WBCA voting tends to be very pro-senior. Odyssey Sims over Stewie for the Wade in 2014 is a good example. Stewie won 4 of the POY awards that year and Chiney won the other one (Wooden).
The Wade also has a long history of picking 1-off winners (though don’t think Paige will be one because Paige should also win the Honda this year). Since 1983, there have been at least 4 NCAA-recognized POY awards. From 1983-2024, the Wade had 11 1-off winners, many of which don’t hold up very well (e.g. Candice Wiggins over Candace Parker in 2008, Carol Ann Shudlick over Lisa Leslie in 1994).
By contrast, since the Naismith was awarded starting in 1983, it has only one 1-off winner (Lindsey Harding over Candace Parker in 2007). Since AP started in 1995, it has only one 1-off winner (Courtney Paris in 2007). Since USBWA started their POY awards in 1988, it has only one 1-off winner (Ivory Latta in 2006 over Seimone Augustus).
