Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Freshman of the Year

Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Freshman of the Year
Awarded for	the top women's basketball freshman in the Big 12 Conference
Country	United States
Presented by	Phillips 66
First award	1997
Currently held by	Delaney Gibb, Brigham Young

The Big12 Conference Women's Basketball Freshman of the Year is an annual college basketball award presented to the top women's basketball freshman in the Big 12 Conference.

Key

†	Co-Freshman of the Year
*	Awarded a national Freshman of the Year award: USBWA National Freshman of the Year (USBWA) WBCA Freshman of the Year (WBCA)

Winners

Season	Player	School	National Freshman of the Year Awards	Source(s)
1996–97	Julie Helm	Missouri	—	[1]
1997–98	Megan Taylor	Iowa State	—
1998–99	Laneishea Caufield	Oklahoma	—
1999–2000	Plenette Pierson	Texas Tech	—
2000–01	Nicole Ohlde	Kansas State	—
2001–02	Helen Schreiber	Texas	—
2002–03	Erin Grant†	Texas Tech	—	[2]
	Chelsi Welch†	Oklahoma	—
2003–04	Tiffany Jackson-Jones*	Texas	USBWA	[3]
2004–05	Morenike Atunrase	Texas A&M	—	[4]
2005–06	Courtney Paris*	Oklahoma	USBWA	[5]
2006–07	Andrea Riley	Oklahoma State	—	[6]
2007–08	Danielle Robinson	Oklahoma	—	[7]
2008–09	Whitney Hand	Oklahoma	—	[8]
2009–10	Brittney Griner*	Baylor	USBWA	[9]
2010–11	Odyssey Sims*	Baylor	USBWA	[10]
2011–12	Liz Donohoe	Oklahoma State	—	[11]
2012–13	Imani McGee-Stafford	Texas	—	[12]
2013–14	Nina Davis	Baylor	—	[13]
2014–15	Gabbi Ortiz	Oklahoma	—	[14]
2015–16	Tynice Martin	West Virginia	—	[15]
2016–17	Joyner Holmes	Texas	—	[16]
2017–18	Shaina Pellington	Oklahoma	—	[17]
2018–19	Chrislyn Carr	Texas Tech	—	[18]
2019–20	Ayoka Lee	Kansas State	—	[19]
2020–21	Lexi Donarski	Iowa State	—	[20]
2021–22	Rori Harmon	Texas	—	[21]
2022–23	Darianna Littlepage-Buggs	Baylor	—	[22]
2023–24	Madison Booker	Texas	—	[23]
2024–25	Delaney Gibb	BYU	—	[24]

Winners by school

School (year joined) [a]	Winners	Years [b]
Oklahoma (1996) [c]	1	1999, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2018
Texas (1996) [c]	1	2002, 2004, 2013, 2017, 2022, 2024
Baylor (1996)	1	2010, 2011, 2014, 2023
Texas Tech (1996)	1	2000, 2003, 2019
Iowa State (1996)	1	1998, 2021
Kansas State (1996)	1	2001, 2020
Oklahoma State (1996)	1	2007, 2012
BYU (2023)	0	2025
Missouri (1996) [d]	1	1997
Texas A&M (1996) [d]	1	2005
West Virginia (2012)	1	2016
Arizona (2024)	0	—
Arizona State (2024)	0	—
Cincinnati (2023)	0	—
Colorado (1996/2024) [e]	0	—
Houston (2023)	0	—
Kansas (1996)	0	—
Nebraska (1996) [f]	0	—
TCU (2012)	0	—
UCF (2023)	0	—
Utah (2024)	0	—

Footnotes

1. Reflects the calendar year in which the school joined the Big 12.
2. Reflects the calendar year in which the basketball season ends.
3. Oklahoma and Texas left for the SEC in 2024.
4. Missouri and Texas A&M left in 2012 to join the SEC.
5. Colorado left in 2011 to join what is now known as the Pac-12, but rejoined the Big 12 in 2024.
6. Nebraska left in 2011 to join the Big Ten.

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