Caitlin Clark is the clear favorite for the 2023-24 women’s college basketball national player of the year. The Iowa guard became a household name last season, winning every major postseason award for which she was eligible. She even transcended women’s basketball by taking home the Sullivan Award, given to the year’s best amateur athlete.
But despite being the preseason front-runner, Clark has plenty of competition.
Paige Bueckers is back from a season lost to a knee injury, and the UConn guard won most of the national player of the year honors when she and Clark were freshmen in 2020-21. LSU‘s Angel Reese also returns after outdueling Clark for a national championship and the Final Four’s Most Outstanding Player in April.
Cameron Brink of Stanford and Elizabeth Kitley of Virginia Tech are two post players who have both played in the Final Four and can dominate, just in a different fashion than Clark.
All these players will be among the favorites to win player of the year in their respective leagues. But they aren’t the only ones. It’s time to break down the prospective winners in all 32 conferences.
Some are fifth- and sixth-year seniors looking for one…
