Nancy Lieberman Award
Winners
Table:
Season

Player

School

Class

1999–00

Sue Bird[4]

Connecticut

Sophomore

2000–01

Sue Bird (2)[4]

Connecticut

Junior

2001–02

Sue Bird* (3)[4]

Connecticut

Senior

2002–03

Diana Taurasi*[5]

Connecticut

Junior

2003–04

Diana Taurasi* (2)[5]

Connecticut

Senior

2004–05

Temeka Johnson

LSU

Senior

2005–06

Ivory Latta[6]

North Carolina

Junior

2006–07

Lindsey Harding*[7]

Duke

Senior

2007–08

Kristi Toliver[8]

Maryland

Junior

2008–09

Renee Montgomery[9]

Connecticut

Senior

2009–10

Andrea Riley[10]

Oklahoma State

Senior

2010–11

Courtney Vandersloot[11]

Gonzaga

Senior

2011–12

Skylar Diggins[12]

Notre Dame

Junior

2012–13

Skylar Diggins (2)[12]

Notre Dame

Senior

2013–14

Odyssey Sims*[13]

Baylor

Senior

2014–15

Moriah Jefferson

Connecticut

Junior

2015–16

Moriah Jefferson (2)[14]

Connecticut

Senior

2016–17

Kelsey Plum*[15]

Washington

Senior

2017–18

Sabrina Ionescu[16]

Oregon

Sophomore

2018–19

Sabrina Ionescu* (2)[17]

Oregon

Junior

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The UConn Huskies women 's basketball team is the college basketball program representing the University of Connecticut in Storrs , Connecticut , in NCAA Division I women 's basketball competition . They currently play in the American Athletic Conference , though the Huskies will leave that league after the 2019-20 school year to join the Big East Conference . The UConn Huskies are the most successful women 's basketball program in the nation , having won a record 11 NCAA Division I National Championships and a women 's record four in a row , from 2013 through 2016 , plus over 40 conference regular season and tournament championships . They have taken part in every NCAA Tournament since 1989 ; as of the end of the 2018-19 season , this is the third-longest active streak in Division I. UConn owns the two longest winning streaks ( men 's or women 's ) in college basketball history . The longest streak , 111 straight wins , started with a win against Creighton on November 23 , 2014 , and ended on March 31 , 2017 when a buzzer-beater at the end of overtime caused a 66-64 loss in the 2017 NCAA Final Four to Mississippi State . The second streak counts 90 consecutive wins , including two undefeated seasons ( 2008-09 and 2009-10 ) , and was delimited by two losses against Stanford , the first on April 6 , 2008 in the National Semifinals of the NCAA Tournament , and the second - three seasons later - on December 19 , 2010 . The Huskies also own the longest winning streak in regular-season games in college history ; after an overtime loss to Stanford on November 17 , 2014 , they won their next 126 regular-season games until a 68-57 loss to Baylor on January 3 , 2019 . UConn 's current head coach is Luigi Geno Auriemma , who joined the team in 1985 . Coach Auriemma is one of the best coaches in college basketball : his 1080-140 ( .885 ) record as of January 2020 [ update ] represents the highest winning percentage among NCAA basketball coaches ( minimum 10 seasons ) , any level , men 's or women 's , while ranking him third in all-time women 's wins behind former Tennessee coach Pat Summitt and current Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer . UConn has also been one of the leaders in women 's basketball attendance ; the team plays its home games at both the Harry A. Gampel Pavilion in Storrs and the XL Center in Hartford .
Suzanne Brigit Bird ( born October 16 , 1980 ) is an American professional basketball player for the Seattle Storm of the Women 's National Basketball Association ( WNBA ) . Bird was drafted by the Storm first overall in the 2002 WNBA Draft . She holds a front office position for the NBA 's Denver Nuggets as their Basketball Operations Associate . She has also played for three teams in Russia . In high school , she was the New York State Player of the Year , the New York Daily News Player of the Year , and a WBCA All-American . In her senior year at undefeated UConn in 2002 , she won the Wade Trophy and the Naismith Award as College Player of the Year . She finished her UConn career ranked first in three-point field goal percentage and free throw percentage , second in assists and steals , and as a three-time winner of the Nancy Lieberman Award as the top point guard in the nation , while leading her team to a record of 114-4 . Bird has won three WNBA championships with the Storm ( 2004 , 2010 , 2018 ) , four Olympic gold medals ( 2004 , 2008 , 2012 , 2016 ) , two NCAA Championships with UConn ( 2000 , 2002 ) , and four FIBA World Cups ( 2002 , 2010 , 2014 , 2018 ) . She is one of only 11 women to attain all four accolades . She is also a five-time EuroLeague Champion ( 2007-2010 , 2013 ) . During her WNBA career , she has been selected to eleven WNBA All-Star teams and eight All-WNBA teams . Additionally , in 2011 , she was voted by fans as one of the WNBA 's Top 15 Players of All Time and was voted into the WNBA Top 20 @ 20 as one of the league 's Top 20 Players of All Time .
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