Definition
Presented annually to the best women's basketball player in NCAA Division I. The Wade Trophy, named after the late, legendary three-time national champion, Delta State University coach Lily Margaret Wade, debuted in 1978 as the first-ever women's national player of the year award in college basketball.

Eligibility
All academically eligible women's basketball athletes in NCAA Division I qualify as candidates (freshmen are not eligible)

Criteria
Criteria includes the following:
*Member of the NCAA Division I State Farm Coaches' All-America Team
*Present year game-by-game 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

Nomination
Nominees are selected from the pool of State Farm Coaches' All-America nominees within NCAA Division I.

Selection
Nominees are selected from the pool of the Division I State Farm Coaches' All-America Team. The State Farm Wade Trophy Player of the Year Committee selects the winner for this award.

Presentation
The State Farm Wade Trophy is presented annually at the WBCA National Convention.

Past Wade Trophy Recipients:
2008 - Candice Wiggins, Stanford
2007 - Candace Parker, Tennessee
2006 - Seimone Augustus, LSU
2005 - Seimone Augustus, LSU
2004 - Alana Beard, Duke
2003 - Diana Taurasi, Connecticut
2002 - Sue Bird, Connecticut
2001 - Jackie Stiles, Southwest Missouri State
2000 - Edwina Brown, Texas
1999 - Stephanie White-McCarty, Purdue
1998 - Ticha Penicheiro, Old Dominion
1997 - DeLisha Milton, Florida
1996 - Jennifer Rizzotti, Connecticut
1995 - Rebecca Lobo, Connecticut
1994 - Carol Ann Shudlick, Minnesota
1993 - Karen Jennings, Nebraska
1992 - Susan Robinson, Penn State
1991 - Daedra Charles, Tennessee
1990 - Jennifer Azzi, Stanford
1989 - Clarissa Davis, Texas
1988 - Teresa Weatherspoon, Louisiana Tech
1987 - Shelly Pennefeather, Villanova
1986 - Kamie Ethridge, Texas
1985 - Cheryl Miller, USC
1984 - Janice Lawrence, Louisiana Tech
1983 - LaTaunya Pollard, Long Beach State
1982 - Pam Kelly, Louisiana Tech
1981 - Lynette Woodard, Kansas
1980 - Nancy Lieberman, Old Dominion
1979 - Nancy Lieberman, Old Dominion
1978 - Carol Blazejowski, Montclair State

[View all previous WBCA Players of the Year]

2007-08 State Farm Wade Trophy Committee Roster