Katrina McClain Award
{{Short description|American women's college basketball award}}
{{Infobox award
| name = Katrina McClain Award
| image =
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| caption =
| awarded_for = The best women's college basketball power forward in the United States
| presenter = Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame &
Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA)
| country = United States
| location =
| year = 2018
| holder = Aneesah Morrow, LSU
| website = [http://www.hoophallawards.com/mcclain.php Katrina McClain Award]
}}
The Katrina McClain Award is an award presented annually to the best women's basketball power forward in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I competition. It is named after Hall of Famer Katrina McClain-Pittman, a two-time USA Basketball Female Athlete of the Year with two Olympic gold, one Olympic bronze, and three FIBA World Championships medals. McClain was the WBCA National Player of the Year in her senior season at Georgia.{{Cite web|url=http://www.hoophall.com/news/naismith-memorial-basketball-hall-of-fame-wbca-announce-four-new-womens-college-basketball-awards/|title=The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame :: Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, WBCA Announce Four New Women’s College Basketball Awards|website=www.hoophall.com|language=en|access-date=2020-04-10}}
The Katrina McClain Award was first presented in 2018, when WBCA and the Naismith Hall, in collaboration with ESPN, incorporated the Nancy Lieberman Award, presented since 2000 to the top NCAA women's point guard, into a new set of awards known as the "Naismith Starting Five". All five awards are presented at the WBCA convention (except in 2020, when the convention was not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic) to players at each of the five traditional basketball positions. These awards parallel a previously existing set of men's basketball positional awards also presented by the Hall. In addition to the Lieberman Award, the other three new awards are:{{cite web |url=https://wbca.org/recognize/player-awards/naismith-starting-5 |title=Naismith Starting 5 |publisher=Women's Basketball Coaches Association |accessdate=April 9, 2019 |archive-date=March 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327075458/https://wbca.org/recognize/player-awards/naismith-starting-5 |url-status=dead }}
The winner for each of the Starting Five awards is determined by a selection committee consisting of Hall of Famers, WBCA coaching members, and media, and headed by the award's namesake. Fan voting through the Hall's website is also incorporated into the selection process.
Key
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| style="background-color:#FFE6BD" |*
|Awarded, in addition, a national Player of the Year award: |
| Player (X)
|Denotes the number of times the player has received the Katrina McClain Award |
==Winners==
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
!Season !Player !School !Class !Ref. |
| 2017–18
| {{sortname|Ruthy|Hebard}} | Oregon | {{sort|2|Sophomore}} | |
| 2018–19
| {{sortname|Napheesa|Collier}} | UConn | {{sort|4|Senior}} |
| 2019–20
| {{sortname|Ruthy|Hebard}} (2) | Oregon | {{sort|4|Senior}} |
| 2020–21
| bgcolor=#ffe6bd | {{sortname|NaLyssa|Smith}}* | Baylor | {{sort|3|Junior}} |
| 2021–22
| {{sortname|NaLyssa|Smith}} (2) | Baylor | {{sort|4|Senior}} |
| 2022–23
| {{sortname|Maddy|Siegrist}} | {{sort|4|Senior}} |
| 2023–24
| {{sortname|Kiki|Iriafen}} | Stanford | {{sort|3|Junior}} |
| 2024–25
| {{sortname|Aneesah|Morrow}} | LSU | {{sort|4|Senior}} |
Winners by school
See also
- Karl Malone Award – the counterpart to the McClain Award; given to the best men's NCAA power forward
References
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External links
- [http://www.hoophallawards.com/mcclain.php Official website]
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