The title is named after Dr. James Naismith, the creator of basketball. The Naismith Trophy is the award given annually to the most outstanding players in the NCAA, both male and female.

claimed the inaugural trophy. Women’s basketball gained its Naismith recognition in 1983, with Old Dominion’s Anne Donovan earning the first female honor. The award’s connection to ...

Bueckers is also one of the five finalists for the 2024 Ann Meyers Drysdale Awards which honors the top shooting guard in Division I college basketball. She has also continued the tradition of ...

The trophy was sculpted by Marty C. Dawe of Atlanta and has since become one of the most prestigious individual honors in college basketball. The award expanded in 1983 to include a women’s ...

He was announced Saturday as the winner of the National Basketball Coaches Association’s coach of the year award, a separate trophy from the NBA honors. Bickerstaff, in his first year with the Pistons ...

All he knew was that his father, Jon Stafford, won the award as a senior in 1995. 30 years later, the Tecumseh High School junior brought home another Mr. Basketball trophy for the family – and ...

Florida A&M is hiring former Heisman Trophy winner Charlie Ward as its next men's basketball coach following the departure of the program's previous coach, Patrick Crarey II, who was hired as ...

Former WNBA star and 5-time Olympic gold medalist Sue Bird is becoming managing director of USA Basketball women's national ...