American Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Year

The American Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Year is a basketball award given to the American Conference's most outstanding player, as chosen by the league's head coaches. The conference formed in 2013–14 after many schools departed from the original Big East Conference to form a new Big East Conference. The conference was called the American Athletic Conference from its inception up until July 21, 2025, at which time it was formally rebranded.

The first seven awards were claimed by players from UConn, which left after the 2019–20 season to join the current Big East, having won every conference game in both regular-season and tournament play during its American tenure. Breanna Stewart won the first three awards in 2014, 2015, and 2016. The following season saw the first-ever shared award, with Napheesa Collier and Katie Lou Samuelson sharing honors. Each would win the award once more as an individual.

Key †Co-Players of the Year*Awarded a national player of the year award that same season:Wade Trophy (1977–78 to present)Naismith College Player of the Year (1982–83 to present)John R. Wooden Award (2003–04 to present)Player (X)Denotes the number of times the player had been awarded the AAC Player of the Year award at that point

Winners

SeasonPlayerSchoolPosition Class Reference 2013–14 * UConn F 2014–15 * (2) UConn F 2015–16 * (3) UConn F 2016–17† UConn F 2016–17† UConn G/F 2017–18 (2) UConn G/F 2018–19 (2) UConn F 2019–20 UConn F 2020–21 Cincinnati F 2021–22 UCF G 2022–23† South Florida F Senior 2022–23† South Florida G 2023–24Temira PoindexterTulsaFJunior2024–25Jordyn Jenkins UTSAFSenior 2025–26Victoria Flores RiceGJunior

Winners by school School (year joined) Winners Years UConn (2013) 8 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 (x2)†, 2018, 2019, 2020 South Florida (2013) 2 2023 (x2) Cincinnati (2013) 1 2021 Rice (2023) 1 2026 Tulsa (2014) 1 2024 UCF (2013) 1 2022 UTSA (2023) 1 2025 East Carolina (2014) 0 — Houston (2013) 0 — Louisville (2013) 0 — Memphis (2013) 0 — Rutgers (2013) 0 — SMU (2013) 0 — South Florida (2023) 0 — Temple (2013) 0 — Tulane (2014) 0 — Wichita State (2017) 0 —

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