# Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Year

The Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Year is a basketball award given to the Big 12 Conference's most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1996–97 season, the first year of conference competition but three years after the conference's official formation. As with the corresponding men's award, it is selected by the league's head coaches, who are not allowed to vote for their own players.
Five players have won the award more than once. Stacey Dales of Oklahoma, Nicole Ohlde of Kansas State, and NaLyssa Smith of Baylor have won twice, and Courtney Paris of Oklahoma and Brittney Griner of Baylor have won three times. Only the two three-time winners (Paris and Griner) and 2015 recipient Nina Davis of Baylor have won as sophomores. The first shared award went to Madison Booker of Texas and Skylar Vann of Oklahoma in 2024, with Booker being the first freshman to be so honored.
Three players, all from Baylor, have won a major end-of-season national award in the year that they won the Big 12 award. Griner won all three major national awards (Naismith Award, Wade Trophy, and Wooden Award) in both 2012 and 2013, and Odyssey Sims and Smith were Wade Trophy recipients, respectively in 2014 and 2021.

## Key

| † | Co-Players of the Year |
| * | Awarded a national Player of the Year award: Wade Trophy (1977–78 to present) Naismith College Player of the Year (1982–83 to present) John R. Wooden Award (2003–04 to present) |
| Player (X) | Denotes the number of times the player has been awarded the Big 12 Player of the Year award at that point |

## Winners

| Season | Player | School | Position | Class |
| 1996–97 | Tamecka Dixon | Kansas | G | Senior |
| 1997–98 | Alicia Thompson | Texas Tech | C | Senior |
| 1998–99 | Angie Braziel | Texas Tech | C | Senior |
| 1999–2000 | Phylesha Whaley | Oklahoma | F | Senior |
| 2000–01 | Stacey Dales | Oklahoma | G | Junior |
| 2001–02 | Stacey Dales (2) | Oklahoma | G | Senior |
| 2002–03 | Nicole Ohlde | Kansas State | F/C | Junior |
| 2003–04 | Nicole Ohlde (2) | Kansas State | F/C | Senior |
| 2004–05 | Kendra Wecker | Kansas State | F | Senior |
| 2005–06 | Sophia Young | Baylor | F | Senior |
| 2006–07 | Courtney Paris | Oklahoma | C | Sophomore |
| 2007–08 | Courtney Paris (2) | Oklahoma | C | Junior |
| 2008–09 | Courtney Paris (3) | Oklahoma | C | Senior |
| 2009–10 | Kelsey Griffin | Nebraska | F | Senior |
| 2010–11 | Brittney Griner | Baylor | C | Sophomore |
| 2011–12 | Brittney Griner* (2) | Baylor | C | Junior |
| 2012–13 | Brittney Griner* (3) | Baylor | C | Senior |
| 2013–14 | Odyssey Sims* | Baylor | G | Senior |
| 2014–15 | Nina Davis | Baylor | F | Sophomore |
| 2015–16 | Brittney Martin | Oklahoma State | G | Senior |
| 2016–17 | Brooke McCarty–Williams | Texas | G | Junior |
| 2017–18 | Kalani Brown | Baylor | C | Junior |
| 2018–19 | Bridget Carleton | Iowa State | G | Senior |
| 2019–20 | Lauren Cox | Baylor | F | Senior |
| 2020–21 | NaLyssa Smith* | Baylor | F | Junior |
| 2021–22 | NaLyssa Smith (2) | Baylor | F | Senior |
| 2022–23 | Ashley Joens | Iowa State | G/F | Senior (5th-year) |
| 2023–24$^†$ | Madison Booker | Texas | F | Freshman |
| 2023–24$^†$ | Skylar Vann | Oklahoma | F | Senior |
| 2024–25 | Hailey Van Lith | TCU | G | Senior (5th-year) |

## Winners by school

| School (year joined) | Winners | Years |
| Baylor (1996) | 10 | 2006, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022 |
| Oklahoma (1996) | 7 | 2000, 2001, 2002, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2024† |
| Kansas State (1996) | 3 | 2003, 2004, 2005 |
| Iowa State (1996) | 2 | 2019, 2023 |
| Texas (1996) | 2 | 2017, 2024† |
| Texas Tech (1996) | 2 | 1998, 1999 |
| Kansas (1996) | 1 | 1997 |
| Nebraska (1996) | 1 | 2010 |
| Oklahoma State (1996) | 1 | 2016 |
| TCU (2012) | 1 | 2025 |
| Arizona (2024) | 0 | — |
| Arizona State (2024) | 0 | — |
| BYU (2023) | 0 | — |
| Cincinnati (2023) | 0 | — |
| Colorado (1996/2024) | 0 | — |
| Houston (2023) | 0 | — |
| Missouri (1996) | 0 | — |
| Texas A&M (1996) | 0 | — |
| UCF (2023) | 0 | — |
| Utah (2024) | 0 | — |
| West Virginia (2012) | 0 | — |

## Footnotes

* ↑ The NCAA did not count the 2020–21 season, heavily impacted by COVID-19, against the eligibility of any basketball player. Joens chose to take advantage of this extra season of eligibility in 2022–23.
* ↑ Reflects the calendar year in which the school joined the Big 12.
* ↑ Reflects the calendar year in which the basketball season ends.
* 1 2 Oklahoma and Texas left for the SEC in 2024.
* ↑ Nebraska left in 2011 to join the Big Ten.
* ↑ Colorado left in 2011 to join what is now known as the Pac-12, but rejoined the Big 12 in 2024.
* 1 2 Missouri and Texas A&M left in 2012 to join the SEC.