Women's College Player of the Year
The Naismith Awards, recognized as the most prestigious award in basketball in the nation, annually recognizes the top male and female college players.
Over the last 21 years, the Female College Player of the Year has recognized the top basketball player among an elite group of women. In 2004, Connecticut’s Diana Taurasi won her second consecutive Naismith Award, joining Chamique Holdsclaw, Dawn Staley and Cheryl Miller as the only females to receive back-to-back Awards. USC’s Cheryl Miller is the only player to win three consecutive Female College Player of the Year Awards.
FORMER NAISMITH WOMEN'S COLLEGE PLAYERS OF THE YEAR
1983 Anne Donovan (Old Dominion)
1984 Cheryl Miller (USC)
1985 Cheryl Miller (USC)
1986 Cheryl Miller (USC)
1987 Clarissa Davis (Texas)
1988 Sue Wicks (Rutgers)
1989 Clarissa Davis (Texas)
1990 Jennifer Azzi (Stanford)
1991 Dawn Staley (Virginia)
1992 Dawn Staley (Virginia)
1993 Sheryl Swoopes (Texas Tech)
1994 Lisa Leslie (USC)
1995 Rebecca Lobo (UConn)
1996 Saudia Roundtree (Georgia)
1997 Kate Starbird (Stanford)
1998 Chamique Holdsclaw (Tennessee)
1999 Chamique Holdsclaw (Tennessee)
2000 Tamika Catchings (Tennessee)
2001 Ruth Riley (Notre Dame)
2002 Sue Bird (Connecticut)
2003 Diana Taurasi (Connecticut)
2004 Diana Taurasi (Connecticut)
