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.
Year | Name | School and team name | Sport represented |
1993 | Dawn Staley | University of Virginia Cavaliers | Basketball |
1994 | Sheryl Swoopes | Texas Tech University Lady Raiders | Basketball |
1995 | Charlotte Smith | University of North Carolina Tar Heels | Basketball |
1996 | Rebecca Lobo | University of Connecticut Huskies | Basketball |
1997 | Saudia Roundtree | University of Georgia Lady Bulldogs | Basketball |
1998 | Chamique Holdsclaw | University of Tennessee Lady Vols | Basketball |
1999 | Chamique Holdsclaw | University of Tennessee Lady Vols | Basketball |
2000 | Chamique Holdsclaw | University of Tennessee Lady Vols | Basketball |
2001 | Tamika Catchings | University of Tennessee Lady Vols | Basketball |