The Women's Basketball Coaches Association Player of the Year award is presented annually to the best women's college basketball players in NCAA Division II and Division III as voted by the WBCA membership. From 1983 to 2000, the award was also given to the best player in Division I . The award was first presented in 1983. The award was presented by Champion from 1983 to 1994, by Rawlings from 1995 to 2002, and by State Farm from 2003 to 2015.[1]
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Winners
Player (X)
Denotes the number of times the player has won the award
Division I
Division II
Year
Player
College
1983
Jackie White [8]
Cal Poly Pomona
1984
Carla Eades [17]
Central Missouri
1985
Rosie Jones [18]
Central Missouri
1986
Vickie Mitchell [18]
Cal Poly Pomona
1987
Debra Larsen [19]
Cal Poly Pomona
1988
Vanessa Wells [20]
West Tex. A&M
1989
Cathy Gooden [19]
Cal Poly Pomona
1990
Crystal Hardy [21]
Delta St.
1991
Tracy Saunders [18]
Norfolk St.
1992
Mindy Young [22]
Pitt.-Johnstown
1993
Yolanda Griffith [23]
Fla. Atlantic
1994
Tammy Greene [24]
Philadelphia
1995
Sheri Kleinsasser [25]
North Dakota
1996
Jennifer Clarkson [26]
Abilene Christian
1997
Kasey Morlock [27]
North Dakota St.
1998
Jenny Crouse [28]
North Dakota
1999
Jenny Crouse (2)[28]
North Dakota
2000
Jayne Even [29]
North Dakota St.
2001
Theresa LeCuyer [30]
North Dakota
2002
Lauri McIntosh [18]
Cal Poly Pomona
2003
Becky Siembak [31]
California (PA)
2004
Mandy Koupal [32]
South Dakota
2005
Candice Allen [19]
Cal Poly Pomona
2006
Jennifer Harris [33]
Washburn
2007
Erika Quigley [34]
St. Cloud St
2008
Johannah Leedham [35]
Franklin Pierce
2009
Katie Cezat [36]
Hillsdale
2010
Johannah Leedham (2)[35]
Franklin Pierce
2011
Shannon McKever [37]
Lander
2012
Kari Daugherty [38]
Ashland
2013
Kari Daugherty (2)[38]
Ashland
2014
Lauren Battista [39]
Bentley
2015
Shareta Brown [40]
Wayne St. (MI)
2016
Kiana Johnson [41]
Virginia Union
2017
Kelly Moten [42]
Emporia St.
2018
Jodi Johnson [43]
Ashland
2019
Hailey Diestelkamp[44]
Drury University
2020
Hailey Diestelkamp (2)
Drury University
2021
Paige Robinson
Drury University
2022
Julianne Sutton
North Georgia
2023
Brooke Olson
Minnesota Duluth
Division III
Year
Player
College
1983
Margie O'Brien [45]
Clark (MA)
1984
Page Lutz [46]
Elizabethtown
1985
Deanna Kyle [47]
Scranton
1986
Jane Meyer [48]
Elizabethtown
1987
Shelley Parks [47]
Scranton
1988
Jessica Beachy [49]
Concordia-M'head
1989
Kirsten Dumford [50]
Stanislaus St.
1990
Susan Heidt [51]
St. John Fisher
1991
Ann Gilbert [18]
Oberlin
1992
Kathy Beck [52]
Moravian
1993
Laurie Trow [53]
St. Thoman (MN)
1994
Laura Schmelzer [54]
Capital
1995
Emilie Hanson [55]
Central (IA)
1996
Wendy Wangerin [56]
Wis.-Oshkosh
1997
Connie Carson [18]
Marymount (VA)
1998
Alia Fischer [57]
Washington-St. Louis
1999
Alia Fischer (2)[57]
Washington-St. Louis
2000
Alia Fischer (3)[57]
Washington-St. Louis
2001
Tasha Rodgers [58]
Washington-St. Louis
2002
Meredith Eisenhut [59]
St. Lawrence
2003
Kendra Anderson [60]
Hardin-Simmons
2004
Allison Coleman [61]
Eastern Conn. St.
2005
Amanda Nechuta [62]
Wis.-Stevens Point
2006
Megan Silva [63]
Randolph-Macon
2007
Eileen Flaherty [64]
Bowdoin
2008
Meia Daniels [65]
Howard Payne
2009
Hillary Klimowicz [66]
TCNJ
2010
Carrie Snikkers [67]
Hope
2011
Jaclyln Daigneault [68]
Amherst
2012
Caroline Stedman [69]
Amherst
2013
Samantha Barber [70]
Wis.-Stevens Point
2014
Sydney Moss [71]
Thomas More
2015
Sydney Moss (2)[71]
Thomas More
2016
Sydney Moss (3)[71]
Thomas More
2017
Ali Doswell [72]
Amherst
2018
Kate Kerrigan [64]
Bowdoin
2019
Madison Temple[73]
Thomas More
2020
Maddie Hasson
Bowdoin
2021
Kendall Sosa
Illinois Wesleyan
2022
Kenedy Schoonveld
Hope College
2023
Morgan Morrison
Smith College
See also
Notes
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^ a b "Holdsclaw's #23 Jersey to be Retired" . University of Tennessee Athletics . Retrieved 2020-03-14 .
