The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Women’s Basketball’s Booker named to Wade Trophy watch list
11.05.2025 | Women's Basketball
Booker was a finalist for the Wade Trophy in her sophomore season at Texas.
ATLANTA — Two-time First Team All-American and 2025 SEC Player of the Year Madison Booker has been selected to the 15-player Wade Trophy watch list, the Women's Basketball Coaches Association announced today. The Wade Trophy is presented by the WBCA to the best player in college women's basketball.
Booker is a two-time WBCA Coaches' All-American and was a finalist for the Wade Trophy in the 2024-25 season. Booker has been selected one of five preseason AP All-Americans for the second straight season and preseason SEC Player of the Year.
Booker had a stellar sophomore season at Texas as she earned First Team All-America honors from the Associated Press and the Women's Basketball Coaches Association. She was the SEC Player of the Year and for the second time earned the Cheryl Miller Small Forward of the Year Award.
Booker was a finalist for the Wade Trophy and Wooden Award in 2025, recognitions for the national player of the year. Booker averaged 16.3 points per game and 6.6 rebounds per game while shooting 46.4 percent from the field, 40.3 percent from 3-point range and 82.3 percent from the free-throw line.
Over the summer Booker earned her fourth gold medal with USA Basketball as Team USA won the 2025 FIBA Women's Americup in Santiago, Chile.
The Longhorns are coming off a season in which they won 35 game to set a program record for wins in the NCAA Era. The team advanced to the Final Four for the first time in 22 years and earned a SEC regular season championship in their first season in the conference.
The Longhorns host No. 24 Richmond on Friday, Nov. 7 at 7:00 p.m. CT at Moody Center.
Wade Trophy Watch List
Raegan Beers Oklahoma
Lauren Betts UCLA
Mikayla Blakes Vanderbilt
Madison Booker Texas
Audi Crooks Iowa State
Joyce Edwards South Carolina
Azzi Fudd Connecticut
Hannah Hidalgo Notre Dame
Flau'Jae Johnson LSU
Ta'Niya Latson South Carolina
Olivia Miles TCU
Khamil Pierce NC State
Sarah Strong Connecticut
Serah Williams Connecticut
Mikayla Williams LSU
The Wade Trophy — now in its 49th year — is the oldest and most prestigious national player of the year award in college women's basketball. It is named in honor of the late, legendary Delta State University head coach Lily Margaret Wade, who won three consecutive national championships with the Lady Statesmen. First awarded in 1978 by the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD), now known as SHAPE America, the Wade Trophy has been presented to the WBCA NCAA Division I Player of the Year since 2001.
The Wade Watch list of candidates for the Wade Trophy is composed of players selected by the WBCA NCAA Division I Awards Committee. The committee will review the list midseason to determine if additional players will be added based on their play during the first half of the 2025-26 season. The winner of the award will be announced in April during the 2025 WBCA Convention in Phoenix — site of the 2026 NCAA Women's Final Four.
