United States Basketball Writers Association

The United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) was founded in 1956 by National Collegiate Athletic Association director Walter Byers to serve the interests of journalists who cover college basketball.^[1]

Scholarships

The USBWA annually awards college scholarships to students pursuing careers in sports journalism and to children of USBWA members.

Awards

The USBWA annually selects a player of the year and All-America teams for both men and women in college basketball. The USBWA men's player of the year award, called the Oscar Robertson Trophy, was first established in 1959 and is considered to be the nation's oldest such award in college basketball.^[2]

The USBWA also selects a national coach of the year for men and women, with the men's award named after coach Henry Iba.^[1]

The USBWA also chooses a USBWA National Freshman of the Year in men's and women's basketball.

In addition, the USBWA presents a number of other awards:

Two Most Courageous Awards—one for men's basketball, and the other for women's basketball. Each is presented to a player, coach, or official in college basketball who demonstrates extraordinary courage in life. The women's version is officially known as the Pat Summitt Most Courageous Award, named after the legendary Tennessee coach.
The Katha Quinn award, in honor of the former Sports Information Director at St. John's University, to individuals who have excelled servicing the media or provide an inspiration to sports writers.^[1]

USBWA also divides the country into nine districts, naming for each a Player of the Year, Coach of the Year, and an All-District Team.^[3]

USBWA Districts^[3]
District	States
I	Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut
II	New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Washington, D.C., Pennsylvania, West Virginia
III	Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland
IV	Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida
V	Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin
VI	Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota
VII	Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana
VIII	Wyoming, Utah, Idaho, New Mexico, Colorado, Nevada, Montana
IX	California, Oregon, Washington, Hawaii, Arizona, Alaska

Hall of fame

The USBWA also honors past and current members for career achievements with the USBWA Hall of Fame.^[4]

Notes

1 2 3 "ABOUT THE USBWA". USBWA. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
↑ "USBWA NAMES FINALISTS FOR 2010 OSCAR ROBERTSON TROPHY". USBWA. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
1 2 "USBWA NAMES 2012-13 MEN'S ALL-DISTRICT TEAMS". sportswriters.net (Press release). U.S. Basketball Writers Association. March 12, 2013. Archived from the original on March 13, 2013.
↑ Inductees are listed in the following order: 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008 (50th member), 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, Charter Inductees. USBWA Hall of Fame. U.S. Basketball Writers Association. Retrieved 2011-09-23.

External

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[History-1] 1 2 3 "ABOUT THE USBWA". USBWA. Retrieved 8 May 2010.

[USBWA_Oldest-2] "USBWA NAMES FINALISTS FOR 2010 OSCAR ROBERTSON TROPHY". USBWA. Retrieved 8 May 2010.

[districts-3] 1 2 "USBWA NAMES 2012-13 MEN'S ALL-DISTRICT TEAMS". sportswriters.net (Press release). U.S. Basketball Writers Association. March 12, 2013. Archived from the original on March 13, 2013.

[4] Inductees are listed in the following order: 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008 (50th member), 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, Charter Inductees. USBWA Hall of Fame. U.S. Basketball Writers Association. Retrieved 2011-09-23.