See main article: Honda Sports Award.
The Honda Sports Award for basketball is presented annually to the best women's college basketball player, as selected by a panel of more than 1,000 NCAA administrators. The award was first presented following the 1976–77 season.[1] [2] Four nominees are chosen annually by a panel of coaches representing the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA), and the winner is chosen by the votes of administrators from every NCAA member institution, with each institution having one vote.[3]
Thirty-one women's college basketball players have received the Honda Sports Award for basketball in the 42 seasons it has been presented. Ten players have won the award multiple times. Breanna Stewart of UConn is the only three-time winner; nine others have won the award twice: Nancy Lieberman of Old Dominion, Cheryl Miller of USC, Dawn Staley of Virginia, Chamique Holdsclaw of Tennessee, Diana Taurasi of UConn, Seimone Augustus of LSU, Candace Parker of Tennessee, Maya Moore of UConn, and Caitlin Clark of Iowa.
| Player (X) | Denotes the number of times the player has been awarded the Honda Sports Award at that point |
| Season | Player | School | Position | Class | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976–77 | Lucy Harris | Delta State | C | ||
| 1977–78 | UCLA | G | |||
| 1978–79 | Old Dominion | G | |||
| 1979–80 | (2) | Old Dominion | G | ||
| 1980–81 | Kansas | G | |||
| 1981–82 | Louisiana Tech | C | |||
| 1982–83 | Old Dominion | C | |||
| 1983–84 | USC | F | |||
| 1984–85 | (2) | USC | F | ||
| 1985–86 | Texas | G | |||
| 1986–87 | F | ||||
| 1987–88 | Louisiana Tech | G | |||
| 1988–89 | Tennessee | C | |||
| 1989–90 | Stanford | G | |||
| 1990–91 | G | ||||
| 1991–92 | (2) | Virginia | G | ||
| 1992–93 | Texas Tech | ||||
| 1993–94 | USC | C | |||
| 1994–95 | Connecticut | C | |||
| 1995–96 | Connecticut | G | |||
| 1996–97 | Florida | F | |||
| 1997–98 | Tennessee | F | |||
| 1998–99 | (2) | Tennessee | F | ||
| 1998–99 | Purdue | G | |||
| 1999–00 | Connecticut | G | |||
| 2000–01 | Southwest Missouri State | G | |||
| 2001–02 | Connecticut | G | |||
| 2002–03 | Connecticut | F | |||
| 2003–04 | (2) | Connecticut | F | ||
| 2004–05 | LSU | G | |||
| 2005–06 | (2) | LSU | G | ||
| 2006–07 | Tennessee | C | |||
| 2007–08 | (2) | Tennessee | C | ||
| 2008–09 | Connecticut | G | |||
| 2009–10 | Connecticut | F | |||
| 2010–11 | (2) | Connecticut | F | ||
| 2011–12 | Baylor | C | |||
| 2012–13 | Delaware | ||||
| 2013–14 | UConn | F | |||
| 2014–15 | (2) | UConn | F | ||
| 2015–16 | (3) | UConn | F | ||
| 2016–17 | Washington | G | |||
| 2017–18 | South Carolina | F | |||
| 2018–19 | Iowa | C | |||
| 2019–20 | Oregon | G | |||
| 2020–21 | Baylor | F | |||
| 2021–22 | [4] | South Carolina | C | ||
| 2022–23 | Caitlin Clark | Iowa | G | ||
| 2023–24 | Caitlin Clark (2) | Iowa | G |
The following is a list of all schools with players having received the Honda Sports Award in basketball, the total number of awards per school, the number of individual players awarded per school, and the years in which the awards were received.
| School | Total awards | Individual recipients | Years | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UConn | 12 | 8 | 1995, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016 | |
| Tennessee | 5 | 3 | 1989, 1998, 1999, 2007, 2008 | |
| Old Dominion | 3 | 2 | 1979, 1980, 1983 | |
| USC | 3 | 2 | 1984, 1985, 1994 | |
| Iowa | 3 | 2 | 2019, 2023, 2024 | |
| Baylor | 2 | 2 | 2012, 2021 | |
| Louisiana Tech | 2 | 2 | 1982, 1988 | |
| South Carolina | 2 | 2 | 2018, 2022 | |
| LSU | 2 | 1 | 2005, 2006 | |
| Virginia | 2 | 1 | 1991, 1992 | |
| Delaware | 1 | 1 | 2013 | |
| Delta State | 1 | 1 | 1977 | |
| Florida | 1 | 1 | 1997 | |
| Georgia | 1 | 1 | 1987 | |
| Kansas | 1 | 1 | 1981 | |
| Oregon | 1 | 1 | 2020 | |
| Purdue | 1 | 1 | 1999 | |
| Missouri State | 1 | 1 | 2001 | |
| Stanford | 1 | 1 | 1990 | |
| Texas | 1 | 1 | 1986 | |
| Texas Tech | 1 | 1 | 1993 | |
| UCLA | 1 | 1 | 1978 | |
| Washington | 1 | 1 | 2017 |