Final Four 2026: Most Outstanding Player for women's NCAA tournament, year by year
Here's who's won Most Outstanding Player every year of the women's NCAA tournament's history.
All four No. 1 seeds reached the 2026 Final Four of the women’s NCAA tournament : UConn, UCLA, Texas and South Carolina. All that’s left to decide now is the champion — and the Most Outstanding Player of the Final Four.
The Huskies’ Azzi Fudd won it last year and could join the small club of players to be crowned MOP in multiple seasons. Here’svwho has won the award every year of the tournament since 1982. Year Player Class School 1982 Janice Lawrence Sophomore Louisiana Tech 1983 Cheryl Miller Freshman USC 1984 Cheryl Miller Sophomore USC 1985 Tracy Claxton Senior Old Dominion 1986 Clarissa Davis Freshman Texas 1987 Tonya Edwards Freshman Tennessee 1988 Erica Westbrooks Senior Louisiana Tech 1989 Bridgette Gordon Senior Tennessee 1990 Jennifer Azzi Senior Stanford 1991 Dawn Staley Junior Virginia 1992 Molly Goodenbour Junior Stanford 1993 Sheryl Swoopes Senior Texas Tech 1994 Charlotte Smith Junior North Carolina 1995 Rebecca Lobo Senior UConn 1996 Michelle Marciniak Senior Tennessee 1997 Chamique Holdsclaw Sophomore Tennessee 1998 Chamique Holdsclaw Junior Tennessee 1999 Ukari Figgs Senior Purdue 2000 Shea Ralph Junior UConn 2001 Ruth Riley Senior Notre Dame 2002 Swin Cash Senior UConn 2003 Diana Taurasi Junior UConn 2004 Diana Taurasi Senior UConn 2005 Sophia Young Junior Baylor 2006 Laura Harper Sophomore Maryland 2007 Candace Parker Junior Tennessee 2008 Candace Parker Senior Tennessee 2009 Tina Charles Junior UConn 2010 Maya Moore Junior UConn 2011 Danielle Adams Senior Texas A&M 2012 Brittney Griner Junior Baylor 2013 Breanna Stewart Freshman UConn 2014 Breanna Stewart Sophomore UConn 2015 Breanna Stewart Junior UConn 2016 Breanna Stewart Senior UConn 2017 A'ja Wilson Junior South Carolina 2018 Arike Ogunbowale Junior Notre Dame 2019 Chloe Jackson Senior Baylor 2020 No tournament because of pandemic 2021 Haley Jones Sophomore Stanford 2022 Aliyah Boston Junior South Carolina 2023 Angel Reese Junior LSU 2024 Kamilla Cardoso Senior South Carolina 2025 Azzi Fudd Senior UConn