The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Women’s Basketball’s Booker finalist for Wade Trophy
03.18.2026 | Women's Basketball
Madison Booker and Rori Harmon among finalists for WBCA NCAA Division I Coaches’ All-America team.
ATLANTA — Two-time First Team All-American Madison Booker and three-time All-America honorable mention honoree Rori Harmon have been named finalists for the WBCA Coaches' All-America team. Booker was named one of four finalists for the Wade Trophy, presented by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association each year to the best player in college women's basketball.
Booker led Texas to the SEC Tournament Championship and was named the MVP of the tournament. For the SEC Tournament, Booker averaged 20 points per game, 8.3 rebounds, 4.3 assists per game and shot 61.4 percent from the field. Booker has been named a First Team All-American this season by the Associated Press, USA Today Sports and The Athletic.
Booker is averaging career-highs in points (18.9), rebounds (6.5) steals (2.3) and field goal percentage (51.6) this season. Booker has raised her field goal percentage six points from last season. Booker has 14 games of 20 or more points this season and 42 for her career. Booker, in her junior season has already climbed to sixth on the Texas career scoring list with 1,873 points. Booker is the only player in Texas women's basketball history to reach 1,800 points, 600 rebounds and 400 assists. In the SEC Tournament semifinal win over Ole Miss, Booker scored a career-high 31 points and added 11 rebounds and five assists. 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.
Harmon, a 2026 Associated Press All-America honorable mention selection, is the Texas career assist leader with 943 assists. She broke a 40-year old record and has now extended that record by 167 assists. Harmon also holds the Texas career steals record with 370, breaking that record which had stood since 1980. In her collegiate career she has 1,574 points, 943 assists, 370 steals and 635 rebounds. Harmon is the first and only player in NCAA Division I women's basketball to reach 1,500 points, 900 assists, 600 rebounds and 350 steals. Harmon ranks third in the country this season in assist to turnover ratio. Harmon is on the Late-Season watch list for the Naismith Defensive Player of the Year award as well as 1 of 15 players on the National Ballot for the Wooden Award.
Wade Trophy Finalists
Madison Booker Texas
Lauren Betts UCLA
Sarah Strong UConn
Mikayla Blakes Vanderbilt
