| American Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Year | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | the most outstanding basketball player in the American Athletic Conference |
| Country | United States |
| First awarded | 2014 |
| Currently held by | Dulcy Fankam Mendjiadeu and Elena Tsineke, South Florida |
The American Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Year is a basketball award given to the American Athletic Conference's most outstanding player, as chosen by the league's head coaches. The conference formed in 2013–14 after many schools departed from the original Big East Conference to form a new Big East Conference.
The first seven awards were claimed by players from UConn, which left after the 2019–20 season to join the current Big East, having won every conference game in both regular-season and tournament play during its American tenure. Breanna Stewart won the first three awards in 2014,[1] 2015,[2] and 2016.[3] The following season saw the first-ever shared award, with Napheesa Collier and Katie Lou Samuelson sharing honors.[4] Each would win the award once more as an individual.
- ^ "UConn's Breanna Stewart Named American Athletic Conference Player of the Year" (Press release). American Athletic Conference. March 7, 2014. Retrieved March 13, 2014.
- ^ "UConn's Stewart Named American Player of the Year" (Press release). American Athletic Conference. March 5, 2015. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
- ^ "Stewart Named 2016 American Athletic Conference Player of the Year" (Press release). American Athletic Conference. March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 4, 2016.
- ^ "UConn's Collier, Samuelson Named American Women's Basketball Players of the Year" (Press release). American Athletic Conference. March 3, 2017. Retrieved March 4, 2017.