The Honda Sports Award for basketball is presented annually to the best women's college basketball player, as selected by a panel of more than 1,000 NCAA administrators. The award was first presented following the 1976–77 season. Four nominees are chosen annually by a panel of coaches representing the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA), and the winner is chosen by the votes of administrators from every NCAA member institution, with each institution having one vote.

Winners

Thirty-one women's college basketball players have received the Honda Sports Award for basketball in the 42 seasons it has been presented. Ten players have won the award multiple times. Breanna Stewart of UConn is the only three-time winner; nine others have won the award twice: Nancy Lieberman of Old Dominion, Cheryl Miller of USC, Dawn Staley of Virginia, Chamique Holdsclaw of Tennessee, Diana Taurasi of UConn, Seimone Augustus of LSU, Candace Parker of Tennessee, Maya Moore of UConn, and Caitlin Clark of Iowa.

Player (X)Denotes the number of times the player has been awarded the Honda Sports Award at that point SeasonPlayerSchoolPositionClass 1976–77 Lucy Harris Delta State C 1977–78 UCLA G 1978–79 Old Dominion G 1979–80 (2) Old Dominion G 1980–81 Kansas G 1981–82 Louisiana Tech C 1982–83 Old Dominion C 1983–84 USC F 1984–85 (2) USC F 1985–86 Texas G 1986–87 Georgia F 1987–88 Louisiana Tech G 1988–89 Tennessee C 1989–90 Stanford G 1990–91 Virginia G 1991–92 (2) Virginia G 1992–93 Texas Tech G/F 1993–94 USC C 1994–95 Connecticut C 1995–96 Connecticut G 1996–97 Florida F 1997–98 Tennessee F 1998–99 (2) Tennessee F 1998–99 Purdue G 1999–00 Connecticut G 2000–01 Southwest Missouri State G 2001–02 Connecticut G 2002–03 Connecticut F 2003–04 (2) Connecticut F 2004–05 LSU G 2005–06 (2) LSU G 2006–07 Tennessee C 2007–08 (2) Tennessee C 2008–09 Connecticut G 2009–10 Connecticut F 2010–11 (2) Connecticut F 2011–12 Baylor C 2012–13 Delaware G/F 2013–14 UConn F 2014–15 (2) UConn F 2015–16 (3) UConn F 2016–17 Washington G 2017–18 South Carolina F 2018–19 Iowa C 2019–20 Oregon G 2020–21 Baylor F 2021–22 South Carolina C 2022–23 Iowa G 2023–24 (2) Iowa G 2024–25 UConn G 2025–26 UCLA C

Totals by school

The following is a list of all schools with players having received the Honda Sports Award in basketball, the total number of awards per school, the number of individual players awarded per school, and the years in which the awards were received.

SchoolTotal awardsIndividual recipients YearsUConn1391995, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2025 Tennessee531989, 1998, 1999, 2007, 2008Old Dominion321979, 1980, 1983USC321984, 1985, 1994 Iowa 3 2 2019, 2023, 2024 Baylor 2 2 2012, 2021Louisiana Tech221982, 1988 South Carolina 2 2 2018, 2022UCLA221978, 2026LSU212005, 2006Virginia211991, 1992Delaware112013Delta State111977Florida111997Georgia111987Kansas111981 Oregon 1 1 2020Purdue111999Missouri State112001Stanford111990Texas111986Texas Tech111993Washington112017

See also

List of sports awards honoring women

References