Wade Trophy

Wade Trophy
155px The 2010 Wade Trophy
Awarded for	the best female college basketball player in the United States
Country	United States
Presented by	State Farm Insurance
First awarded	1978
Currently held by	Breanna Stewart, Connecticut
Official website	Official website

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.

Connecticut has the most all-time winners with eight. Moore is the only player to win the Wade Trophy three times, accomplishing the feat from 2009 to 2011. Other multiple award winners include Nancy Lieberman (1979, 1980) and Seimone Augustus (2005, 2006).

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

File:Jennifer Azzi Coach USF.jpg

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
1977–78	Carol Blazejowski	Montclair State	Forward	Senior
1978–79	Nancy Lieberman	Old Dominion	Guard	Junior
1979–80	Nancy Lieberman (2)	Old Dominion	Guard	Senior
1980–81	Lynette Woodard	Kansas	Guard	Senior
1981–82	Pam Kelly	Louisiana Tech	Center	Senior
1982–83	LaTaunya Pollard	Long Beach State	Guard	Senior
1983–84	Janice Lawrence Braxton	Louisiana Tech	Forward	Senior
1984–85	Cheryl Miller	USC	Forward	Junior
1985–86	Kamie Ethridge	Texas	Guard	Junior
1986–87	Shelly Pennefather	Villanova	Forward	Senior
1987–88	Teresa Weatherspoon	Louisiana Tech	Guard	Senior
1988–89	Clarissa Davis	Texas	Forward	Senior
1989–90	Jennifer Azzi	Stanford	Guard	Senior
1990–91	Daedra Charles	Tennessee	Center	Senior
1991–92	Susan Robinson	Penn State	Forward	Senior
1992–93	Karen Jennings	Nebraska	Forward	Senior
1993–94	Carol Ann Shudlick	Minnesota	Forward	Senior
1994–95	Rebecca Lobo	Connecticut	Center	Senior
1995–96	Jennifer Rizzotti	Connecticut	Guard	Senior
1996–97	DeLisha Milton	Florida	Forward	Senior
1997–98	Ticha Penicheiro	Old Dominion	Guard	Senior
1998–99	Stephanie White	Purdue	Guard	Senior
1999–00	Edwina Brown	Texas	Guard	Senior
2000–01	Jackie Stiles	Southwest Missouri State	Guard	Senior
2001–02	Sue Bird	Connecticut	Guard	Senior
2002–03	Diana Taurasi	Connecticut	Forward	Junior
2003–04	Alana Beard	Duke	Guard	Senior
2004–05	Seimone Augustus	LSU	Guard	Junior
2005–06	Seimone Augustus (2)	LSU	Guard	Senior
2006–07	Candace Parker	Tennessee	Center	Junior
2007–08	Candice Wiggins	Stanford	Guard	Senior
2008–09	Maya Moore	Connecticut	Forward	Sophomore
2009–10	Maya Moore (2)	Connecticut	Forward	Junior
2010–11	Maya Moore (3)	Connecticut	Forward	Senior
2011–12	Brittney Griner	Baylor	Center	Junior
2012–13	Brittney Griner (2)	Baylor	Center	Senior
2013–14	Odyssey Sims	Baylor	Guard	Senior
2014–15	Breanna Stewart	Connecticut	Forward	Junior

External links

• Official website