Wade Trophy

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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 byCaitlin Clark, Iowa
WebsiteOfficial website

The Wade Trophy is an award presented annually to the best upperclass women's basketball player in

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 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), 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, except freshmen, 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, playing for Connecticut
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 UConn[a] Center Senior [17]
1995–96 Jennifer Rizzotti UConn[a]
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[b]
Guard
 Senior [23]
2001–02 Sue Bird UConn[a]
Guard
 Senior [24]
2002–03 Diana Taurasi UConn[a]
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 UConn[a]
Forward
 Sophomore [29]
2009–10 Maya Moore (2) UConn[a]
Forward
 Junior [29]
2010–11 Maya Moore (3) UConn[a]
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 UConn
Forward
 Junior [31]
2015–16 Breanna Stewart (2) UConn
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]
2020–21 NaLyssa Smith Baylor
Forward
 Junior [36]
2021–22 Aliyah Boston South Carolina
Forward
 Junior [37]
2022–23 Caitlin Clark Iowa
Guard
 Junior [38]
2023–24 Caitlin Clark (2) Iowa
Guard
 Senior [39]
  1. ^ a b c d e f g Official athletic brand name was "Connecticut" before 2013–14.
  2. ^ Known since 2005 as Missouri State.

See also

References

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  34. ^ "Wade Trophy Winner Sabrina Ionescu Headlines 2019 WBCA NCAA Division I Coaches' All-America Team" (Press release). Women's Basketball Coaches Association. April 4, 2019. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
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  39. ^ "Caitlin Clark Wins Second Wade Trophy, Headlines 2024 WBCA NCAA Division I Coaches' All-America Team" (Press release). Women's Basketball Coaches Association. April 4, 2024. Retrieved April 4, 2024.

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