The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Women’s Basketball’s Booker named semifinalist for Naismith Trophy College Player of the Year
03.14.2024 | Women's Basketball
The Big 12 Co-Player of the Year is among the final 10 for the award.
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas women's basketball's Madison Booker was named a semifinalist for the 2024 Jersey Mike's Naismith Trophy Women's College Player of the Year the Atlanta Tipoff Club and Naismith Awards announced on Thursday.
Booker became the first freshman in the history of Big 12 women's basketball to be named the Big 12 Player of the Year. Booker was also selected by the conference head coaches as the Big 12 Freshman of the Year and a unanimous selection to the All-Big 12 First Team.
In the recent Big 12 Championship, Booker led Texas to the conference title and was named the tournament Most Outstanding Player. In the Big 12 tournament Booker averaged 21.3 points, four rebounds and five assists per game. She shot 50 percent from the field and had three turnovers, including zero turnovers in the championship game.
In Big 12 play, Booker averaged 20.2 points, 5.4 rebounds and 5.2 assists while shooting 48 percent from the field and 91.6 percent from the free-throw line.
Booker has scored in double figures in 23 straight games and has 13 games scoring 20 or more points. Against ranked opponents this season, Booker is averaging 21.6 points, 6.0 rebounds and 5.6 assists per game.
Booker earned seven Big 12 weekly awards and three national weekly awards this season. On February 19, Booker was named both the Big 12 Player and Freshman of the Week, something that has only happened three other times in the last 15 years in the Big 12.
"The great ones want to be coached and she wants to be coached," Texas head coach Vic Schaefer said. "She loves the game. She has humility. She is not walking around thinking she is all that and a bag of beans. Her basketball IQ is off the charts. She is an ultra-competitor and she has great court vision. I couldn't be more proud of her."
2024 Jersey Mike's Naismith Trophy Women's Player of the Year Semifinalists
Madison Booker Texas
Cameron Brink Stanford
Paige Bueckers UConn
Kamilla Cardoso South Carolina
Caitlin Clark Iowa
Hannah Hidalgo Notre Dame
Elizabeth Kitley Virginia Tech
Angel Reese LSU
Jacy Sheldon Ohio State
JuJu Watkins USC
