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NCAA Naismith College Player of the Year

All awards

Season	Winner
2025-26	Sarah Strong UConn
2024-25	JuJu Watkins USC
2023-24	Caitlin Clark Iowa
2022-23	Caitlin Clark Iowa
2021-22	Aliyah Boston South Carolina
2020-21	Paige Bueckers UConn
2019-20	Sabrina Ionescu Oregon
2018-19	Megan Gustafson Iowa
2017-18	A'ja Wilson South Carolina
2016-17	Kelsey Plum Washington
2015-16	Breanna Stewart UConn
2014-15	Breanna Stewart UConn
2013-14	Breanna Stewart UConn
2012-13	Brittney Griner Baylor
2011-12	Brittney Griner Baylor
2010-11	Maya Moore UConn
2009-10	Tina Charles UConn
2008-09	Maya Moore UConn
2007-08	Candace Parker Tennessee
2006-07	Lindsey Harding Duke
2005-06	Seimone Augustus LSU
2004-05	Seimone Augustus LSU
2003-04	Diana Taurasi UConn
2002-03	Diana Taurasi UConn
2001-02	Sue Bird UConn
2000-01	Ruth Riley Notre Dame
1999-00	Tamika Catchings Tennessee
1998-99	Chamique Holdsclaw Tennessee
1997-98	Chamique Holdsclaw Tennessee
1996-97	Kate Starbird Stanford
1995-96	Saudia Roundtree Georgia
1994-95	Rebecca Lobo UConn
1993-94	Lisa Leslie USC
1992-93	Sheryl Swoopes Texas Tech
1991-92	Dawn Staley Virginia
1990-91	Dawn Staley Virginia
1989-90	Jennifer Azzi Stanford
1988-89	Clarissa Davis Texas
1987-88	Sue Wicks Rutgers
1986-87	Clarissa Davis Texas
1985-86	Cheryl Miller USC
1984-85	Cheryl Miller USC
1983-84	Cheryl Miller USC
1982-83	Anne Donovan Old Dominion

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NCAA Naismith College Player of the Year