The Mountain West Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Year is a basketball award given to the Mountain West Conference's (MW) most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1999–2000 season, the first of the conference's existence. As of 2024–25, no MW player has received any national player of the year award.

Utah has the most awards with eight and individual recipients with five, but the Utes left the MW in 2011 to join what is now the Pac-12 Conference. Among current members, UNLV has the most awards with five, and shares honors with Colorado State for the most individual recipients with three. Two players have shared the award on five occasions—in 2001, consecutively from 2005 to 2007, and also in 2015. Four players have won the award more than once. Desi-Rae Young of UNLV won in 2022 and 2024; Ellen Nystrom of Colorado State won in 2016 and 2017; Linda Fröhlich of UNLV won the award outright in 2000 and 2002 and shared it in 2001; and Kim Gaucher (née Smith) of Utah won four times—outright in 2003 and 2004, and shared in 2005 and 2006.

Key †Co-Players of the Year*Awarded a national player of the year award that same season: the Naismith College Player of the Year, Wade Trophy or the John R. Wooden AwardPlayer (X)Denotes the number of times the player has been awarded the Mountain West Player of the Year award at that point

Winners

SeasonPlayerSchoolPositionClass Reference 1999–00 UNLV F 2000–01† Utah G/F (2) UNLV F 2001–02 (3) UNLV F 2002–03 Utah F 2003–04 (2) Utah F 2004–05† (3) Utah F Utah G 2005–06† BYU F (4) Utah F 2006–07† BYU C TCU G 2007–08 Utah G 2008–09 Utah G 2009–10 TCU G/F 2010–11 Wyoming G 2011–12 San Diego State G 2012–13 San Diego State G 2013–14 Utah State G 2014–15† Colorado State G Fresno State F 2015–16 Colorado State G 2016–17 (2) Colorado State G 2017–18 Wyoming G 2018–19 New Mexico C 2019–20 Fresno State F 2020–21 Fresno State G 2021–22 UNLV C 2022–23 Colorado State G 2023–24 (2) UNLV C 2024–25 Wyoming C 2025–26 San Diego State G

Winners by school School (year joined) Winners Years Utah (1999)Utah left in 2011 to join what is now the Pac-12 Conference, and moved from there to the Big 12 Conference in 2024. 8 2001†, 2003, 2004, 2005 (×2)†, 2006†, 2008, 2009 UNLV (1999) 5 2000, 2001†, 2002, 2022, 2024 Colorado State (1999) 4 2015†, 2016, 2017, 2023 BYU (1999)BYU left in 2011 to join the West Coast Conference, and moved from there to the Big 12 in 2023. 3 2003, 2006†, 2007† Fresno State (2012) 3 2015†, 2020, 2021 San Diego State (1999) 3 2012, 2013, 2026 Wyoming (1999) 3 2011, 2018, 2025 TCU (2005)TCU left in 2012 to join the Big 12. 2 2007†, 2010 Utah State (2013) 1 2014 New Mexico (1999) 1 2019 Air Force (1999) 0 — Boise State (2011) 0 — Grand Canyon (2025) 0 — Nevada (2012) 0 — San Jose State (2013) 0 —

Footnotes

References Winners through 2019–20: