Associated Press Women's College Basketball Player of the Year

The Associated Press Women's College Basketball Player of the Year award was established in 1995 to recognize the best women's college basketball player of the year, as voted upon by the Associated Press (AP). ^[1]

Winners

Year	Winner	School	Position	Class	Ref.
1995	Rebecca Lobo	UConn	C	Senior
1996	Jennifer Rizzotti	UConn	G	Senior
1997	Kara Wolters	UConn	C	Senior	[2]
1998	Chamique Holdsclaw	Tennessee	F	Junior
1999	Chamique Holdsclaw (2)	Tennessee	F	Senior
2000	Tamika Catchings	Tennessee	F	Junior
2001	Ruth Riley	Notre Dame	C	Senior
2002	Sue Bird	UConn	G	Senior
2003	Diana Taurasi	UConn	G	Junior
2004	Alana Beard	Duke	G	Senior	[3]
2005	Seimone Augustus	LSU	G	Junior
2006	Seimone Augustus (2)	LSU	G	Senior
2007	Courtney Paris	Oklahoma	C	Sophomore
2008	Candace Parker	Tennessee	F	Senior
2009	Maya Moore	UConn	F	Sophomore	[4]
2010	Tina Charles	UConn	C	Senior	[5]
2011	Maya Moore (2)	UConn	F	Senior	[4]
2012	Brittney Griner	Baylor	C	Junior	[6]
2013	Brittney Griner (2)	Baylor	C	Senior	[7]
2014	Breanna Stewart	UConn	F	Sophomore	[8]
2015	Breanna Stewart (2)	UConn	F	Junior	[8]
2016	Breanna Stewart (3)	UConn	F	Senior	[8]
2017	Kelsey Plum	Washington	G	Senior	[9]
2018	A'ja Wilson	South Carolina	F	Senior	[10]
2019	Megan Gustafson	Iowa	C	Senior	[11]
2020	Sabrina Ionescu	Oregon	G	Senior	[12]
2021	Paige Bueckers	UConn	G	Freshman	[13]
2022	Aliyah Boston	South Carolina	F	Junior	[14]
2023	Caitlin Clark	Iowa	G	Junior	[15]
2024	Caitlin Clark (2)	Iowa	G	Senior	[16]
2025	JuJu Watkins	USC	G	Sophomore	[17]

References

1. "Women's Basketball Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA. 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-04-03.
2. "Kara Wolters | CT Women's Basketball Hall of Fame". www.ctwomensbasketballhalloffame.com. Retrieved 2016-04-03.
3. "Alana Beard Named State Farm Wade Trophy/Associated Press National Player of the Year". goduke.com. Retrieved 2016-04-03.
4. "Maya Moore". www.usab.com. Archived from the original on May 26, 2015. Retrieved 2016-04-03.
5. "Connecticut's Charles Named AP Player Of The Year". NCAA.com. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-04-03.
6. "Baylor's Griner is AP Player of the Year". Associated Press. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
7. "Brittney Griner of Baylor is The Associated Press' women's college basketball Player of the Year". NOLA.com. Retrieved 2016-04-03.
8. "UConn's Breanna Stewart, Geno Auriemma win top AP awards". ESPN.com. Associated Press. April 2, 2016. Retrieved April 3, 2016.
9. "Washington's Kelsey Plum, UConn's Geno Auriemma earn AP honors". ESPN.com. Associated Press. March 30, 2017. Retrieved March 30, 2017.
10. "Gamecocks' A'ja Wilson wins AP player of year honors". ESPN.com. Associated Press. March 29, 2018. Retrieved March 29, 2018.
11. "Megan Gustafson Wins AP Women's Basketball Player of the Year". Associated Press News. April 4, 2019. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
12. "Sabrina Ionescu is unanimous AP women's player of the year". ESPN.com. Associated Press. March 23, 2020. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
13. "UConn Huskies' Paige Bueckers is first freshman to be AP women's basketball player of the year". ESPN.com. Associated Press. March 31, 2021. Retrieved March 31, 2021.
14. Feinberg, Doug (March 31, 2022). "South Carolina's Aliyah Boston wins AP player of the year". Associated Press . Retrieved March 31, 2022.
15. "Iowa's Caitlin Clark named AP women's Player of the Year". ESPN.com. Associated Press. March 30, 2023. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
16. Feinberg, Doug (April 4, 2024). "Caitlin Clark of Iowa is the AP Player of the Year in women's hoops for the 2nd straight season". Associated Press. Retrieved April 4, 2024.
17. Feinberg, Doug (April 4, 2025). "USC star JuJu Watkins is the AP Player of the Year and just the fourth sophomore to earn that honor". Associated Press. Retrieved April 5, 2025.