Wade Trophy

The Wade Trophy is an award presented annually to the best women's basketball player in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I competition. It is named after three–time national champion Delta State University coach Lily Margaret Wade. The award debuted in 1978 as the first–ever women's national player of the year award in college basketball. State Farm Insurance sponsors the award, and the trophy is presented at the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) National Convention.

Wade Trophy
The 2010 Wade Trophy
Awarded forThe best female college basketball player in the United States
CountryUnited States
Presented byWomen's Basketball Coaches Association (starting in 2001)
First awarded1978
Currently held bySabrina Ionescu, Oregon
WebsiteOfficial website

Connecticut has the most all-time winners with nine. Maya Moore is the only player to win the Wade Trophy three times, accomplishing the feat in 2009 (only sophomore ever to win the award), 2010 and 2011. Other multiple award winners include Nancy Lieberman (1979, 1980), Seimone Augustus (2005, 2006), Brittney Griner (2012, 2013), and fellow UConn alum Breanna Stewart (2015, 2016), and University of Oregon standout Sabrina Ionescu (2019, 2020).

Three schools are tied for second place in total recipients: Louisiana Tech, Old Dominion, and Texas have three winners apiece. There have never been any ties for the award.

Eligibility and criteria

All academically eligible women's basketball athletes in NCAA Division I qualify as candidates

  • Member of the NCAA Division I Kodak/WBCA All-America Team
  • Game and season statistics
  • Effect on team
  • Leadership
  • Character
  • Overall playing ability
  • Player that embodies the "Spirit of Margaret Wade" as defined by the WBCA and the NAGWS

Winners
Jennifer Azzi won in 1990 while playing for Stanford.
Sue Bird, in white, won in 2002
Maya Moore is the award's only three-time recipient.
Breanna Stewart receiving the Wade trophy at the 2015 WBCA convention in Tampa Bay FL
Player (n) Denotes the number of times the player has been awarded the Wade Trophy at that point
Season Player School Position Class Ref.
1977–78 Carol Blazejowski Montclair State Forward Senior [1]
1978–79 Nancy Lieberman Old Dominion Guard Junior [2]
1979–80 Nancy Lieberman (2) Old Dominion Guard Senior [2]
1980–81 Lynette Woodard Kansas Guard Senior [3]
1981–82 Pam Kelly Louisiana Tech Center Senior [4]
1982–83 LaTaunya Pollard Long Beach State Guard Senior [5]
1983–84 Janice Lawrence Braxton Louisiana Tech Forward Senior [6]
1984–85 Cheryl Miller USC Forward Junior [7]
1985–86 Kamie Ethridge Texas Guard Senior [8]
1986–87 Shelly Pennefather Villanova Forward Senior [9]
1987–88 Teresa Weatherspoon Louisiana Tech Guard Senior [10]
1988–89 Clarissa Davis Texas Forward Senior [11]
1989–90 Jennifer Azzi Stanford Guard Senior [12]
1990–91 Daedra Charles Tennessee Center Senior [13]
1991–92 Susan Robinson Penn State Forward Senior [14]
1992–93 Karen Jennings Nebraska Forward Senior [15]
1993–94 Carol Ann Shudlick Minnesota Forward Senior [16]
1994–95 Rebecca Lobo Connecticut Center Senior [17]
1995–96 Jennifer Rizzotti Connecticut Guard Senior [18]
1996–97 DeLisha Milton Florida Forward Senior [19]
1997–98 Ticha Penicheiro Old Dominion Guard Senior [20]
1998–99 Stephanie White Purdue Guard Senior [21]
1999–00 Edwina Brown Texas Guard Senior [22]
2000–01 Jackie Stiles Southwest Missouri State Guard Senior [23]
2001–02 Sue Bird Connecticut Guard Senior [24]
2002–03 Diana Taurasi Connecticut Forward Junior [25]
2003–04 Alana Beard Duke Guard Senior [26]
2004–05 Seimone Augustus LSU Guard Junior [2]
2005–06 Seimone Augustus (2) LSU Guard Senior [2]
2006–07 Candace Parker Tennessee Center Junior [27]
2007–08 Candice Wiggins Stanford Guard Senior [28]
2008–09 Maya Moore Connecticut Forward Sophomore [29]
2009–10 Maya Moore (2) Connecticut Forward Junior [29]
2010–11 Maya Moore (3) Connecticut Forward Senior [29]
2011–12 Brittney Griner Baylor Center Junior [30]
2012–13 Brittney Griner (2) Baylor Center Senior [30]
2013–14 Odyssey Sims Baylor Guard Senior [30]
2014–15 Breanna Stewart Connecticut Forward Junior [31]
2015–16 Breanna Stewart (2) Connecticut Forward Senior [31]
2016–17 Kelsey Plum Washington Guard Senior [32]
2017–18 A'ja Wilson South Carolina Forward Senior [33]
2018–19 Sabrina Ionescu Oregon Guard Junior [34]
2019–20 Sabrina Ionescu (2) Oregon Guard Senior [35]

See also

References
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