Wade Trophy
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Wade Trophy is an award presented annually to the best women's college 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.
[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, 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
