WBCA Player of the Year

Award given to the best women's college basketball players in NCAA Division II and Division III

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]

## Winners

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Player (X)  | Denotes the number of times the player has won the award

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### Division I

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Year  | Player  | College  | Position  | Class

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1983 | Anne Donovan[2] | Old Dominion | C | Senior
1984 | Janice Lawrence[3] | Louisiana Tech | F | Senior
1985 | Cheryl Miller[4] | USC | F/C | Junior
1986 | Cheryl Miller (2) | USC | F/C | Senior
1987 | Katrina McClain[5] | Georgia | F | Senior
1988 | Michelle Edwards[6] | Iowa | G | Senior
1989 | Clarissa Davis[7] | Texas | F | Senior
1990 | Venus Lacy[8] | Louisiana Tech | C | Senior
1991 | Dawn Staley[9] | Virginia | PG | Junior
1992 | Dawn Staley (2)[9] | Virginia | PG | Senior
1993 | Sheryl Swoopes[10] | Texas Tech | G/F | Senior
1994 | Lisa Leslie[11] | USC | C | Senior
1995 | Rebecca Lobo[12] | Connecticut | C | Senior
1996 | Saudia Roundtree[13] | Georgia | G | Junior
1997 | Kate Starbird[14] | Stanford | F | Senior
1998 | Chamique Holdsclaw[15] | Tennessee | F | Junior
1999 | Chamique Holdsclaw (2)[15] | Tennessee | F | Senior
2000 | Tamika Catchings[16] | Tennessee | F | Junior

### Division II

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Year  | Player  | College

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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

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Year  | Player  | College

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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

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* List of sports awards honoring women

## Notes

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31. ^ "Becky Siembak". Cambria County Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
32. ^ "Koupal Receives Third Player of the Year Honor for 2003-04". University of South Dakota Athletics. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
33. ^ "Quigley named top D-II player". Duluth News Tribune. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
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35. ^ a b "NE-10 Hall of Fame: Franklin Pierce's Johannah Leedham". Northeast 10. 2015-08-11. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
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37. ^ "McKever named State Farm/WBCA Division II National Player of the Year". Lander University. 2011-03-22. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
38. ^ a b "Daugherty Repeats As WBCA Player Of The Year - Ashland University". goashlandeagles.com. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
39. ^ "Battista & 2014 Bentley Women's Basketball Team Tabbed for Northeast-10 Hall of Fame". Bentley. 2019-06-03. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
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51. ^ "SUSAN HEIDT". St. John Fisher College Athletics. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
52. ^ "Moravian Promotes Spirk to Director of Athletics & Recreation". Landmark. 2017-04-24. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
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56. ^ "UW-Oshkosh Women's Basketball National Accolades". University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Athletics. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
57. ^ a b c "Frontrunners". magazine-archives.wustl.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
58. ^ "Tasha Rodgers Named WBCA National Player of the Year". StudLife.com. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
59. ^ "TEMPLE NAMES G. P. GROMACKI ASSISTANT WOMEN'S BASKETBALL COACH". Temple University Athletics. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
60. ^ "Anderson-Hassell Named To ASC Hall of Honor". Hardin-Simmons. 2014-12-11. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
61. ^ "Little East". Little East. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
62. ^ WSAW. "Women's Basketball All-Time WIAC Team Announced; 4 Pointers Make Team Plus Coach Egner". www.wsaw.com. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
63. ^ "Silva Schultz to be Inducted into Virginia Sports Hall of Fame". Randolph-Macon. 2017-11-14. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
64. ^ a b Record, The Times (2018-03-19). "Bowdoin's Kerrigan named WBCA D-III Player of the Year". Press Herald. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
65. ^ "Daniels and 07-08 WBSK Into ASC Hall of Honor". Howard Payne University Athletics. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
66. ^ "TCNJ'S KLIMOWICZ NAMED WBCA DIVISION III PLAYER OF THE YEAR". njacsports.com. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
67. ^ Box 9000, Contact Hope College PO; Holl; work 616.395.7000, Michigan 49422-9000. "Carrie Snikkers Honored as D3 Player of the Year". Carrie Snikkers Honored as D3 Player of the Year. Retrieved 2020-03-14.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
68. ^ "Amherst College". Amherst College. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
69. ^ "Amherst's Stedman Named WBCA Player of the Year". NESCAC. 2012-04-03. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
70. ^ "Samantha Barber Basketball Player Profile, St. Louis Surge, UW-Stevens Point, News, GWBA stats, Career, Games Logs, Best, Awards - eurobasket". Eurobasket LLC. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
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72. ^ "Doswell, Gromacki Garner WBCA Honors". Amherst College. 2017-03-16. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
73. ^ "Madison Temple". Thomas More Athletics. Retrieved 2020-03-14.

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