Wade Trophy winner to be announced today. The self-proclaimed "most prestigious national player of the year award in college women’s basketball." The Wade is interesting because it has a long tradition of picking unique winners. Since 1983, there have been 4 or more major POY awards recognized by the NCAA (and 6 since 1995, except 2001-03 when there were 5), and 11 of the Wade's 41 winners since 1983 won no other major POY award. None of the other major POY awards have more than 3 unique selections.
The most recent unique Wade selections were choosing Odyssey Sims as the 2014 POY over Breanna Stewart, and Candice Wiggins over Candace Parker in 2008.
edit: corrected in light of correction comment below.
The most recent unique Wade selections were choosing Odyssey Sims as the 2014 POY over Breanna Stewart, and Candice Wiggins over Candace Parker in 2008.
edit: corrected in light of correction comment below.
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