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2021-22 Wade Watch List

2021 Wade Trophy winner NaLyssa Smith of Baylor headlines the “Wade Watch” list of candidates for the 2022 Wade Trophy presented to the best player in college women's basketball.

The WBCA is pleased to welcome bestselling author Jon Gordon back as its keynote speaker for the 2022 convention. We look forward to announcing his keynote topic for Minneapolis in the coming weeks.

Celebrating 40 years! Forty years ago, a group of women's coaches met to discuss the formation of this association. Among those attending were Jill Hutchison of Illinois State; Pat Summitt of Tennessee; Kay Yow of North Carolina State; Theresa Grentz of Illinois, Rutgers and St. Josephs; C. Vivian Stringer of Cheyney State, Iowa and Rutgers; and Colleen Matsuhara of Nebraska and UC-Irvine.

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The Women’s Basketball Coaches Association today released a video featuring University of Connecticut head coach Geno Auriemma, University of South Carolina head coach Dawn Staley, and Stanford University head coach Tara Vanderveer in which they renew the WBCA’s call on behalf of its member coaches for gender equity in basketball.

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Together with our members, the WBCA is driven to improve and advance the game we love — and a community as strong as the leaders we foster.

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2022 WBCA Convention

Join us at the 2022 WBCA Convention, March 31 through April 3, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Connect. Learn. Recognize. Grow.
Minneapolis 2022.

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MEMBER SERVICES FUND

The Member Services Fund was established this year to assist fellow coaches and staffs having trouble renewing their WBCA memberships due to the financial impact of COVID-19.

Please contribute to this fund. Every penny of your donation is tax deductible and goes directly to help member coaches.

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MAKING HEADLINES

Dec. 07, 2021

Top 6 in DII rankings unchanged

Dec. 07, 2021

North Carolina breaks into DI top 25

Dec. 07, 2021

Christopher Newport cracks DIII top 5; Hope is unanimous No. 1

Nov. 30, 2021

Hope, Whitman remain 1-2 in DIII rankings

Nov. 30, 2021

Top 4 unchanged in DII rankings

Nov. 30, 2021

South Carolina unanimous No. 1 in this week's coaches poll

Nov. 23, 2021

Hope No. 1 in first DIII coaches poll of 2021-22 season

Nov. 23, 2021

South Carolina remains No. 1 following victory over UConn

Nov. 23, 2021

Fort Hays State takes over No. 1 spot in DII rankings

Nov. 09, 2021

2021 Wade Trophy winner NaLyssa Smith headlines 2021-22 preseason ‘Wade Watch’ list

Oct. 26, 2021

Coaches pick South Carolina to win it all in 2021-22

Oct. 26, 2021

Defending DII champ Lubbock Christian No. 1 to start the 2021-21 season

Oct. 20, 2021

UNC’s Banghart selected WBCA vice president; new board members seated for 2021-22 membership year

Sep. 07, 2021

WBCA participates in listening session on gender equity hosted by the Biden White House

Aug. 03, 2021

WBCA Executive Director Danielle Donehew reacts to release of Kaplan Hecker report

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