Wade Trophy

The Wade Trophy is an award presented annually to the best upperclass women's basketball player in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I competition.

It is named after three–time national champion Delta State University coach Lily Margaret Wade.

State Farm Insurance sponsors the award, and the trophy is presented at the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) National Convention.

Other multiple award winners include Nancy Lieberman (1979, 1980), Seimone Augustus (2005, 2006), Brittney Griner (2012, 2013), Breanna Stewart (2015, 2016), Sabrina Ionescu (2019, 2020), and Caitlin Clark (2023, 2024).

All academically eligible women's basketball athletes, except freshmen, in NCAA Division I qualify as candidates.

Jennifer Azzi won in 1990 while playing for Stanford .
Sue Bird , in white, won in 2002, playing for Connecticut
Maya Moore is the award's only three-time recipient.
Breanna Stewart receiving the Wade Trophy at the 2015 WBCA convention in Tampa Bay FL