USA Basketball Female Athlete of the Year

The USA Basketball Female Athlete of the Year is an annual award issued by USA Basketball that honors the top American female basketball performer during the year's international competition.[1]

Year Winner Status Reference
1980 Carol Blazejowski Post college [2]
1981 Denise Curry UCLA senior [3]
1982 Cindy Noble Post college [2]
1982 LaTaunya Pollard Long Beach State junior [2]
1983 Lynette Woodard Post college [2]
1984 Cheryl Miller USC sophomore [2]
1985 Jennifer Gillom Ole Miss junior [2]
1986 Cheryl Miller (2) USC senior [2]
1987 Teresa Edwards Post college [2]
1988 Katrina McClain Post college [2]
1989 Venus Lacey LaTech junior [2]
1990 Teresa Edwards (2) Post college [2]
1991 Ruthie Bolton Post college [2]
1992 Katrina McClain (2) Post college [2]
1993 Lisa Leslie USC junior [2]
1994 Dawn Staley Post college [2]
1995 Sylvia Crawley Post college [2]
1996 Teresa Edwards (3) Post college [2]
1997 Chamique Holdsclaw Tennessee sophomore [2]
1998 Lisa Leslie (2) Post college [2]
1999 Natalie Williams UCLA sophomore [2]
2000 Teresa Edwards (4) Post college [2]
2001 Ayana Walker Post college [2]
2002 Lisa Leslie (3) Post college [2]
2003 Seimone Augustus LSU freshman [2]
2004 Dawn Staley (2) Post college [2]
2005 Crystal Langhorne Maryland freshman [4]
2006 Diana Taurasi Post college [5]
2007 Candice Wiggins Stanford junior [6]
2008 Katie Smith Post college [7]
2009 Tina Charles UConn junior [8]
2010 Diana Taurasi (2) Post college [5]
2011 Breanna Stewart North Syracuse (HS) junior [9]
2012 Diana Taurasi (3) Post college [5]
2013 Breanna Stewart (2) UConn freshman [9]
2014 Maya Moore Post college [10]
2015 A'ja Wilson South Carolina freshman [2]
2016 Diana Taurasi (4) Post college [11]
2017 Janelle Bailey Providence Day School (HS) senior [12]
2018 Breanna Stewart (3) Post college [13]
2019 Paige Bueckers Hopkins (HS) senior [14][15]
2020 No award due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Sue Bird Post college [16]
2022 A'ja Wilson (2) Post college [17]
2023 Hannah Hidalgo [18]
Status Count
Post college 25
College senior 2
College junior 7
College sophomore 2
College freshman 4
High school senior 2
High school junior 1
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  14. ^ "Paige Bueckers Named USA Basketball Female Athlete of the Year". www.usab.com. Archived from the original on December 10, 2019. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
  15. ^ Andrew Joe Potter. "UConn commit Bueckers named USA Basketball Female Athlete of the Year". theScore.com. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
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  17. ^ "USA Basketball Annual Awards". USA Basketball. Archived from the original on March 13, 2015. Retrieved February 8, 2023.
  18. ^ "USA Basketball Annual Awards". USA Basketball. Retrieved February 28, 2024.