^ "1999-2000 Tennessee Lady Vol Basketball Accomplishments" . University of Tennessee Athletics . Retrieved 2020-03-14 .
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^ "ACU to host 1995-96 reunion" . Abilene Christian University Athletics . Retrieved 2020-03-14 .
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^ a b "Jennifer Crouse - Women's Basketball Coach" . University of North Dakota Athletics . Retrieved 2020-03-14 .
^ "Jayne Even Gust (2015) - Bison Athletic Hall of Fame" . NDSU . Retrieved 2020-03-14 .
^ "2018-19 UND women's basketball media guide" . Issuu . Retrieved 2020-03-14 .
^ "Becky Siembak" . Cambria County Sports Hall of Fame . Retrieved 2020-03-14 .
^ "Koupal Receives Third Player of the Year Honor for 2003-04" . University of South Dakota Athletics . Retrieved 2020-03-14 .
^ "Quigley named top D-II player" . Duluth News Tribune . Retrieved 2020-03-14 .
^ "Quigley named top D-II player" . Duluth News Tribune . Retrieved 2020-03-14 .
^ a b "NE-10 Hall of Fame: Franklin Pierce's Johannah Leedham" . Northeast 10 . 2015-08-11. Retrieved 2020-03-14 .
^ "Katie Cezat Awarded State Farm/WBCA NCAA Division II Player of the Year Honors" . GLIAC . 2009-03-24. Retrieved 2020-03-14 .
^ "McKever named State Farm/WBCA Division II National Player of the Year" . Lander University . 2011-03-22. Retrieved 2020-03-14 .
^ a b "Daugherty Repeats As WBCA Player Of The Year - Ashland University" . goashlandeagles.com . Retrieved 2020-03-14 .
^ "Battista & 2014 Bentley Women's Basketball Team Tabbed for Northeast-10 Hall of Fame" . Bentley . 2019-06-03. Retrieved 2020-03-14 .
^ "Brown Named WBCA National Player of the Year" . Wayne State University Athletics . Retrieved 2020-03-14 .
^ "VUU's Kiana Johnson named D-II Women's Player of the Year by WBCA" . 8News . 2016-03-22. Retrieved 2020-03-14 .
^ "LADY HORNET KELLY MOTEN NAMED WBCA NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR" . Emporia State University Athletics . Retrieved 2020-03-14 .
^ "Jodi Johnson - Ashland University" . goashlandeagles.com . Retrieved 2020-03-14 .
^ "Hailey Diestelkamp named the NCAA-II Player of the Year by the WBCA" . Drury University Athletics . Retrieved 2020-03-14 .
^ "Clark" . Clark . Retrieved 2020-03-14 .
^ "Page Lutz (2015) - Hall of Fame" . gomacsports.com . Retrieved 2020-03-14 .
^ a b "Scranton Women's Basketball Media Guide" . Issuu . Retrieved 2020-03-14 .
^ "Vote your Blue Jays onto the MAC Winter All-Century Teams!" . Elizabethtown College Athletics . Retrieved 2020-03-14 .
^ "NCAA DIII 25th Anniversary Team" . dept.cord.edu . Retrieved 2020-03-14 .
^ "Women's Basketball 1988-89 Team (2018) - Warrior Athletics Hall of Fame" . Stanislaus State Athletics . Retrieved 2020-03-14 .
^ "SUSAN HEIDT" . St. John Fisher College Athletics . Retrieved 2020-03-14 .
^ "Moravian Promotes Spirk to Director of Athletics & Recreation" . Landmark . 2017-04-24. Retrieved 2020-03-14 .
^ "A Century of Champions: Laurie Trow Kelly" . MIAC . 2019-11-01. Retrieved 2020-03-14 .
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^ "Silva Schultz to be Inducted into Virginia Sports Hall of Fame" . Randolph-Macon . 2017-11-14. Retrieved 2020-03-14 .
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^ "Daniels and 07-08 WBSK Into ASC Hall of Honor" . Howard Payne University Athletics . Retrieved 2020-03-14 .
^ "TCNJ'S KLIMOWICZ NAMED WBCA DIVISION III PLAYER OF THE YEAR" . njacsports.com . Retrieved 2020-03-14 .
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^ "Madison Temple" . Thomas More Athletics . Retrieved 2020-03-14 .
U.S. women's college basketball awards
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