WBCA Division I Defensive Player of the Year

Definition
The WBCA Division I Defensive Player of the Year Award honors the best defensive collegiate Division I women’s basketball player.

Eligibility
All Division I Conference Defensive Players of the Year are eligible to be nominated for the WBCA Division I Defensive Player of the Year Award. Conferences that do not select a Defensive Player of the Year may submit a nominee to represent their conference.

Criteria
* Must be a Conference Defensive Player of the Year (Division I only)
* Present-year game-by-game statistics (steals, defensive rebounds, offensive rebounds, blocked shots, and offensive charges)
* Stats of the top players the nominee has defended during the season
*Awards/Achievements

Nomination
When the Division I Conference Defensive Players of the Year are selected, the WBCA will collect all criteria listed above from the conference SIDs. A spreadsheet will be compiled and sent to the WBCA Division I Defensive Player of the Year committee for review.

Selection
The WBCA Division I Defensive Player of the Year selection committee will review the nomination forms prior to the selection conference call in March. During the call, the committee will discuss the candidates and then they will vote on the WBCA Division I Defensive Player of the Year. The player with the most votes is the WBCA Division I Defensive Player of the Year.

Presentation
The WBCA Division I Defensive Player of the Year award is presented annually at the WBCA Awards Luncheon during the WBCA National Convention.

Past WBCA Division I Defensive Players of the Year
2009 - Jennifer Risper, Vanderbilt University
2008 - Sylvia Fowles, Louisiana State University
2007 - Lindsey Harding, Duke University