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.

UConn has the most all-time awards with eleven, and the most individual recipients, with eight. Maya Moore is the only player to win the Wade Trophy three times, accomplishing the feat in 2009, 2010 and 2011. Other multiple award winners include Nancy Lieberman (1979, 1980), Seimone Augustus (2005, 2006), Brittney Griner (2012, 2013), Breanna Stewart (2015, 2016), Sabrina Ionescu (2019, 2020), and Caitlin Clark (2023, 2024).

Baylor is in sole possession of second in total awards, and is in a second-place tie with two other schools for the most individual recipients. Three Baylor players have combined to win four awards. The other two programs with three individual recipients are Louisiana Tech and Texas, with all of each school's winners having received the award once. 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

Player (n)Denotes the number of times the player has been awarded the Wade Trophy at that point SeasonPlayerSchoolPositionClassRef. 1977–78 Montclair State Forward 1978–79 Old Dominion Guard 1979–80 (2) Old Dominion Guard 1980–81 Kansas Guard 1981–82 Louisiana Tech Center 1982–83 Long Beach State Guard 1983–84 Louisiana Tech Forward 1984–85 USC Forward 1985–86 Texas Guard 1986–87 Villanova Forward 1987–88 Louisiana Tech Guard 1988–89 Texas Forward 1989–90 Stanford Guard 1990–91 Tennessee Center 1991–92 Penn State Forward 1992–93 Nebraska Forward 1993–94 Minnesota Forward 1994–95 UConn Center 1995–96 UConn Guard 1996–97 Florida Forward 1997–98 Old Dominion Guard 1998–99 Purdue Guard 1999–00 Texas Guard 2000–01 Southwest Missouri State Guard 2001–02 UConn Guard 2002–03 UConn Forward 2003–04 Duke Guard 2004–05 LSU Guard 2005–06 (2) LSU Guard 2006–07 Tennessee Center 2007–08 Stanford Guard 2008–09 UConn Forward 2009–10 (2) UConn Forward 2010–11 (3) UConn Forward 2011–12 Baylor Center 2012–13 (2) Baylor Center 2013–14 Baylor Guard 2014–15 UConn Forward 2015–16 (2) UConn Forward Senior 2016–17 Washington Guard 2017–18 South Carolina Forward 2018–19 Oregon Guard 2019–20 (2) Oregon Guard 2020–21 Baylor Forward 2021–22 South Carolina Forward 2022–23Iowa Guard 2023–24 (2) Iowa Guard 2024–25 UConn Guard 2025–26 UConn Forward

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