Wade Trophy
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Wade Trophy is an award presented annually to the best women'scollege basketball player in NCAA Division I. The Wade Trophy, named after the late, 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 sponsors the award. The trophy is presented at the WBCA National Convention.
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
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, Louisiana Tech
- 1985 - Cheryl Miller, Southern Cal
- 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
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