-season national award in the year that they won the Big 12 award. Griner won all three major national awards (Naismith Award, Wade Trophy, and Wooden Award) in both 2012 and 2013, and Baylor's Odyssey Sims was the 2014 Wade Trophy recipient.
Three current Big 12 members have yet to have a winner: charter member Iowa State and 2012 arrivals TCU and West Virginia.
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 has been awarded the Big 12 Player of the Year award at that point |
Winners
Season | Player | School | Position | Class | Reference |
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1996–97 | Tamecka Dixon | Kansas | Guard[2] | Senior[2] | [3] |
1997–98 | Alicia Thompson | Texas Tech | Center[4] | Senior[4] | [3] |
1998–99 | Angie Braziel | Texas Tech | Center[4] | Senior[4] | [3] |
1999–2000 | Phylesha Whaley | Oklahoma | Forward[4] | Senior[4] | [3] |
2000–01 | Stacey Dales | Oklahoma | Guard[4] | Junior[4] | [3] |
2001–02 | Stacey Dales (2) | Oklahoma | Guard[4] | Senior[4] | [3] |
2002–03 | Nicole Ohlde | Kansas State | Forward/center[4] | Junior[4] | [3] |
2003–04 | Nicole Ohlde (2) | Kansas State | Forward/center[4] | Senior[4] | [3] |
2004–05 | Kendra Wecker | Kansas State | Forward[4] | Senior[4] | [3] |
2005–06 | Sophia Young | Baylor | Forward[4] | Senior[4] | [3] |
2006–07 | Courtney Paris | Oklahoma | Center[4] | Sophomore[4] | [3] |
2007–08 | Courtney Paris (2) | Oklahoma | Center[4] | Junior[4] | [3] |
2008–09 | Courtney Paris (3) | Oklahoma | Center[4] | Senior[4] | [3] |
2009–10 | Kelsey Griffin | Nebraska | Forward[4] | Senior[4] | [3] |
2010–11 | Brittney Griner | Baylor | Center[4] | Sophomore[4] | [3] |
2011–12 | Brittney Griner* (2) | Baylor | Center[4] | Junior[4] | [3][5] |
2012–13 | Brittney Griner* (3) | Baylor | Center[4] | Senior[4] | [3][5] |
2013–14 | Odyssey Sims* | Baylor | Guard[4] | Senior[4] | [1][6] |
2014–15 | Nina Davis | Baylor | Forward | Sophomore | [7] |
2015–16 | Brittney Martin | Oklahoma State | Guard | Senior | [8] |
2016–17 | Brooke McCarty | Texas | Guard | Junior | [9] |
Winners by school
School (year joined) | Winners | Years |
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Baylor (1996) | 6 | 2006, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 |
Oklahoma (1996) | 6 | 2000, 2001, 2002, 2007, 2008, 2009 |
Kansas State (1996) | 3 | 2003, 2004, 2005 |
Texas Tech (1996) | 2 | 1998, 1999 |
Kansas (1996) | 1 | 1997 |
Nebraska (1996)[a 1] | 1 | 2010 |
Oklahoma State (1996) | 1 | 2016 |
Texas (1996) | 1 | 2017 |
Colorado (1996)[a 2] | 0 | — |
Iowa State (1996) | 0 | — |
Missouri (1996)[a 3] | 0 | — |
TCU (2012) | 0 | — |
Texas A&M (1996)[a 3] | 0 | — |
West Virginia (2012) | 0 | — |
Footnotes
References
- 1 2 "2013-14 Phillips 66 All-Big 12 Women's Basketball Awards Announced" (Press release). Big 12 Conference. March 6, 2014. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
- 1 2 "Player Career Stats". 2013–14 Kansas Women's Basketball Media Guide. University of Kansas Athletics. p. 114. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 "Big 12 Annual Honors: All-Big 12 Individual Awards" (PDF). 2013–14 Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Media Guide. Big 12 Conference. p. 78. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 "Big 12 Annual Honors: Preseason Teams" (PDF). 2013–14 Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Media Guide. Big 12 Conference. p. 84. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
- 1 2 "All-Time Big 12 National Honors: National Awards" (PDF). 2013–14 Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Media Guide. Big 12 Conference. pp. 85–86. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
- ↑ "Odyssey Sims of Baylor University Wins 2014 Wade Trophy" (Press release). Women's Basketball Coaches Association. April 7, 2014. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
- ↑ "2014-15 All-Big 12 Women's Basketball Awards Announced" (Press release). Big 12 Conference. March 4, 2015. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
- ↑ "2015-16 Phillips 66 All-Big 12 WBB Awards Announced" (Press release). Big 12 Conference. March 2, 2016. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
- ↑ "2016-17 Phillips 66 All-Big 12 Women's Basketball Awards Announced" (Press release). Big 12 Conference. March 2, 2017. Retrieved March 2, 2017.