The Big East Conference Women's Basketball Freshman of the Year, known as the Big East Conference Women's Basketball Rookie of the Year from 1989 to 2003, is an annual college basketball award presented to the top women's basketball freshman in the Big East Conference.
Key †Co-Freshman of the Year*Awarded a national Freshman of the Year award:USBWA National Freshman of the Year (USBWA)WBCA Freshman of the Year (WBCA)
Winners Season PlayerSchool National Freshman of the Year Awards Source(s) 1982–83 St. John's — 1983–84 Villanova — 1984–85 Syracuse — 1985–86 Seton Hall — 1986–87 UConn — 1987–88 UConn — 1988–89 Providence — 1989–90 Boston College — 1990–91 Pittsburgh — 1991–92 UConn — 1992–93† Miami — UConn — 1993–94 Boston College — 1994–95 UConn — 1995–96 Georgetown — 1996–97 * UConn USBWA 1997–98 Rutgers — 1998–99 UConn — 1999–2000 Notre Dame — 2000–01 Georgetown — 2001–02 * Notre Dame USBWA 2002–03 Rutgers — 2003–04 West Virginia — 2004–05 Rutgers — 2005–06 UConn — 2006–07 * UConn USBWA 2007–08 * UConn UWBWA 2008–09 St. John's — 2009–10 Georgetown — 2010–11 UConn — 2011–12 UConn — 2012–13 * Notre Dame USBWA 2013–14 Georgetown — 2014–15 Georgetown — 2015–16 Marquette — 2016–17 Creighton — 2017–18 St. John's — 2018–19 Providence — 2019–20 Villanova — 2020–21 * UConn USBWAWBCA 2021–22 DePaul USBWAWBCA 2022–23 Georgetown — 2023–24 UConn — 2024–25 UConn WBCA 2025–26 UConn TBA
Winners by school School (year joined) Winners Years UConn (1979–2013, 2020–present)Following the split of the original Big East, Cincinnati, Louisville, Rutgers, South Florida, and UConn all remained in the football-sponsoring portion that became the American Athletic Conference. 16 1987, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2021, 2024, 2025, 2026 Georgetown (1979–present) 6 1996, 2001, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2023 Notre Dame (1995–2013)Notre Dame, Pitt, and Syracuse all left for the Atlantic Coast Conference after the 2012–13 season. 3 2000, 2002, 2013 Rutgers (1995–2013) 3 1998, 2003, 2005 St. John's (1979–present) 3 1983, 2009, 2018Boston College (1979–2005)Boston College left for the ACC in 2005. 2 1990, 1994 Providence (1979–present) 2 1989, 2019 Villanova (1980–present) 2 1984, 2020 Creighton (2013–present) 1 2017 DePaul (2005–present) 1 2022Marquette (2005–present) 1 2016Miami (1991–2004)Miami and Virginia Tech left for the ACC in 2004. 1 1993Pittsburgh (1982–2013) 1 1991 Seton Hall (1979–present) 1 1986 Syracuse (1979–2013) 1 1985 West Virginia (1995–2012)West Virginia left for the Big 12 Conference in 2012. 1 2004 Butler (2013–present) 0— Cincinnati (2005–2013) 0—Louisville (2005–2013)0— USF (2005–2013)0— Virginia Tech (2000–2004)0— Xavier (2013–present) 0—
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