WBCA Freshman of the Year

WBCA Freshman of the Year
Awarded for	the most outstanding freshmen female college basketball player
Country	United States
Presented by	Adidas
History
First award	2017
Most recent	Ta'Niya Latson, Florida State

The WBCA Freshman of the Year is an annual college basketball award presented by Adidas to the most outstanding freshman player. The award was first given following the 2016–17 season.^[1]

Key[edit]

†	Co-National Freshman of the Year
*	Awarded a national Player of the Year award as a freshman: the Naismith College Player of the Year or the John R. Wooden Award^[a]

Winners[edit]

Season	Player	School	Source(s)
2016–17	Destiny Slocum	Maryland	^[2]
2017–18	Chennedy Carter	Texas A&M	^[3]
2018–19	Rhyne Howard	Kentucky	^[4]
2019–20	Aliyah Boston	South Carolina	^[5]
2020–21^†	Paige Bueckers*	UConn	^[6]
2020–21^†	Caitlin Clark	Iowa	^[6]
2021–22	Aneesah Morrow	DePaul	^[7]
2022–23	Ta'Niya Latson	Florida State	^[8]

Footnotes[edit]

^ Freshmen are ineligible for the other major national award, the Wade Trophy.

References[edit]

^ "WBCA NCAA Division I Freshman of the Year presented by adidas". Women's Basketball Coaches Association. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
^ "Destiny Slocum Is First WBCA NCAA Division I Freshman of the Year Presented by adidas". wbca.org (Press release). Women's Basketball Coaches Association. April 2, 2017. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
^ "Texas A&M's Chennedy Carter Named 2018 WBCA NCAA Division I Freshman of the Year Award" (Press release). Women's Basketball Coaches Association. March 27, 2018. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
^ "Kentucky's Rhyne Howard Named 2019 WBCA NCAA Division I Freshman of the Year" (Press release). Women's Basketball Coaches Association. April 3, 2019. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
^ "Aliyah Boston Named 2020 WBCA NCAA Division I Freshman of the Year" (Press release). Women's Basketball Coaches Association. April 1, 2020. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
^ "UConn's Bueckers, Iowa's Clary Named 2021 WBCA NCAA Division I Co-Freshmen of the Year" (Press release). Women's Basketball Coaches Association. March 30, 2021. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
^ "DePaul's Morrow Named 2022 WBCA Division I Freshman of the Year Presented by adidas" (Press release). Women's Basketball Coaches Association. March 29, 2022. Retrieved March 29, 2022.
^ "Florida State's Latson Named 2023 WBCA NCAA Division I Freshman of the Year Presented by adidas" (Press release). Women's Basketball Coaches Association. March 28, 2023. Retrieved March 28, 2023.

[2] Freshmen are ineligible for the other major national award, the Wade Trophy.

[1] "WBCA NCAA Division I Freshman of the Year presented by adidas". Women's Basketball Coaches Association. Retrieved November 5, 2021.

[3] "Destiny Slocum Is First WBCA NCAA Division I Freshman of the Year Presented by adidas". wbca.org (Press release). Women's Basketball Coaches Association. April 2, 2017. Retrieved November 5, 2021.

[4] "Texas A&M's Chennedy Carter Named 2018 WBCA NCAA Division I Freshman of the Year Award" (Press release). Women's Basketball Coaches Association. March 27, 2018. Retrieved November 5, 2021.

[5] "Kentucky's Rhyne Howard Named 2019 WBCA NCAA Division I Freshman of the Year" (Press release). Women's Basketball Coaches Association. April 3, 2019. Retrieved November 5, 2021.

[6] "Aliyah Boston Named 2020 WBCA NCAA Division I Freshman of the Year" (Press release). Women's Basketball Coaches Association. April 1, 2020. Retrieved November 5, 2021.

[7] "UConn's Bueckers, Iowa's Clary Named 2021 WBCA NCAA Division I Co-Freshmen of the Year" (Press release). Women's Basketball Coaches Association. March 30, 2021. Retrieved November 5, 2021.

[8] "DePaul's Morrow Named 2022 WBCA Division I Freshman of the Year Presented by adidas" (Press release). Women's Basketball Coaches Association. March 29, 2022. Retrieved March 29, 2022.

[9] "Florida State's Latson Named 2023 WBCA NCAA Division I Freshman of the Year Presented by adidas" (Press release). Women's Basketball Coaches Association. March 28, 2023. Retrieved March 28, 2023.

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v t e U.S. women's college basketball awards
Women's Basketball Hall of Fame Men's college basketball awards
National players of the year	Naismith Trophy Wooden Award Wade Trophy AP Player of the Year Ann Meyers Drysdale Player of the Year WBCA Player of the Year Honda Sports Award
Individual awards	All-Americans (by year) USBWA National Freshman of the Year Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Award WBCA Defensive Player of the Year WBCA Freshman of the Year NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player Academic All-America of the Year Ann Meyers Drysdale Award Lisa Leslie Award Nancy Lieberman Award Katrina McClain Award Cheryl Miller Award Dawn Staley Award On hiatus – Senior CLASS Award Discontinued – Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award
Conference players of the year	ACC American Big 12 Big East Big Ten Mountain West NEC Pac-12 SEC WCC
Head coach awards	Naismith Coach of the Year Legends of Coaching AP Coach of the Year USBWA Coach of the Year WBCA Coach of the Year Carol Eckman Award Kay Yow Award Maggie Dixon Award
Conference coaches of the year	Big Ten Big West NEC
Other awards	Gillom Trophy Pat Summitt Most Courageous Award