Best Female College Basketball Player ESPY Award


The Best Female College Basketball Player ESPY Award was presented annually between 1993 and 2001 to the female collegiate basketball player adjudged to be the best in the United States in a given calendar year. The award was subsumed in 2002 by the Best Female College Athlete ESPY Award.
The award voting panel comprised variously fans; sportswriters and broadcasters, sports executives, and retired sportspersons, termed collectively experts; and ESPN personalities from amongst choices selected by the ESPN Select Nominating Committee. Inasmuch as the ESPY Awards ceremonies were conducted in February during the pendency of the award's existence, an award presented in a given year is for performance and achievements in the one year theretofore.
YearNameSchool and team nameSport represented
1993Dawn StaleyUniversity of Virginia CavaliersBasketball
1994Sheryl SwoopesTexas Tech University Lady RaidersBasketball
1995Charlotte SmithUniversity of North Carolina Tar HeelsBasketball
1996Rebecca LoboUniversity of Connecticut HuskiesBasketball
1997Saudia RoundtreeUniversity of Georgia Lady BulldogsBasketball
1998Chamique HoldsclawUniversity of Tennessee Lady VolsBasketball
1999Chamique HoldsclawUniversity of Tennessee Lady VolsBasketball
2000Chamique HoldsclawUniversity of Tennessee Lady VolsBasketball
2001Tamika CatchingsUniversity of Tennessee Lady VolsBasketball