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.

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 ...

according to Tiffany & Co. The company also creates other basketball trophies, such as the Bill Russell NBA Finals MVP Award, the WNBA Championship Trophy and the NBA Eastern and Western ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...