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ATLANTA (March 13, 2024) – The Women’s Basketball Coaches Association announced today the NCAA Division III award winners for the 2023-24 season. Coach of the Year Transylvania University head coach Juli Fulks is the 2024 WBCA NCAA Division III Coach of the Year. Fulks will receive the Pat Summitt Trophy, named for the late legendary University […]

ATLANTA (March 12, 2024) — The Women’s Basketball Coaches Association announced today the NCAA Division III senior women’s basketball players selected as members of the 2024 Women’s Collegiate All-Star Team presented by the WBCA. The all-stars were chosen by a committee composed of head women’s basketball coaches at NCAA Division III programs, all of whom […]

ATLANTA (March 12, 2024) – The Women’s Basketball Coaches Association announced today the two-year college award winners for the 2023-24 season. Coach of the Year Wabash Valley head coach Luke Scheidecker is the 2024 WBCA Two-Year College Coach of the Year. Scheidecker will receive the Pat Summitt Trophy, named for the late legendary University of Tennessee […]

ATLANTA (March 5, 2024) — DeJuena Chizer, executive senior associate athletics director for student-athlete development and senior women’s administrator at the University of Houston, is the 2024 WBCA Administrator of the Year, announced today by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association. The WBCA Administrator of the Year award is presented annually to an administrator, athletic director, associate or […]

ATLANTA (Feb. 29, 2024) — UCLA head coach Cori Close is the recipient of the 2024 WBCA Carol Eckman Integrity in Coaching Award, the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association announced today. The Carol Eckman Integrity in Coaching Award is named in honor of the late Carol Eckman, the former West Chester State College coach, who is considered […]

ATLANTA (Feb. 27, 2024) — Rich Ensor, who was an unwavering ally of women’s basketball throughout his 35 years of service as commissioner of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, is the recipient of the 2024 Betty F. Jaynes Lifetime Achievement Award, the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association announced today. The award is named in honor of the […]

ATLANTA (Feb. 21, 2024) — The Women’s Basketball Coaches Association announced today that effective immediately its lifetime achievement award will be named the Betty F. Jaynes Lifetime Achievement Award in honor of the WBCA’s first and longest-serving executive director. The award is presented each year to an individual who has maintained a professional lifelong commitment of […]

WBCA Executive Director Danielle Donehew reacts to the University of Iowa’s Caitlin Clark becoming the all-time leading scorer in NCAA Division I women’s basketball: “Caitlin Clark thrills fans of the game every time the University of Iowa women’s basketball team takes the floor. The WBCA congratulates her on becoming the all-time leading scorer in NCAA […]

ATLANTA (Feb. 14, 2024) — The Women’s Basketball Coaches Association announced today the class of participants in the 2024 WBCA Next Generation Institute — a high-level education program for experienced assistant coaches who aspire to become head coaches at the NCAA Division I, II and III levels. Now in its second year, the Next Generation Institute curriculum focuses […]

ATLANTA (Feb. 7, 2024) — The Women’s Basketball Coaches Association is pleased to announce the class for the 21st “So You Want To Be A Coach” program. Each student-athlete will participate in the two-day workshop on April 4 and 5 during the WBCA Convention in Cleveland. The “So” program increases the understanding and application of skills necessary […]