Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Year

Big 12 Women's Basketball Player of the Year
Awarded for	the most outstanding basketball player in the Big 12 Conference
Country	United States
Presented by	Phillips 66
First awarded	1997
Currently held by	Brittney Martin, Oklahoma State

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.^[1]

Four players have won the award more than once. Stacey Dales of Oklahoma and Nicole Ohlde of Kansas State have won twice, and Courtney Paris of Oklahoma and Brittney Griner of Baylor have won three times. No freshman has ever won the award. Only the two three-time winners (Paris and Griner) and 2015 recipient Nina Davis of Baylor have won as sophomores. Two players 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 Baylor's Odyssey Sims was the 2014 Wade Trophy recipient.

Four current Big 12 members have yet to have a winner: charter members Iowa State and Texas, plus 2012 arrivals TCU and West Virginia.

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

Baylor's Odyssey Sims (with ball) won the Wade Trophy along with the Big 12 award in 2014.

Baylor's Brittney Griner, one of two three-time winners, was the consensus National Player of the Year when she won the award in both 2012 and 2013.

Season	Player	School	Position	Class	Reference
1996–97	Dixon, TameckaTamecka Dixon	Kansas	Guard[2]	Senior[2]	[3]
1997–98	Thompson, AliciaAlicia Thompson	Texas Tech	Center[4]	Senior[4]	[3]
1998–99	Braziel, AngieAngie Braziel	Texas Tech	Center[4]	Senior[4]	[3]
1999–2000	Whaley, PhyleshaPhylesha Whaley	Oklahoma	Forward[4]	Senior[4]	[3]
2000–01	Dales, StaceyStacey Dales	Oklahoma	Guard[4]	Junior[4]	[3]
2001–02	Dales, StaceyStacey Dales (2)	Oklahoma	Guard[4]	Senior[4]	[3]
2002–03	Ohlde, NicoleNicole Ohlde	Kansas State	Forward/center[4]	Junior[4]	[3]
2003–04	Ohlde, NicoleNicole Ohlde (2)	Kansas State	Forward/center[4]	Senior[4]	[3]
2004–05	Wecker, KendraKendra Wecker	Kansas State	Forward[4]	Senior[4]	[3]
2005–06	Young, SophiaSophia Young	Baylor	Forward[4]	Senior[4]	[3]
2006–07	Paris, CourtneyCourtney Paris	Oklahoma	Center[4]	Sophomore[4]	[3]
2007–08	Paris, CourtneyCourtney Paris (2)	Oklahoma	Center[4]	Junior[4]	[3]
2008–09	Paris, CourtneyCourtney Paris (3)	Oklahoma	Center[4]	Senior[4]	[3]
2009–10	Griffin, KelseyKelsey Griffin	Nebraska	Forward[4]	Senior[4]	[3]
2010–11	Griner, BrittneyBrittney Griner	Baylor	Center[4]	Sophomore[4]	[3]
2011–12	Griner, BrittneyBrittney Griner* (2)	Baylor	Center[4]	Junior[4]	[3][5]
2012–13	Griner, BrittneyBrittney Griner* (3)	Baylor	Center[4]	Senior[4]	[3][5]
2013–14	Sims, OdysseyOdyssey Sims*	Baylor	Guard[4]	Senior[4]	[1][6]
2014–15	Davis, NinaNina Davis	Baylor	Forward	Sophomore	[7]
2015–16	Martin, BrittneyBrittney Martin	Oklahoma State	Guard	Senior	[8]

Winners by school

School (year joined)	Winners	Years
Baylor (1996)	6	2006, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
Oklahoma (1996)	6	2000, 2001, 2002, 2007, 2008, 2009
Kansas State (1996)	3	2003, 2004, 2005
Texas Tech (1996)	2	1998, 1999
Kansas (1996)	1	1997
Nebraska (1996)[a 1]	1	2010
Oklahoma State (1996)	1	2016
Colorado (1996)[a 2]	0	—
Iowa State (1996)	0	—
Missouri (1996)[a 3]	0	—
TCU (2012)	0	—
Texas (1996)	0	—
Texas A&M (1996)[a 3]	0	—
West Virginia (2012)	0	—

Footnotes

1. Nebraska left in 2011 to join the Big Ten.
2. Colorado left in 2011 to join what is now known as the Pac-12.
3. Missouri and Texas A&M left in 2012 to join the SEC.

References

1. "2013-14 Phillips 66 All-Big 12 Women's Basketball Awards Announced" (Press release). Big 12 Conference. March 6, 2014. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
2. "Player Career Stats". 2013–14 Kansas Women's Basketball Media Guide. University of Kansas Athletics. p. 114. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
3. "Big 12 Annual Honors: All-Big 12 Individual Awards" (PDF). 2013–14 Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Media Guide. Big 12 Conference. p. 78. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
4. "Big 12 Annual Honors: Preseason Teams" (PDF). 2013–14 Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Media Guide. Big 12 Conference. p. 84. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
5. "All-Time Big 12 National Honors: National Awards" (PDF). 2013–14 Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Media Guide. Big 12 Conference. pp. 85–86. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
6. "Odyssey Sims of Baylor University Wins 2014 Wade Trophy" (Press release). Women's Basketball Coaches Association. April 7, 2014. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
7. "2014-15 All-Big 12 Women’s Basketball Awards Announced" (Press release). Big 12 Conference. March 4, 2015. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
8. "2015-16 Phillips 66 All-Big 12 WBB Awards Announced" (Press release). Big 12 Conference. March 2, 2016. Retrieved March 3, 2016.