The Wade Trophy is an award presented annually to the best women's college basketball player in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I. 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.

[edit] 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

[edit] Past winners

• 1978 — Carol Blazejowski, Montclair State
• 1979 — Nancy Lieberman, Old Dominion
• 1980 — Nancy Lieberman, Old Dominion
• 1981 — Lynette Woodard, Kansas
• 1982 — Pam Kelly, Louisiana Tech
• 1983 — LaTaunya Pollard, Long Beach State
• 1984 — Janice Lawrence Braxton, Louisiana Tech
• 1985 — Cheryl Miller, Southern California
• 1986 — Kamie Ethridge, Texas
• 1987 — Shelly Pennefeather, Villanova
• 1988 — Teresa Weatherspoon, Louisiana Tech
• 1989 — Clarissa Davis, Texas
• 1990 — Jennifer Azzi, Stanford
• 1991 — Daedra Charles, Tennessee
• 1992 — Susan Robinson, Penn State
• 1993 — Karen Jennings, Nebraska
• 1994 — Carol Ann Shudlick, Minnesota
• 1995 — Rebecca Lobo, UConn
• 1996 — Jennifer Rizzotti, UConn
• 1997 — DeLisha Milton, Florida
• 1998 — Ticha Penicheiro, Old Dominion
• 1999 — Stephanie White-McCarty, Purdue
• 2000 — Edwina Brown, Texas
• 2001 — Jackie Stiles, Southwest Missouri State
• 2002 — Sue Bird, UConn
• 2003 — Diana Taurasi, UConn
• 2004 — Alana Beard, Duke
• 2005 — Seimone Augustus, LSU
• 2006 — Seimone Augustus, LSU
• 2007 — Candace Parker, Tennessee
• 2008 — Candice Wiggins, Stanford
• 2009 — Maya Moore, UConn

[edit] External links

• Wade Trophy

College basketball awards:

Best player awards: Naismith Trophy | Wooden Award Oscar Robertson Trophy | Rupp Trophy | NABC Player of the Year | AP Player of the Year Wade Trophy (Women's) | Wooden Award (Women's)

Bob Cousy Award / Nancy Lieberman Award (Best Point Guard) | Pete Newell Big Man Award (Best Big Man) NABC Defensive Player of the Year | Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award (Under 6'0") NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

Naismith College Coach of the Year | Henry Iba Award | NABC Coach of the Year | AP Coach of the Year Chip Hilton Award (Player Character) | Clair Bee Award (Coaching Character) Legends of Coaching (Lifetime)

NABC Player of the Year (Div. II) | NABC Player of the Year (Div. III) | NABC Player of the Year (NAIA) | NABC Player of the Year (Juco)

v • d • e Wade Trophy winners 1978: C. Blazejowski  | 1979: N. Lieberman  | 1980: N. Lieberman  | 1981: L. Woodard  | 1982: P. Kelly  | 1983: L. Pollard  | 1984: J. Braxton  | 1985: C. Miller  | 1986: K. Ethridge  | 1987: S. Pennyfeather  | 1988: T. Weatherspoon  | 1989: C. Davis  | 1990: J. Azzi  | 1991: D. Charles  | 1992: S. Robinson  | 1993: K. Jennings  | 1994: C. Shudlick  | 1995: R. Lobo  | 1996: J. Rizzotti  | 1997: D. Milton  | 1998: T. Penicheiro  | 1999: S. White-McCarty  | 2000: E. Brown  | 2001: J. Stiles  | 2002: S. Bird  | 2003: D. Taurasi  | 2004: A. Beard  | 2005: S. Augustus  | 2006: S. Augustus  | 2007: C. Parker  | 2008: C. Wiggins  | 2009: M. Moore