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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

Division I

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Year Player College Position Class
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
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
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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Notes

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