| American Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Year | |
| Awarded For: | the most outstanding basketball player in the American Athletic Conference |
| Country: | United States |
| Year: | 2014 |
| Holder: | Dulcy Fankam Mendjiadeu and Elena Tsineke, South Florida |
The American Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Year is a basketball award given to the American Athletic Conference's most outstanding player, as chosen by the league's head coaches. The conference formed in 2013–14 after many schools departed from the original Big East Conference to form a new Big East Conference.
The first seven awards were claimed by players from UConn, which left after the 2019–20 season to join the current Big East, having won every conference game in both regular-season and tournament play during its American tenure. Breanna Stewart won the first three awards in 2014,[1] 2015,[2] and 2016.[3] The following season saw the first-ever shared award, with Napheesa Collier and Katie Lou Samuelson sharing honors.[4] Each would win the award once more as an individual.
| † | Co-Players of the Year | |
| Awarded a national Player of the Year award: Wade Trophy (1977–78 to present) Naismith College Player of the Year (1982–83 to present) John R. Wooden Award (2003–04 to present) | ||
| Player (X) | Denotes the number of times the player had been awarded the AAC Player of the Year award at that point |
| Season | Player | School | Position | Class | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013–14 | UConn | F | |||
| 2014–15 |
| UConn | F | ||
| 2015–16 |
| UConn | F | ||
| 2016–17† | UConn | F | |||
| 2016–17† | UConn | G/F | |||
| 2017–18 | (2) | UConn | G/F | [5] | |
| 2018–19 | (2) | UConn | F | [6] | |
| 2019–20 | UConn | F | [7] | ||
| 2020–21 | Cincinnati | F | [8] | ||
| 2021–22 | UCF | G | [9] | ||
| 2022–23† | South Florida | F | [10] | ||
| 2022–23† | South Florida | G |
| School (year joined) | Winners | Years | |
|---|---|---|---|
| UConn (2013) | 8 | 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 (x2)†, 2018, 2019, 2020 | |
| South Florida (2013) | 2 | 2023 (x2) | |
| Cincinnati (2013) | 1 | align=left | 2021 |
| UCF (2013) | 1 | 2022 | |
| East Carolina (2014) | 0 | — | |
| Houston (2013) | 0 | — | |
| Louisville (2013) | 0 | — | |
| Memphis (2013) | 0 | — | |
| Rutgers (2013) | 0 | — | |
| SMU (2013) | 0 | — | |
| Temple (2013) | 0 | — | |
| Tulane (2014) | 0 | — | |
| Tulsa (2014) | 0 | — | |
| Wichita State (2017) | 0 | — |