CLEVELAND (April 4, 2024) – Caitlin Clark of the University of Iowa is the 2024 Wade Trophy winner and headlines the 2024 WBCA NCAA Division I Coaches’ All-America team, announced today by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association. University of Arkansas head coach Mike Neighbors, chair of the WBCA NCAA Division I Awards Committee, presented the Wade Trophy to Clark here earlier today.
Now in its 47th year, the prestigious Wade Trophy is the oldest national player of the year award in college women’s basketball. The award is named in honor of the late, legendary Delta State University head coach Lily Margaret Wade, who won three consecutive national championships with the Lady Statesmen. The Wade Trophy is presented annually to the WBCA’s NCAA Division I Player of the Year.
Clark, who also won the 2023 Wade Trophy, joins Nancy Lieberman, Old Dominion (1979, 1980); Seimone Augustus (2005, 2006), LSU; Brittney Griner (2012, 2013), Baylor; Breanna Stewart (2015, 2016), Connecticut; and Sabrina Ionescu (2019, 2020), Oregon, as two-time winners of the award. Maya Moore (2009, 2010, 2011), Connecticut, is the only player to win the Wade Trophy three times.
Clark is the all-time leading scorer in major college women’s and men’s basketball with 3,900 points, eclipsing earlier this season previous women’s records held by Kelsey Plum (Washington/NCAA) and Lynette Woodard (Kansas/AIAW), and the men’s record held by Pete Maravich (LSU).
"On behalf of the WBCA, and for the second straight year, I am pleased to present women’s basketball’s highest player honor, the Wade Trophy, to Caitlin Clark," said Donehew. "Caitlin, a four-time WBCA Coaches’ All-American who also was the 2021 WBCA NCAA Division I Co-Freshman of the Year, is a generational talent. The ‘Caitlin Clark effect’ has helped fill arenas across the country, boosted television ratings to record highs, and inspired a whole new generation of young girls to pick up a basketball and play the game. The many records she set in her collegiate career may one day be broken, but the extraordinary impact she has had on our sport will be everlasting.”
The Coaches’ All-America team is composed of the 10 best players in NCAA Division I regardless of position as chosen by the division’s head coaches.
Here are the 2024 WBCA NCAA Division I Coaches’ All-Americans:
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Player |
Institution |
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Madison Booker |
University of Texas |
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Cameron Brink |
Stanford University |
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Paige Bueckers |
University of Connecticut |
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Kamilla Cardoso |
University of South Carolina |
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Caitlin Clark |
University of Iowa |
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Aaliyah Edwards |
University of Connecticut |
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Hannah Hidalgo |
University of Notre Dame |
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Elizabeth Kitley |
Virginia Tech |
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Angel Reese |
Louisiana State University |
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JuJu Watkins |
University of Southern California |
Here are the 42 student-athletes who received 2024 WBCA NCAA Division I Coaches’ All-America honorable mention:
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Player |
Institution |
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Georgia Amoore |
Virginia Tech |
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Raegan Beers |
Oregon State University |
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Lauren Betts |
University of California, Los Angeles |
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Jessika Carter |
Mississippi State University |
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Kaitlyn Chen |
Princeton University |
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Delanie Crawford |
University of Tulsa |
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Audi Crooks |
Iowa State University |
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Yvonne Ejim |
Gonzaga University |
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Dyaisha Fair |
Syracuse University |
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Lauren Gustin |
Brigham Young University |
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McKenna Hofschild |
Colorado State University |
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Mackenzie Holmes |
Indiana University |
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Abbey Hsu |
Columbia University |
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Kiki Iriafen |
Stanford University |
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Rickea Jackson |
University of Tennessee |
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Taiyanna Jackson |
University of Kansas |
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Aziaha James |
North Carolina State University |
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Emani Jefferson |
Florida Gulf Coast University |
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Deja Kelly |
University of North Carolina |
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Ta'Niya Latson |
Florida State University |
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Ayoka Lee |
Kansas State University |
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Cotie McMahon |
Ohio State University |
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Aneesah Morrow |
Louisiana State University |
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Lucy Olsen |
Villanova University |
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Charisma Osborne |
University of California, Los Angeles |
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Te-Hina Paopao |
University of South Carolina |
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Laila Phelia |
University of Michigan |
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Alissa Pili |
University of Utah |
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Temira Poindexter |
University of Tulsa |
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JJ Quinerly |
West Virginia University |
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Kiki Rice |
University of California, Los Angeles |
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Saniya Rivers |
North Carolina State University |
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Sara Scalia |
Indiana University |
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Honesty Scott-Grayson |
Auburn University |
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Shyanne Sellers |
University of Maryland |
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Jacy Sheldon |
Ohio State University |
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Jaylyn Sherrod |
University of Colorado |
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Skylar Vann |
University of Oklahoma |
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Payton Verhulst |
University of Oklahoma |
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Chellia Watson |
University of Buffalo |
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Maddy Westbeld |
University of Notre Dame |
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Desi-Rae Young |
University of Nevada, Las Vegas |
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About the WBCA
The Women's Basketball Coaches Association is the professional association for coaches of women's and girls' basketball at all levels of competition. Founded in 1981, the WBCA offers educational resources that coaches need to help make themselves better leaders, teachers and mentors to their players; provides opportunities for coaches to connect with peers in the profession; serves as the unifying voice of a diverse community of coaches to the organizations that control the game; and celebrates those coaches, players and other individuals who excel each year and contribute to the advancement of the sport. Visit WBCA.org for more details about the association.
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